Sport supplements

[AngstRiddenDreams]

Care to share about those? ^^

[Guitarmiester]

Originally Posted by Uncreative123

I got my MD from Biotest yesterday. They must have improved the formula because it tastes 10x better than I remember. I recently switched to mixing my protein drinks with water instead of milk- with ON it tasted like absolute shit. With MB it tastes amazing somehow. And it's loaded with like 20+g BCAAs. That in conjunction with the MAG-10/Anaconda protocol, I'm getting a stupid amount of BCAAs everyday.

Why'd you switch to water? Doesn't milk help the body absorb vitamins and shit? I already pee a lot the days I have protein shakes. I'd assume mixing with water would make the body release more of what you're taking in, rather than actually absorbing.

[soliloquy]

Originally Posted by Guitarmiester

Why'd you switch to water? Doesn't milk help the body absorb vitamins and shit? I already pee a lot the days I have protein shakes. I'd assume mixing with water would make the body release more of what you're taking in, rather than actually absorbing.

yes and no.
not all milk is made the same. not sure what the milk is like where you live, but up in canada, you have 2 basic milk types.
type one is made by neilson. they make the regular skim, 1, 2, 3.25 percent milk.
type two is made by natrel. they make the skim, 1, 2, 3.25 milk PLUS a bajjilion vitamins and minerals. its like having multivitamins with milk.

type two will help you absorb more.
type one wont really help you do much other than give you more protein, more calories, more fat (unless its skim).
using water helps you cut down on unwanted fat and calories

also, it doesn't matter what you eat or drink, your food will go through your stomach, then to your long and small intestines where its being absorbed. so if you drink milk or water with protein, it'll have the same effect. you just pee out water. but if you drink milk, you will pee out the water that is in milk the same way.

[Guitarmiester]

Makes sense. It was probably one of those things I've heard along the way that came from someone who talked as if he had a clue.

I drink whole milk for the additional calories and fat since I've always been more on the skinny/lean side. Any extra source of calories is a plus for me.

[Uncreative123]

awesome double post. First one

[Uncreative123]

Originally Posted by Guitarmiester

Why'd you switch to water?

Hardcore diet right now. Too many carbs. I'm netting less than 50g carbs on some days. Working really well.

Originally Posted by AngstRiddenDreams

Care to share about those? ^^

Are you talking about the HCL and CDG?

[AngstRiddenDreams]

Yes i am. lol

[soliloquy]

any recommendations of gaspari's myofusion?

[Uncreative123]

Originally Posted by soliloquy

any recommendations of gaspari's myofusion?

Doesn't look terrible.


Regarding HCL you can just read about it here:

Maximize Your Progress with Hydrochloric Acid


There's a little salesmanship going on there...Some of his supps are overpriced and you can get the generics cheaper elsewhere, but what they do is fairly consistent across the board and Polq knows his shit.

I need that metallic detox asap.

[UnderTheSign]

Does anyone here use pre-workouts? I recently got a sample of Unleash! V3 and it's great. Felt like a friggin' beast in the gym.

Right now I'm just chugging down protein shakes and nothing else. €55 for 4,5kg from a Dutch manufacturer, great stuff and tastes so much better than the "best whey you'll have ever tasted!" cassein whey rubbish I once sampled from another company.

[AngstRiddenDreams]

I've used N.O. Xplode once. It was insane. I felt like a god.

[MTech]

Originally Posted by Uncreative123

It's all about money. It's really no different than food- most of the popular stuff is shit and the good stuff is hard to come by and twice the price.

Exactly which leads me to my answer on the next one..

Originally Posted by UnderTheSign

Does anyone here use pre-workouts? I recently got a sample of Unleash! V3 and it's great. Felt like a friggin' beast in the gym.

I swear by Olympus Labs Thriller Pre-Workout & Iso-Fire Protein.

[Captain Shoggoth]

Starting to have peanut butter and oats as well now, gonna buy some fish oil and multivitamins and that will do nicely.

Originally Posted by AngstRiddenDreams

Whoops, missed that part.

Oats will help, extra calories that aren't in the form of junk is really good. Maybe even creatine? But if you take creatine, be sure you drink lots of water.

I drink tons, my pee looks like water so I'll look into creatine.

[AngstRiddenDreams]

I drink 160 ounces of water a day. During the loading phase of my creatine i get chapped lips. It dehydrates you, a lot.

[MetalGravy]

Have any of the vegetarians in the room tried this?

Pea Protein Isolate from MyoPure

[AngstRiddenDreams]

Just received a 5lb Tub of On Goldstandard Vanilla ice cream. So good

[Guitarmiester]

Originally Posted by MetalGravy

Have any of the vegetarians in the room tried this?

Pea Protein Isolate from MyoPure

I haven't tried that brand, but have tried one fairly similar that was free of lactose and gluten. It was the chalkiest-tasting protein shake I've ever had.

[Aevolve]

Anyone had any experience with these?



I ask because they're pretty easy to get a hold of where I live and pack a pretty good amount of protein.

How do they measure up?

[Uncreative123]

Originally Posted by PeachesMcKenzie

Anyone had any experience with these?



I ask because they're pretty easy to get a hold of where I live and pack a pretty good amount of protein.

How do they measure up?

They're candy bars with protein.

[soliloquy]

out of all the protein bars i've tried, this guy:


and a chocolate bar by Luna are prolly the best. they dont taste chemically, nor are they too tough to chew, and they taste great!




also, anyone have any recommendations for pre-workout drinks that are not caffeine based? i'm trying to go for some more natural stuff...or pretty much anything to keep me from giving up 75% though my workouts

[EtherealEntity]

Originally Posted by soliloquy

giving up 75% though my workouts

Is your lifestyle good? In my experience lack of drive in the gym is usually due to lack of sleep, bad diet etc.
I find as long as I stay healthy, drinking plenty of water throughout does the job just fine! In my opinion if you need some kind of kick to do your workout then you are in need of a rest anyway

[Uncreative123]

Originally Posted by soliloquy

also, anyone have any recommendations for pre-workout drinks that are not caffeine based? i'm trying to go for some more natural stuff...or pretty much anything to keep me from giving up 75% though my workouts

Caffeine is a lot more natural than what you're going to find in any pre-workout supp. Your best bet would be to have black coffee and/or green tea (supp). If you don't like coffee, you can take a generic caffeine supp or aspirin that has caffeine in it.
Coq10 can raise energy levels over a period of time. Some people report an initial boost on the first day of supplementing and then not noticing it thereafter (as it makes a gradual change in energy levels). If you're a person who takes afternoon naps, this may be something to look into.

[TRENCHLORD]

I've always done plain black coffee. Of coarse if you drink it everyday all day it won't have much effect,
but if one can use it and not abuse it then it's great as a preworkout boost/overdrive.
(I like the 100% columbian).

[EtherealEntity]

I should mention, I'm not against preworkouts or anything Just I think they should be used as a performance boost, not as a fix. If you feel like stopping before the end of your workout, I'd say something else is the problem. Perhaps you are overtraining?

[USMarine75]

^^^ Stay away from protein candybars that have 400+ Calories and over 100 from fat. Might as well wash that down with a 32 oz Gatorade with 200 more calories and 64g of sugar.