This week's top 5: The Protein Edit is here.
If you're asking whether you need more, you do.
Matt from The Feed <[email protected]>
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TheFeed promotes its top 5 protein picks, offering 15% Feed Credit on Ascent Clear Whey and Arrae Clear Protein, and 25% off SwissRX Total Recovery. The campaign highlights the importance of protein for endurance athletes and provides guidance on choosing between protein shakes and recovery shakes. It also showcases various protein products and flavors.
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Welcome back to my Top 5, with a twist. Today is a special issue: all protein, top to bottom. Why? Because if you're asking yourself whether you might need more protein, you do. I know I do. We break down muscle every single day, and most endurance athletes are running a deficit without knowing it. Five things, two minutes, and you'll fuel smarter than 90% of your group ride.
1. THE PIÑA COLADA OF PROTEIN
Clear whey is like showing up to a party where everyone brought beer, and you brought Piña Coladas.
It's whey that's already partially broken down, so it digests easier and mixes lighter, which cracked open a whole world of flavors. Protein no longer means a heavy vanilla or chocolate shake. Think Creamsicle over Rocky Road. My house recipe: Ascent Clear Whey, frozen pineapple, half milk, half water, blend — that's the Piña Colada. When I just want fast, I shake Arrae with water; it mixes as quickly as hydration and tastes amazing.
The nugget: if thick shakes are why you skip protein, clear whey removes your excuse.
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2. PROTEIN SHAKE OR RECOVERY SHAKE?
The difference is one word: carbs.
A protein shake doesn't need many. A recovery shake adds serious carbs on purpose, to refill your glycogen (stored energy) tank after you've emptied it. So the question isn't which is "better." It's: how depleted are you? After a multi-hour session, go recovery. Skratch Recovery is truly delicious, partly because it carries 35g of carbs, which is exactly why it shouldn't be your everyday shake. My functional favorite splits the difference: SwissRX Total Recovery — protein, carbs, and nutrients aimed at calming post-workout inflammation. It's 25% off today.
The nugget: big workout, big carbs. Easy day, protein only.
Button Get 15% Feed Credit on Skratch Recovery
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3. THE THREE Cs
Beyond your shake, three ingredients earn a spot in an athlete's protein routine.
Collagen: it IS protein, plus tissue-repair support. The most compelling study says to take it an hour before intense training, which dramatically increases how much your body puts to work. When my daughter was ski racing, I insisted on it. Did it help? I don't know, but she didn't get hurt. SwissRX Collagen outsells every other collagen we carry by 3x, and it's 25% off today.
Colostrum: the first milk mammals make for their newborns. (You had it as a baby. Yes, most supplements come from cows or goats. Yes, I'll wait while you process that.) Athletes take it for the same three reasons babies do: gut lining, immunity, and overall resilience. There's also Revitalize, the pricey version engineered to be identical to human colostrum, which athletes are using to help support healthy iron levels, something female athletes especially struggle with. And before you hit reply: it's not from a human. Just identical.
Creatine: all the same molecule, whatever Instagram tells you. I saw a brand (we don't carry them) claiming "3rd generation creatine." That's just a lie. What matters is purity. So I made you a $15 one: The Feed Lab Creatine, 60 servings, highest purity we could find, NSF Certified for Sport.
The nugget: collagen an hour before training, colostrum for your gut, creatine daily, and never pay for creatine marketing.
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4. ONE POUCH INSTEAD OF 30 PILLS
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