For Goodness Shakes!

rbirkett

I think these are delicious (especially the vanilla) but does anyone think they are good as part of a training regime? Do they really make you go '40% harder'?

whyamihere

Is that the Viagra flavour?

richa

Yup. Reckon they are as good as any recovery drink and twice as tasty. Have you tried the berry flavour. Even better than the vanilla...

However, I reckon that to earn one of these it needs to have been a pretty comprehensive session (they pack 300 KCals). So I reserve them for after long hard rides, sportives, etc

gkerr4

full of sugar I'd have thought - although they are deliciious!

surely better off with a protein shake made up from powder - perhaps with some carbs added as a post-workout recovery drink?

Frank the tank

I can only get hold of the choclate and the berry ones, which is a shame 'cose I like the vanilla and the banana ones also.

TheBoyBilly

Don't get too hung up about it, they taste good and do the job. One of the better energy drinks without the inflated price

a_n_t

2 for £1.50 in Asda. Banana..........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

NWLondoner

I agree they are nice but you need to drink around 3 or maybe 4 of them to get the same amount of goodies out of them compared to SIS Rapid Recovery.

SBezza

I looked at the nutrition data of 500ml worth of Rego compared to one bottle of FGS, and there is very little difference in what they provide. Now the only difference is Rego is advised to be made up a 1 litre, so 2 FGS do the same trick (they work out slightly more expensive that way).

The best thing about FGS is they taste so much nicer than Rego, especially the Organic Vanilla Bean flavour. After my race on Saturday I had 2 FGS afterwards, and then done a pretty good 10m TT the next day, so I think they perform pretty good.

NWLondoner

SBezza wrote:

I looked at the nutrition data of 500ml worth of Rego compared to one bottle of FGS, and there is very little difference in what they provide. Now the only difference is Rego is advised to be made up a 1 litre, so 2 FGS do the same trick (they work out slightly more expensive that way).

The best thing about FGS is they taste so much nicer than Rego, especially the Organic Vanilla Bean flavour. After my race on Saturday I had 2 FGS afterwards, and then done a pretty good 10m TT the next day, so I think they perform pretty good.

The REGO does have a chalky taste and is quite hard to drink 1ltr, however two FGS do compare to 1 ltr so would be more favourable to drink. The Rapid Recovery has more protein than REGO and dairy free so is very watery and does not taste great. However i can easily drink down 1ltr of this in a few minutes. So for me this works out better and cheaper than the FGS.

jibberjim

TheBoyBilly wrote:

Don't get too hung up about it, they taste good and do the job. One of the better energy drinks without the inflated price

The science they cite about the perfect ratio etc. on carbs to protein etc. don't matter a whole lot what type they are for recovery reasons, it'll take anything pretty much.

Some people, like the Hammer nutrition people, who are good for starting investigations into the science behind the sports products as they cite a lot of research on all their pages - only stuff that supports their products still of course, believe Maltodextrin is a better carbohydrate source for various reasons, and ReGo uses that, to goodness shakes Fructose/Glucose mix.

But once you're beyond the basic of getting some recovery carb/protein in you, exactly what makes little difference, and there's not a whole lot of actual research to back up any claims.

On cost though, you could certainly visit myprotein.co.uk and make your own recovery drink up even cheaper than either ReGo or for goodness shakes. Personally I often use strawberry nesquik powder and 1% milk, even nicer than all of them.

Frank the tank

Strange thing about FGS I poured a bottle of it over a couple of weetabix to see how it tasted, and you know what....................................It didn't send the Weetabix soggy like milk does. :? which was dissapointing aswell as strange.

janetthompson

I use the chocolate as a recovery drink. It works for me. I always feel a lot better after one, but maybe it's the placebo effect. I buy them in bulk off the FGS website. You have to buy a minimum of 4 cases, but they're only cases of 6 so they don't take up too much space. Also, for ordering, they let me enter their competition to win a 2K cannondale bike (which I didn't, but I wasn't expecting to!)

shockedsoshocked

jibberjim wrote:

Personally I often use strawberry nesquik powder and 1% milk, even nicer than all of them.

Same here. Does the job fine.

N4PALM

I tried the chocolate one the other day and it was utterly lush! I'm getting cravings for another one as I think about it.

Slow1972

I just use whey protein from myprotein.co.uk with some carbs in and mixed with water. Fom what I know protein absorbs quicker without milk. Maltrodextrin is often used in powdered recovery drinks because as well as doing the job it pours well and is cheaper than fructose.

Bulk bag of whey is 16.50 for 2.27 Kg and you only need 30 -40g per serving so miles cheaper than FGS

I just neck it so I can live without it being the tastiest drink of the day

Milkshake on weetabix is great though eh!

jp1985

Here are a couple of studies that show chocolate milk to be a better post exercise recovery aid for cyclists than either fluid replacement or carb replacement drinks. However one was funded by the dairy and nutrition council and the other by mars so there could be a bit of bias in there.

http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ppv/RPViewDoc?issn=1715-5312&volume=34&issue=1&startPage=78

http://www.milknewsroom.com/downloads/stager_chocmilk_study.pdf

jibberjim

jp1985 wrote:

Here are a couple of studies that show chocolate milk to be a better post exercise recovery aid for cyclists than either fluid replacement or carb replacement drinks. However one was funded by the dairy and nutrition council and the other by mars so there could be a bit of bias in there.

But it's backed up by other studies, the thing to be critical of was that it was a _carb_ replacement drink for recovery in th study. Pretty much all the research has shown that carb+protein is needed, and milkshakes have that very well.

I've seen no studies though which differentiate between different carb/protein mixes. On the Maltodextrin / fructose choice. Maltodextrin has a high glycemic index, which is suggested to be beneficial as it means rapid absorbtion and therefore "recovery" again I'd love to see some research which looks at it - I feel much the same after a nesquik or home-made malto/protein mix.

Another thing the more "advanced" products add to recovery are amino acids particularly L-Glutamine, again you can just buy it seperately.