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Anyone eaten a Mars Bar PROTEIN?

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  • September 17, 2017 at 8:24 pm #27650
    Leviathan

    How are they? Just like a Mars Bar? I recently saw one costing £3.29 at a cycling fare; and I understand you can get them cheaper and can probably order a box online for much cheaper, but the unit price is still eyewatering for what we humans call ‘food.’ If I am on the bike already how much protein do I really need during a ride, and if I am off the bike why not have a juicy steak dinner? I’ve seen Pros necking tiny cans of Coke on the go for sugar, but who is muscle building? I can’t see how these are effective or economic for anyone. Have you bought one?

    I could get a kilo of whey powder for that. It is bad enough that Mars Bars in shops have shrunk so much they are now like the old fun sized minis (I used to string out until February 1986.)

     

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  • September 20, 2017 at 10:47 am #902513
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    madcarew

    davel wrote:

    davel wrote:
    Simon E wrote:

    You don’t  need Mars bars and you don’t need whey powder.

    Eat real food.

    Having said that, I have to admit that I do enjoy eating a Snickers during a long ride but I would not want or need a ‘protein’ version.

    Of course you don’t need it, but it’s dead convenient. I use protein drinks on fasted rides, and my long rides, to stave off hunger. These protein snacks and powders etc can have a place.

    Slightly confused; if you’re using a protein drink on (or before) a fasted ride, it’s not a fasted ride….

    And protein snacks and powders can have a place, but it’s one that is better filled and taken by real food.

    September 20, 2017 at 9:28 am #902511
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    Anonymous

    Small packet of prosciutto

    Small packet of prosciutto after a ride.  Almost 100% protein apart from a bit of fat and salt.   Perfect.

    September 18, 2017 at 7:12 pm #902509
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    davel

    Well, this probably is an
    Well, this probably is an expensive, overchewy, shit version of a Mars bar.

    September 18, 2017 at 7:01 pm #902507
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    Leviathan

    So a general waste of time,

    So a general waste of time, trust your inner McDuck. I am surprised with the empassioned responses though.

    September 18, 2017 at 4:30 pm #902505
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    davel

    Simon E wrote:

    Simon E wrote:

    You don’t  need Mars bars and you don’t need whey powder.

    Eat real food.

    Having said that, I have to admit that I do enjoy eating a Snickers during a long ride but I would not want or need a ‘protein’ version.

    Of course you don’t need it, but it’s dead convenient. I use protein drinks on fasted rides, and my long rides, to stave off hunger. These protein snacks and powders etc can have a place.

    September 18, 2017 at 3:04 pm #902503
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    Simon E

    You don’t  need Mars bars and

    You don’t  need Mars bars and you don’t need whey powder.

    Eat real food.

    Having said that, I have to admit that I do enjoy eating a Snickers during a long ride but I would not want or need a ‘protein’ version.

    September 18, 2017 at 10:14 am #902501
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    andyp

    Agree with you on the whole –

    Agree with you on the whole – it’s just another line of marketing bolox.

     

    But this:

     

    Q: ‘who is muscle building?’

     

    A: All of us.

     

    September 18, 2017 at 9:32 am #902499
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    StraelGuy

    I saw a documentary on

    I saw a documentary on Netflix recently and apparently protein’s all the rage at the moment – think ‘idiots aimlessly eating protein all the time while simultaneously doing no exercise and expecting to to miraculously turn into beefcakes’.

     

    I can only think that these brands are jumping on the bandwagon and profiting by people’s general daftness!

    September 18, 2017 at 8:39 am #902497
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    LastBoyScout

    Yeah – out of interest, I

    Yeah – out of interest, I bought the Mars one and the Snickers one for about 50p each from a bargain bin at a tiny convenience store, of all places.

    As someone else said, much chewier version of the originals, but nothing special otherwise – won’t bother again.

    September 18, 2017 at 8:35 am #902495
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    Canyon48

    BS

    BS.

    September 18, 2017 at 7:26 am #902493
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    simonmb

    The day the Mars and Snickers

    The day the Mars and Snickers brands became ‘gym snacks’ I knew the lunatics had finally taken over the asylum. 100g of chicken or quinoa give the same amount of protein and with the bonus of a wealth of other unprocessed nutrients. But then you guys already know that…

    September 18, 2017 at 7:17 am #902491
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    theironduck

    I picked one up at a motorway

    I picked one up at a motorway services – it was a couple of quid from memory – on the drive up to RideLondon.  I kept it in the car for after the event.  A chocolate bar is obviously more convenient to keep in the car than  a home-made protein shake so it was handy from that perspective.  Taste-wise it was Mars-like but  a lot chewier.  It wasn’t the worst thing I’ve eaten but I won’t be eating them for pleasure that’s for sure.  Nor would I eat one on a ride, but I’m not sure that’s what they’re for tbh.

    September 18, 2017 at 6:11 am #902489
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    madcarew

    A mars bar protein is simply

    A mars bar protein is simply junk food. You will not need or use protein whilst exercising (Very very few animals, Husky dogs being one, can rebuild muscle at the same time as using it). For food on the go eat something that’s not high in simple sugars, that has a modicum of fat, and is largely complex carbs. Like a banana, or a cheese sandwich, or a flap jack, or some rice cake, or som e other real food.

    September 17, 2017 at 9:46 pm #902487
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    wycombewheeler

    +1 for steak dinner over
    +1 for steak dinner over protein bars.

    September 17, 2017 at 8:42 pm #902485
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    barongreenback

    It’s bollocks. Unadulterated

    It’s bollocks. Unadulterated marketing king sized hairy sweaty testicles.   Most people consume plenty of protein in their regular diet. 

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