Tommikka Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Rogerborg said: Huh, I just drink plenty of water and eat some salted peanuts or a pork pie. Now I find I've been dicing with death all these years by not popping Proton Energy Pills. Take one of the tablet ones in your mouth ...... it’ll be fine !!!!!! 2 hours ago, Druid799 said: At an Airsoft event (even a wknd’er) you don’t really need any supplements just good old H2O and lots of it will work , cyclists/runners/climbers/etc do need them as there continually operating in muscle ‘burst mode’ so will need to replace them , but airsofters ? unless you are literally running around continuously all day your just not going to loose enough electrolytes to ‘need’ to taking any supplements on board , it’s that bit of glucose or other sugar source in them that’s the bit your body craves so just a good old choccy bar will do the trick just as well , and taste nicer !😂😂 Spot on I used to just do chocolate & coffee, that satisfied my need on the day, but a couple of days later I’d be aching. That I put down to not warming up and being old etc. Taking electrolytes etc cured me I don’t have the needs of an athlete, but am active enough Its what works or doesn’t work for individuals and how active we are or what we are using out of our bodies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musica Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 46 minutes ago, Tommikka said: Take one of the tablet ones in your mouth ...... it’ll be fine !!!!!! Spot on I used to just do chocolate & coffee, that satisfied my need on the day, but a couple of days later I’d be aching. That I put down to not warming up and being old etc. Taking electrolytes etc cured me I don’t have the needs of an athlete, but am active enough Its what works or doesn’t work for individuals and how active we are or what we are using out of our bodies Interesting perhaps some of the "recovery" based sports products would make the morning after less painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Druid799 Posted July 12, 2019 Supporters Share Posted July 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Musica said: I guess since we draw a lot of parallels between soldiers and airsoft players (at least when it comes to wearing and holding what they do) does anyone know if a solider would be chugging energy drinks and sucking down energy gels? Not trying to start a fight genuine question of a deployed soldiers nutrition outside of set meals. Back in the dark ages when me and Tackle was in it was all mars bars , marathons (I still refuse to call them ‘snickers’ bloody Murcans!) , barley sugar sweets and glucose tablets from your ration pack , even when I was in the TA afterwards still not much of that stuff used , there was a supposed isotonic powder appearing to stick in your water bottle but just tasted like a sickly sweet screech to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Rogerborg Posted July 12, 2019 Supporters Share Posted July 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Druid799 said: it was all mars bars and marathons (I still refuse to call them ‘snickers’ bloody Murcans!) Going a bit off Topic, I could be tempted by something that's got what plants crave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tackle Posted July 12, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Druid799 said: Back in the dark ages when me and Tackle was in it was all mars bars , marathons (I still refuse to call them ‘snickers’ bloody Murcans!) , barley sugar sweets and glucose tablets from your ration pack , even when I was in the TA afterwards still not much of that stuff used , there was a supposed isotonic powder appearing to stick in your water bottle but just tasted like a sickly sweet screech to me Oy, I'm younger than you, rumour has it your ratpacks had half a hog roast & a gallon of mead 😜. my holy grail in the packs was the Spangles, must have been packed with sugar, really seemed give you a lift when you were struggling. Ive used some of those "energy" powder drinks in the past, usually when playing some non-stop weekenders, can't actually say I felt any benefit from them, but even on regular skirmish days I usually mix orange hi-juice in my bottles/camelbak, mainly cos I hate the plastic taste, but a little bit of sugar won't do any harm. f#ck the "no added sugar" crap, bloody food nazis should mind their own business 😤 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Druid799 Posted July 12, 2019 Supporters Share Posted July 12, 2019 Spangles ! 😍😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aengus Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Just drink water until your pish is clear 🤣. A big 2l bottle of water is always with me and does the trick. Don’t see the need for protein as no muscle should really be getting built and in terms of electrolytes we all probably have too much sugar/salt in our diets anyway so no need to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Druid799 Posted July 14, 2019 Supporters Share Posted July 14, 2019 And further to this ongoing discussion went S’ofting today and it was fecking hot !🥵 and what did I have with me ? Had 2lts of fairly weak squash that was lovely and cold (had 1 mahoosive IceCube in it ) and I had a marathon mid morning and then a mars bar mid afternoon . How do I feel ? I feel absolutely f**ked is how I feel ! 😴 BUT I’m aching like I’ve earned it through hard exercise (which for a man of my age and general bollox’ed body I REALLY should now better than to do ! 😂) but no other problems associated with weather conditions , did see a couple of young lads leaving the field with a marshal with what I’d say was looking like the starting’s of de-hydration . When I went back in at end of re-sporn I did go and check on them and low and behold what were they sharing ? Yup you guessed it a can of fecking monster ! when I tried to politely educate them about the perils of energy drinks the one replied with “my dad bought it for me so it’s ok to drink it , so F-off and mind your own business!” See turns out stupidity is genetic ! 🤦♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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