I’ve belonged to a few gyms over the years.
A few years back, a well-known national chain had a “juice bar” of sorts, where people could go before or after a workout to buy any range of pre-post workout protein drinks or similar.
I looked closely at the ingredients of some of these drinks, and was absolutely shocked at the sugar content. The protein powders alone had loads of sugars or artificial sweeteners, and then they would ADD a fruit juice to the drinks, or canned fruits as well (canned fruits alone often use a sugar-syrup to add to the flavor punch) on top of that.
I knew the workers there. They confided in me that the amount of sweeteners used in the drinks that they sorely overcharged for was off-the-charts. That basically, the only people who should even be considering buying and drinking these things down were the competitive bodybuilders, and those in their *bulking stage only* as compared to any other phase of their training.
We agreed that most anyone else, should not be getting NEAR these drinks. That these drinks would surely only add weight and/or fat, unless enough of a workout was had to compensate for the amount of calories, carbs/sugars and fats that were being ingested.
I once saw a person smoking outside the same gym, just outside the entrance door.
I wonder if she was a fan of aerobics.
Love, Happiness, Health and Peace…………..Tim