Best protein powder?

What do you use, if any? Where do you buy it, how long does it last, and how many lbs at a time?
I'm looking at a few different types, but I want to buy as much as possible at once, to save money. Any thoughts are appreciated.

I swear to god. Buy the Six Star Walmart protein.

Muscle tech is overpriced garbage.

Six Star is great and the bucket is 17 dollars.

In only 6 months on the TravMan system, you can look like this http//forum.freeipodguide.com/images/avatars/66073866047966840b527d.jpg[" alt=""/img6802ececbc]

best tasting or does that not matter to you.

optimum nutrition is good overall

but i like syntrax nectar for taste

also ergopharm protein is amazing

I like the EAS stuff as far as taste goes, I get the chocolate fudge. Tastes like chocolate milk.

I have Whey but right now I just started Nitro-Tech. They say you can gain around 8.4 lbs in two weeks so I'm gonna experiment with it. It cost me around $30. You have to take about 2 scoops of it 3 times a day.

Met-Rx is by far, in my opinion, the best tasting. Just a packet of extreme chocolate with 12oz of milk and it's amazing. Very thick and chocolate-filled. I always need a spoon to finish it off... It's kind of like really soft-whipped chocolate ice cream.

Thanks guys. I've looked at some of those and tried them. I've spoken to a few other people, and decided to go with whey protein concentrate, 'cause it's cheaper (without the flavor of the more expensive powders). I really don't care about what it tastes like, so I chose to get 10lbs of it, with 22g of protein per serving.

[quote4ea92cd791="J4320"]I have Whey but right now I just started Nitro-Tech. They say you can gain around 8.4 lbs in two weeks so I'm gonna experiment with it. It cost me around $30. You have to take about 2 scoops of it 3 times a day.[/quote4ea92cd791]

JT if you never listen to anything I say after this, fine, but at least listen to this. Get OFF the NITRO. Seriously. That shit is complete trash. Anything Muscletech is garbage. It is overpriced and overhyped. The "science" is a load of crap and you are not going to get the results you think you're going to get. I promise you that. It tastes like garbage and kills your wallet. you said it cost you $30?! I guarantee that is for the two pound bucket too. The walmart shit i was talking about is around 18 bucks for two pounds and I'm telling you I've had the best results since i started using that.

I've tried everything Muscletech, to "experiment" as it were, Cell-tech, Nitro-tech, Meso-tech, Mass-tech, Anator P70, Aplodan, all of it and it is all crap. I'll try and find a link that backs me up on this. You're wasting your time and your money, don't be fooled by all the colorful wording and fancy labels.

[quote71fdd882bf="bballp6699"]In only 6 months on the TravMan system, you can look like this http//forum.freeipodguide.com/images/avatars/66073866047966840b527d.jpg[" alt=""/img71fdd882bf][/quote71fdd882bf]

hahaha you're ridiculous D D D


[quote71fdd882bf="kidd"] best tasting or does that not matter to you.

optimum nutrition is good overall

but i like syntrax nectar for taste

also ergopharm protein is amazing[/quote71fdd882bf]

cheers to that. ON is the next best thing. they have some amazing flavors with the double chocolate, mint chocolate chip and dutch chocolate and cookies 'n' cream. It won't hurt your wallet too bad and it gives pretty decent results in comparison to others.

I still swear by the walmart stuff though, but if you need to satisfy your complex of buying your protein at a GNC, then definitely definitely get the ON

[quote6e560a34fd="TravMan162"][quote6e560a34fd="J4320"]I have Whey but right now I just started Nitro-Tech. They say you can gain around 8.4 lbs in two weeks so I'm gonna experiment with it. It cost me around $30. You have to take about 2 scoops of it 3 times a day.[/quote6e560a34fd]

JT if you never listen to anything I say after this, fine, but at least listen to this. Get OFF the NITRO. Seriously. That shit is complete trash. Anything Muscletech is garbage. It is overpriced and overhyped. The "science" is a load of crap and you are not going to get the results you think you're going to get. I promise you that. It tastes like garbage and kills your wallet. you said it cost you $30?! I guarantee that is for the two pound bucket too. The walmart shit i was talking about is around 18 bucks for two pounds and I'm telling you I've had the best results since i started using that.

I've tried everything Muscletech, to "experiment" as it were, Cell-tech, Nitro-tech, Meso-tech, Mass-tech, Anator P70, Aplodan, all of it and it is all crap. I'll try and find a link that backs me up on this. You're wasting your time and your money, don't be fooled by all the colorful wording and fancy labels.[/quote6e560a34fd]

I had a feeling you'd reply to my post about that. P No worries, it wasn't MY money that was used to purchase it. ;)

I want to try out their little 2 weeks for 8.4 pounds thing.

[quote5b3c5f22c4="bballp6699"]In only 6 months on the TravMan system, you can look like this http//forum.freeipodguide.com/images/avatars/66073866047966840b527d.jpg[" alt=""/img5b3c5f22c4][/quote5b3c5f22c4]


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[quote3f2cb97324="Veek"][quote3f2cb97324="bballp6699"]In only 6 months on the TravMan system, you can look like this http//forum.freeipodguide.com/images/avatars/66073866047966840b527d.jpg[" alt=""/img3f2cb97324][/quote3f2cb97324]


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm[/quote3f2cb97324]


hahaha you're insane D

[quote7f9950d4de="J4320"][quote7f9950d4de="TravMan162"][quote7f9950d4de="J4320"]I have Whey but right now I just started Nitro-Tech. They say you can gain around 8.4 lbs in two weeks so I'm gonna experiment with it. It cost me around $30. You have to take about 2 scoops of it 3 times a day.[/quote7f9950d4de]

JT if you never listen to anything I say after this, fine, but at least listen to this. Get OFF the NITRO. Seriously. That shit is complete trash. Anything Muscletech is garbage. It is overpriced and overhyped. The "science" is a load of crap and you are not going to get the results you think you're going to get. I promise you that. It tastes like garbage and kills your wallet. you said it cost you $30?! I guarantee that is for the two pound bucket too. The walmart shit i was talking about is around 18 bucks for two pounds and I'm telling you I've had the best results since i started using that.

I've tried everything Muscletech, to "experiment" as it were, Cell-tech, Nitro-tech, Meso-tech, Mass-tech, Anator P70, Aplodan, all of it and it is all crap. I'll try and find a link that backs me up on this. You're wasting your time and your money, don't be fooled by all the colorful wording and fancy labels.[/quote7f9950d4de]

I had a feeling you'd reply to my post about that. P No worries, it wasn't MY money that was used to purchase it. ;)

I want to try out their little 2 weeks for 8.4 pounds thing.[/quote7f9950d4de]

good. then sue them for being the biggest bunch of liar-overexaggeraters the world has ever seen. you'd win too cuz you're a mod now

When did this turn into an amateur fitness forum?

There are forums totally dedicated to this kind of thing... FIG has maybe five experienced weightlifters, tops. It's fun to give advise from my limited understanding but seriously, go to a forum with professional bodybuilders or strongmen and get [i754d4cbb42]real[/i754d4cbb42] advise from them.

This is the forum[=http//messageboard.tuckermax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=43]This is the forum I get all my advise from.

I don't want to go to those forums, OK?

[quote37eb0ab54b="ilanbg"]When did this turn into an amateur fitness forum?

There are forums totally dedicated to this kind of thing... FIG has maybe five experienced weightlifters, tops. It's fun to give advise from my limited understanding but seriously, go to a forum with professional bodybuilders or strongmen and get [i37eb0ab54b]real[/i37eb0ab54b] advise from them.

This is the forum[=http//messageboard.tuckermax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=43]This is the forum I get all my advise from.[/quote37eb0ab54b]


maybe we should all visit a spelling forum too. "advice"

okay i'm going to start a running tally of things that Ilanbg does not allow us to talk about....... Weightlifting, working out, and anything that I post....

I'll keep a running tally. roll roll roll

Shh.

DESIGNER WHEY.

At costco I got a 6lbs bag of EAS for $19.99, its the chocolate fudge flavor (though they do have vanilila) and like Tyler said, it tastes like chocolate milk.

[quote3a1f491a3b="JordanE"]At costco I got a 6lbs bag of EAS for $19.99, its the chocolate fudge flavor (though they do have vanilila) and like Tyler said, it tastes like chocolate milk.[/quote3a1f491a3b]


holy shit. that's mad cheap. all you need to look for in protein really is the amount of grams per serving and the amount of BCAA's (branched chain amino acids) If it's decent, it'll do. Unless you're watching your calories, then you may need to do a little shopping. 20 bucks for 6 pounds is an absurd deal. +karma if you pick me some up next time you go??? thanks bud

Its probably high in calories (judging by the taste) but that dosen't concern me. I believe it is 32g/serving.

[quote8dcad69625="JordanE"]Its probably high in calories (judging by the taste) but that dosen't concern me. I believe it is 32g/serving.[/quote8dcad69625]

how much is a serving? one or two scoops

This is the exact bag, I was wrong about the actual protein content its 23g's not 32.

http//www.vitaminhall.com/catalog/images/EAS-powder-chocolate.jpg[" alt=""/img851477937f]

and a serving is 2 scoops.

oh shit. 2 scoops for 23 grams??? that's really weak haha. the walmart stuff has 25g in ONE scoop. It's 18 bucks for a 2lb jug. Granted you need 3 of these to equal a six pound bag, however, you're using half as much powder for each serving.

but for what you're trying to do, it's something. it's a supplement and it should be okay. but keep your mind open okay?

I've been using it to help with recovery (as recommended by my doctor) I currently have 5 broken bones so I haven't been able to work out all that much. Sugery tomorrow and then about 5-6 weeks later I can get back into running and lifting more.

[quoted43c83d21c="JordanE"]This is the exact bag, I was wrong about the actual protein content its 23g's not 32.

http//www.vitaminhall.com/catalog/images/EAS-powder-chocolate.jpg[" alt=""/imgd43c83d21c]

and a serving is 2 scoops.[/quoted43c83d21c]

holy shit thats like a 40 dollar bag

anyways i had muscle milk cookies n cream today

pure crack

i love it

I get it for $19.99. If your buying alot of protein it might be worth it to just buy the cheaper costco membership for $30/year.

I've been supplementing with ON for the past year...have gotten similar results as with Syntrax and GNC Gold Label products. Cost aside, I prefer Detour (32g caramel peanut)...they are convenient, and pretty good as long as you have a drink handy. Truthfully, most mass-market whey protein isolates are pretty similar in terms of "performance"...I'd be more concerned with diet and workout habits than what type of protein to supplement.

quick tip

you local gnc should have muscle milk products on sale.

i just picked up muscle milk 2 pound tub for 17.99.

How good is Muscle Milk?

about as good as ur mom's milk

Its pretty fucking good.

So that's why she hasn't had much milk to offer me lately. Damn you Jordan. evil

[quotef85f1e5e50="J4320"]So that's why she hasn't had much milk to offer me lately. Damn you Jordan. evil[/quotef85f1e5e50]

she has

ive just been depleting the supply on a daily basis lol lol

[quote6b0cb71748="J4320"]about as good as ur mom's milk[/quote6b0cb71748]

how many grams of protein per serving is in that?

1 liter has 13 grams.

GNC, I ve always used GNC I have a friend that works there and so I get discounts on other products also, protein bars and etc

[quote87daa017e9="Kidd"][quote87daa017e9="JordanE"]This is the exact bag, I was wrong about the actual protein content its 23g's not 32.

http//www.vitaminhall.com/catalog/images/EAS-powder-chocolate.jpg[" alt=""/img87daa017e9]

and a serving is 2 scoops.[/quote87daa017e9]

holy shit thats like a 40 dollar bag

anyways i had muscle milk cookies n cream today

pure crack

i love it[/quote87daa017e9]

so i go into costco to get my supply of chicken breasts eggs and salmon plus veggies

that bag at my local costco is 35.99 still cheaper then some supplement sites but not cheap enough to make me switch

If you guys are lookin for a good site to get some supplements from check out www.bestpricenutrition.com . They have a ton of stuff on there for way cheaper than retail prices. As far as protein powders go, my favorites so far have been Muscle Milk, Pro Peptide by CNP, and Ultra Peptide by Xtreme. The Matrix by Syntrax is really good too and although I haven't tried it, I have heard that the Syntha-6 by BSN (same company that makes NO-xplode) is also good.

Travman I do have to agree with you about Muscletech bein bullshit for the most part, but some of their stuff does work, it just doesn't work as well as they say it does. I would never waste my money on aplodan, anator p70, gakic, leukic or any of that shit but as far as the protein and creatine go, I'm sure they still work about as well as the other companies but yes they are pretty overpriced. They do lie on the labels too just so you all know, even though it says "you can gain 8.2 lbs of muscle in 14 days" or whatever, you most likely won't. The best way to put on good quality muscle is just by eating a lot of the right foods and supplementing your diet with protein shakes if needed. For example, I drink a weight gainer in the morning and after I workout and then I'll have a slow digesting micellar-casein protein shake before bed, but I'll still eat like 4 other solid meals throughout the day and I have gained about 10 pounds or so in the past month and a half so it seems to be working pretty well.

I figured I'd bump this just to make a quick point.

BSN NO-Xplode.

Watch out for this shit. Granted, let me start off by saying that it absolutely does everything it says it's going to do. It gets you all amped up for your workouts, you lift more, you have more endurance, quicker recovery time and as a result, you will get bigger, however it comes at a cost.

The side effects of this are completely insane. I was on a cycle of this and I started having all these problems. Some of them are pretty embarrassing so I wouldn't talk to anybody about them. Eventually, there was a kid that worked at Walmart and he is jacked. Like fucking huge and he told me that he was on this stuff and he told me that he was having the same side effects I was. He wasn't embarrassed to talk about it and thank god he wasn't because it was then that not only did I realize that THIS was what was causing me all sorts of problems, but I also realized that I wasn't a freak and this was happening to others too.

Let me give you a few examples of what was happening. I started to get insomnia really bad.. Couldn't sleep, just tossed and turned and never got well rested. I would get real dizzy and nauseous all the time, my heart would start to beat real fast, I would get really hot and just feel like complete death. I started to get really depressed and moody. It was like a bad testosterone supplement or something. I was just a complete mess to be around, you never knew what kind of mood you would catch me in. It was bad news.

My libido plummeted real bad too. I wasn't in the mood for sex and when it came time to do the deed, I had big trouble, eh...... Let's say whiskey dick without the whiskey. It was embarrassing, and I had to get off this shit because, although it worked and worked well, it was wreaking havoc on my body, and it did the same to this other guy, and similar things were happening to a second person I talked to about it.

So watch out for this. Shit's bad news. I'll tell you something, when you get that issue going on, it messes with your head real bad and it can have lingering effects, and that's not something you want haha. Don't worry, I'm over it now D D

Stick to protein and maybe a little creatine, and most importantly, just eat a lot of you want to get big. That's all there is to it. We are being brainwashed into believing we need all these supplements to get big. Well I just gained 12 pounds in the last two months and it was all protein and food. Keep that in mind when you are about to drop a hundred bills on supplements.

Please Discuss.

Travman, if I want to get buff/gain muscle weight..

What is the perfect amount of repetition for each set? and how many sets?

and do I use the same weight for each set? or add up more as I finish my last set?

And how would I drink the BNS-No Xplode?

After I work out? Should I drink on the day I don't work out also?

You should post in the workout thread. You want to do as much weight as you possibly can with 6-8 reps. Do like 3 or 4 sets.

I'm no expert, but here's what I know

Supplements are really not necessary. They make up for an insufficient diet. If you are eating right, you don't need them.

To gain muscle/weight, you want to do lower reps and stick to compound exercises. The 5x5 routine is very popular (5 sets of 5 reps - all the same weight), but you can gain a lot of weight doing more reps (8-10) as well.

Try to do a lot of compound exercises (bench (DB + barbell), incline (DB + barbell), squat, split squat, deadlift, pullups, etc). Make sure you know what you are doing, or its really easy to get hurt.

Don't feel like writing paragraphs that noone will read, so if you want more specific info, feel free to ask.

I've just started working out, have had the gym membership since september of last year.

I bought a bucket of muscle milk for $25 and that shit is actually pretty good.

I also bought some egg whites and make me a mid-day egg white shake (1 banana + 6oz milk + 1/3 cup egg white).

I'm hoping to bulk up and gain 20lbs by July

edit speaking of no x-plode. My grandpa was just telling me to buy that, but I think I will stay away from it.

I'm looking to get a thing of creatine my friend was telling me about, altho I hear it comes at a price.

Creatiine is relatively cheap and won't fuck you up like NO=xplode will. It doesn't really do much for you, but if you must do something besides protein then that's what you want. Take it before or after your workout, it doesn't really matter. I like to take it before and then take protein after, but that's just me D

Creepy Brian, it's 5am and I have to go to work so I can't do you justice with a good answer right now, but I'll give you a good idea when I get home D

Pro Lab's N-Large2. 52g of protein PER SERVING. Highest protein per serving out there i believe, plus it doesn't taste that bad. (The chocolate that is. Dont EVER, [b1dfadb9277]EVER[/b1dfadb9277] buy the strawberry!)

I have a whole bucket sitting in my room. I bought it at vitamin shop awhile back, but I lack the motivation to have a work out schedule.

People worry too much about protein. I've heard that there's a point where if you eat too much it doesn't go to use and you shit it out anyway. There's only a certain amount you can take in per day (or so I hear). I just follow the directions on the back of the GNC Whey Protein container and eat TONS of healthy food.

[quote781035e2dd="J4320"]People worry too much about protein. I've heard that there's a point where if you eat too much it doesn't go to use and you shit it out anyway. There's only a certain amount you can take in per day (or so I hear). I just follow the directions on the back of the GNC Whey Protein container and eat TONS of healthy food.[/quote781035e2dd]

bingo.

protein is a supplement. So use it as such. It's not a crutch nor a replacement for whole food. If you use it as a replacement, you will get nowhere. Except fatter. trust me.

[quote1bd4d86064="TravMan162"][quote1bd4d86064="J4320"]People worry too much about protein. I've heard that there's a point where if you eat too much it doesn't go to use and you shit it out anyway. There's only a certain amount you can take in per day (or so I hear). I just follow the directions on the back of the GNC Whey Protein container and eat TONS of healthy food.[/quote1bd4d86064]

bingo.

protein is a supplement. So use it as such. It's not a crutch nor a replacement for whole food. If you use it as a replacement, you will get nowhere. Except fatter. trust me.[/quote1bd4d86064]

right i use it in addition to my regular meals.