Gym And Supplement Discussion

[-FIGJAM-]

just the same way weak guys think everyone that's bigger than them are on the juice

ummmm they are?

[Dani Boi]

Powerlifters ego, not even once.

[Birds]

LOL

[jangles]

just the same way weak guys think everyone that's bigger than them are on the juice

Weak guys yes.

I personally don't care who's 'bigger' to look at.

[Nee-san]

I have to say there are endless amounts of Jimmies being rustled in this thread.

[NickR33]

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/maximal_strength_training_for_muscle_mass

[markos]

Interesting whats common knowledge on one forum were on is a mystery on another hey Nick lol

I have a clinical psycologist lift here, a weightlifter who just won Bronze at the World Masters in Ukraine

He explained to me that denial is our strongest emotion

[Birds]

Interesting

Do you think balancing on a Bosu or doing a random CrossFit death circuit of the day is going to get you vastly stronger? If so, then, think again.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

What are your thoughts on BCAA supplements? I usually just stick to protein & creatine, but a few of my mates are recommending I hit up a good dosage of BCAA as well.

I currently take ON Casein before bed and ON Gold morning and post workout. It seems to already have a good amount of BCAAs.

Thoughts?

I'm an amateur gym dude, nothing crazy yet.

[-FIGJAM-]

BCAA taste nice.....

helps me drink more water, whether or not it has done anything else is up for debate.

[TTT]

pencil-necked, polo shirt wearing commercial gym personal trainers

lol Kasko

Johhny - I bought a tub of Purple Wraath.

I'm not the HULK... yet..

purple lemonade is the flavour which DOESN'T taste like shit.

I have it in the morning as I'm trying intermittent fasting and therefore not eating breaky at the moment, and then during lifting.

I haven't noticed anything different.

As Mitch said, it tastes nice and I drink more water.

Edited October 25, 2012 by TTT

[Mitcho_7]

I take bcaa pre/during and post workout. All I can say is definently get a good flavored one, otherwise they will taste like bitter ass crack...

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

what are the benefits though?

Because from what I gather ON Gold Standard WPI has a good whack of BCAAs.. as per:

http://www.optimumnutrition.com/products/100-whey-gold-standard-p-201.html

[TM7GTR]

Lol powerlifters and bodybuilders/gym goers... Can't we all just get along?

Not going to give an opinion on BCAA's as I haven't used them enough to voice a proper opinion, although I tend to think my stamina has been ever so slightly better during workouts in which I've used Scivation Xtend. The only supplement I have used now which I really appreciate is CREATINE.

Yes even I've put down creatine before, but whether a placebo or not, my strength in the gym has been higher than usual.

On another topic,

INTERMITTENT FASTING:

Yay or Nay?

Has anyone actually tried it long enough to provide some decent feedback?

TTT, how are you finding it so far?

[TM7GTR]

what are the benefits though?

Because from what I gather ON Gold Standard WPI has a good whack of BCAAs.. as per:

http://www.optimumnu...dard-p-201.html

Unless your workouts are quite long, and/or you work out a few times a day you may find it won't have much of an effect if you're an amateur gym dude like you mentioned.

Tell your mates to stop being so stingy and try a couple serves of theirs before you potentially waste your money.

[TM7GTR]

Interesting

Not sure what you meant by that quote :s

My sarcasm senses are tingling.

[Mitcho_7]

what are the benefits though?

Because from what I gather ON Gold Standard WPI has a good whack of BCAAs.. as per:

http://www.optimumnutrition.com/products/100-whey-gold-standard-p-201.html

All protein powders are going to have bcaa in them.

The difference is with bcaa by themselves they are hydrolysed (broken into small peptide chains and individual amino acids) rather than being part of a huge long peptide chain. The benefit of that is they are absorbed faster because the body doesn't need to break heaps of peptide bonds with lots of different enzymes between individual amino acids to absorb them.

If you are interested in bcaa's have a read about them individually. Leucine is the most important, but it has been shown to work better in conjunction with isoleucine and valine.

Edited October 25, 2012 by Mitcho_7

[Birds]

Not sure what you meant by that quote :s

My sarcasm senses are tingling.

Hehe

I said a while back that I wouldn't recommend crossfit for someone pursuing outright strength and got torn apart for saying so. The same sentiment appears in a T Nation article and it's gospel

[TM7GTR]

haha thought so ^ .

Crossfit is shit for outright strength, but great for power.

[TM7GTR]

All protein powders are going to have bcaa in them.

The difference is with bcaa by themselves they are hydrolysed (broken into small peptide chains and individual amino acids) rather than being part of a huge long peptide chain. The benefit of that is they are absorbed faster because the body doesn't need to break heaps of peptide bonds with lots of different enzymes between individual amino acids to absorb them.

If you are interested in bcaa's have a read about them individually. Leucine is the most important, but it has been shown to work better in conjunction with isoleucine and valine.

Honestly though, unless your demands are high, whole foods are the way to go as some sources provide strong amino profiles.