What’s The Deal With Protein Pancakes And Fitness Models

If you have gotten interested in fitness, and have checked out form check videos, or any of the Instagram pages of some of the most popular fitness models, you will see that a lot of them are really enthusiastic about protein pancakes. Some of them cook them from scratch, while others use the premade mixes. You might wonder why protein pancakes are so popular, especially since regular pancakes are not traditionally something a girl or guy looking to cut fat and build muscle would be into. You would expect a breakfast of eggs and oatmeal, but pancakes?

The truth is that protein pancakes are not regular pancakes. So you don’t have to worry about overloading your body on white flour, carbs and empty calories. The mixes are high in protein, and the protein pancakes that are made from scratch can have even more. I’ve seen simple recipes that are made with protein powder, apples, cinnamon, oats, and almond milk …and i’ve also seen recipes that are even more protein rich and include cottage cheese.

Fitness models such as  Jazmine Garcia , Nikki Blackketter, and Ashley Nocera are examples of fitness models who detail the foods they eat (protein being a big part of their diet.) Nocera even has her own Youtube related to cooking. Its called Nocera’s Kitchen, and is separate from her weight training videos.

Ana Cheri has a really cool recipe for protein pancakes. She makes them from scratch. She doesn’t use cottage cheese, instead she uses oats and protein powder. It’s a really cool recipe. She even has an apple topping. And if you’ve seen Cheri’s body, you know the woman knows exactly what to eat and how to exercise.

Emily Skye also has a great recipe from scratch.

If you’re going to make protein pancakes from scratch, you should get a small bullet blender. If you watch the video above that Ana Cheri posted, you will see that she uses a small blender. This is used to blend up the oats. You should get good quality oats, not some cheap pre-procesed oats. The oats, instead of white flour which is typically used, is much better when it comes to glycemic load as well as having more protein.

Of course, if you are not into making your own protein pancakes from scratch, then you should just get a box of protein pancake mix. The most popular brand is Kodiak. This is the box with the grizzly bear on the box. They are designed for people who don’t have the time to make something from scratch.