Hey hey! How’s your week going?

Mine’s going pretty good, looking at big picture. Unfortunately, while playing volleyball on Monday night, I hurt my back pretty badly, which left me bed-ridden most of the day yesterday, and nursing a bad attitude. Since I take so much care to practice proper form in the gym while training, getting an injury while lifting a couch up the stairs (and then furthering it from volleyball) left me picking up the pieces of a this-isn’t-fair pity party on Monday night.

But hey, at least we were first in our league! Our team was on fire this season!

But moving on… to tasty and delicious customizable workout smoothies!

Keepin’ it real: This post is sponsored by FitFluential on behalf of Bowflex Body. All text and opinions are  MINE 🙂

Bowflex, the makers of the Bowflex® Max Trainer®, Bowflex® TreadClimber®, and so on, now also has their own supplement line, Bowflex Body.

The idea behind Bowflex Body is to provide a well-rounded set of nutritional products to satisfy fitness fanatics’ fitness and health needs.

Their line of nutritional supplements is meant to be customizable, depending on your sports nutrition needs at that time – post-workout recovery shake, a shake to support your weightloss goals, or a healthy, high-protein snack.

Their sports nutrition sampler pack includes:

• Fitness Shake – at 125 calories, their base protein has 15 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, and also has dozens of vitamins and nutrients, probiotics, MCT oil, fruits and vegetable extracts, and more added to support your training
• Protein+ shake boost – defatted peanut butter for an added protein boost to your shake
• Pre-workout Energy+ – the wild berry pomegranate flavored pre-workout contains vitamins and mineral and a proprietary sports blend to be consumed before your workout
• Fat Burner+ – coffee bean, Garcina cambogia, African mango, and cocoa extract
• Daily Energy – packed with amino acids and vitamins designed to keep you active and alert throughout the day
• Mixed Berry Antioxidant – with antioxidants to fight free radicals

For more on the ingredients in all of the products, you can read them here.

I’ve been making a go-to post-workout smoothie lately with the vanilla shake, the peanut butter, and the berry antioxidant. Those, combined with some almond milk and frozen strawberries, makes it taste similar to a pbj! I’m all about that.

This makes for a great post-workout shake because it’s got lots of protein, carbs, antioxidants, and it’s easily absorbable. However, if you’re wanting more low-carb, you could change out the frozen strawberries for ice cubes. If it’s your pre-workout shake, you could add the pre-workout, and if you’re looking for a metabolism boosting effect, you could add the natural fat burner. For my customized post-workout shake, I grabbed the shake, the peanut butter boost, and the berry antioxidant packet.

Peanut Butter Berry Post-Workout Shake

1 c. unsweetened almond milk

1 scoop. Bowflex Body vanilla protein powder

1 packet of peanut butter protein

1 serving of mixed berry antioxidant

1/2-1 c. frozen strawberries

My favorite shake “boost” would have to be the peanut butter protein+. I love the added protein, the peanut butter flavor, and that it’s low in fat. I don’t eat a low fat diet overall, but I do like to focus mainly on protein and carb in my post-workout meal.

As far as flavor goes, they’re all pretty dang delicious. In fact, my husband is super picky about protein powder flavors, and each time we make smoothies with this combo, I hear the ‘international sound for more’ (sucking on a straw with an empty glass) within 5 minutes. It tastes like it could be dessert. It’s also very filling, I think due to the probiotic fiber in the base protein shake.

The price on the line ranges from anywhere from $24.95-$99.95 – BUT I have a 20% off coupon code for you if you’d like to try it out yourself. Just add BOWFLEXSHAKE when you check out.

What are three ingredients that always make it into your smoothie??

This post is sponsored by FitFluential on behalf of Bowflex Body.