is cottage cheese suitable as a whey substitute

maradona10

can a low fat cottage cheese be used in a shake as a replacement for whey after training?

i know that its recommended at night due to its slow releasing protein but not sure if it would be suitable after training

if not are there any other protein sources that could be used in a shake?

Hanley

maradona10 wrote: »

i know that its recommended at night due to its slow releasing protein but not .... suitable after training

I've highlighted the important bits

Why can't you just use whey? (but of course cottage cheese would be better than nothing at all)

maradona10

fair enough, suppose it was a stupid enough question

whats basically behind it is that i need to gain about 7lbs of muscle and lose 7-10lbs of fat

ive been doing 5X5 and 3x5 types of strength training but am not seeing much of an improvement in appearance although strength levels have increased.

im caught in a kind of limbo between increasing cals to build muscle and cutting cals to lose fat.

i thought one change i could make was by replacing whey with cottage cheese after training. it might add cals but be relatively fat free and do the same job

im also not sure whether to change training to higher reps of 10+ for more muscle and throw in a session of 30+ high reps to strip away some fat during the week.

just realised i should probably start a new thread:)

Dragan

Decide on whether you want to gain muscle or lose fat.

Act accordingly.

The majority of people will find it very difficult to do both at once.

maradona10

what would you recommend doing first?

if i choose to build muscle im concerned with adding more fat that i cant get rid of and ill still have to eat the same xtra cals to maintain the extra muscle

and if i choose fat reduction only ill end up looking like a belsen victim

how do the serious lifters here approach this

Dragan

Adding the mass you want first would be easiest, the added mass will mean a higher metabolic rate when it comes to cutting.

It's also easier to add muscle and then cut than to cut, add muscle and possible fat and then need to cut again.

Finally, it's hard to add fat that you can't move, unless you have impaired motion or are over a certain age and even then those factors would only apply to those who really let them.

maradona10

great thanks for that.

as regards training should i drop 3x5 and if so what method would be best

and what split should i use for cals

thanks for the help

Dragan

I have no idea. 3x5 would not be ideal for mass.

Then again, you could do the worlds best program half heartedly and get nothing from it.

As for the split, the stickies should contain the answers you need.