ok, i started taking BCAA's this week, in the form of prolabs BCAA pills. the reccommended dosage is 6 pills after a workout.....HOWEVER, here is where my brain starts to hurt a bit. the contents of the pills are as follows:
in 6 pills there are:
leucine 1.5g
isoleucine .96g
valine 1.32g
....now, i've been doing a ton of research and i CANNOT for the life of me, find out if 6 pills after a workout is enough BCAA's. one article i read on BB.com said i should have 4.8g of leucine a day, 4g of isoleucine, and 1.6g of valine a DAY!! the reccomended dosage of prolabs BCCA doesnt even come CLOSE to that dosage!?!?!?!
can someone please help, i'm going nutz, i've been searching on this site for the last 2 hours and cannot find an answer to my question. how many of prolabs pills should i take?? should i take 3 before my workout, and 3 after?? should i take 6 before and 6 after??? should i take 52 pills a day for 6 months straight??? i am so confused please learn me all you edumacated body builders out there
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05-29-2003, 10:21 AM #1
How many of my BCAA pills should i take in a day....PLEASE help, i'm going nutty :o)
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05-29-2003, 04:04 PM #2
I don't think that is enough, or even close. Check out the article below, it has a lot of great info on BCAA's. There is a formula in the article some where that helps you determine your need for BCAA's. I don't remember what it is exactly, but I weigh 170 and it says I need about 30 grams a day total (that's with all three combined, not each). MRM's BCAA+G has 5 grams per serving and 166 servings in one container. That's what I just bought, you might want to check it out.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/inmag5.htm
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05-30-2003, 08:16 AM #6
Another thing to do is take the BCAA's during your workout. Beverly recommends 1 tab per 10 lbs of bodyweight. On the other hand, the guru Charles Poloquin, recommends taking your bodyweight converted to kg (divide by 2.2) and multiplying that figure by .44. So at a bodyweight of 170 you would need roughly 34 g of BCAA (170/2.2 x .44). If you use Beverly there is 4.5 g per five tab serving - that equates to 38 tabs per workout. That sounds pretty high, but that is the recommendation by the coach. Next week I am going to start a four week test of 30 tabs per workout to see if I notice a difference. Should be interesting, if I don't go broke first.
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05-30-2003, 10:10 AM #10Originally posted by BigRed
Another thing to do is take the BCAA's during your workout. Beverly recommends 1 tab per 10 lbs of bodyweight. On the other hand, the guru Charles Poloquin, recommends taking your bodyweight converted to kg (divide by 2.2) and multiplying that figure by .44. So at a bodyweight of 170 you would need roughly 34 g of BCAA (170/2.2 x .44). If you use Beverly there is 4.5 g per five tab serving - that equates to 38 tabs per workout. That sounds pretty high, but that is the recommendation by the coach. Next week I am going to start a four week test of 30 tabs per workout to see if I notice a difference. Should be interesting, if I don't go broke first.
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05-30-2003, 10:26 AM #13Originally posted by BigRed
What is the best powder out there -"Strive for perfection,
Nothing less"
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05-30-2003, 01:44 PM #17
After reading of this I did go to their website and read a couple of the reviews. There were only two, but both praised the product. One said that you had to mix like 20 scoops to get the dosage he wanted - that would be 9 servings per container or about $6.50 per workout. That price works out a little higher than Beverly using 30 tabs which is about $5 per workout using ******* prices. Since the Xtreme product is so new (How old is the company?) do you think the product is reliable? I think Beverly's is - just take a look at their bodybuilders that use it. I think I wll stick with the Beverly for now, but I do like the sound of just drinking something versus swallowing all those tabs.
What is the grams per serving (one scoop) of BCAA in ICE?
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05-30-2003, 01:48 PM #18Originally posted by BigRed
What is the grams per serving (one scoop) of BCAA in ICE?Originally posted by RippedUp
Here."Strive for perfection,
Nothing less"
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05-30-2003, 01:55 PM #19
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by BigRed
[B]After reading of this I did go to their website and read a couple of the reviews. There were only two, but both praised the product. One said that you had to mix like 20 scoops to get the dosage he wanted - that would be 9 servings per container or about $6.50 per workout. QUOTE]
which site are you talking about, 20 scoops of ICE would be a rediculously unnecessary dosage. As for price per g of aminos there is no way a tablet will ever be cheaper than a powder
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05-30-2003, 01:56 PM #20
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05-30-2003, 02:00 PM #21
Here is the site with the review:
http://www.*************/store/produ...&reviews_id=83
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05-30-2003, 02:03 PM #24
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okay i found that review, I dont know if that is actually the number of scoops or the number of Grams the suy is referring to but in no way is it necessary to use that many scoops. Ice doesnt miraculously require that much higher of a dosage than any other comparable number of grams of a different bcaa to work, its all grams of bcaa whether its this product or a different one
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05-30-2003, 07:53 PM #27Originally posted by jay_the_bull
Couldn't agree more. Go get some BCAA's from Beverly give them a ring on the telephone or email them and take their advice on how to take them. The Beverly Aminos are a much higher quality than the Pro Lab pills.
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05-30-2003, 09:15 PM #28
"might want to check you math mass"
Customizer,
Sorry, your right. I sincerely apologize. Neither the Grape nor the Fruit Punch come to 3.5 grams of BCAA's per serving.
Grape..........................3270mg BCAA's
Fruit Punch..................3420mg BCAA's
Your right Customizer, I totally overestimated YOUR product. Of course, when answering the question about how many BCAA's are in YOUR product you try to decieve, by providing a link that only says, "5g of protein." When you are finally nailed down to answer the question you quote two scoops, which is TWO servings. You even, in this thread, gave the statistics for YOUR product. Why don't YOU go back and check YOUR math. Add up the BCAA's that are listed in your previous post and then divide by two. That will give you the BCAA's per dose. Check it, check it again, and then check it again... then look at the numbers above... pretty damned accurate aren't they?
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05-31-2003, 07:55 AM #29
Mass, their is a little bit of confusion here, which can easily be solved. We have an entirely new product on the way, along with entirely new labels, but it is still called ICE. What we did was INCREASE the amount of BCAA which are in the bottle. It is going from roughly 50% to about 70% and the serving has become 10g (2 scoops) to make things simplier. So if you add things up, they both come to about 70%. It varies because the flavor systems are different and require slightly different amounts of inclusion.
We are in no why trying to pull the wool over your eyes. That is why we changed our labels to state this. But really, add up the total amount of BCAA in each bottle, and you will find a tramendous amount of disparity between the two brands mentioned.
Dorian, BCAA and a larger mixture of EAA are very potent. More potent at stimulating muscle protein synthesis than any other type protein. With some key ingredients however, we can take the results to an even higher level. More on this to come. But look for special EAA products very soon, along with a stacker products.Use your f u c k ing brain.
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05-31-2003, 08:00 AM #30Originally posted by BigRed
Another thing to do is take the BCAA's during your workout. Beverly recommends 1 tab per 10 lbs of bodyweight. On the other hand, the guru Charles Poloquin, recommends taking your bodyweight converted to kg (divide by 2.2) and multiplying that figure by .44. So at a bodyweight of 170 you would need roughly 34 g of BCAA (170/2.2 x .44). If you use Beverly there is 4.5 g per five tab serving - that equates to 38 tabs per workout. That sounds pretty high, but that is the recommendation by the coach. Next week I am going to start a four week test of 30 tabs per workout to see if I notice a difference. Should be interesting, if I don't go broke first.
L-Leucine (free form) 1.2 g (1200 mg)
L-Isoluecine (free form) 750 mg
L-Valine (free form) 810 mg
I go through 24 capsules in a one hour workout. I seem to recover much faster, with very little soreness. Even on my most intense workouts. The downside is carrying a bottle of pills with me in the gym. I get a lot of funny looks when I start popping my pills. Anyway, sometimes a pill will burst in my stomach and when
I burp, I litterally have powder comming out my mouth. It tastes pretty bad.
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