Protein coffee
Coffee blended with protein powder, drunk instead of an early breakfast
Coffee with a scoop of protein whisked or blended in, hot or iced, taken by people who cannot face solid food before an early session. The point is amino acids in before training rather than only after, which matters most to anyone who would otherwise train on nothing at all. Collagen, whey isolate and plant blends all work, though whey can curdle in very hot coffee unless it goes in cold or gets blended. It replaces neither breakfast nor a post-session meal.
People on record
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Stacy SimsDoes it
Exercise physiologist · Women Are Not Small Men
Mornings are not her strong point, which is how coffee blended with protein became her fix. It signals a fed state to the brain, she says, without asking anyone to face a full meal before an early session.
Source: Dr Stacy Sims: Why Fasting Does Not Work for Active Women
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