Skratch Labs Recovery - worth the price?
Do you have equally effective yet more economical recommendations? Let’s talk about ‘em.
Posted Aug 17, 2019, 1:43 AM UTC
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I've tried Skratch, Gatorade and Vitalyte for recovery.
I found Skratch to be better than Gatorade, but honestly Vitalyte for me has been way better than both. I feel like Skratch just usually has more hype.
Edit: Vitalyte also has 3-4 times more servings for the same price as Skratch.
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I mix Pure Protein (Vanilla) and frozen peaches (or mixed fruit) in a blender. It's a lot cheaper and pretty tasty.
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How much do you ride? Why do you think you need recovery drinks other than just normal food?
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Mainly it’s for the weekends. 50 miles on Saturday. 80 miles on Sundays.
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I can’t speak to the effectiveness of it over anything else but the quality of ingredients is better than most others.
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I use it and it works. Much healthier than Gatorade or the like.
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How is it healthier ? I thought they were both just basically sugar.
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Big fan of Skratch here too. No idea if it is ‘better’ but works for me
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I've been happily forking over money for Skratch hydration mix for rides, but for recovery, chocolate milk does the job fine and is ready to go in the fridge (I suppose you can have it premixed).
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Compare the ingredients/nutrition in Skratch Labs Chocolate Recovery Mix and a carton of Lactaid Chocolate Milk.
Then compare the price.
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Don't know why you got downvoted, most of the Skratch products are nothing but sugar and some flavoring.
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I know. The recovery mix I mentioned is almost exactly the same as chocolate milk, but with a high mark up. Not worth it. The exact type of sugar (dextrose vs. ?) might be the only real difference.
People are a little irrational about chasing marginal gains from expensive, hyped sports drinks and performance 'boosters.'
Oh, well.
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All my friends love it