After a workout is seems likethe last thing you want to dois eat. You’ve been breakinga sweat for the last hour in atattempt to burn off all thosepesky calories, who wants toundo all their hardwork byfilling their body with a newbatch of calories to store? Icompletely understand thisway of thinking, but it’swrong!

After pushing yourself to thelimit, and I hope you weredoing just that, your bodyneeds a little helprecovering and someadditional nourishment tobuild those muscles you spentthe last hours trying tocreate. Eating after a workout is one of the best ways to maximize your results.

My top 3 post workout snacks:

1. Apples and peanut butter:

2. Trail Mix and yogurt

3. Protein Shake

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What’s your favorite postworkout snack?