Run rabbit
Rish told me to run for 8 minutes… so I ran for 10 :) I think I earned my sticker today ;)
I did a paltry 6 yesterday. I was to build back up to 30… think I can manage it in the next 3 weeks? Not completely sure, all I can do is push myself…
(let’s just ignore the re-swelling of the glands and that I’m a little bit croaky after my final group today…)
:)
And drink excessive amounts of caffeine?? *giggles*
I received a box of 6 bottles of Powerade a couple of weeks back… The idea being that since I was taking up jogging maybe I’d drink it, feel it helps me etc…. Problem is, even though I can see the idea behind it, I just can’t see to drink full-sugared drinks much anymore. Guilt? I’d rather save the calories for something fun. Like chocolate.
So, lucky Rish got himself 6 bottles of powerade. Two of the caffeinated energy edge, two isotonic and two recovery (with protein)
I didn’t try the red or blue ones… but the protein one left a strange texture on my teeth… it was weird! didn’t taste bad or anything, just felt a little strange… like banana does sometimes.
The caffeinated one? I’m told it says to drink half an hour before your sport… but Rish tells me it hit him about 10 minutes later, hyped him up, and then about 10 minutes after that let him down again. My theory was that he’s not as caffeine addicted as someone like me and probably you, dear reader, and so it would take 30 minutes or a heck of a lot more to hit us :p
(he drank the 2nd bottle ten minutes before his workout next time, and said it made him work like mad at his kick boxing workout)…
I’m sure there are things I’m neglecting (feel free to comment for a change if you want to add in anything Rish *kiss*) :D
45 minutes to kill until I can pick Rish up and go home *browses ebay for Hello Kitty stuffs*
1Rish
wrote on 12 June 2008 at 7:49
Nah..that’s pretty much it. The caffeine one was quite a lot of fun. I wonder what effect is has on body conditioning though. As in, if you’re exercising to get fit, does it have any benefit? Perhaps it’s just good on “game day”.
I might also add that the protein one seems pretty pointless, owing to the very small amount of protein in each bottle. A glass of low fat milk has about 10% more protein, so why not have an extra one of those, or just get serious and have a protein shake.
2Shelley
wrote on 12 June 2008 at 16:02
Didn’t some international sporting body recently partially remove the ban on caffeine? I figured that was why powerade decided to shove some in their sports drink, given it’s addictive and all.
3Fiona
wrote on 13 June 2008 at 6:44
hmm I remembr people gettingh kicked out of Olympic shooting events and archery for having too much caffeine in their system.
4kelkel
wrote on 13 June 2008 at 10:31
Body builders use creatine for the same reason, hypes you up, gives you more energy supposedly. Creatine however I think is actually legal for all sports, but don’t quote me on that.
As to the affect on body conditioning, sure, more work done is still more work done, but given the nature of caffeine, the more often you have it the less effective it becomes and you become dependant on it to reach your normal levels of performance.
Sports drinks are really only useful to athletes. Regular persons doing regular amounts of excersise don’t run out of electrolytes in our systems (we actually all consume far too much salt as it is). So unless you’re doing a triathalon, you’ll get little benefit out of sports drinks. And as you pointed out yourself, you’re trying to burn energy, not consume it.
Rishni hit the nail on the head with the protein comment. The reality is, companies bring out products that they know average, uninformed people will love. So all the dookins see “With Protein! Makes bigger muscles!” and they buy a truckload. Always read your labels.
But personally, I love the blue one for taste. :p
5Rish
wrote on 13 June 2008 at 13:32
Yeah. So they gave us a whole bunch of psuedo-scientific “stuff” with the drinks, basically saying the drinks effectiveness was supported by research. In the stuff referring to the Energy Edge drink, it mentioned about caffeine now being legal in certain sporting comps. Can’t remember the specifics though.
6kelkel
wrote on 13 June 2008 at 15:34
It’s unfortunate that people trust the front of food labels, but adding to that is the way buzz-words get in people’s heads and then they associate those words with good nutrition. “Protein!” is one of these buzz words. It works for the boys, because they think they will grow muscle and the girls associate it with lower energy content.
It dissapoints me that just because they’ve decided to stop taking medals off people for it, drink companies immediately advertise it almost as an essential excersise vitamin of some form.
7Jen
wrote on 16 June 2008 at 18:46
protein!?!? how ridiculous. Is it meat flavoured?
OMG!! It’s BLOOD isn’t it!!!
Gross.
8Fiona
wrote on 17 June 2008 at 7:46
@Jen: Yes jen, we’re going all vampiric on you. You’d bette watch out!