I've been reading up on John Berardi's site particularly his page regarding MRP's and Protein powders. http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/supplementation/procomparison.htm
I'm 21, I'm trying to trim about 50lbs of fat before June (sounds too lofty huh heh), and some muscle gains in the process would be nice. I've just finished my last semester till next fall so I have all the time I could possibly need to hit the gym over here.
For me, the past year has been literally minimal physical activity. Just schoolwork (on computers, sitting reading books), and so many credit hours that I barely was able to walk around cept between classes. Bad eating habits didn't help, but for the past week I've been eating a healthy small 5-6 meals a day (usually 2 or so of those are like a can of tuna or leftover chicken or something like that because cooking 5-6 times a day sucks
), and getting in about 30 minutes a day of interval training on the excercise bike with some freeweight training before that (I'm aiming for one or two muscle groups a day with the weights). I'm doing this at home for the first two weeks before I tackle the gym. Right now I'm just trying to get all the junk out of my system and kickstart my energy again before I have the balls to go to the gym and not worry about pussying out in no time .
Obviously I've done a lot of reading on how to go about starting out on a fitness plan and how to increase (later next week I'll bump up my bike training to 45min and a few more reps/weight on the freeweights). I've been hearing so much about the benefits and advantages of using Protein powders right after a workout, and MRP's (Like myoplex, which have high carb) 2 or 3 times a day so you don't need to eat an actual meal (I guess a lot of people use these to replace breakfast). I'm definitely going with a protein powder (low carb) for after training, but since I'm trying to lose this much weight by July, would it be more beneficial to just crack a few eggs in the morning or go with the MRP?
Thanks
I'm 21, I'm trying to trim about 50lbs of fat before June (sounds too lofty huh heh), and some muscle gains in the process would be nice. I've just finished my last semester till next fall so I have all the time I could possibly need to hit the gym over here.
For me, the past year has been literally minimal physical activity. Just schoolwork (on computers, sitting reading books), and so many credit hours that I barely was able to walk around cept between classes. Bad eating habits didn't help, but for the past week I've been eating a healthy small 5-6 meals a day (usually 2 or so of those are like a can of tuna or leftover chicken or something like that because cooking 5-6 times a day sucks
), and getting in about 30 minutes a day of interval training on the excercise bike with some freeweight training before that (I'm aiming for one or two muscle groups a day with the weights). I'm doing this at home for the first two weeks before I tackle the gym. Right now I'm just trying to get all the junk out of my system and kickstart my energy again before I have the balls to go to the gym and not worry about pussying out in no time .Obviously I've done a lot of reading on how to go about starting out on a fitness plan and how to increase (later next week I'll bump up my bike training to 45min and a few more reps/weight on the freeweights). I've been hearing so much about the benefits and advantages of using Protein powders right after a workout, and MRP's (Like myoplex, which have high carb) 2 or 3 times a day so you don't need to eat an actual meal (I guess a lot of people use these to replace breakfast). I'm definitely going with a protein powder (low carb) for after training, but since I'm trying to lose this much weight by July, would it be more beneficial to just crack a few eggs in the morning or go with the MRP?
Thanks