Orange juice and yogurt

For those who don’t know Stan Efferding holds the title of the worlds strongest bodybuilder as he holds bodybuilding titles as well as a few world records for strength. He is the creator of the vertical diet, and coaches many elite athletes on their diet and strength training. I stumbled on a podcast with him and mentioned this simple pre workout smoothie all his athletes enjoy.

I had been on a long cut and was really feeling gassed and low fueled in my workouts. I do train in the morning fasted. This has been real game changer for me, honestly I’m sure eating anything would have been a game changer, but I don’t like to eat food before I train. So the simplicity and stirring these together with a spoon and tossing is back without actually eating or feeling weighed down like I would consuming a meal. It’s a 10/10 for me for the taste, for the effect vs being fasted, and for the convenience. I personally use 10oz OJ with pulp, and 2 servings of vanilla chobani zero sugar added.13g protein per serving.

Lastly he mentioned it will increase your appetite and gave a scientific reason behind why, but I can’t remember it. I can say it definitely did increase my appetite I started eating extra food with my normal post workout breakfast after that. Also I was hungry sooner for my second meal of the day. He said for his hard gainers he has them drink one before each meal. I’m not a hard gainer but after feeling what I felt it do to my appetite I would say give it a shot!

It taste like an orange Julius