Post-workout snacks – Simply Nutricising

The 3 R’s of Recovery Nutrition

REPEAT after me....... REFUEL REBUILD REPLENISH REFUEL REBUILD REPLENISH REFUEL REBUILD REPLENISH Repeat after every workout by eating and/or drinking the 3 R's within 30 minutes of exercise. Take a moment to reflect and analyze what you are doing after workouts & then you can figure out how you can improve your post-workout nutrition. What does is RECOVERY mean to you? What do you eat for recovery and why do you eat those specific foods? Now, lets breakdown the 3 R’s of recovery! 1) REFUEL with Carbohydrates: After 45-60 minutes of physical activity, you have depleted your body's carbohydrates stores in your muscles (aka your energy source). It is time to fill up [...]

Spring into Workouts with Homemade Energy Bites

Sometimes you want to change-up your snack by making your own grab-n-go fruit & nut bars or the very popular bite size balls. Since store brought fruit & nut bars (such as Larabars, Kind Bars, Rxbars) contain only whole ingredients that you can find in your local grocery store (or mostly likely in your kitchen) and contain approximately 3-10 ingredients, why not experiment making your own! Luckily, they won't taste bad when the main ingredients are dried fruit and nuts! How bad could they be? Some recipes call for a food processor. You don't need a fancy expensive food processor. I still use the mini cuisnart for [...]