[Jizzy]

Originally Posted by ZÆ

Yeah I'm not a big fan of BodyTech. Where did you buy it from and did you get BCAA's

What's a BCAA?

I got the BodyTech thing from this little Vitamin Shop.

I wonder if they'll let me exchange flavors.

[ZÆ]

Originally Posted by Jizzy

What's a BCAA?

I got the BodyTech thing from this little Vitamin Shop.

I wonder if they'll let me exchange flavors.

Read threw this, some people say they don't do much but I find them helpful.
I find Vitamin Shop very expensive, you can get the same stuff from CVS.

[Jizzy]

Originally Posted by ZÆ

Read threw this, some people say they don't do much but I find them helpful.
I find Vitamin Shop very expensive, you can get the same stuff from CVS.

Really? CVS carries the same ****?

[GMJigga]

My buddy got HUUUUUGE really, really quickly using the Animal Pak system (you combine different products tailored to your specific needs).

[MarionBarberThe4th]

That stuff is overrated.

Get a tub of creatine.

I got a little from my brother, you take it right after you work out, with a lot of water, its magic. Ive gotten so cut in like 3 weeks.

[Jizzy]

Originally Posted by MarionBarberThe4th

That stuff is overrated.

Get a tub of creatine.

I got a little from my brother, you take it right after you work out, with a lot of water, its magic. Ive gotten so cut in like 3 weeks.

Really?

[Cinco de Mayo]

Originally Posted by Jizzy

Constant gym freak here and I've just recently tried drinking protein shakes or one atleast. Good god, Cookie and creme tastes horrible. 30 bucks wasted on that ****. I should have gotten a fruity flavor to mix with cold water, with cookie n cream, milk is the only option. What flavors would you recommend?

Try the cookies-and-creme in water. I wouldn't do any flavor in milk, but that's me.

And when you're doing protein shakes, do touch the fruity, Raspberry Butterscotch kind of stuff. It's all awful, even with the good brands. Don't go too fancy with it. I stick with Chocolate and Cookies-and-Creme only with Vanilla thrown in every once in awhile. If you get tired of those and really want to get Pina Colada just to be different, don't. Bad idea.

Get creatine, too, at least to try it out.

[unstop]

Fellow gym guy here. Try Designer Whey Protein. I like strawberry. It's one of, if not THE easiest mixing/easiest to drink protein powders out there.

If you're drinking it post workout, which you should be, you should add in a simple carb such as dextrose (a type of sugar). After a workout, carbs are as equally important as protein, and whey as the protein source and dextrose as the carb source are the best choices you can make post workout.

And creatine... creatine doesn't make you "cut." It's not magic, either. It works for most people, but not all (usually people with high natural creatine levels in there body don't get much response from it). It will cause some water retention (which is why people get "bigger" when they use it, as water is retained in the muscle making it appear larger).

The main purpose of creatine supplementation is to increase the amount of creatine available to your muscles. Creatine is your muscle's first source of energy, so if you have more creatine, your muscles have more energy. This means if you could normally do 5 reps with a certain weight, maybe now you'll do 10.

Over time, this in turn leads to increased strength, which leads to increased muscle. The weight/size gained in the first few weeks however is nothing but water retention, not muscle.

[Jizzy]

Originally Posted by unstop

Fellow gym guy here. Try Designer Whey Protein. I like strawberry. It's one of, if not THE easiest mixing/easiest to drink protein powders out there.

If you're drinking it post workout, which you should be, you should add in a simple carb such as dextrose (a type of sugar). After a workout, carbs are as equally important as protein, and whey as the protein source and dextrose as the carb source are the best choices you can make post workout.

And creatine... creatine doesn't make you "cut." It's not magic, either. It works for most people, but not all (usually people with high natural creatine levels in there body don't get much response from it). It will cause some water retention (which is why people get "bigger" when they use it, as water is retained in the muscle making it appear larger).

The main purpose of creatine supplementation is to increase the amount of creatine available to your muscles. Creatine is your muscle's first source of energy, so if you have more creatine, your muscles have more energy. This means if you could normally do 5 reps with a certain weight, maybe now you'll do 10.

Over time, this in turn leads to increased strength, which leads to increased muscle. The weight/size gained in the first few weeks however is nothing but water retention, not muscle.

Interesting stuff. Is it also ok to drink your protein while you workout? Does it make any difference?

[unstop]

Originally Posted by Jizzy

Interesting stuff. Is it also ok to drink your protein while you workout? Does it make any difference?

During a workout, carbs would actually be more important/useful than protein, with a carb/protein combo being most ideal. But really, as long as your pre and post workout meals are what they should be, a during-meal isn't really necessary.

[Jizzy]

Originally Posted by unstop

During a workout, carbs would actually be more important/useful than protein, with a carb/protein combo being most ideal. But really, as long as your pre and post workout meals are what they should be, a during-meal isn't really necessary.

Interesting.

[knicksfan]

Egg whites fellas. Egg whites. If it works for Julio Franco at 47, it will work for those of you half his age. Egg whites are PURE protein. Get a whole grain english muffin, fry up 3-5 (or more if you want, I think Franco eats 8 every morning LOL)egg WHITES (not Yolks) and enjoy that. It will taste better than any protein shake you can get your hands on. Whole grain cabrohydrates, and low cholesterol protein. That's the key for success. Egg whites have NO cholesterol, since it's all in the yolk. You need a little meat, get some lean ham, or one or two strips of bacon (A little fat won't harm you) to throw with the egg whites on the whole wheat english muffin.

If you're trying to get protein in after a workout, an idea of mine is natural nut butters. However, there's nothing wrong with eating eggs twice a day either. I think they say Eggs are nature's food, there's a reason for it.

[unstop]

Originally Posted by knicksfan

Egg whites fellas. Egg whites. If it works for Julio Franco at 47, it will work for those of you half his age. Egg whites are PURE protein. Get a whole grain english muffin, fry up 3-5 (or more if you want, I think Franco eats 8 every morning LOL)egg WHITES (not Yolks) and enjoy that. It will taste better than any protein shake you can get your hands on. Whole grain cabrohydrates, and low cholesterol protein. That's the key for success. Egg whites have NO cholesterol, since it's all in the yolk. You need a little meat, get some lean ham, or one or two strips of bacon (A little fat won't harm you) to throw with the egg whites on the whole wheat english muffin.

If you're trying to get protein in after a workout, an idea of mine is natural nut butters. However, there's nothing wrong with eating eggs twice a day either. I think they say Eggs are nature's food, there's a reason for it.

Egg whites are one of the better sources of protein. I eat 10 every morning (30 grams of protein) as part of an omelet. After a workout though, while not horrible, they aren't an ideal protein source because they are a whole food. Whole foods digest slower than something like a protein shake, which is liquid.

Your nut butter idea for a post workout meal isn't so great because of the high fat content. There's nothing wrong with the fat itself, as nuts/nut butters are one of the better sources of fat (which should comprise about 20-30% of your total calorie intake, by the way), but fat slows digestion, and that's the complete opposite of what you want to happen in the meal after your workout. You want nutrients to be absorbed by your body as quickly as possible, and fat would only slow it down.

Nuts/natural nut butters are great any other time of the day, though.