Protein bar reviews by the average consumer

There are a couple of things I look for in a protein bar.  I’ve rarely found a protein bar that meets all of my standards.   Today I reviewed a few different protein bars and ranked them 1st, 2nd and 3rd.  I eat a protein bar for a between breakfast and lunch snack every day.  I didn’t eat all of these in one sitting, I ate one each day for three consecutive days.

3rd place – Myoplex Monster Protein bar
Taste -     3.   ehh.  average chalky protein bar.
Density -  3.  Got milk.  No seriously I can’t choke this down.
Protein  -  5.  Damn. I don’t even need to eat lunch now.
Carbs   -   3.  ehh.  not bad.
Notes – If i was a body builder looking to get huge pretty muscles that can lift small volkswagons, this’d be my protein bar.

2nd place – Cliff protein bar
Taste-       3. It is okay.  Not the best but I’ve had worse.
Density -  4. It isn’t too thick and fairly soft.
Protein -   4. 20g’s of protein aint a bad amount.
Carbs -     2.  Too many carbs for this fat guy.
Notes – I love cliff bars and until today they were my choice for protein bars.  They are made by tree huggers and are good for naturalists, organicists and other folks trying to be better people.

1st place – The Snickers Marathon Protein bar
Taste -      5.  Almost as good as the candy bar
Density -   4.  Thick, but still chewable
Protein -    4.  20g per bar isn’t bad.
Carbs -      3. 17g per bar isn’t bad either.
Notes – They put peanuts in just like the candy bar.  This is a great change of pace from the ordinary protien bar. Favorite flavor – chocolate peanut crunch

 

I haven’t yet tried the p90x peak performance bar.  It has a lot of carbs and not alot of protein.  It is supposed to be a good ‘energy’ bar though.  I’m going to buy some when I reorder my p90x recovery drink mix.

P90x Week 9 Day 1, Chest and Back – ab ripper x – 1 mile jog

For some reason I felt ambitious this morning.  I woke up, got ready and started intensely on disc 1 Chest and Back.  I was rockin it too.  In my record book I looked at what my goals and results were from weeks 1 through 3.  I was doing 20 standard pushups, today I did 35.  I was doing 10 pullups, today I did 18.  I was killing it……

Then I puked.

About halfway through the workout I tossed my proverbial cookies.  I have been battling a little bit of sickness for a while now, but have not yet thrown up while working out.  Like a champ I put in a peice of gum and kept at it.  Then puked again.

Then I got a second wave of adrenaline or energy.  I finished my work out with fire.  The dive bombers were as unpleasant as I remembered.  It has been six weeks since I’ve done them and I wasn’t looking forward to them.  They remind me of how bad at yoga I am.  My shoulders are on fire after about twelve dive bombers. If I happen to look at the tv while doing it I always see Moraine (sorry for the mis-spelling) doing her dive bombers with her fine ass up in the air and I get distracted.

After finishing the dvd, I took a quick one mile jog.  I would say it was just under seven minutes.  Good to get outside and run again.  I hate, let me repeat that, I hate running on the treadmill.  I’d rather get fat over the winter than run on a treadmill.

When I got back from the jog I finished my work out with the ab ripper x dvd.  I love that thing.  The fiefer sissors are getting easier but still make me feel like I’m a little boy getting beat on by a step father. 

I haven’t eaten anything yet today and it is just after ten a.m..  I had my creatine drink this morning, but I’m sure I threw all of it up.  I also had my recovery drink…… “Oh thank heaven, for the p90x recovery drink”

One more week on the fat shredder diet and I should be in good shape.

What gets you through the p90x workouts?

Thanks for asking, you know who you are.  Feel free to email your questions to me, post them as comments and I’d love to answer all of them.

Recovery Drink, recovery drink, and recovery drink.  I would love to think that my body has found some way to regenerate and recover on its own, but the truth is the only reason I can bust my @ss everyday is the recovery drink helps me forget the pain.  Is there HGH in it?  I don’t know.  Is there some type of steroid? I don’t think so.   Maybe the secret ingredient that helps me recover so quickly is crushed up pain killers?  I hope not but wouldn’t mind if it were true.

The  p90x recovery drink is my best friend after Plyometrics.  Today is p90x yoga x and I haven’t done the workout yet.  I’m going to get home from a conference around 9pm and do yoga x immediately.  At which point I’ll drink my recovery drink and watch Rob and Big on MTV.  I love that show.