Protein Shake question

Actually no? Your body surely prefers glicogen over aminos to create atp, but after your well passed 9h of fast, all the carbs you had are already fat/used. So your body will just go for the second easiest nutrient if it needs spikes of energy, it being proteins. Sure working out while on empty(-ier) stomach is good for a lot of reasons, but you must regulate intensity.

Btw, high quality and brand sheer proteins are literally the ones you have in your milk/eggs/almonds or soy[etc.] just dehidrated and seered in a confection. And why do you have to debunk science. Literally thousands and thousands of people have wasted their lives studying on real humans with real results for science and you all still don't believe we're nothing but electricity based plants who can connect thoughts better than monkeys

 

Could've evited the monkey joke you clown. Btw i'm just saying that for sheer muscle building it isn't optimal because you don't have those sugars to keep you up with hard work. Also if you train too hard you might encounter nausea and (this actually never happened to me) fatigue. And no, i've never taken protein powders and no, the problem of granulated sugar isn't about how "fat" that makes you, it's about the shit it carries through processing.

 

Get away from the pseudo-science that gets passed off as expert knowledge in forums. Pick up "Bigger, Leaner, Stronger" by Michael Matthews--basically the fitness bible. No fads, no tricks--just tried and true, heavily researched, sports-nutrition and training wisdom that has stood the test of time. I swear by that book, and at the risk of sounding arrogant, I think it shows.

 

Man, you're huge! Btw I usually just study the subject from sages or essays of scientists and researchers.

 

Amino acids are amino acids, if you need protein whey and casein are good sources. It's just milk protein without all the fat and sugar (which aren't bad things by the way, your body needs fuel).

Looking good, what do you do for those forearms?

 

Can you provide sources for some of these claims of degenerative muscle disorders from consuming whey or casein protein powders?

 

True, but the difference between whey and casein is that whey is more rapidly absorbed, and casein tends to be absorbed more slowly. When you're trying to make protein available to your muscles right after destroying them in a hard lifting session, I'm a much bigger supporter of whey. But generally speaking, they're both good options.

Nothing to target them directly, unless you count decades of PMO.

I just push myself to lift heavy. If you're doing heavy lat pulldowns, bicep curls, deadlifts, etc., then your forearms will naturally grow as you get stronger to accommodate the weight.

It was photoshopped because this is a forum about porn and masturbation, and I like to maintain some level of anonymity. I only shared the image because I think the proof is in the pudding. I'm not just some guy who sits around reading about fitness. I actually understand this stuff pretty well and have incorporated it into my life with a fair amount of success.

Dude, I'm 42. I haven't noticed any big muscle degeneration yet. In fact, I'm stronger right now than I've ever been in my entire life.

 

Exactly what evidence do you have that I photoshopped my muscles? (FYI: I didn't).

First off, whey protein will not "build your muscles really fast." You need to work your ass off in the gym for an extended period of time (at least several months, and typically a couple of years) in order to build real muscle. Whey protein helps, but trust me--it took nearly a decade of hard work in order to look the way I look.

And of *course* people lose muscle when they stop consuming protein supplements. Protein is basically muscle food. If someone loses muscle mass when they stop taking whey, that doesn't show that whey was some kind of cheat--it's because they've significantly reduced their protein intake.

No one should get the majority of their protein intake from manufactured supplements. But the fact remains, if you want to build muscle, you need to be consuming 1g of protein / lb. of bodyweight. For me, that's 189g of protein. That's very hard to consume just from food alone, so supplementing with a 35g protein shake makes a big difference for me, and I've experienced zero of the problems you've described, and I've been taking whey protein off and on for well over 20 years.

Michael Matthews wrote a book called "Bigger, Leaner, Stronger", and for all intents and purposes, I consider it the fitness bible. Nothing else comes close to the well-researched knowledge in that book. No fads, no bro-science, just tried-and-true methods for getting stronger. Here's an article he put out about whey protein:

https://legionathletics.com/what-is-whey-protein/

 

You can take protein shake any time, if you aren’t experiencing any digestive discomfort. Mostly people intake the protein shake after training on an empty stomach. Then within an hour or so, eat a food meal.

Go for a protein shake that is easily digestible and repairs the muscle quickly. For me, I buy products from Raw Nutritional because It has Digezymes advance the latest Digestive Enzymes Technology that makes the absorption quicker.

I love Raw Nutritional because it provides good quality vegan protein powder at such an affordable price.