TSR Muscle Building Society For Men V8

Opinions on effectiveness of taking BCAAs and Pre Workouts? I currently take soy protein (although Im considering changing to whey) and creatine (although Im not entirely sure if my body is responsive to it, but I'll keep taking it anyways just in case)

I've heard whey protein supplements increase acne, is this true?

Also, I've tried but I don't really like doing deadlifts and I dont feel comfortable doing them (I have tried practicing with correct form but still doesnt feel right at all). Ive been going to gym for about 6 months now and I keep hearing people say its one of the best compound exercises to do alongside squats and benchpress and at this stage i should really be trying to include deadlifts in my routine but I really dont want to do them lol, any advice?

Also a bit of a trivial one but I cant seem to find an after, if say you can squat 110kg on smith machines, is it okay to tell people you can squat 110kg if asked XD

Thats all for now, thanks to anyone bothered and knowledgeable enough to answer my questions

BCAAs

BCAAs

I'm somewhat stalled in my lifting and have been for a while. I repeatedly struggle to have to really sit down and think about my programme and I don't think I know as much as I'd need to to write myself a proper good programme at this point.

Everyone at my gym who is at least as strong as me has someone else write their programme, usually paying for it, though most of them compete. A friend of a friend who is a PT has offered to do my programming for me at a mate's rate of £65 a month, it's normally £80. I could afford it but only for say 3 months, I couldn't justify it endlessly. And it's still a lot of money.


So help me debate with myself. Would you do it? Is it worth it for a few months?

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Your blog doesn't read like things are going terribly, you noted that you were feeling pbs nearing.

What do you want to achieve?

Do you want to go the powerlifting route?

If you want to learn a bit casually about programming, juggernaut training systems on youtube is probably a less costly investment, there seems a lot of info on there, particularly breaking down the principles of CWS' juggernaut method.

Or do you mean pbs beyond the big three (plus maybe press)?

I've pretty much settled on it's not worth it now

My deadlift is going well but it was lagging. My bench is getting back to consistently 100ish, I benched 100 for the first time around 2013. My press isn't much better. I can't do any form of squat at all just now.

I think mostly what I want is more progress. The reality is I know what a programme for most strength gains looks like and I'm not physical able to do it.

I think I'm also a bit bored and need to scrap what I think I should be doing and do what I want to do, whilst going back to a method I came up with for maximising flexibility

Doing what you want to do sounds a good idea.

What do you weigh?

Doing what you want to do sounds a good idea.

What do you weigh?

70kg at 5ft4 so I'm big for TKD (to be competitive in sparing I'd need to be U57) and tiny for strongman but it's probably the right balance for now

"So, leucine supplementation on its own is better at producing the trigger for maximal MPS, and a complete protein is just better at providing the bricks for muscle growth. A BCAA supplement doesn’t fit anywhere in this picture; it’s worse than only leucine at doing leucine’s job, and it’s worse than a complete protein at its job."

https://www.strongerbyscience.com/athlete-protein-intake/

Kinda interesting article.

Gonna buy me some leucine

A BCAA supplement effectively covers Leucine pretty well though, it just has a bunch of other aminos too.

Right, except the isoleucine and valine don't do anything except reduce the effectiveness of the leucine.

It just doesn't matter in the grand schemes of things

Link to studies? Seems really dumb for any company to product of product with conflicting ingredients like that

The article I linked literally cites the studies.

And no, I am categorically not saying that leucine is better than protein. I'm saying (or rather the article is, in the passage that YOU quoted) that leucine is the best supplement for raising plasma leucine levels, eating protein is the best way to satisfy your total protein requirements and BCAAs aren't meaningfully useful for anything.

Are you SERIOUSLY surprised that companies market useless supplements? How do you explain CEE?

What are people's main goals? Im kinda happy with my shape now (currently 86kg at 6'0) but looking to have more dense muscle(lower bf). Not looking to get any bigger now and don't care about numbers.