Is beer a good recovery drink? (Page 3)

I don't know if its good or not, but if the grill is going beer will be drunk.  

In answer to the original question, "YES", especially when served ice cold.

I have been conducting a scientific study of the recovery attributes of beer for a few years now. Not conclusive yet, but I'll keep the study going.

Pet peeve, admittedly, but personally I think any paper which includes the phrase "trend towards significance", or any inferences drawn at p above the pre-established threshold, should be bounced and its PI sent to an undergraduate stats theory class.

On the other hand it's arguably safe to draw inferences from the negative results, i.e., there's no evidence for glycogen impairment at 24h.  So I guess I know what I'm doing on recovery day morning!

yup.. I actually found that article because a dietitian used it as a reference as to why alcohol isn't a huge detriment to training, even though the authors of the study used it to infer that it is.  But like I said, the dose of alcohol used in the study is akin to doing what I've only seen with my mountain biking buddies in which we go directly to a bar after a group ride and pound a few beers (well only a few actually drink that much).  This is quite different from having a beer or two afterward.

Anyone here ever run with your local hash hour harriers?  haha. that's where I found out that the best beer in the world is the first one you have after a nice run.

Recovery? You're missing the joy of having one DURING the race.

The SECOND best kind of Scout break.

its like asprin and carbs in one, what could be better?  oh yeh, and throw in a dozen hot wings!!!

Not the best option, you also need protein for muscle repair. You probably experienced muscle cramping at your tri for exerting yourself above your current fitness level, I really doubt it had anything to do with the beer.

That said, a beer is almost always good! mmmm beer...

That's why you have peanuts with your beer. Or steak. Either way.

Beer is amazing. After a race, my time gets better and better with each beer I have. Amazing stuff.

So- all we need to do is mix a little whey protein into our beer.  Doesn't sound so bad.
(someone's going to make $1M off of this idea)



The studies I looked at a few years ago, which were done on elite athletes who had totally depleated themselves with intense exercise, indicated that .

Water Only:  was good
Sports Drink/Simple carbs:  was better
70% simple carbs, 30% protein:  the best.

Given that in most regular exercise we don't bonk (depleat our glycogen stores), I would expect that all this recovery data is somewhat tempered.  i.e. it matters, but perhaps not as much.

This beer seems to fit "the best" part pretty well and 2-3 after a good workout hasn't hurt me yet!

ABV 4.0%, 95 calories, 3.2g carbs, 1.1g protein and 0.0g fat.