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The ultimate recovery drink. NCAA Compliant! Carbohydrate/Protein blend that is both safe and effective. Lemonade and Fruit punch flavors that really do taste good. Only 80 calories per serving.

2lb Container (36 servings) - only $34.95 plus s&h

2 Serving RTD (36 per case) - only $79.95 plus s&h

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SPR-3

Sports Power Recovery

 By Jeffrey R. Stout, Ph.D

It’s All About Recovery
When you want to break barriers and smash records in the gym, you know what to do - slap on the weight and pound out the reps with the intensity of a raging inferno. But if you want to keep those gains and grow, you’ve got to shift your focus to recovery. Yes, recovery - that relaxing time outside the gym, the only time you can maximize growth with post-workout nutrition.

Need to ramp up the growth and strength post-workout? Then you must zero in on the three key factors for recovery: 1) Rehydrate, 2) Replenish energy and 3) Rebuild damaged muscle. Oh, and you must zero in immediately - timing is just as important as the three R’s!     

Nutrients need to feed hungry muscles as soon as possible, so not only is timing a factor, but so is the method of delivery. Specifically, you need liquid nutrients, not a thick, gooey combination of solid food that’s going to get stuck in intestinal traffic.

Besides convenience and speed, liquid nutrients in the form of a properly formulated post-exercise drink (SPR-3) will boost the anabolic environment you initiated from working out. Second, such post-exercise nutrition shifts the net protein status in a positive direction. In other words, muscle protein is being built in and around the workout. Third, muscle recovery is superior due to replenishment of muscle substrates. And fourth, nutrients are rapidly delivered, restoring energy and potentially improving your next workout. 

Timing is Everything!

Imagine speeding at 95 mph down a desolate highway in your vintage red Corvette and noticing you just drove by a state trooper - now that’s bad timing! Or imagine looking at your lottery ticket and realizing you just picked the correct 6 numbers - that’s good timing (and luck)! Well, this applies to exercise. After endurance, strength or power training, the body is primed for nutrient uptake into the muscle cells. So what should you feed your hungry muscles?  Well, the abundance of new research has provided clues - clues that have given us the roadmap for developing SPR-3. Those clues also gave us the backdrop for maximizing recovery and growth - three simple, practical principles that every fitness enthusiast, bodybuilder, or performance athlete can incorporate into his/her daily training. Rehydrate. Replenish. Rebuild.

Rehydration: The Restoration of Electrolytes and Water

Fluid and electrolyte replenishment is crucial in maintaining cardiac output and regulating body temperature during exercise. Also, post-workout, maintenance of a hydrated state aids your body in burning fat. So stay hydrated!

Replenishment of Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Stores

You’ve got to load up on the carbs post-workout. Not only does carbohydrate ingestion replenish energy (glycogen) stores, but it also stimulates insulin. Insulin has two major roles: 1) It pushes glucose into muscle cells for added energy, and (2) It pushes protein into muscle cells for growth and recovery. That’s why protein needs to be added to the post-workout mix, and recent evidence proves it. In fact, adding protein even helps glycogen repletion.

Rebuild:  The Provision of Amino Acids to Aid Muscle Protein Synthesis and Accretion

Immediately following exercise, a rebuilding process is triggered to repair muscle fibers damaged during exercise. Evidence suggests that insulin

 is a strong stimulus of this muscle rebuilding process; insulin facilitates glucose and amino acid transport into the muscle cells/fibers and it diminishes the breakdown of muscle protein. This interrelationship between glycogen replenishment, insulin, and muscle rebuilding is a cornerstone of muscle recovery. That’s why you’ve got to combine protein and carbs in a post-workout drink. Protein not only stimulates the replenishment of glycogen stores by activating insulin, but also provides the essential building blocks for muscle repair.

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