A workout shake is a shake of quick digesting carbs and protein that you drink around your training. The app adds it to your Schedule at your workout's start time and gives it its own macro targets. You can add this at your diet set up, and you can add/remove it at any time right in your schedule.
Toggle it on
- When you add a new workout
- When you tap or long press on a workout already in your schedule
- The app suggests macros for the shake. Use − and + if you want to change the macros. Reset goes back to the suggestion.
- Once you're happy with the macros and don't want them to change if you have to update your schedule later, tap the padlock (Unlocked) to lock them in, so the app keeps them as they are.
- Hit the check in the top right to save the changes.
- The shake then shows on your Schedule as Shake, at your workout's start time.
Have the same shake every time? Save it as a meal and lock the food amounts. See Saved meals vs. recipes
What goes in it
Build it like you would any other meal. See Building meals.
Workout shakes are protein and carbs. Veggies and fat aren't part of them, so those food sections stay empty when you add foods.
Have the same shake every time? Save it as a meal and lock the food amounts. See Saved meals vs. recipes.
How it fits with your day
- The shake is part of your daily total, not extra on top. If you add one after your day is planned, your day balance shows red at first, because the shake's calories sit on top of your meals. The app then takes those calories from your other meals to build the shake, and shows a message explaining what changed, as it does for any schedule change. See Schedule changes: how your calories and meals update.
- When you copy a day or a week, Copy workouts brings over each shake's time, macro targets and lock. Shake foods come over only if Copy meal foods is on. See Copy a day or a previous week.
When to drink it
How you split it depends on when you train and what you prefer.
- Training first thing in the morning: have about half before your workout and the rest during it.
- Training later in the day: have about a third during your workout and the rest after.
Turn it off
Tap or long press the workout and turn off Use workout shake. The shake's calories go back to your day balance. Tap Adjust to spread them across your meals.