Whey protein... what to buy?
 

What do you guys recommend and where should I be buying it?

I've bought the regular optimum whey protein before but that was a while ago. Now prices for whey protein are literally doubled since then... Are there any other cheaper source that I don't know about? I mean, the last time I bought a 5 pound bottle, it cost around 30 dollars for it. Now it is close to 60...

check out places like tfsupplements and prosource.net online. Don't go to overpriced places like bodybuilding .com and GNC.

Try Gaspari's Myofusion. Great taste with healthy fats. I wouldn't pay more then 40 for whey. I wouldn't pay less then 30 either. You get what you pay for really. Just please don't go to GNC. When you see the prices at the places I mentioned you'll get it.

I would NEVER buy from GNC. I walked in for 5 seconds and walked out because of the prices...

Also, thanks for the recommendations. The prices aren't too bad but still much cheaper than other places.

Since you are price shopping try supplementwarehouse.com. I've never had any probs with shipping and you can price-match right from their website. Once you go there, you'll see.

OMG that is cheap lol.

ON 100% Whey is pretty good IMO. Lot's of people use it. Myofusion is good as well and Sams here by my house has it in 5lbs bags for a decent price.

Great selection there but I just looked up most of the things I buy and there all more expensive here, so not that cheap but great selection.

ON for sure, I can't drink anything else.

I don't feel bodybuilding.com is overpriced. They're within a 2-3 dollars usually if other sites, sometimes cheaper and the customer service/ship times make that value worth it.

It depends on what you're trying to do as well, are you looking to pack on mass? I've added 30 lbs of muscle in 5 months using Rebuilt Mass.

sh1ts expensive but it works, I usually go buy it on gold card week or when they have a buy one get one 50% off.

GNC Beyond RAW™ Re-Built Mass - Chocolate Brownie - RAW HARDCORE - GNC

Optimum Nutrition WheyGold is what I use. It's one of the best and most popular out there. I usually buy from fitrx.com because of the free shipping, and they throw in sample packs of other stuff when you buy a certain amount.

I wouldn't trust the 'cheap' stuff seeing that the Chinese like to knock off everything under the sun. Hell, they use powdered drywall and street paint to make counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

Trust the brand names and the big companies if you want quality stuff. ON and Syntha are really good when it comes to quality.

You didn't add 30lbs of muscle in five months and and it had nothing to do with what you took as a shake... You may have gained 15-20lbs of muscle in that time if you were on gear, eating like 5000kcal a day, were going the puberty AND your starting weight was like 110.

What you gained sir was water and fat and a couple lbs of muscle.

yeah pretty much

only one things gives those results...

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While reading the description, it sounds like a pre-workout drink which isn't something I am looking for. Also that is expensive.

A nutritionist told me that there is no point getting the expensive whey proteins because when it comes down to it, most of them uses the same stuff.

For the most part, the more expensive DON'T use the same stuff. The cheap stuff usually just has concentrate whey while the more expensive ones use isolate and hydrolyzed or some kind of mix. Hydro ain't cheap and great for after workouts. Hydrolyzed has a very high amino acid profile especially Leucine. There is a difference, just depends how serious you wanna get.:tiphat:

Not at all. My bench went from 250 to 340, squat went from 400 to 500, started curling with 45 dumbells and now do 80's. Dunno what you've experienced while taking supplements and lifting, but i've gone from 155 to 185. I'll post before and after pics if need be (I've chronicled every change in physique). Oh, btw, my body fat percentage is holding steady at 7 :)

To be fair, I was on Amplified Mass for the first 2 months.

just reloaded with some pro7ein. looks alright.

:eek: The IOCC is looking for you.... :roflpuke2:

datderecelltech.

How many months did it take to go from 155 to 185? Supplements can increase strength by a lot but keeping a low body fat % is hard. Working out is easy it is the diet that is hard...

So at 155lbs you were squatting 400lbs, curling 45's and benching 240?

You gained 35lbs but are at 7% bodyfat?

You are aware that it has been scientifically proven that even with steroid use the human body is unable to synthesize more than 1lb of pure muscle per week in ideal conditions?

LMFAO, You curl 80's at 7% bodyfat eh? Wow that's very impressive that you're stronger than Arnold was at the peak of his bodybuilding career.

Congrats on that. :rolleyes:

Sorry to be a hater but it amazes me that people still try to BS stuff like this online. They know there are serious lifters out there who will bust you, but they hope they don't read this forum and try it anyways.

I agree. As someone who has busted his *** with diet and workouts for years with the aspirations of someday being able to compete, when people belittle the hard work I put in to make real world gains by claiming outrageous results it posses me off. It also gives non-fitness people unrealistic ideas of what is possible.

If we were in a gym right now id be slapping the 10plates on the bar and force this kids *** under it once to see just how heavy a true *** to the ground 500lb squat is.

I picked up a whey protein called Nitro-Pro last week from the vitamin shoppe for 42 bucks.

Only been using it for a week so can't comment to much, but I work out everyday and take it with 16 oz. of milk after each time.

Definitely more energy, tastes really good to me, and helps keep muscle mass after my workout too.

suggestions about brands? I was clueless and just bought what the sales guy recommended.

I use ON Oats and Whey

Doesn't have a lot of chemicals and tastes great. I'm sort of a stickler for staying clean.

Never was picky with protein. more picky with pre workouts. But I always used Gold Standard back when I was body building in iraq. works good. price is good. taste is good. thats all that matters to me.

Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard. Get's supplement/protein of the year almost every year.

That's what I use. That's the only supplement I ever took. I went from 148lbs and benched 145 to 178lbs and maxed at 220. Granted that was over about a year of on again/off again working out, but I was pretty happy. I'm trying to get back into my gym routine....my 3rd week back. We will see how long that lasts, haha.

Far as I know, Designer Whey is the only one that has legitimate independent studies to support their claims. Allegedly the "designer" part is that the protein molecules are engineered to be more easily passed intact from gut to bloodstream, hence, better absorption and uptake.

sounds like hydro whey?

I know a lot of people will slam me for it but I just bought whatever the hell was cheapest.

25# of weight gain and 6 months later, I don't think I did anything wrong.

I'm just not a supplement whore anymore.

Aaaaaaaaannnndddddd here we go again.

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myofusion is the best.

Are you referring to your post on previous pages?

I never said I gained 25# of MUSCLE. I probably gained maybe 5# of dry muscle. The rest is fat and water I am betting, judging on my measurements. However, I took before/after pix and am very happy with the results. I started at 173# and a measured (hydrostatic) 10% body-fat. I am hoping to end up at around 180-185# and 9-11% body-fat after my cut.

My point was I didn't use any "designer" anything. I rarely even took anything except the random protein-shake after a work-out maybe 1/10th of the time. Quality food (for the most part, lol) is where it's at. You can get all you need for a good bulk off a good diet and a post-work-out shake now and again. Doesn't even have to be elitist designer crap, either.

I had a roommate who has done multiple cycles of Deca, Test, D-Bol, Winstrol, and other ****. I'm bigger, stronger, and faster than him. He didn't eat right, didn't train right, and even at the peak of a Test/DBol cycle, he was still lifting less than I was. He was also 5'7 and I am 5'10, so he has mad mechanical advantage on things like the bench and squat. He never hit my numbers--and my lifts are NOT something I brag about. They aren't worth bragging about, is what I mean.

It's training, discipline, and diet. NO supplement out there is going to do more for you than steroid/test usage. He still never touched my numbers. Why? He wasn't training or eating right (had he been, he would have made me look like a total weenie). Train right. Eat right. Stop using chemical **** as a crutch thinking it will somehow remove the necessity for correct diet/exercise routines.

My programs aren't the "best" and I don't eat or train as well as I should, but his failure to progress really opened my eyes to what a crappy diet/program could do to the best made plans. All the chemicals in the world won't make it work.

So why not use the chemicals AND the good plan/diet?

Well, you can, and you will see a bit of gain, but for me, the journey is the destination and like I said, I gained 25# in half a year, the before/after pix and my lifts show it wasn't a dirty gain, and I didn't need to spend money on any shakes other than when I felt like it.

I think this should really end the thread. Protein shakes will help you get in some extra calories and grams of protein... But high quality food is going to help you above any beyond anything else. Unless you're on the gear hardcore.

:tup: I agree on this. I preach to people that ask me all the time about working out. Dieting correctly for your goals is half the workout and sometimes more than half.

The only thing I really liked for a supplement was Jack3d. That was only because FOR ME (I know others that are NOT like this), it would give me a mad burst of energy, I could hit my work-out HARD after a 12 hour shift, and then the effect was gone and I slept like a rock all day. Loved that stuff. Only because it allowed me the energy to complete workouts after a grueling shift at work, not because I thought it made me bigger in and of itself. The whole container lasted me several months. Only took it when I felt drained at work.

:iagree::iagree:

Anyone recommend any other types of protein other than myofusion? I am getting sick of the taste lol. I've tried every flavor now. I am looking for something similar with a casine/whey mix. And of course something that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

jacked is great but dont make a habit outa it. i know the workouts when i wasnt taking it i felt like poo.