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[quote="moo_cow"]I've been trying to become a body building or powerlifter aspie, but it just hasn't worked out. I applied at 4 gyms, so I could get a free membership. I don't have money to buy a membership. I don't have where to put weights at my house besides outside, but that would not be good. My college only allows people who are in weight training class (only during class) to use the gym with free weights. I've took that class twice, but the class is not enough time during the week to achieve results. The other gym is useless to me because it only has bicycles and machines.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Mc_Jeff</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:42 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I like lifting heavy weights alot, but I've never been able to get the "eat clean" part of being a bodybuilder down. I've pretty much quit lifting since I somehow injured my left shoulder (playing guitar hero of all things), and now I can't do my shoulder presses, deadlifts, dips, shrugs, chinups, or basically anything that involves my arms being over my head with weight attached or bent at awkward angles. <br /> <br />It's the worst kind of injury because when I'm not lifting I barely notice it, it's only stiff in the mornings sometimes, but if I try to work out it becomes unusable. <br /> <br />I make do by doing Hindu Squats and pushups, but it's not the same.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>DeVoTeE</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:11 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">i am not a bodybuilder nor do i want to be one, but i do like to keep up my weight training three days a week. i don't lift more than ten pounds, which is enough for me.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Simmyymmis</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:50 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The waiver depends on the insurance policy the school uses. And even then, they will probably realise that even a waiver would not totally absolve them in the case of a personal injury claim. It's a tricky situation that in (less litigious) years gone by would have just been ignored and they'd have let you train anyway. <br /> <br />Your best bet, failing the waiver, is to try and get the tacit agreement to use the gym 'unauthorised' by the PE department or something - ie they 'pretend' not to know you are using it, you 'pretend' not to know you need permission. Shame on your school for being so anti-exercise! Hope this doesn't quell your ambitions to train, as the training can do wonders for your self-esteem, body-image, confidence, health, mood etc.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>moo_cow</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:11 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Simmyymmis wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>moo_cow wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I've been trying to become a body building or powerlifter aspie, but it just hasn't worked out. I applied at 4 gyms, so I could get a free membership. I don't have money to buy a membership. I don't have where to put weights at my house besides outside, but that would not be good. My college only allows people who are in weight training class (only during class) to use the gym with free weights. I've took that class twice, but the class is not enough time during the week to achieve results. The other gym is useless to me because it only has bicycles and machines.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Would another person, a family member for instance, not be willing to subsidise your gym membership, based on the considerable health benefits? Or perhaps your college would allow you to use their gym when it is free if you wrote or spoke to the head of the department, or the head of the college, itself? I would have thought with the current emphasis on health and fitness, it would be possible to argue for its use on that basis alone.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I agree, but they are going to argue that weights are dangerous. This means that they could get sued if someone got hurt. For instance, I recently found out that the about 200 lb squats I do could be very bad for my back with mild scoliosis. However, they should allow people to sign a waver that would make the school not responsible. Do you think I'd have any luck arguing this? I hate to ask my family for more money, especially since I haven't even payed my speeding ticket yet and could have a warrant. I'm trying to get a job and pay for it instead of making them responsible.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Simmyymmis</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:45 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>moo_cow wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I've been trying to become a body building or powerlifter aspie, but it just hasn't worked out. I applied at 4 gyms, so I could get a free membership. I don't have money to buy a membership. I don't have where to put weights at my house besides outside, but that would not be good. My college only allows people who are in weight training class (only during class) to use the gym with free weights. I've took that class twice, but the class is not enough time during the week to achieve results. The other gym is useless to me because it only has bicycles and machines.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Would another person, a family member for instance, not be willing to subsidise your gym membership, based on the considerable health benefits? Or perhaps your college would allow you to use their gym when it is free if you wrote or spoke to the head of the department, or the head of the college, itself? I would have thought with the current emphasis on health and fitness, it would be possible to argue for its use on that basis alone.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>moo_cow</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:10 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I've been trying to become a body building or powerlifter aspie, but it just hasn't worked out. I applied at 4 gyms, so I could get a free membership. I don't have money to buy a membership. I don't have where to put weights at my house besides outside, but that would not be good. My college only allows people who are in weight training class (only during class) to use the gym with free weights. I've took that class twice, but the class is not enough time during the week to achieve results. The other gym is useless to me because it only has bicycles and machines.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>frankwah</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:04 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Ahh, just got back from the gym about an hour ago. I did my shoulders. Today I did five powersets consisting of shoulder presses and reverse flies. Remarkably, I am still making gains in my shoulder presses. I thought I had plateaued a long time ago. Now I'm shoulder pressing 160 lbs (two 80 lb dumbells) over my head in nice slow controlled reps. My shoulders are getting really beefy. When I hang by my hands on a bar, my neck almost completely disappears because my shoulder muscles just flare out. It's pretty badass, I gotta say.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Reodor_Felgen</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:30 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Scott Mendelson is the world record holder in benchpress, but is also skilled in Karate Kyokoushinkai. Tank Abbott is a MMA legend, and is as huge as a wrestler. <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Space</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:12 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Simmyymmis wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Space wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I used to lift very regularly. Wouldn't say I was a body builder, but I did gain a lot of muscle mass (fat too though). I have mainly focused on kickboxing the last 1.5 yrs with only a little lifting, as it is a fitness goal in the opposite direction of bodybuilding. I might go back to lifting only though, just because they say women like a guy with big muscles over a skinnier guy who can beat the sh** out of the body builder. I don't know if I ever want to fight, and while I enjoy the training, I wonder if I might be better off spending my time getting huge.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I'm not sure the two are mutually exclusive assuming flexibility is maintained? There is a very experienced fight trainer at my gym (many techniques). He is a very muscular man indeed, even his legs. He can also do the splits!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />Yeah it depends on the person too. I have only so much time to devote to fitness. Also, speed is extremely important in boxing/thai boxing, and it decreases substantially if you have too much extra muscle on. Though if you have big muscles and are a very fast puncher, you will be deadly.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Simmyymmis</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:42 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Space wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I used to lift very regularly. Wouldn't say I was a body builder, but I did gain a lot of muscle mass (fat too though). I have mainly focused on kickboxing the last 1.5 yrs with only a little lifting, as it is a fitness goal in the opposite direction of bodybuilding. I might go back to lifting only though, just because they say women like a guy with big muscles over a skinnier guy who can beat the sh** out of the body builder. I don't know if I ever want to fight, and while I enjoy the training, I wonder if I might be better off spending my time getting huge.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I'm not sure the two are mutually exclusive assuming flexibility is maintained? There is a very experienced fight trainer at my gym (many techniques). He is a very muscular man indeed, even his legs. He can also do the splits!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Space</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:43 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I used to lift very regularly. Wouldn't say I was a body builder, but I did gain a lot of muscle mass (fat too though). I have mainly focused on kickboxing the last 1.5 yrs with only a little lifting, as it is a fitness goal in the opposite direction of bodybuilding. I might go back to lifting only though, just because they say women like a guy with big muscles over a skinnier guy who can beat the out of the body builder. I don't know if I ever want to fight, and while I enjoy the training, I wonder if I might be better off spending my time getting huge.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>devster21</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:43 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I'm not a body builder but I excercise every day, take walks, play in the snow... I just try to stay active.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Redrocket</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:59 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">For a period in High School and even in College I use to lift weights myself. I was never a bodybuilder or even developed a good muscle frame from it. I did get slightly stronger but that's about it. I even took Creatine for a while when I was lifting weights.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Simmyymmis</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:21 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>frankwah wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Bigbang wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">The same goes for me. I'm strongly appealed by body-building, mainly to be well fit and healthy. I have a hard time doing it constently thought, and I'm far from having a muscular body. What would you recommend as protein supplements? The powder that can be found in stores or a homemade recipe?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I would recommend ON (Optimum Nutrition). It's just a good brand name of whey protein and it comes at a reasonable price. <br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Optimum-Nutrition-100-Whey-Protein-Chocolate-5lb_W0QQitemZ300165259798QQihZ020QQcategoryZ40963QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/Optimum-Nutrition-100-Whey-Protein-Chocolate-5lb_W0QQitemZ300165259798QQihZ020QQcategoryZ40963QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a> <br /> <br />I usually make shakes after my workout routine. What I do is, I put about a cup or two of milk into a blender, add about a cup of steel cut oats, a tablespoon of peanut butter and put in a scoop of whey protein. The protein in the milk is about 16 grams, in the oats it's about 20 grams, in the peanut butter it's like 5 grams and in the whey powder, it's like 24 grams. So total is about 65 grams, which is a lot, which is good. But the other advantage is that it's also a lot of carbohydrates, which your body needs to use for fuel. If you give your body a ton of protein without the carbs, your body will begin to use the protein for energy, which you don't want. You want the protein to be utilized by the body to repair and build muscle. The other advantage is that the shakes I make are cheap. If you lift weights a lot, it makes you eat a lot and food gets expensive. With these shakes, it cuts down on the cost of food quite a bit and you can put them down the hatch quickly too. <br /> <br />Hope that helps a little.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />The only thing I would avoid is the peanut butter (but only right after a workout), since it is high in fat (also ensure skimmed milk). Upon consumption of a high carb shake, your pancreas will produce a spike of insulin in order to partition the nutrients you just ate into the cells of your body. Unfortunately, insulin does not discriminate and will happily shunt nutrients into your fat cells as well as muscle cells. Consequently, the fat you consume will go directly to the fat cells, helping to make you fatter. Though excess carbs or protein will also be stored as fat, the process is less direct (and excess carbs are deemed beneficial in tenuating the insulin spike - which is highly anabolic).</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>frankwah</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:49 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Bigbang wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">The same goes for me. I'm strongly appealed by body-building, mainly to be well fit and healthy. I have a hard time doing it constently thought, and I'm far from having a muscular body. What would you recommend as protein supplements? The powder that can be found in stores or a homemade recipe?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I would recommend ON (Optimum Nutrition). It's just a good brand name of whey protein and it comes at a reasonable price. <br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Optimum-Nutrition-100-Whey-Protein-Chocolate-5lb_W0QQitemZ300165259798QQihZ020QQcategoryZ40963QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/Optimum-Nutrition-100-Whey-Protein-Chocolate-5lb_W0QQitemZ300165259798QQihZ020QQcategoryZ40963QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a> <br /> <br />I usually make shakes after my workout routine. What I do is, I put about a cup or two of milk into a blender, add about a cup of steel cut oats, a tablespoon of peanut butter and put in a scoop of whey protein. The protein in the milk is about 16 grams, in the oats it's about 20 grams, in the peanut butter it's like 5 grams and in the whey powder, it's like 24 grams. So total is about 65 grams, which is a lot, which is good. But the other advantage is that it's also a lot of carbohydrates, which your body needs to use for fuel. If you give your body a ton of protein without the carbs, your body will begin to use the protein for energy, which you don't want. You want the protein to be utilized by the body to repair and build muscle. The other advantage is that the shakes I make are cheap. If you lift weights a lot, it makes you eat a lot and food gets expensive. With these shakes, it cuts down on the cost of food quite a bit and you can put them down the hatch quickly too. <br /> <br />Hope that helps a little.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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