Protein Powder

Chucky

Has anyone taken it? Were the effects good? Did it build muscle faster than you thought?

I've been doing weight lifting for the past 4 years now, so I'm fairly toned already by just eating healthily. I've also been jogging, rowing, cycling, and doing stretching exercises the past 4 years too.

The thing is, my food intake has vastly increased, while that is good because I have a super high metabolism, I just wish I could be more toned than I am. With the more food you eat the more fat you eat. It can't be healped really.

Easygainer

To "tone up" more, ie burn fat, you just need to expend more calories than you take in. Apparently you do a lot of cardiovascular exercise so that's in check. The problem is therefore with the diet.

Protein will not burn fat, however substituting it for a higher calorie meal will help reduce your daily calorific intake. If you posted your daily diet I could make specific recommendations but off the top of my head I would take the protein shake directly after the workout (ie within 5 minutes), take a carbohydrate meal within two hours of finishing the workout and try wherever possible not to eat carbs after 6 o clock - this is because excess glycogen will be converted to fat if unused.

I take protein shakes post workout and with breakfast and also if I think I'll miss a meal (gotta eat every three hours ). Most are only around two hundred calories per serving providing around 30g of protein, so any protein powder you decide to take should fall roughly under this scope. Hope I've helped.

Chucky

Yeh you've helped quite a bit.

Cheers man.

The Dude Abides

yea man i'll give that a shot too, i've heard good things sofar, provided you're keepin up the exercise

Mr. Lebowski