My son, who is 16 years old (5' 7" weights about 130) and started this year with strength training in school would like to what he calls bulk up :action8: We did purchase a used Weider 9625 Pro system for him and now he would like to drink protein shakes to help with this. We saw his strength coach at the store when we were going to purchase some Whey but his coach said do it natural so we did not purchase. Does anyone have any recipes that are natural? Sorry, I am new to protein drinks and working out.
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Protein Shakes
- Thread starter sunshine5
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fresh fruit; yogurt; sure whey protein, flax see; ice; spinach maybe; little honey; good luck have fun with your son's smoothies; jeff
For him to drink a protein shake post workout isn't the most terrible things to do. The natural way of getting protein or nutrition after a workout is eating the right kind of foods. Protein can come from red meat, chicken, dairy, and nuts. The most important thing you need to monitor is his protein consumption. He should be consuming around 59-70 g of protein a day.
(.8-1.2 x bodyweight in kg not per bodyweight in pounds) Don't listen to marketing ads in most weight lifting magazines. They are mostly bogus, just trying to get you to buy/consume more so they make money. Hope some of this info helps.
(.8-1.2 x bodyweight in kg not per bodyweight in pounds) Don't listen to marketing ads in most weight lifting magazines. They are mostly bogus, just trying to get you to buy/consume more so they make money. Hope some of this info helps.
Make sure he eats enough protein.
whey is best first thing in morning and after a workout.
Go to myprotein and buy a sack of dextrose and whey, cheap as chips.
use dextrose first thing in morning to fill glycogen levels and same after workout.
white rice will bulk him up for his meals,aim for double the amount of carbs for each gram of protein.
whey is best first thing in morning and after a workout.
Go to myprotein and buy a sack of dextrose and whey, cheap as chips.
use dextrose first thing in morning to fill glycogen levels and same after workout.
white rice will bulk him up for his meals,aim for double the amount of carbs for each gram of protein.
Sounds like whether to have protein natural or use Whey is a choice unless I am misunderstanding. I will look up the other things you guys mentioned like Glycogen because I don't know what that is. This may not sound good but I have never been on a diet or had to watch what I eat. I eat what I want and when and am still doing that at 50 today and I am 5' 6", 120 pds with a small frame, my son is also small frame. Sorry if I ask many questions but working out/weight lifting is all new to me. I have concerns about how much he should workout, his eating habits versus how active he is. His workout at school is a program for his sport baseball; which he is a pitcher. He has a college looking at him so he is trying to do whatever it takes to strength his body and help with pitching. 2 or 3 times a week at school he does Bicep curls (45 pds both arms), bench press (rep 2 sets of 20 at 80 pds), wrist curls (30 pds on right 25 on left arm). He has not started the legs yet. Now we have the workout system at our house, is it OK to workout at school and at home? He hikes once a month, rides his bike and has started to run. He is and has always been active, you will not see him in front of a computer or game system. He eats OK, just not enough I think. We eat a lot of chicken and not so much red meat, hardly ever eat fast food. Drinks at least 3-4 glasses of 2% milk, no problem with most vegetables and likes many different fruits. He is not a typical teen that eats constantly, but he will eat what I put in front of him or grab something out of the refrigerator if it is quick. Is this understandable? In my first post I said he was 5’ 7”, that was a typo, he is 5’9”.