| When I first started weightlifting and designing my diet, I | | | | also my pre-workout nutrition. I find it much easier just |
| became aware that in order to get enough nutrition, I | | | | to make a quick smoothie before and after I do my |
| needed to eat at least 5 meals everyday. If I was to | | | | exercise routine as opposed to actually making a full |
| actually cook and prepare all those meals I would | | | | meal. |
| spent my entire life in the kitchen, so I needed a better | | | | I like to use a supplement shaker for my meal |
| way. That's when I discovered that you can actually | | | | replacement drinks because it means that I can easily |
| replace a some of your meals with meal replacement | | | | take it to the gym with me. I like to have it with me |
| shakes. | | | | when I'm doing my exercises so that I can take sips |
| A quality shake will always have a lot of nutrition | | | | out of it between sets. |
| packed into it. Most of which will be whey protein, | | | | Every so often I take a break from supplements |
| creatine or something like that because thats the kind | | | | altogether and actually make every one of my meals |
| of ingredients that will give your body everything it | | | | each day. I find this helps to flush and cleanse my |
| needs to increase in size. | | | | system and allows me to safely take supplements |
| A common problem with meal replacements, is that | | | | again in a few weeks. |
| people go overboard and try to use them for all of | | | | I also has found that once I have stopped taking |
| their meals! Don't do this because they are not | | | | supplements for a few weeks and then go back on |
| designed for this purpose at all and don't have all the | | | | them again - I get some big gains! It seems that the |
| nutrition your body needs for an entire day. | | | | break has somehow made them that much more |
| I always use these shakes to replace my post and | | | | powerful when I start using again. |