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DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 15, 2008, 09:17:45 pm ---
BTW, another potential tip for those taking protein powder. It's ---smurfing--- disgusting, of course, but I found a pretty tolerable way to eat it. There's this drinkable yogurt the grocery stores here carry called Yo-Gusto. The nice thing about it is that, unlike other drinkable yogurts, it's sold in half-gallon jugs, so you don't have to buy a bunch of single-servings. I mix a scoop of vanilla protein powder into ~4oz. of yogurt and it goes down easy. It adds lots of calories and sugar, though. 4oz. adds:
110 calories
35 from fat
7g of fat
4g sat. fat
33g sugar
9g protein
Anyway, if you can use the extra calories, or if you can fit it into your diet, it makes for one of the best ways I've found to choke down protein powder. And you get the supposed extra pro-biotic health benefits of yogurt too.
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Dump the powder into a small container that you can shake (a small 1-cup Ziploc/GladWare container, for example). Add a small amount of warm/hot water to the container and shake it until the powder is completely dissolved. It'll take just a few times doing it like this before you figure out how much water to add in order to have JUST enough water to dissolve the powder, but not too much to water it down and wreck everything. Add it to skim milk or 1% (I can't stand skim).
For some additional goodness, find some flaxseed, and grind it up in a coffee bean grinder. Add a teaspoon/tablespoon to your drink. Adds a nutty flavor to it, helps to mask more of the cardboard flavor of the protein powder. Adding a fruit like Chad recommended will help out a lot as well. If you've got banana's, that'd be good for helping stave off cramps from your workouts. Kiwi's are better, but they suck when you try adding them to protein-type drinks. For whatever reason, they lose every good quality they possess when blended up.
Oh, and adding a teaspoon of peanut butter (plain old as-natural-as-possible is best) REALLY kills the cardboard powder taste, but if you don't like peanut butter either..... :dunno
JackTucky:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on November 20, 2008, 08:16:44 pm ---
Oh, and adding a teaspoon of peanut butter (plain old as-natural-as-possible is best) REALLY kills the cardboard powder taste, but if you don't like peanut butter either..... :dunno
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Drew:
Do you blend your double cheeseburger IN the frosty or do you just dunk?
Ummon:
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 20, 2008, 12:42:27 pm ---We're talking about going on a strict diet and exercising your muscles to failure almost every single day. For three months straight. What possible reason could you have for doubting the results?
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In this respect, the result I would be concerned about is injury. Be careful folks.
Protein powder: if you get plain whey powder, there's no cardboard taste because there's no additives.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: saint on November 20, 2008, 06:42:21 pm --- :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
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I'm cool with this and agree with him. No more from me in the flame war.
Just finished the Kenpo. This one was fun. It's a pretty intense cardio workout, but since that's my main strength right now after this summer, I could relax and focus on the movements. Side kicks are a challenge but I saw improvement just in that one workout.
The thing that impresses me most about this program after 1 week is the arrangement. You work a specific body area really hard, and the next day it's tight and sore... but the next workout specifically loosens it up. Chest/back followed by plyo/stretching. Shoulders/arms followed by Yoga. Legs/back followed by Kenpo. I'm spent but feel good and do see results after the first week. Tomorrow is rest day 1 and I'm looking forward to it.
Forgot to post my main start numbers so here they are as of this past saturday: 220lb, 24.7% bodyfat, 40" waist. Too much fried food after the tri training stopped, I think. Gained 10lb between the middle of July and now.
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: JackTucky on November 20, 2008, 09:12:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on November 20, 2008, 08:16:44 pm ---
Oh, and adding a teaspoon of peanut butter (plain old as-natural-as-possible is best) REALLY kills the cardboard powder taste, but if you don't like peanut butter either..... :dunno
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Drew:
Do you blend your double cheeseburger IN the frosty or do you just dunk?
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Only an idiot doesn't dunk. Blending ruins the texture too.
What does the plain whey powder taste like? I just assumed they all tasted like ass, to varying degrees.
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