5 Healthy Post Workout Snacks To Toss In Your Gym Bag

Going hungry post workout hurts your fitness progress! Be ready to refuel with these easy, portable, healthy post workout snacks.

Healthy Post Workout Snacks

At HEX, we know clean. For us, that means laundry, but we won’t stop there. We’re all about helping you live clean beyond the laundry room to the kitchen, to work, family, and fun. Try these clean post workout snacks this week!

Homemade Energy Balls

If you haven’t yet, you should definitely be adding chia seeds to your healthy pre and post workout snacks. This lemon, coconut, and chia seed recipe has everything for a refreshing snack bite! See how The Healthy Maven made these homemade energy bites, and check out the rest of her yummy energy ball recipes.

Trail Mix

Visit Wegmans and DIY your favorite kind of trail mix! Combine nuts + berries to get the protein, carbs, and vitamins your body craves in post workout snacks. While you’re there, swing by the laundry aisle and get some HEX Performance Advanced Laundry Detergent to de-stink your sweaty clothes!

Protein Bars

Don’t let the green scare you! With this homemade protein bar, green tea isn’t just for drinking. Matcha green tea has hit the health world lately as a drink loaded with extra benefits. This recipe from Desserts With Benefits pulls the super-healthy tea into a bar with no bad stuff like artificial flavorings or dyes. (Just like HEX leaves out the bad stuff like dyes and fillers in cleaning!)

Homemade Granola Bars

If you love a greek yogurt smoothie after your workout, this granola bar is a perfect on-the-go alternative. Blueberries are in season now, so make these blueberry yogurt granola bars! This recipe from Half Baked Harvest includes almonds and peanut butter for a healthy dose of protein.

Veggie Snack Jar

Early morning workouts are hard enough without thinking about what you’ll need all day. Save your precious morning minutes and snack jar the night before! This version, from Oh My Veggies, contains a genius guacamole/hummus hybrid that can double as a veggie or pita chip dip (to blow your friends’ minds).

More post workout tips to Live Clean!

Clean up your post workout routine! Now that your post workout snacks are ready to go, we want to help with the your gear. Even if your gym bag sat in a hot car all day after your sweat sesh, HEX can get you cleaned up and smelling fresh. Prolong the life of your gym gear with these tips:

1. Keep your gym bag clean, so you don’t feel gross putting snacks and clean clothes in it. Air your gym bag out and spray it with HEX .
2. While you’re at it, don’t let sneaker smell ruin your athleisure style. Spray your shoes with HEX  to keep them from getting nasty.
3. If you have a chance to hang up your sweaty workout clothes to dry, that’s great! If not, don’t worry – HEX Advanced Laundry Detergent tackles the toughest workout smells.

HEX is available at select Target stores, Harris Teeter, Wegmans, ShopRite, Shaws & Star Market, and Giant Eagle. Check our store locator to see if we’re in your local supermarket!