Alaska wrote:Well I need a brand and an online store to buy a supplement for the 22 yo who is working out 5 days a week on weights to bulk up for the start of Footy season. He also runs three nights to keep the endurance up as this is his main weapon. But as he has matured he is now playing CHB and needs some more bulk.
He has just finished a bucket of Extreme Rapid Weight Gainer (vanilla) that seems to have the ingredients that kickinit is talking about.
What is the best value for money bucket for this boy to buy?
Firstly, if he wants to gain muscle he needs to eat 250-500 calories over his daily maintenance while doing weights. On the days he does both weights and cardio (footy training) he's going to need to eat more than that (500-750)
Secondly, the weight gainer he's using is filled with sugars like Dextrose Monohydrate too boost the calories per serve. You are basically paying over $100 a tub for powder that is half sugar. Dextrose Monohydrate can be bought for about $5 a kilo or less.
Honestly, he should find his calories from food. Meaty pastas, meaty curries, sandwiches filled with tuna and avocado, even ice cream on those days where he does weights and trains for footy. Just feed the boy some solid meals.
I do recommend he use a protein shake, just a simple
Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) to hit help hit his protein requirement for the day. Perhaps one before breakfast and another before dinner. The timing isn't important - he doesn't need to have one after a workout as there is no such thing as a 'timing window', it's a myth. All that matters is that he gets his XXXX required calories in from the time he wakes to when his head hits the pillow. If he wants carbs in that shake then
Powdered Oats mixes well with the WPC.
I highly recommend the Bulk Nutrients range as they use high quality, high purity ingredients and they're Australian. Banana WPC is my favourite, and I occasionally switch to Strawberry for a change but not often.
One more point. It's about eight weeks until Round 1. If his weights routine is excellent and his diet is good, then he might be able to gain about 2kg of muscle in that time. Anything more and it's just fat. I recommend he incorporates as much compound lifting (preferably heavy with low repetitions) - like bench press, squats, deadlifts or rackpulls, military press, pull ups - into his routine as they will help with his strength as well. He hasn't got a lot of time to gain muscle, but he could feasibly get his bench press up to bodyweight and his squat and deadlift near 1.5 x bodyweight, which is a reasonable strength for a young footballer.
Happy to answer any more questions.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:47 pm
.... My head hurts 