[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
[quote]timmcbride00 wrote:
[quote]pwolves17 wrote:
As a college student my budget for supps is pretty limited; I just stick to 40 g whey and a poptart pre and post workout, and 50 g gatorade with 15 g bcaa’s intra. If you were to recommend one of the Biotest workout drinks to me, knowing that I can’t spend more than $3 per workout on supplements, which would you consider the best bang for my buck? Obviously I’m not asking you to figure out the cost per session for each supplement, I can do that myself if I explore the options further, but I’m interested in your experiences with each. Thanks![/quote]
I am not Lonnie and this is not a Biotest recommendation, but you’ve pretty much got it nailed down in my opinion with the whey and BCAA.
But if I may add a few peices of advice:
- If you are not already, get the whey in bulk to save money
- If you can find dextrose, buy it, if you don’t mind the initial cost for a 50lb bag (around $25 to 30) it’s way cheaper for your sugar than the gatorade and poptarts.
- Consider creatine, it’s literally pennies for a serving.[/quote]
This is a sound recommendation. I love my Biotest goodies but I am well aware of how much it costs (which is why I make my own “poor mans Plazma” still with Surge Workout Fuel and MAG-10
If you cant even do that, you might consider just getting Surge Recovery and using it intra, as its about the same the thing really. I like this option a little better than straight whey because the BIG thing with intraworkout is that you want Hydrolyzed protein, because the digestion process diverts a ton of blood to the gut and with hydrolyzed proteins this doesnt happen.
Even MAG-10 by itself would be a worthwhile investment. One serving During, and if you can afford it one serving 1-2 hours later would be a good addition.
… And if you cant do any of it, dont sweat it. Plenty of people have gotten big and strong without it, although I am a believer that it helps.[/quote]
Agreed with your thinking that plenty of people have gotten big and strong without the optimal supplementation; that’s been my main reason for being so minimalistic in my use of supps. I figured until I had my training and diet locked down, it would be majoring in the minor. I’m in a good place training and nutritionwise now though, so I’m considering investing a little more into supplements. If I was to go for the MAG-10, would you suggest I continue using my current whey product immediately post workout followed by a MAG-10 pulse later on? Or would the MAG-10 be sufficient? Obviously I would account for the difference in my macros if I was to eliminate the other whey product