Attention, bodybuilders: cheap whey protein!

[Dolemite69]

<< Try vitaglo.com for supps. (creatine and whey) Free shipping on purchases over $20. EAS Simply Whey 5lb container shipped to your door. $25.97


JC >>



Hey buang-jam, that looks good to me... Now, chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla? OR is any of this crap even edible? And do ya mix this stuff with milk?

 

[Dolemite]

While we're talking about this stuff, my wife bought me some Power Blocks for christmas. They're great, but they only go up to 45 lbs each. There is an expansion pack that puts them up to 60. Anyone know of a good place online to buy the expansion pack?

 

[Jedibus]

Tuna is soy! Hilarious!!
For those interested, Elitefitness.com has some pretty good discussion boards on bodybuilding and nutrition. Check out the supplements board.

 

[fragged]

No whey!

 

[Dolemite69]

DOLEMITE!!?? Never seen you around man... I always wondered who took my FIRST CHOICE of name way back when i signed up here... punk!

j/k///

 

[pX]

i live on the ultimate nutrition protein from dps,, good stuff. dps is a really standup company too, they sent me the wrong thing a couple weeks ago, i emailed their customer support (a hotmail addy) and they quickly sent out the right product the next day and let me keep the stuff they sent me before (it was like 30 bucks on their site too)...

protein factory has pretty good deals, plus you can customize the stuff. however, the taste, is, well, awful. i tried their "night formula" and it was pretty nasty, and clumpy when mixed, even with a blender.

oh and got to agree with mboy on drug use. steroid use is far more than most think. i mean, most college athletes (especially football players) are on some sort of "performance enhancing drug", but i guess thats another issue altogether. unless someone wants a hot deal on some steroids, i can see that in the IWANNA, "can someone hook me up with a good dealer?"... j/k....

 

[buang-jam]

Hey buang-jam, that looks good to me... Now, chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla? OR is any of this crap even edible? And do ya mix this stuff with milk?

Dolemite69, I usually stick with the chocolate and mix it in milk. I have a shaker jar at the office and will take a break, go to the fridge, add milk and some protein pwdr, and shake until mixed. Taste pretty good. At home I have both chocolate and vanilla. I will throw some milk, frozen bananas, ice cubes, protein powder, and some natural peanut butter into the blender and blend to the right consistancy and have a thick shake. It's just a good excuse to have desert before bed. I don't really like the strawberry flavor, so no pointers on how to make it taste good. I can honestly say I like these two drinks and look forward to them.
JC

 

[dorem1]

How about a list/rank of "whole food" that contains the highest protein, plizz?
I for one love eating but not drinking..although this thread starting to convince me that I need to take some kind of supp.

Also, anyone can recommend what brand(even better, a link to the specific product) you think is the most effective? It doesn't have to be economical price, after all it's all about building muscle not money, right?

Thanks Big Guys

 

[IgoByte]

I'd be very careful what I get for my body. I'd pay more if I know it's good stuff.

 

[cremefilled]

Thanks for the tip on vitaglo.com, buang-jim. That is a great price on the EAS Simply Protein product, which I have heard tastes great in the vanilla and chocolate versions.

Many bodybuilders also swear by the Optimum Nutrition brand whey, which is available for $48.95 for a 10 lb. bag from DPS Nutrition. To consolidate some of the thoughts above, Optimum, EAS, and Ultimate are three of the rare brands of wpc that don't add fillers or useless carbs.

To make your own great-tasting shake, add in about a 1/4 packet of sugar-free instant pudding. Butterscotch and pistachio pudding go great with vanilla whey, while chocolate pudding and chocolate whey with an added teaspoon of instant flavored coffee makes a great mocha shake. I add in ice cubes and a couple of packets of sweetener (use sucralose if you are in the "aspartame is poison" camp). Lemon sugar-free pudding, if you can find it (I get the Kroger brand) is great, especially when you add in some fat-free cottage cheese to get a bit of cheesecake taste. I also add in a tsp. or two of psyllium powder--aka, Metamucil powder. I use the unflavored Equate brand from Walmart.


To make a correction of mboy's post, peanut butter is mostly polyunsaturated fatty acids. These are almost exclusively omega-3's. Flax oil is also mostly polyunsaturated, but with the majority coming from omega 6's. Many nutritionists point to an imbalance in omega 3's versus omega 6's as being harmful, and this is something to be cognizant of. Barry Sears's "Zone" books talk about this at length, focusing on how an overabundance of omega 3's can lead to harmful eicosanoid production. Monounsaturates are something else again, having basically a neutral effect on the body (and being non-essential); some good examples of predominately monounsaturated dietary fats would be olive oil and macedamia oil. No offense, mboy, but for a competitive bodybuilder, you've got a somewhat shaky grasp of nutrition. I will also side with JohnyBallGame in the wpc vs. whey isolate comparison.

The "hot deal" on omega 6's is either "Health From the Sun" flax oil from DPS Nutrition, or the 300-count bottles of fish oil capsules from Sams Club that cost about $8.00.

 

[shoplifter]

nothing like a tuna burger and a salmonella slammer tuna shake

 

[mboy]

<< Thanks for the tip on vitaglo.com, buang-jim. That is a great price on the EAS Simply Protein product, which I have heard tastes great in the vanilla and chocolate versions.

Many bodybuilders also swear by the Optimum Nutrition brand whey, which is available for $48.95 for a 10 lb. bag from DPS Nutrition. To consolidate some of the thoughts above, Optimum, EAS, and Ultimate are three of the rare brands of wpc that don't add fillers or useless carbs.

To make your own great-tasting shake, add in about a 1/4 packet of sugar-free instant pudding. Butterscotch and pistachio pudding go great with vanilla whey, while chocolate pudding and chocolate whey with an added teaspoon of instant flavored coffee makes a great mocha shake. I add in ice cubes and a couple of packets of sweetener (use sucralose if you are in the "aspartame is poison" camp). Lemon sugar-free pudding, if you can find it (I get the Kroger brand) is great, especially when you add in some fat-free cottage cheese to get a bit of cheesecake taste. I also add in a tsp. or two of psyllium powder--aka, Metamucil powder. I use the unflavored Equate brand from Walmart.


To make a correction of mboy's post, peanut butter is mostly polyunsaturated fatty acids. These are almost exclusively omega-3's. Flax oil is also mostly polyunsaturated, but with the majority coming from omega 6's. Many nutritionists point to an imbalance in omega 3's versus omega 6's as being harmful, and this is something to be cognizant of. Barry Sears's "Zone" books talk about this at length, focusing on how an overabundance of omega 3's can lead to harmful eicosanoid production. Monounsaturates are something else again, having basically a neutral effect on the body (and being non-essential); some good examples of predominately monounsaturated dietary fats would be olive oil and macedamia oil. No offense, mboy, but for a competitive bodybuilder, you've got a somewhat shaky grasp of nutrition. I will also side with JohnyBallGame in the wpc vs. whey isolate comparison.

The "hot deal" on omega 6's is either "Health From the Sun" flax oil from DPS Nutrition, or the 300-count bottles of fish oil capsules from Sams Club that cost about $8.00. >>




I see you are right on the money with correctiong me on the peanutbutter , altho here is a link that says you are wrong Fats

You must be one of those bodybuilding diet gurus who are 6' 160lbs right?
GO eat your cheap WPC and when you compete in your next NPC BB contest or Powerlifting meet, let me know. I would luv to hear your theories on training. High reps for cuts low reps for mass right?

BTW, do I dare ask what the name Creme filled means? Creme WPC right?

 

[chexi]

I cannot opine about getting really huge, as work always seems to intefere with a steady work out routine for me. But I can say this, I lost 30 lbs of fat in a little over 3 months and gained a considerable amount of muscle during that same period by lifting weights about 45 minutes a day, 3 days per week and replacing my carbs with Isopure Zero Carb protein (which is whey). I'm at my optimum weight now. The Isopure tastes pretty good, mixes really really well, and has 50 grams of protein per serving. No carbs in Vanilla or Strawberry, 2 in Chocolate. No fat either, but fat doesn't really matter, it's the carbs that hurt you. For what it's worth, the Vanilla is too sweet for me, but the others are good. I don't really want to get too muscle bound, being on the short side it looks too funny. But getting pretty solid and ripped is sure sweet. And for that at least, Isopure is the shizzy, combined with some good genes that is . Personally, I steer clear of creatine or similar stuff, because genetically I don't need it and I don't like messing with stuff like that.

For the guy who mentioned that he needs his rice... give it up brother, it is killing you. Carbs are the great scourge of modern society.

 

[trikster2]

Body builders where I work use www.supplementsdirect.com

They are dirt poor and built like tanks so the stuff/prices must be good.

 

[yumyum]

I like whey protein because it don't me me fart. For that reason, people around me are happy I like whey protein

 

[huesmann]

Interesting reading responses from all these muscleheads...sounds like some of them need to exercise their brains as much as they are exercising their muscles.

"It's not a tumor!"

 

[chexi]

huesmann,

Making assumptions are we? I can't speak for anyone else in this thread, but I spend 10-12 hours a day practicing law. That exercises my brain plenty. I'm sure there are many other people in this thread who would surprise you by not fitting your stereotype. After all, every one of them is at least intelligent enought to (a) know about Anandtech in the first place, (b) operate a computer, and (c) be able to type (some better than others ).

 

[cremefilled]

Right on, chexi! Lifting weights is the "smartest" form of exercise around. The aging process is supposed to inevitably cause muscle and strength loss, bodyfat gain, and a loss of flexibility. Weightlifting addresses all of those in a very time-efficient and safe manner.

We'll see who has the last laugh when we Anandtechers are in our 70's, and some of us fall and break a hip because we didn't have the strength or flexibility to break our fall--or just as bad, sit down on a toilet and are unable to stand back up because of a woeful lack of strength.

Weightlifting can be a very zen-like, contemplative pursuit as well. It is not all "musclehead" aggressive and shallow-minded young men who go around flaring their lats and checking out their biceps pump in the mirror.

Nothing against other forms of exercise, which have their place and time, but I think that weightlifting could do more for the general population than any other single form of exercise. There's really no other type of exercise that is just as applicable to 80-year-olds as it is to 16-year-olds.

 

[Jedibus]

Hey cremefilled, you ever see any coupons for DPSNutrition?

 

[BadMuleS]

honestly, if u want to put on some hard pounds, its simple and u just have to eat right, and in bulk, have an excellent workout plan and stick to it, and its not hard to formulate one.. also drink alot of water... and as far as supplements Methoxypro by cytodyne technolgies is an excellent excellent product... i am a prime excample, im 5'11 150 lbs, i put on an average of 8 lbs each of the first three weeks on this stuff, then i worked to just maintain that.. also if u want mad pumps and be buff to all getout use that along with nortestan and anotestan by muscletech, if u want to be bigger than that, get some juice(steroids).. hydroxycut is good too after u get large and in charge to get ur cuts.. but im lean naturally so i dont need that.. later... anyone want to know anything ask me but i dont want to tell why methoxypro is soo good.. look it up urself.. nitrotech by muscletech is good stuff to and can substitute methoxypro but methoxypro tastes great and the two arent made teh same way, two different methods to get big

 

[chexi]

I forgot to thank you for your old thread on this topic. It was that thread that got me hooked on the Isopure and allowed me to lose all that fat. People who hadn't seen me during that 3-month period who then saw me afterward couldn't believe their eyes. I hadn't realized I had gotten so overweight until I had lost it all and saw people's reactions. Thanks again man.

 

[bubagump]

whey protein is great as long as you are not lactose intolerant. For people like me whose body rejects lactose with a vengence I am running to the bathroom all day long if I take the whey protein concentrate.
what has been working best for me is the CFM whey from protein factory. Its a isolate, has almost no lactose and is supposedly better as a protein source as compared to regular whey concentrate.
Anybdy have any more thoughts on CFM whey?

 

[Dolemite69]

So, what's everyone elses thoughts on this stuff that BadMuleS mentioned? Methoxy-Pro.

 

[desibaba]

DOESNT THE TITLE SAY IT ALL --"CHEAP" WHEY PROTEIN !!

 

[buang-jam]

Dolemite69,

Every individual is going to have different results with various supplements. Just take a look at some of the bodybuilding forums. Do a search on Methoxy. You'll hear raves and rants for every supplement mentioned. You're your own test rat on any of them.

Ironmagazine Forum

Bodybuilding.com Forum

Wannabebig.com

Scan through some of these forums. You'll find what people think in most areas of exercise, Where they buy, and all those pros and cons of Methoxy.

JC