[Mr Moley]

BCAA's or Amino acids?

Powder or capsule?

Can someone offer me some good ways to go as im running out of my BCAA capsules and want a good next batch of something.

I DONT have money to burn so i need something on the cheaper side.

Thanks everyone.

[T.O]

Originally Posted by Mr Moley

BCAA's or Amino acids?

Powder or capsule?

Can someone offer me some good ways to go as im running out of my BCAA capsules and want a good next batch of something.

I DONT have money to burn so i need something on the cheaper side.

Thanks everyone.

I would say BCAA. Powder in my opinion will always yield the most bang for your buck. Plain BCAA powder you will find to be the cheapest but if you cant take the taste than perhaps look into Xtend by Scivation.

Prima Force : Orbit Nutrition

[stalion]

You can allways cap you own cheapest way to go. but i prfer extend.

BCAA's (100 grams) By: NutraPlanet

NP Gel Caps "0" (1000 capsules) By: NutraPlanet

[T.O]

yeah but thats 17 dollars for 100g I would just say suck it up and down the powder.

Like Stalion though I use Xtend, Watermelon is my favorite.

[Mr Moley]

Does it matter what brand or are all BCAA powders the same?

[T.O]

Well I would think there all the same quality I would hope. Primaforce and Optimum are quality brands

[Mr Moley]

Cool. Ill just look for a big tub'o powder :)

[stalion]

Originally Posted by T.O

yeah but thats 17 dollars for 100g I would just say suck it up and down the powder.

Like Stalion though I use Xtend, Watermelon is my favorite.

hear that not trying to throw rocks at ya he said cheap.

[T.O]

no worries. :)

[Corleone1213]

Xtend is great, Purple wraith, and actually was looking at ON's BCAA's and that looks pretty darn good too

[Mongrat]

I use ON's BCAA powder and mix it with their CGT10 Creatine stuff. It seems to last a long time and didnt cost much.

[Mr Moley]

Ill check it out. Thanks :)

[<3Frosty]

You can always mix it with Gatorade powder. Lemon Lime has dextrose as its main sugar source and no HFCS. :)

That should take the bite out of the taste.

I use the Gatorade to mix with my L-Leucine for my during training drink.

[Mr Moley]

Well i was thinking,

Pre workout: Glass of grape juice (low sugar) with 5g creatine mono and 10g bcaa powder in it.

Post workout: Protein shake with 10g bcaa and 5g creatine, 2 peices of white bread and a banana.

Hows that?

[<3Frosty]

Originally Posted by Mr Moley

Well i was thinking,

Pre workout: Glass of grape juice (low sugar) with 5g creatine mono and 10g bcaa powder in it.

Post workout: Protein shake with 10g bcaa and 5g creatine, 2 peices of white bread and a banana.

Hows that?

Personally, i think dextrose is the best sugar source out there for an insulin response. That is what i have in my post-workout shakes for years now. What could be better than using something that targets your glycogen stores?

I dont know how much would constitute BCAA overkill, but remember that alot of protein powders have about 3-5 grams of BCAAs and that food naturally has it as well in various forms.

Pre-workout, i like my meals to have a great complex carb source to go with a medium digesting protein source. Unless you are talking about a pre-workout drink and not the meal itself. I dunno how you found low-sugar grape juice either. Though id probably still recommend Gatorade over it seeing as Gatorade has alot of beneficial stuff that grape juice doesnt.

[Mr Moley]

Grape juice has dextrose in it does it not? That's what ive always been told?

I could always do 5g pre and post yes. That make my BCAA powder last twice as long which is always good!

My pre workout meal is around 2 and a half hours before and it is complex carbs with tuna or something then this grape juice is like 20 minutes before i workout.

[<3Frosty]

Originally Posted by Mr Moley

Grape juice has dextrose in it does it not? That's what ive always been told?

I could always do 5g pre and post yes. That make my BCAA powder last twice as long which is always good!

My pre workout meal is around 2 and a half hours before and it is complex carbs with tuna or something then this grape juice is like 20 minutes before i workout.

You may be confusing your sugars. Grape juice, from my understanding, mainly contains fructose.

[Mr Moley]

How gay :/

So what should i swap the grape juice for?

Gatorade is damn expensive over here.

[<3Frosty]

****, you live in teh UK! :|

I dunno man. I thought there was a competing brand with Gatorade over there. Isnt it made by Glaxo Smyth Cline (SP?)

[Mr Moley]

Powerade?

Just ordered 500g of BCAA powder from myprotein.coo.uk

For £20. That's like $35? 50 days worth :) for £20!!!

Woo hehe.

[<3Frosty]

Originally Posted by Mr Moley

Powerade?

Just ordered 500g of BCAA powder from myprotein.coo.uk

For £20. That's like $35? 50 days worth :) for £20!!!

Woo hehe.

Powerade would work as well, but i was referring to Lucozade...
Lucozade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And its GlaxoSmithKline.

[Mr Moley]

I see. So you think throwing 5g creatine mono and 5g of bcaa in a lucozade drink would work as a good pre workout shot?

[Mongrat]

Mr. Moley,

If you try the ON CGT-10 for your creatine source, it has a light, almost kool-aid flavoring to it. I mix in the BCAAs and just drink it that way.

Orbit Nutrition has it for $15

[Mr Moley]

UK!

Cant do orbit nutrition.

[<3Frosty]

I think Powerade, Gatorade, Accelerade, and Lucozade all are better choices for a pre-workout drink than grape juice. But that's just me. I may be completely off base. But it seems logical that a rehydration drink that is hyperosmatic would be good right before an intense workout.

I dont personally do it because i use them during the workout.

[T.O]

Originally Posted by Mr Moley

UK!

Cant do orbit nutrition.

Shipping to expensive?

[drewwwww17]

i had trouble finding cheap bcaas in the uk aswell i got reflex bcaa caps they work ok but ill get powder next time cheaper

[Mr Moley]

myprotein.co.uk

500g of powder for £18 with £3 postage. Pretty much the best youll get.