3 Budget-Friendly Bulking Shakes
Winter is coming, which only means one thing in the fitness community…
It’s officially bulking season. That means upping your calorie intake to make it to that all-important calorie surplus. Having to eat a load more food sounds great in theory, but for a lot of people that means things can get pretty pricey.
Luckily, we’re on hand with three simple, budget-friendly bulking shakes that won’t only provide a delicious boost of calories alongside high-quality protein and carbs, but won’t break the bank either (shout out to all the students, this one’s for you especially).
In fact, we’ve worked out the price per serving and all of these high-impact shakes come in at well under £1.40, while providing at least 489 calories (in fact, our impressive Peanut Butter Banana shake actually weighs in at a massive 653 calories per serving). We don’t think you’ll be able to beat that value with anything you can find in the supermarket.
Not to mention, they’re quicker and easier to fit into your day than yet another portion of chicken and rice.
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Ingredients
2 scoops Weight Gainer Blend (Vanilla) - 150ml whole milk
- 1 banana
- 2 tbsp. peanut butter
- Handful of ice
2 scoops Weight Gainer Blend (Vanilla) - 250ml whole milk
- 2 tsp. cocoa powder
- 50g oats
Handful of ice
2 scoops Weight Gainer Blend (Vanilla) - 250ml whole milk
- 75g Greek yoghurt
- 100g frozen blueberries
- Handful of ice
Method
- For each shake, simply add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
Nutritional info per serving:
| Peanut Butter Banana Shake | |
| Calories | 653 |
| Carbs | 77g |
| Protein | 34g |
| Fat | 25g |
| Chocolate Shake | |
| Calories | 510 |
| Carbs | 60g |
| Protein | 34g |
| Fat | 15g |
| Blueberry Shake | |
| Calories | 489 |
| Carbs | 49g |
| Protein | 29g |
| Fat | 14g |
| calories | 0 |
| totalFat | 0 |
| totalCarbohydrates | 0 |
| protein | 0 |
Lauren is an English Literature graduate originally from the South. She’s always loved swimming, has discovered the power of weight training over the past few years, and has lots of room for improvement in her weekly hot yoga class.
On the weekends she’s usually cooking or eating some kind of brunch, and she enjoys trying out new recipes with her housemates – especially since shaking off student habits, like mainly surviving off pasta. Above all, she’s a firm believer in keeping a balance between the gym and gin.
Find out more about Lauren’s experience here.
