The best answer depends on your workout type + intensity.
My post-workout meals are not a one-size-fits-all suggestion, but here is a great tip to get started on the right track - skip alcohol or high-fat foods within the first hour of your workout.
🍺 Alcohol can halt your recent training gains and stall
your muscles from recovering properly.
🍟 Healthy fats, like sliced avocado, are okay, but high
fat/low nutrient foods that are greasy will leave you feeling sluggish + bloated, not fueled.
The Extreme Cobb
Salad
Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 (8-oz.) raw chicken breast, boneless,
skinless
2 ears corn on the cob,
shucked
½ tsp. sea salt (or Himalayan
salt)
4 cups chopped romaine
lettuce
4 large hard-boiled eggs,
chopped
1 cup chopped cucumber (approx. 2⁄3
medium)
1 cup chopped tomatoes (approx. 1½
medium)
1 medium avocado,
chopped
8 slices cooked turkey bacon,
chopped
½ cup ranch dressing (opt for one with minimal ingredients
that are clean and easy to pronounce!)
Instructions
1. Heat grill (or grill pan) to
medium-high.
2. Lightly coat chicken and corn with spray; season with
salt.
3. Place chicken and corn on grill (or grill pan); cook
for 10 minutes, turning as needed, until cooked through and slightly charred. Let cool until they can be handled.
4. Chop chicken; cut kernels from
cob.
5. Evenly divide lettuce among four serving bowls; top
evenly with chicken, corn, eggs, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado, and turkey bacon, arranging each in individual rows on top of lettuce.
6. Serve each bowl with 2 Tbsp.
dressing.
What post-workout meal is the best fuel for you? Let me
know!