[Lost Dog]

I'm assuming your doing weight training, right? The workout drinks help everyone.

Do you need it? No. But it's more like an investment in your next workout.

By taking care of your muscles at this workout, you'll recover faster and be able to workout harder the next time.

You can get dextrose or maltodextrin at GNC or VitaminShoppe (if that's how you spell it). Pretty much any store that primarily sells supplements.

Malto is also available at home brewing stores (like for making your own beer).

Malto and dextrose are very cheap.

Until you find that, powdered gatorade works well. Some people never switch from gatorade. Just the powder in the little tubs from the supermarket.

Next choice, chocolate milk. Just plain low fat chocolate milk. I use the generic one at the grocery store, in a pinch. It's better than Quik. Quik has too much crap and not enough protein. The generic is just choclolate milk (milk, cocoa, and sugar).