AWESOME deal on 100% whey protein powder
Meijer is currently selling 2lbs tubs of 100% whey protein from Bodylogix for $12.99. If you buy three, that comes out to about $39 for 6lbs.
This is a fantastic deal.
The best price/performance whey protein you can find on an everyday basis is EAS 100% whey from Costco, which is $35 for 5lbs. EAS products taste great, and $35 for 5lbs is a pretty good price.
But this Bodylogix stuff tastes incredible (strawberry banana, sweetened with Stevia!) and the nutrition facts are comparable. It won't mess you up if you're lactose intolerant, it's low carb (2g per 24g of protein), and it's CHEAP.
The deal ends at the end of the month.
This is a fantastic deal.
The best price/performance whey protein you can find on an everyday basis is EAS 100% whey from Costco, which is $35 for 5lbs. EAS products taste great, and $35 for 5lbs is a pretty good price.
But this Bodylogix stuff tastes incredible (strawberry banana, sweetened with Stevia!) and the nutrition facts are comparable. It won't mess you up if you're lactose intolerant, it's low carb (2g per 24g of protein), and it's CHEAP.
The deal ends at the end of the month.
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Is there anything I should know about using whey protein? Do we have any guides or topics on IC about it? And is it good for people who primarily do cardio when they work out?
Whey protein isolate ("100% whey protein") is used for muscle recovery, because it can be broken down and delivered more quickly than protein from food. Along with 30-40g of carbs, 20-30g of protein from powder is an ideal post-workout meal, taken 0-30 minutes after finishing.
You can mix the powder with ice cold water and eat it with 100% whole wheat bread, or mix it with 2% milk for carbs.
If I search for "whey protein", I get 4.3 million hits none of which is the bodylogix stuff.
If I click on the weekly ad and browse through it, no bodylogix.
However, if I click on the weekly ad and search for whey protein, BINGO. No image but it shows the $12.99 with the 3 flavors. I HOPE I can find it in the store tonight.
NEGATIVE NANCY.
Like cheap Vodka, it's what it does after consumption.
Once my house has new flooring I will be getting back into daily workouts and looking into starting a protein shake plan. Thrax if you have any good links explaining the science behind it, I am very interested.
-Bobby
Activities that leverage heavy muscle activity leads to a breakdown in the fibers, which we colloquially call "damage." It's not harmful damage, but the fibers do get destroyed. It's a natural process.
To regenerate those muscle fibers, you need protein, because that's what muscles are. If you get enough protein to meet your basic caloric needs (about 2300-2500 calories a day for most adult males), the muscles will be repaired to their original size. If you get enough protein to exceed what your muscles require for basic repair, then they will get bigger than they were before, provided the rest of your diet is clean as well.
The most efficient way to deliver protein is in liquid form because, as vaccinations and injections have proven, our body metabolizes this delivery mechanism the quickest--there's no digestion time.
You cannot live on protein powder alone because there aren't enough additional nutrients to make it nutritionally valuable on its own. It's good as a supplement, however, because it provides the protein that would take an otherwise unreasonable amount of food to achieve. Combined with 3-4 good meals a day, it's great.
Protein powder should not be taken unless you're seriously dedicated (3-4 days a week, every week) to activities that have a serious cardiovascular impact, be that heavy weight training (whatever your goals) or pure cardio.