football : Elsie taking aim at Gatorade?
July 17, 2008 – 8:38 am | by adminDon’t look now, but it appears that Elsie the Cow is making moves on that bastion of sideline showers, Gatorade.
The Washington Huskies, who began experimenting with different training regiments last fall, will require players to drink one small carton of fat-free chocolate milk following practices and work-outs this season.
UW Trent Greener said that it’s hard to point to one root cause for the benefits, but concludes that chocolate milk does improve players hydration. Greener’s experience with chocolate milk over the last year shows that America’s favorite school cafeteria beverage helps add protein when players walk off the field right after completing a practice or work-out, even more so that some of the sports drinks that the Huskies have tested.
The Huskies aren’t the first team to go with a non-traditional drink to re-hydrate their team. The NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and Georgia Bulldogs have experimented with pickle juice during workouts and games to prevent cramping and encourage better hydration.
And it was the (probably!) the Florida Gators who invented Gatorade, so… who knows? Maybe Tiger Woods will be doing chocolate milk commercials soon!
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