[quote]bunny7568 wrote:
You guys are awesome… thanks Skid, Dog and Zomb.
Dog and Skid, you guys were bang on with the Sodium/ potassium intake information. I was speaking with a triathlete/ trainer yesterday… basically parroted your info.
Skid, thanks for strokin’ my ego a little, feels good to get a pat on the back every now and then.
I think I am going to get my body fat percentage checked… and start using this method… the mirror and perhaps my clothes as indicators of my progress. I will use the scale as a backup perhaps?
The triathalon guy (I’ve seen more meat on a sparrows instep by the way…) also stated that when training hard and changing diet, one’s bodyweight can fluctuate day to day 3-5 pounds normally (which happens to me)… sometimes as much 10-12 even 20 pounds in some circumstances.
That would make me snap. If I got up tomorrow, stepped on the scale and weighed 300… you guys would be hearin’ in the news about some crazy Canuck going on a rampage in his local Mcdonalds, and ending up in a food coma… lol.
On another note… thinking about introducing some “energy enhancers”… like N.O. Explode or something. Anybody ever use anything like this before… comments/ advice? [/quote]
Headline: “Crazy Canuck Conks out on Corn Dogs”
I hear crystal meth has a hell of an effect on energy 
Do you feel low on energy at some particular time? There’s been a lot of talk about “nutrient timing” on the site lately. Just before a workout take a combo shake made up of simple carbs + protein. It seems to have two effects 1) provides energy release for the training session and 2) reduces or even prevents muscle protein breakdown. After session get another one. Then keep carbs to a minimum after that 45 minute post-exercise window, eating mostly protein and good fats and veggies/fruit to continue the body recomposition effort.
Tried it myself and it made a difference in the workout for me. I try to keep carbs to a minimum all the rest of the time because they make me fuzzy in the head.
That’s all I got. Never tried nitric oxide. Sounds like black magic to me. It’s supposed to keep you in positive nitrogen balance which is inferred to mean that you are sparing protein, but it sounds to me like putting a muffler on a lawn mower and saying that it makes it run better cuz you reduced the noise. In other words, nitrogen balance is an indicator of whether muscle is being broken down or not, but supplementing with a form of nitrogen has no real impact except to mask the indicator.
The base process is what you want to modify and that’s done by supplying enough carbs to act as fuel so muscle doesn’t have to be broken down for it. The protein is used to repair muscle fiber damage as it happens. Rice milk and whey protein with BCAA (both really inexpensive) is a good combo. Cheaper than specially formulated supplements.
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong about the action NO.
Edit: just did a little research.
ast-ss.com/articles/article.asp?AID=117
Apparently nitric oxide is a vasodialator - makes your veins and arteries widen. It’s in viagra. But it has no muscle building or energy enhancement effects. Just makes you feel pumped. There is no medical literature about the muscle building effects of nitric oxide - according to the article. I suspect a lot of supplement companies found that it was cheap to make (nitrogen is one of the most abundant elements on the planet) and they could charge premium price for it. All that was needed was - wait for it - MARKETING.