Smoothies are one of my favorite muscle building snacks. Most people don’t think of a smoothie as a muscle builder, but if you know what your doing the blender can end up being one of your biggest muscle building assets. I use my blender almost every day and it allows me to load up on my protein, vitamins, and essential muscle building macronutrients in the same delicious drink.
Making smoothies allows you to pack in a bunch of muscle building ingredients into the same drink. They are also extremely easy and convenient. If you are a skinny guy who desperately wants to build muscle, making delicious smoothies that pack in a ton of quality calories is the perfect way. I have the perfect recipe for you today that tastes just like dessert and helps you build lean muscle.
I have been making smoothies for years and they are my favorite way to get in all of my macronutrients when I’m on the go and have a busy schedule (which is most of the time.) Smoothies are great for a quick breakfast on the go, or a muscle-building snack. They can also be great for a quick post workout muscle builder.
Many skinny guys struggle to gain weight because they aren’t able to feed their body a calorie surplus and set the stage for an anabolic environment. If you are a naturally skinny guy chances are that you have a really fast metabolism. If you are a naturally skinny guy under the age of 25 you probably have an incredibly fast metabolism that could require over 3,000 calories a day! The younger you are the faster your metabolism is – as your metabolism tends to slow down as you get older.
Even if you are performing the right workouts and lifting strictly with compound exercise movements – you need to make sure you are in a calorie surplus to gain weight. It is much harder to eat your calories as opposed to drinking them. If you have a blender you can quickly blend up a 500-calorie muscle-building shake in less than a minute! This is the perfect way to get your body in a calorie surplus and help you pack on rock solid lean muscle mass.
This mass building smoothie recipe only takes a few minutes to make and is perfect if you are busy and on the go. Whether you are working or going to school full time, everybody needs a few quick and easy recipes to feed their body muscle building nutrition when they are on the go.
Let’s get right into this delicious mass building smoothie recipe. This smoothie is perfect for a post workout muscle builder, breakfast, or afternoon snack.
Mass Building Smoothie: Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana
Ingredients Needed:
- 1 Cup Vanilla Almond Milk
- 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter and Company Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter
- 1 Whole Banana
- 1 Scoop Dymatize Smooth Banana Protein Powder
- ½ Cup Ice
Directions:
Combine all of these ingredients in a blender and blend for about 10-15 seconds until you reach your desired consistency. The consistency of this smoothie should resemble a milkshake as the peanut butter makes it really thick. One thing to make this smoothie even creamier is to use a frozen banana instead of a regular banana.
Blender Tips:
I use a magic bullet in the video, and I highly recommend it as a convenient blender – especially for those who are constantly on the go. If you want a larger blender to make smoothies for more than one person, I recommend the Ninja. You can pick one up for about $100.00 and they are really high quality with a powerful motor.
Chocolate PB Banana Smoothie Nutrition:
This smoothie recipe contains over 400 calories and 40 grams of protein. It is such a powerful mass builder because it contains almond milk, protein powder, peanut butter, and potassium filled bananas. This smoothie will help your muscles recover and will also feed your body much needed potassium after a hard workout.
Conclusion:
You will be shocked how delicious this smoothie is. The secret ingredient to make this taste like your favorite milk shake is the dark chocolate peanut butter by Peanut Butter and company. This stuff is actually mostly just pure peanut butter with a hint of sugar cane and cocoa powder. It has about the same amount of calories as regular peanut butter with only a few more grams of sugar. This stuff is actually pretty good for you and tastes amazing. Pick some up at your grocery store and use it in smoothies or to make a delicious chocolate peanut butter and jelly sandwich (my personal favorite.)
Make sure to get creative with your mass building smoothie recipes. There are so many delicious combinations. If you are looking for a great mass building smoothie you can’t ever go wrong with the combination of peanut butter and protein powder. This combination will assure that your body is getting lots of healthy fats and protein which will help your muscles recover and help you get in that ever important calorie surplus. Since fat is 9 calories per gram as opposed to carbohydrates and protein at only 4 calories per gram – incorporating peanut butter in smoothie recipes is such an easy and delicious way to get your body into a calorie surplus.
I hope this recipe opened up your creativity, and you can come up with some delicious mass building smoothies on your own. This is just one of many delicious recipes I blend up. Let me know what you think of this recipe, and if you have another delicious mass building smoothie recipe leave it in the comments below.
@Steven – Are you allergic to nuts? If not, have you ever tried almond butter?