Hey guys, Vince Del Monte from yoursixpackquest.com. I got another video coaching lesson for you today and we are going to talk about how to supplement your nutrition plan with smoothies, protein shakes, post-workout recovery drinks, whatever you want to call them. Suit yourself. I am going to kind of show you what I drink at the end of one of my workouts during the mass gaining phase and how I adjusted during the fat loss phase.
It is actually very simple. There should be two things when you are building your protein shake or your smoothie. You should have some carbs and you should have some proteins.
Now, I am going to be getting my carbs from the chocolate milk here. Make it taste good and then if you want, you can go with fruit as well. You can go with juice. There are lots of ways to be creative. I am going to be mixing it with a banana which is also high glycemic such as the sugar and the chocolate milk which is going to spike my insulin intentionally, which is going to help shuttle the protein powder into my body. Just because I am putting the protein in my body does not mean it is actually going into the muscles. That is the importance of the insulin.
Before I actually mix this up and drink it, I want to make some comments regarding fat loss. It is very simple to manipulate this for fat loss. You basically want to get rid of the sugars. If you get rid of the banana and the chocolate milk and just keep the protein powder and the water, you are going to have protein that is going to help maintain your muscle mass. It is going to control your insulin levels and remember, the fats are going to come off from the caloric deficit you create from your meal plan as well as the hormonal response we are creating from the high resistance weight training.
So, it is a little boring but sometimes this is what gets the job done. If you are an advanced guy who is trying to burn off the last couple percent of body fat, then you might even just want to stick with a real food.
Okay, let me show you how we do this. Very simple. I am aiming for about a two to one ratio of carbs to protein. That is if you are focusing on building muscle. You know, if you are training really hard and you need to keep your carbs some more, so you are going to have to keep more carbs in your body, in your program even though it is a fat loss program which is not a big deal. You might want to do a one to one ratio of protein to carbs. And I teach you all these formulas in my program, yoursixpackquest.com, so you will get it right.
Remember guys, I just finished a very, very intense weight training workout, so my stores are depleted. My body is craving for this. This is going to go right into my muscles. None of these is going to get converted to fat unless the overall calories are too high. This is a big shake guys. Let us let this baby rip! That is a massive shake. That is worth two shakes. I will probably drink half of that now then half of that in about an hour from now or after I go take a shower.
And that is it guys! So, again that is a way to make your life easier. If you do not have time to bring a can of tuna or chicken breast to the gym, which most people do not or are not going to do, this your backup solution. One of the bonus props that come along with yoursixpackquest.com program is a book I wrote called Meals On the Go and it provides over 50 different smoothie recipes and they are all really creative. They are all really fun. They are all tasty, delicious.
And right now we are at Brantford Athletic Club, gorgeous club here. As you can see, they got a nice health bar here and these are not the ones that I have on my program but I have been looking at these and some of them are pretty similar. So we are going to get pretty creative in the program. For example, you are going to make stuff like chocolate splits, chocolate protein powder, papaya juice, strawberries, banana that is a great, healthy smoothie. You can make a fruit smoothie with vanilla protein powder, papaya juice, raspberries, strawberries. You can make a snickers protein shake with
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