[LDZ123]

Whos BCAAs do yall use? Pills or powders? whats better, who makes the best kind? Im currently using ONs powder BCAAs. Just wondering if theres anything better. Im using ONs cuz i love the protien, everyone swares by it and now do i, so i just figured their other products would be great. just want some opinions. thanks!

[FronttaBackThickness]

powder.
itd take way too many pills to be the equivalent of the same dosage with powder.

powder pwns pills IMO

[Jessethebody]

I take Universal BCAA Stack, Universal EAA Stack, and Universal Animal Nitro.

[trainhard19]

Originally Posted by FronttaBackThickness

powder.
itd take way too many pills to be the equivalent of the same dosage with powder.

powder pwns pills IMO

agreed for BCAA's

[prime52]

essential BCAA's by iron teck and it is powder form

[Jessethebody]

Originally Posted by prime52

essential BCAA's by iron teck and it is powder form

I like all Iron-Tek products.

[A-Ron21]

Purple Wraath or Scivation Xtend. Best there is.

[T.O]

I love Xtend

[gbg]

Scivation Xtend FTW!

[LDZ123]

Yea ive seen and almost purchased XTEND, but heres one thing i thought of. Now BCAAs should be taken PWO right? Now how do you put a fruity flavored supp with something else say your protien? Or do you just make it 2 shakes PWO?

[musicmann89]

xtend ! no doubt

[DThomp21]

Originally Posted by LDZ123

Yea ive seen and almost purchased XTEND, but heres one thing i thought of. Now BCAAs should be taken PWO right? Now how do you put a fruity flavored supp with something else say your protien? Or do you just make it 2 shakes PWO?

Just mix them together. If its vanilla protein it tastes fine. If its chocolate or somethin just suck it up and chug it down! Its not that bad trust me, done it dozens of times.

[A-Ron21]

Think of it this way, your girlfriend has to deal with worse tasting protein shakes.

[DThomp21]

Originally Posted by A-Ron21

Think of it this way, your girlfriend has to deal with worse tasting protein shakes.

LMFAO!!! hahahahahahaha perfect

[LDZ123]

no no, thats not it, i dont mind the taste of shakes at all. what i meant is that the different flavors wont screw up the affectiveness? i know it sounds dumb, but its something that ive always thought may be a problem.

[wbmstr]

Originally Posted by LDZ123

Whos BCAAs do yall use? Pills or powders? whats better, who makes the best kind? Im currently using ONs powder BCAAs. Just wondering if theres anything better. Im using ONs cuz i love the protien, everyone swares by it and now do i, so i just figured their other products would be great. just want some opinions. thanks!

I dislike a lot of BCAAs out there because of their whacked out ratios - way too much of the cheap L-valine and way too little of the pricier L-leucine - worst of all they usually don't even tell you, they just put it in some random blend.

Which is a shame, because there is so much great research out there showing the amazing benefits of BCAAs - increasing anabolism, reducing catabolism, helping with stamina and even endurance recovery. BCAAs in something close to a 21 leucine:isoleucine:valine really should be a must in any bodybuilders supplement shelf.

The issue I have with the powders is that they typically taste like crap! Hideous stuff.

[MikeNYY420]

I eat all the BCAAs... hahha. Well I just bought some Matrix protein powder and I compared it to ON and the BCAAs are double in Matrix what they are in ON. So I'd say get Matrix brand.

[exxtraa]

on pro complex has 14gr of bcaas 10gr glutamine per serving, its like 55gr of protin so its about 25% of bcaas, and i think it in 2;1;1 ratio

[MikeNYY420]

^ Glutamine's useless for muscle building when taken orally.

[exxtraa]

Originally Posted by MikeNYY420

^ Glutamine's useless for muscle building when taken orally.

yeah i know i was just stating what it has, but bcaa content is excellent though

[MikeNYY420]

Oh I see what you're saying, yup I agree.

[A-Ron21]

Originally Posted by MikeNYY420

^ Glutamine's useless for muscle building when taken orally.

Why would glutamine be ineffective taken orally? If you weren't supplementing it, how else would your body get glutamine? Through foods. So how would a glutamine powder be ineffective?

[MikeNYY420]

^ Ineffective for muscle building, it's used for a variaty of other things in the human body. It's only useful for muscle building when taken in an IV.

[A-Ron21]

Ok, but why? That doesn't make any sense. 50 years ago, people got glutamine from eating protein, and they still built muscles. That doesn't make any sense that it wouldn't work taken orally, ESPECIALLY if other amino acids DO work. Your stomach just absorbs them.

[MikeNYY420]

Yes people did build muscle from other amino acids. But glutamine itself was never used to build muscle 50 years ago through food or now though supplements. Glutamine is absorbed by the stomach and used for other things in the body. It's the amino acid that has the most uses, however muscle building isn't one of them.

I can't really explain why any better but this is a fact, ask Freak and he could probably give you a better explanation if you still need one.

Yes your body would get it through foods, but like I said it's never been used for muscle building that a common misconception.

[A-Ron21]

Yeah I see what you mean. I know glutamine has a whole ton of other uses (yay biology major) in the body but yeah, I started looking some stuff up last night after i was reading that. from what i read i feel like it would be good for muscle building but only indirectly, for example if someone was over trained and started taking glutamine, it sounds like it may help their CNS recover which would in turn help their muscles.
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[MikeNYY420]

Hmm I haven't heard that before, I wonder how much glutamine supplementation would effect CNS recovery, and if it would be noticeable.

[A-Ron21]

Oh. ****. My bad - I was thinking of the immune system, not the CNS.

I get what you're saying though haha

[LDZ123]

with you two talking about how glutamine doesnt benifit muscle growth, does it hinder it? or is it kinda a non-effective thing?

[MikeNYY420]

^ Yeah it doesn't hinder it it is good for the body like vitamins but, like vitamins won't help muscle growth directly.