Poll: Do you use Protein Supplement?

Yes, 1-2 shakes or MRP's daily. I lift 4 days a week.
 
i lift 4 days a week, and do cardio 2 days.

i have one shake when i wake up, one after my workout, and about half of the time, one somewhere else in the day.
 
i currently use dymatize whey after my workouts and do a milk/egg blend from true protein to use in my homemade meal replacement shake

i workout 6 days a week (3 lifting/3 abs-cardio).
 
I drink 1 protein shake a 1 serving of GNC protein per day.

I workout with weights 4 days, cardio 3 days, and a 1-2 hour hike with a 40-50 lb. backpack once per week.
 
No. they are separate. Protein can contain creatine. Creatine helps muscles use stored energy (supposedly), and also increases water levels in muscles (proven).
 
Creatine helps muscles use stored energy (supposedly)
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Not supposedly, definitely (at least according to we currently know about the muscles). Your muscles use creatine naturally in its energy processes - remember, creatine in certain amounts is produced naturally in the body.

Protein is the building block of your body, as well as the least utilized of the energy-producing nutrients. When you build muscle, your body is using the actual protein and turning it into muscle. You can't build muscle without protein.

Apples and oranges. One is fundamentally necessary to building muscle (protein) and the other helps you workout better by giving you better energy utilization (creatine).

If you are looking at creatine (and I say this every time to everybody since it's not that widely known at the moment) look into a buffered creatine monohydrate like Kre-Alkalyn. Normal creatine turns into creatinine fairly quickly (with contact to moisture in air, in a mix, or in the stomach) and so it's only 20% - 30% absorbed by the body. When it's buffered (i.e., surrounded by a buffering agent like calcium) it can reach the muscle undamaged and bring absoprtion up to 95%.

Also, since it's not turning into creatinine in your stomach, you won't suffer from the stomach aches and dehydration sometimes associated with creatine use.
 
i dont buy into that absorption stuff. many have shown thats completly bogus. mark tallon has a very good article on the facts of creatine monohydate.

its sad when supplement companies have to resort to tatics like that. mono is more than adequate :)
 
Buff_Chris said:
does protien do the same as creatine if not what is difference.
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very basic explanation of creatine

How does creatine work?

To understand how creatine works, it's important to know a little about where your body gets its energy from. Just like different countries throughout the world use different forms of currency, your body has its own energy currency. Known as adenosine triphosphate (or ATP for short), it provides energy for every move you make and every chemical reaction that occurs in your body.

ATP is constantly broken down and "re-created". Energy is released when one of the phosphates that form ATP is "broken off". During high-intensity exercise (such as a 60-meter sprint), the stores of ATP are depleted rapidly, and a quick method of reattaching the phosphate is required.

That's where creatine comes in. When your body stores creatine, some of it is attached to a phosphate group. Whenever ATP "loses" a phosphate, creatine "donates" one of its own to support the resynthesis of ATP.

The fatigue you experience during short bouts of high-intensity exercise (such as a 60-meter sprint) is linked with an inability of muscle to maintain a high rate of ATP resynthesis from creatine phosphate. In other words, if ATP is broken down more quickly than it can be resynthesized, you'll run out of energy.

Creatine supplementation increases the levels of creatine in muscle. Short-term creatine supplementation (15-30 grams per day for 5-7 days) increases total creatine stores by 15-30% and creatine phosphate levels by 10-40%.

doesnt sound very exciting does it :p
 
abear said:
i dont buy into that absorption stuff. many have shown thats completly bogus. mark tallon has a very good article on the facts of creatine monohydate.
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Just working with the information I have :) Where's this article?
 
sorry fil, i should have posted the link. LOL i'm sorry

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/tallon8.htm

almost all of this stuff went miles over my head but i think its still a good read. at the bottom on the page, you see a link for read visitors reviews and layne norton posted some more info. i trust him because he studies this stuff in college and he's a natural bodybuilder.

:)
 
Excess calories make you fat...whether it's protein, carbs or fat. Extra calories get stored as fat, plain and simple.

Your body must use protein to rebuild damaged muscle tissue (damaged purposely through weight training). Fat and carbs do not contain the amino acids needed for muslce repair.

The best time to take protein is at every one of your 5-7 daily meals. Post workout protein should be Whey protein, approximately 25-35grams depending on your size and goals.
 
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