DIY pre-workout drinks that cost less than Rs 20!

Are you someone who hits the gym regularly sipping on packed pre-workout drinks and supplements, which cost a bomb and don’t make much of a difference to your workout regime! Then you need to pause and read on as we have curated some cost-effective homemade pre-workout drinks to fuel up your workout sessions. Here are a few simple pre-workout drink ideas that can cost you less than Rs 20 each!

Banana is loaded with the goodness of essential nutrients like carbohydrates and potassium, and combining it with almond milk, cinnamon helps in boosting muscle strength, keeps protein levels high, helps in satiating hunger and keeps the energy levels high.

Ingredients: 1 ripe banana, water or almond milk, a pinch of cinnamon.

Instructions: Blend a ripe banana with cinnamon, almond milk until smooth. Add a pinch of salt for electrolyte balance.

This simple pre-working drink is packed with the goodness of vitamin C, antioxidants, minerals, which help provide ample hydration and energy, which also helps in better weight loss.

Ingredients: Water, half a lemon, 1 teaspoon of honey

Instructions: Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into a glass of water, add a teaspoon of honey, and mix well.

To make this hearty drink, take a glass of water and soak basil seeds (sabja seeds) and mix it with lemon juice.

Ingredients: Sabja seeds, water, lemon juice

Instructions: Soak a teaspoon of basil seeds in water for about 10 minutes until they form a gel-like consistency. Add lemon juice for flavour and a boost of vitamin C.

Sipping on coconut water and along with chia seeds, a pinch of black salt, a pinch of roasted cumin powder, which provides hydration and helps in balancing the electrolytes levels. Addition of chia seeds and cumin powder help in effective weight loss.

Ingredients: Coconut water, a pinch of black salt, 1 tbsp chia seeds, a pinch of roasted cumin powder

Instructions: Mix coconut water with a pinch of black salt and roasted cumin powder.

Drinking Cinnamon tea before working out can effectively help in improving blood circulation and regulates blood sugar levels. Sipping on this drink helps in boosting metabolic rate and boosts energy levels.

Ingredients: Water, a pinch of cinnamon powder, a pinch of black salt

Instructions: Mix water with a pinch of cinnamon powder and black salt.

This DIY electrolyte drink helps replenish electrolytes lost due to sweating during workout. Apart from that, sipping on this drink helps in improving energy levels during workout.

Ingredients: Water, a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of sugar, a dash of lemon juice Instructions: Mix water with a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of sugar, and a dash of lemon juice.

Sipping on freshly brewed green tea along with mint leaves can not only help in accelerating the metabolic rate, but at the same time the presence of caffeine in green tea and nutrients in mint leaves helps in boosting the antioxidants in the body.

Ingredients: Green tea bag, fresh mint leaves, water

Instructions: Brew a green tea bag in hot water, let it cool, and add fresh mint leaves.