Protein Shakes

[starkie]

Well been going to the gym now for 3-4 Months.. Ive been told i need more Protein and to take protein shakes.

Whats the deal with these? Where can i get them from? What do they taste like? (As i hurd they are rank)

When shall i be taking them and how often?

Rep Available :afro:

[Japman]

You can get diff flavours mate Choco or strawberry....think you can get bananna now aswell,you can get them from most health shops
If not search for it on google and get them off a website

I take them 3 times a day

[saxodan]

ask the misses, im sure she can tell you what protein tastes like

[Japman]

http://www.maximuscle.com/powerofprotein?tc=GCpowerprotein&mc=SEARCHENGINE&gclid=CKHB6eL__YgCFSoMQgodkjVxBA

There you go buddy
PM me if you need any advice

[Leo]

Go to:

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com

They have a sale on right now and you can buy a tub of protien and get one free, go for vanilla as you can chuck in a few bananas and it tastes okish.

[starkie]

Leo> Do you mix with water and or milk??

What do they taste like?

You reckon worth getting them?

[bullit]

dont get one that mixes with milk they will be shite. look at the dorian yates range aswell.
there worth getting depends how serious you wanna be and if your training right. your cant do one or the other.
if bloke A trained hes ass off in the gym and only eat ok compared to bloke B who trained not as hard but eat well bloke B will get the better gains

[starkie]

Thanks Bullit.. Rep Given to all who helped!

Going to buy some tonight and see how i get on!

We should have progress threads with before and after pics.. could be intresting.. Ive got some from 3 months ago haha im laughing looking at them!

[barrett]

lets see the progress pics then starkie.

Don't get the holland and barrett one its crap.

My recomendation is the phd farmer whey, avaliable from www.monstersuppliments.co.uk (google it if it doesn't work in the link). It tastes great and offers the most protein. You really don't need to take 3 times a day. Taking it once a day straight after a work out would be sufficient. This one also tastes great.

The prolab optimum whey protein also has the same amount of protein in as the farmer whey and is a similar price. Not sure on the taste of this one though.

[bullit]

just see how you get on id say atleast take it twice depending how much protein is in it, even lookm at a weight gainer- protein and carbs if your a bit thin. as barret said most important time is straight after workout, the other time is in the morning as your body will need it at this time dew to a long time of no food. just have good meals and youll see the gains.

barret cheers for that other thing aswell

[barrett]

Bullit - No worries mate

Yeah on a gym day i take a shake in the morning and straight after a work out with a bowl of porridge. Buts still need to shift a few more pounds too. The most important thing is eating well balanced good food.

[Mitchell]

go on ebay and get some ON Whey, tropical fruit punch flavour.

its the bees knees, takes like them fruit salad sweetys you used to get.

[Leo]

Heres some of my progress pics if anyones interested, not very good and some are mixed:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/3383/thenev3.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/4245/nowur6.jpg
my arms look shit in these pics

Am a bit bigger now and more defined. I am not very strict though at all, i'm on and off protien and creatine, infact havent had either for over a month, going to get some after xmas.

As bulit said its all about the food, 80% is food the rest is iron room

[tom_mk1vtr]

I am a personal trainer so my advice:

If you are looking to build muscle you should be eating about 2g of protein per kg of bodyweight - If you eat more than this it will get stored at fat as the body cannot process all of it....so work out how much you need to eat and dont drink protein shakes like mad. Also, the body can only absorb/process around 35g of protein at a time, so if you are drinking huge servings of shakes containing 60g of protein you will put on a lot of fat.

People think drinking the more protein the better, but it is not the case! Stick to the 2g per kg of bodyweight per day and you will see reuslts.

If possible avoid shakes all together, the same results can be achieved just as well by eating alot of high protein foods like chicken, meat, egg whites, lentils, fish etc. and dont contain the sugars, sweeteners, and chemicals that protein shakes do. If possible avoid ones containing aspartame.

Obviously it is not allways possible to eat high protein meals throughout the day, im just saying do some research before buying any old tub of "GET MASSIVE NOW" protein. Read whats in it and make your mind up.

last thing, unless you are training the protein wont be utilised as much, so again if you are eating massive amounts of protein and not training, you will get fat and not put on muscle.

Anyway bit long that, but ask me if you wasnt any advice.

[barrett]

the advantage of a protein shake post exercise is that the 'protein' you get is technically not protein, its the constituants of protein, amino acids. Therefore your body can absorb them faster and use them to synthesise the new muscle to allow the muscle to develop.

[tom_mk1vtr]

the advantage of a protein shake post exercise is that the 'protein' you get is technically not protein, its the constituants of protein, amino acids. Therefore your body can absorb them faster and use them to synthesise the new muscle to allow the muscle to develop.

agreed. it is a good idea to consume a small high protien and high carb meal straight after training as the muscles are more receptive to nutrients, and there is still good blood flow to muscles. It must be consumed within 2 hours of training though.

[starkie]

Thanks for all the excellent information!

Well done lads!

Im not really skinny.. Still trying to lose abit of weight as well.. Doing this through abit of progress!

Barrett> Will post pics in a few more months when i got better results haha!

Im got the Stuff from Holland and Barrett!

Im goign to take a shake before i work out and when i finish working out only on days i go t0o the gym to see how i get on!

[bullit]

spot on tom.

[starkie]

Does it matter taking the shake with milk rather than water??

[Corsa_john]

Yeah i agree with Krovean, i use ON (optimum nutrition) 100% whey gold edition chocolate flavour, tastes a bit like nesquick stuff.

[Didz]

ask the misses, im sure she can tell you what protein tastes like

lol:p ;)