Whey

The_Goose

ok i purchased some ministry of fitness WHEY i have been drinking it for over 3 months now and am seen no results, i ve tried working out while drinking it and just sitting around while drinking it!! i ve been eating lots as well steak chicken etc!!!

any suggestions!

Genghis

What results were you hoping for? What condition are you in? When did you take this (in relation to training), and how much per day?

Musashi

More protein will be utilised by an active body.
This does not sound like you!
Go back to milkshakes!

The_Goose

Originally posted by Musashi
More protein will be utilised by an active body.
This does not sound like you!
Go back to milkshakes!

Excuse me!!!!
How would you know what i 'm like??

Fairly intense Gaelic trainin 3 nights a week, the free weight s two nights a week!!

What results were you hoping for? What condition are you in? When did you take this (in relation to training), and how much per day?

At least to gain weight but i have remained at 12 stone!(6ft 1")
Pretty fit, and lean, very low body fat, thought i should tone up first then increase muscle size!!

At first before training but that only upset my stomach during training, so now after training with some fruit!

tunney

Fairly intense Gaelic trainin 3 nights a week

You take protein drinks after GAA training?

The_Goose

Well i got them for the weights training, but Gaelic training started back and thiought it couldnt hurt!
Why is there a problem with doing that???

tunney

Just seems a bit like overkill for GAA training thats all.

The_Goose

Phew thats ok then, no but the reason for the thread is if you guys had any tips that would improve the effect of the whey, before or after, how much, with what, you know??

Genghis

I am not an expert here, but afaik you would need to be upping your intake of protein generally and consistently. So, rather than taking it after particular sessions, you would instead aim to have one every day for (say) breakfast, and you would then consciously have more protein at later meals, etc. In order for you to b successful, I would say you need to do some research and calcultations:

1. Find out what level of protein intake is recommended for your current weight (it is usually stated as grams per kilo bdoy weight) - it is important to correctly estimate your activity also, the more active you are, the more you need just for maintenance of current weight, etc.

2. Work out how much extra you need in order to start gaining weight (again expressed as grams per kilo body weight).

3. Look at your diet over the course of say a week, and as scientifically as possible try to measure how much you currently take.

4. Find ways to alter your diet to make sure it reaches the level you want in order for you to gain weight. You should treat this as being 'something I need to consider for every meal', rather than something you take once a day, etc.

5. Monitor, review and change your diet, intake and weight.


Some of the more serious bulkers on here might be able to help with the specifics.

rs

If you want to put on weight, you need to simply eat more.

The extra protein will help, but since you are running around a lot, you are burning off a lot of energy. You have to make sure you are consuming more calories in a day than you are burning off. No weight gain will happen otherwise.

If your weight is not going up, you need to up the food (complex carbs and protein) until your weight starts to increase. You will be putting on a bit of fat also, but if you get the balance right, hopfully you will be gaining more muscle than fat. The fat will be easy to shake off a little later on, just cut the carbs back.

How can you put on muscle if you are only giving yourself enough food to maintain what you already have?

The_Goose

Thanks lads, that's what i'll do then, eat more!

roberteboot

a bit of overkill for gaa training?have you seen how hard top gaa teams train?!

tunney

If he was on a top GAA team he wouldn't be posting here asking questions he would have already been told.

roberteboot

well hes obviously taking his training fairly seriously if hes taking supplements.im not talking county teams,even college teams and that have very tough sessions.

The_Goose

It's club football!!
Gaelic training isn't running non stop you know there is a lot of push up's sit ups crunchs, excercises that are intensionally used to build a player's strenghts!
We are also doin these sort of tricep pushups, and i have def noticed the difference!
We have an army fitness instructor down, and he is pushing us real hard!!!