5 Foods to Fuel Your Workout — and Help You Recover

Tipping back five ounces of the red stuff for five weeks reduced free-radical damage from an intense cycling test, says new research in Nutrition Journal. You know that feeling right after a workout when the pain starts to seep through your muscles and you hate yourself for pushing yourself through the last rep? Researchers of the study say that tomato juice is an excellent source of lycopene, an antioxidant that soaks up those painful compounds and helps you rebound quicker.