Protein where do you get yours

holdfast

hello all,

I want to get some protein, I used maximuscle in the passed few months. No problems with it. But want to see if there is anything cheaper or better out there.

I am also trying to lose weight and would a blend of protein be better. I train 3 times with weights and cardio 5 times a week. Should I take protein after cardio ???

Thanks

Biffman

All whey protein is pretty much the same but you can get it for a LOT cheaper on ebay, I get mine for 45 quid per 5 pound drum. It's nice too!

It makes sense to take protein after cardio training as well as weight training because you're using a lot of muscles when running/cycling etc and it's a good way along with squats and box jumps to build up leg muscle. Also the faster you get nutrition after training the better, which is what those shakes are good for. There's literally no benefit in them if you're gonna have steak and potatoes straight after training but they're a handy quick fix.

Jimmy Bottlehead

MyProtein.co.uk are EXCELLENT. I've tried the high street brands and not only are they more expensive, they don't taste as nice.

My own experience is in this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055469370&highlight=myprotein.co.uk

If you decide to order with them, you can get 5% off your first order by using the code in my signature. I'd honestly recommend them 100%. Not one person I know has used them and found them anything but excellent.

DL Saint

I get mine off here http://www.universalnutrition.ie/listproducts/1/-1
it is the cheapest place in Ireland,selling trusted,nice tasting,American brands and it is next day delivery.There is also some nice perks like a free shaker and samples on orders over a certain amount:D

Chet Zar

From food.

ragg

http://www.nutritionx.ie/

Although they seem to have changed the receipe for the chocolate flavour - it used to taste amazing, now its only ok

holdfast

Cheers for that lads. I searched the forum but your forum jimmy did not appear.

Chet zar good man glad to see there is still one

Jimmy Bottlehead

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055469370

That sould work.

Dexters16

discountsupplements.ie usually deliver within 2 days too.

agentgreen

Dexters16 wrote: »

discountsupplements.ie usually deliver within 2 days too.

How much is P&P?

Dexters16

its free delivery anywhere in reland when ya spend over €50, it comes by courier.... i put my order thru on the monday morning and had it tuesday. they seem the cheapest too

DL Saint

Dexters16 wrote: »

its free delivery anywhere in reland when ya spend over €50, it comes by courier.... i put my order thru on the monday morning and had it tuesday. they seem the cheapest too

http://www.universalnutrition.ie/ is the same price and has next day delivery or same day if your living in south dublin.I put my order in one morning before school and it arrived at my door before I got home

Dexters16

well im in roscommon here so i understand they aint gonna have it here the same day. next day delivery is still great for me.

KieranIRL

http://www.thesupplementfactory.com/
Great prices and fast delivery too.

Nervouspriest

OP how did you get on with Maximuscle? I am using cyclone at the moment.

bubblyone

I got to like BSN Lean Dessert protein (the chocolate fudge and choc coconut are divine) but they were out of it in Nutrition Connection so found it in this place http://www.cheapuksupplements.com/shop/index.php. Put the order in around 11pm on a Friday and the courier delivered the box on Wednesday! Worked out around €17 per tub vs €27.95 in Nutrition Connection.

holdfast

OP how did you get on with Maximuscle? I am using cyclone at the moment.

Not to be smart but i dont know. I tried the diet and basic. I have not used it every time I worked out and only used one scope a time. The taste was grand. Going to get it sort for this month training and keep to the guidelines. Might go with my protein.

billyhead

bubblyone wrote: »

I got to like BSN Lean Dessert protein (the chocolate fudge and choc coconut are divine) but they were out of it in Nutrition Connection so found it in this place http://www.cheapuksupplements.com/shop/index.php. Put the order in around 11pm on a Friday and the courier delivered the box on Wednesday! Worked out around €17 per tub vs €27.95 in Nutrition Connection.

What UK code did you use?

Degsy

www.bulkpowders.co.uk

The cheapest anywhere.

um7y1h83ge06nx

Degsy wrote: »

www.bulkpowders.co.uk

The cheapest anywhere.

That's incredibly cheap. 5kg for £34.99 versus £47.99 on MyProtein.

Is the stuff any good? Have you ordered off them?

um7y1h83ge06nx

Alan Silly Photocopier wrote: »

That's incredibly cheap. 5kg for £34.99 versus £47.99 on MyProtein.

Is the stuff any good? Have you ordered off them?

Actually just saw that the stuff is unflavoured. Unflavoured 5kg is £34.99 on BulkPowders and £39.99 on MyProtein. Flavoured is £44.99 versus £47.99.

brianblaze

Nervouspriest wrote: »

OP how did you get on with Maximuscle? I am using cyclone at the moment.

Urgh, overpriced and not great. From someone who's tried most supps, and brands, I'd put Maximuscle wayyyy down the list.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054950416

DL Saint

brianblaze wrote: »

Urgh, overpriced and not great. From someone who's tried most supps, and brands, I'd put Maximuscle wayyyy down the list.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054950416

completely agree with you,I dispise maximuscle products,their taste and texture is horrific and they dont give you very good results.I would avoid cyclone and go for sci-max omni-mx as a better equivalent:D

brianblaze

What's your goal, with the Cyclone? I replaced it with Mutant Mass and EVF storm, if it's size and strength your after, that's why I've found to be a good combo

Edwardius

Alan Silly Photocopier wrote: »

That's incredibly cheap. 5kg for £34.99 versus £47.99 on MyProtein.

Is the stuff any good? Have you ordered off them?

I got 5kg off them a while back. Total cost including delivery was about €55 for the unflavoured stuff. Usually blend it up with some frozen berries and it seems to mix fairly well.

Typhoon.

+1 for Bulk powders

got unflavoured 5kg. Mixes excellently, really smooth, absolutely no lumps.. I also got the choc flavour to add to it. It suggests to add 10 drops of the flavouring to a shake but 5 I find is plenty. So the flavouring should last you twice as long as it reccomends.

Eg: a 5kg tub contains 166(30g) shakes

The flavouring contains 100 servings (at 10 drops) and 200 at 5 drops... more than enough to cover the 5kg

bubblyone

billyhead wrote: »

What UK code did you use?

No code or anything. That was the price including shipping to Ireland!

Degsy

Alan Silly Photocopier wrote: »

Actually just saw that the stuff is unflavoured. Unflavoured 5kg is £34.99 on BulkPowders and £39.99 on MyProtein. Flavoured is £44.99 versus £47.99.

http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/product.php/310/18/chocolate_whey_protein_concentrate_82___instantised_

They have flavoured whey on special at the moment.

Fanfan

Ive been using Whey Protein bought from Holland & Barrets havent seen it mentioned anywere in this thread any pictular reason for this? Is it low quality?

brianblaze

Fanfan wrote: »

Ive been using Whey Protein bought from Holland & Barrets havent seen it mentioned anywere in this thread any pictular reason for this? Is it low quality?

In my experience, H&B supplements are very poor. Cheap, and with good reason, in my opinion. Spend a bit more, got alot more value for money. Shop online, or if you're unsure about what to buy, drop into a branch of 'The Vitamin Shop' The dudes there are well informed, and very helpful. Thyself how I navigated my way through the world of supplements first.

Or read the forums, where we reccomended and at the same time, slate every product on the Market over here!

holdfast

Hi lads back again i may want to try an irish company. So anyone use kinetica and the lean gain http://www.kinetica-sports.com/engine/shop/product/2310/Lean+Gain may cost a few bob extra, but would it be worth it compared to my protein. I my goal is weight loss

dave80

holdfast wrote: »

Hi lads back again i may want to try an irish company. So anyone use kinetica and the lean gain http://www.kinetica-sports.com/engine/shop/product/2310/Lean+Gain may cost a few bob extra, but would it be worth it compared to my protein. I my goal is weight loss

cheaper here

http://physiquenutrition.ie/default.aspx?pid=905&oid=3950

drdeadlift

holdfast wrote: »

Hi lads back again i may want to try an irish company. So anyone use kinetica and the lean gain http://www.kinetica-sports.com/engine/shop/product/2310/Lean+Gain may cost a few bob extra, but would it be worth it compared to my protein. I my goal is weight loss

why does their gear cost the same as rival brands from the us? isnt it made in IRL

Munsterlover

drdeadlift wrote: »

why does their gear cost the same as rival brands from the us? isnt it made in IRL

Yeah its made somewhere down in Cork which makes it very cheeky for that price. All of the irish supplements companies like Kinetica, Nutrition X and complete seem to be made up of just filler. Apparently none of these have the levels of protein they say. Gold Standard is the best worldwide.

drdeadlift

Munsterlover wrote: »

Yeah its made somewhere down in Cork which makes it very cheeky for that price. All of the irish supplements companies like Kinetica, Nutrition X and complete seem to be made up of just filler. Apparently none of these have the levels of protein they say. Gold Standard is the best worldwide.

I agree,

Killer10

If you use the promo code "blackrock" you get 40% off

n1ck

Where can you get Gold Standard without having to pay 64.99 for it in H&B and Nutrition Connection?

COH

n1ck wrote: »

Where can you get Gold Standard without having to pay 64.99 for it in H&B and Nutrition Connection?

FightingFit on Camden St

DARCHA22

n1ck wrote: »

Where can you get Gold Standard without having to pay 64.99 for it in H&B and Nutrition Connection?

uk sites. much cheaper

Chris89

TMU stuff from nutrition connection.

colman1212

COH wrote: »

FightingFit on Camden St

How much is it in fighting fit?
The best deal I've seen for ON whey in dublin is in the vitamin shop.
Its 100 euro for one of those huge 4 kilo bags.
15% off on thursdays so you can pick it up for 85 - not bad.

Inspector Coptoor

colman1212 wrote: »

How much is it in fighting fit?
The best deal I've seen for ON whey in dublin is in the vitamin shop.
Its 100 euro for one of those huge 4 kilo bags.
15% off on thursdays so you can pick it up for 85 - not bad.

dude,
that is bad.
that is way too dear.
i was paying 80 euro for a 5kg bag of reflex instant whey which isnt bad protein, it must be said, so that's 20 euro per k

then ordered from my protein.
i got 6 tubs of 2.kg true whey for 100 sterling or 120 euro so that works at 8 euro per kg.

shipping was about 10 euro which would bring the price up to 8.10 per kg.

NO BRAINER

Punishment IRL

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000592398003

They have a website but I buy wholesale off them (Joe Blogs aswell) through facebook, they have a unit is in Airside Swords.

DARCHA22

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

dude,
that is bad.
that is way too dear.
i was paying 80 euro for a 5kg bag of reflex instant whey which isnt bad protein, it must be said, so that's 20 euro per k

then ordered from my protein.
i got 6 tubs of 2.kg true whey for 100 sterling or 120 euro so that works at 8 euro per kg.

shipping was about 10 euro which would bring the price up to 8.10 per kg.

NO BRAINER

totally agree! well said

kevpants

Chet Zar wrote: »

From food.

Truly a sad day. The old

Where do you get your protein?

From food! **waits for thanks**

combo only scored one "thanks".

I remember the days when Internet smartasses could garner well into double figures for that one.

drdeadlift

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

dude,
that is bad.
that is way too dear.
i was paying 80 euro for a 5kg bag of reflex instant whey which isnt bad protein, it must be said, so that's 20 euro per k

then ordered from my protein.
i got 6 tubs of 2.kg true whey for 100 sterling or 120 euro so that works at 8 euro per kg.

shipping was about 10 euro which would bring the price up to 8.10 per kg.

NO BRAINER

There are a lot of people who see buying on line/overseas as hassle,some don't like to use their credit cards on-line,some are too impatient to wait for delivery and some just like to be able to speak to a sales person for advice.

As far as proteins go he was asking specially for Optimum,i have tried most out there and it is by far the best tasting whey you get what you pay for!

Inspector Coptoor

drdeadlift wrote: »

,i have tried most out there and it is by far the best tasting whey you get what you pay for!

thats a matter of opinion i guess.

i have tried a lot of them too out:
reflex
kinetica
myprotein
ON gold standard
Dorian Yates/CNP

Ifound the Dorian Yates the nicest tasting but its outrageously expensive.
I didnt really like the ON stuff and find the myrotein banana flavour very nice

skstretch

exchange rate not great at the moment but
www.netrition.com is a great cheap site even with the postage
ive often bought in bulk getting great discounts

drdeadlift

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

thats a matter of opinion i guess.

i have tried a lot of them too out:
reflex
kinetica
myprotein
ON gold standard
Dorian Yates/CNP

Ifound the Dorian Yates the nicest tasting but its outrageously expensive.
I didnt really like the ON stuff and find the myrotein banana flavour very nice

Didnt yates have a two for the price of one for a year recently ?

Inspector Coptoor

drdeadlift wrote: »

Didnt yates have a two for the price of one for a year recently ?

possibly.
after i paid 50 euro for 1kg of it and it lasted 3 weeks, i didnt go looking for it again

drdeadlift

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

possibly.
after i paid 50 euro for 1kg of it and it lasted 3 weeks, i didnt go looking for it again

There was a dy seminar back in November,he stated he would have a two for one deal for one year,maybe that could be for retailers,.