TimC

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As we all know, there are lots of protein shakes on the market.

What made you decide what one you bought?
Price, brand, contents, taste etc?

I'm looking to buy my first lot and really don't know what to go for.

Can you recomend what I should buy and state why please

Thanks

Dirty Harry

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my protein "true whey"

TimC

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Why did you pick that Protein? Im looking for info so I know what I should be looking for.
Thanks
Tim

dave cos4x4

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i have tried a few shakes Tim and i found the Optimal Nutrition power the best.

here is a link.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Optimum-Nutrit...a#ht_888wt_941

Dirty Harry

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because it taste great mixes well very good value for money highly recomended on lots of training forums ,go to there web site for info

Benni

http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/product...___instantised_

Add milk or water, and chop in a banana. Tastes nice and lasts a long time. I don't think you'll get cheaper than that.

Benni.

kiddie

+1

Choc mint, or choc orange. They mix perfect double servings and taste great with water or milk. Get yourself a shaker mixer from the site aswell. They actually have their own-very good forum. I didn't rate bulk powders service and had stomach cramps with their stuff.

Benni

Bulk-Powders were fine with me, and I've not had cramps. What is the price difference with MP?

Benni.

TimC

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Pete what flavour do you normally go for?

EDIT: is it this? http://www.myprotein.co.uk/bulk-powd...-whey-protein/

chris^si

Do your home work, look at the amount of protein per serving and and the amount of grams per serving, i've found MY PROTEIN to one of the best for g's per serving of good clean Whey and digests easily and mixes fantasticly compared with most!

However the only way to see whats best for you is just to get out there and try them.

Chris

StuRST

i use www.bulkpowders.co.uk got a 5kg tub of unflavoured whey for about £25 during their recent promotion, its normally £35. Mixes spot on and has a good nutritional profile. I flavour it with their liquidflav drops, choc mint flavour is proper nice

Benni

What is their Flavouring system like, Stu? Is it easy to use, and does it taste good? I use a banana but would buy the flavour banana if it was good. Does it need lots of drops to get a strong flavour?

Cheers mate, Benni.

StuRST

its really good mate, they recommend 10 drops per shake and that should do 100 shakes. But i find the sweet spot around 12-13 drops, bur i have got a sweet tooth lol

The banana is nice too, thats what my cousin uses, he said its one of the nicest banana shakes hes had

Benni

Nice one! I'll have to try some of that.

Benni.

TimC

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Right, im prob going to go for the my-protein but was wondering if anybody had heard/used USN.co.uk's whey protein?

Reason im asking is a guy in work is in a relation with them (he does strong man contest in Latvia) and can get me a good discount, but id rather have whats best for me over what the cheapest.

Cheers

JamboRS

use this code mate and get 5% off your first order


MP45869

BIG WULL

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First question you have to ask yourself is what do you want to acheive from your training? Diferent 'shakes' for different applications.
Secondly everyone is different, people get better gains from different things and everyones tastes are different also!
May just be a case of experimenting with advised powders untill you find one that works for you.

Kieron

Apparently its not as simple as that as we have had this discussion on here before when I recommended H&B protein. Its to do with the different amino acids and their content. Some are better than others although I have no idea what to look for and that wasn't answered when I asked.

I would personally buy whatever one you can afford and what one you find works for you. We are all different and react to shakes differently so give a few a go. For it to be effective you first have to consume it and you would be surprised at the tubs of stuff I have given away as I cannot stomach them. Not too effective for me in someone elses guts.

Also I don't think any of us on here are of a level that it really makes that much difference to us does it??? We are all hobby, not competative, weight lifters. Any additional protein is better than nothing imho.

StuRST

i totally agree Kieron.

Protein is protein, it will all work and do what its meant to do.

Where the differences lie are the release rates (casein releases faster than whey), the carb contents, the calorie content and the bcaa profiles.

All whey will contain bcaa (branch chain amino acids), some will be more rich than others. The real world difference wont be hugely noticable unless you are 100% strict with your diet and know what a slight change in your nutrition feels like imo.

Its also worth noting that some people are lactose intollerant and wont be able to digest protein produced from dairy sources, so a pea protein or similar would be needed

snedboy

If you can stomach the highligted bit

Thankfully all the shakes mentioned here are of higher quality than likes of maximuscle etc as these are all made up of cheap whey and loaded with sugar etc and made more for taste than quality.As already said anything is better than nothing really just go with anything mentioned in this thread and you should be ok

Personally prefer unflavoured so i can have diff flavoured shakes all the time rather than 1 flavour every day

kniterider

recommended by a gym friend: http://www.discount-supplements.co.u...xd.asp?id=4083

nutrisport 90+ protein

as far as i kno contains the most protein compared to all other readily available powders, cheap considering its 5kg tastes nice and works

pluss this particular one only has around 3g carbs in it per serving so great for slimming up, they also do one for bulking up.
think its something like 56g of protein per shake also.

StuRST

thats not a bad price for flavoured 90 actually

snedboy

Used to buy this all the time but after so many months on it got sick of the taste and the high amount of sugar.Its a great buy by all means and used to get it cheaper than that was £39.99 delivered.I use http://www.wheyconsortium.co.uk/ViewProduct.aspx?id=2 unflavoured as already stated and just weigh out how much i want per drink,usually 75 grams for 60g protein per drink along with 350ml milk and some nesquick or the likes for flavour mmmmmmmmmmm

Benni

Mine is unflavoured, Sned. You got any good recipes for flavouring?

Benni.

snedboy

Just use likes of nesquick etc or asda's own milk shake flavouring stuff.Can even use likes of hot chocolate aswell

TimC

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Thanks for the code. You just saved me £2.80

Benni

For 5kgs you get 90 servings. In the Bulk Powders one you get around 160 servings. So in reality, if you worked out 90 servings in the Bulk Powders one, you'd be probably getting more protein again per serving.

Does that make sense?

jim_jamie_3

im using cytogainer as my prework out and morning shake, only cos its a all in one, each serving has 54g of protein 3g of creatine. it also has 74g of carbs, im bulking so this is all good for me.

i also use the usn igf1 pure whey as my mid morning and pre bed shake and i find it realy good

JamboRS

get yourself a pint with the money mate

TimC

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Bet you got a fair few added points too

JamboRS

got 265 points from you
much did u spend?

TimC

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£59 including delivery and with the discount

TurboShed

Body Supreme Pure Whey. They sell the stuff in Asda and it's cheap, tastes and mixes well, and has the right stuff in it.

Benni

I'll be ordering some Banana flavour in about two weeks, so will remember to use your code.

Benni.

muz

Had to order a few bits so used your code

conor.rst

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nesquick acctually make a protein shake, and it tastes awsome its mega filling too 50g of protine per bottel and alot of cabs perfect for straight after training only pitfall is there is a awfawl lot of sugar in it and its not cheap. i forgot the name atm but ill find it out inabit.

JamboRS

the more the merrier mate

cheers mate.much did u save

muz

Only needed sone creatine but wanted to try the chic mint so spent £40 saved me £2 though almost covers the postage.

Mr C

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I used to use egg whey protein which was mixed with milk but found I had very strong urine and had constant guts ache, it wasnt pleasant I I never got much from it Im sure. This year Ive started to use SCI-MX GRS5 protein for post exercise <30min replenishment and was amazed at how much I was absorbing compared to the egg whey I used 5yrs ago. The GRS5 is tasty, I had Vanilla and can be hand shaken, I dont suffer the next day with aches and lack of power so much as I used to and would recommend using it.
I just changed to SCI-MX MRF ready for the new year where I plan to hit the gym harder, Im currently sorting diet, proteins, Carbs and exercises and have been recommended the Meal Replacement Formula for lean muscle gain without adding unwanted fat, this is part of a 6x meal a day diet and is suitable for post exercise replenishment aswell. The MRF is heavier to eat though so I would recommend a blender for a really really creamy mix, its delicious. I will have to post if it has made any difference in the new year, and am looking to get trim for June/July holiday time.
I will say you need to use one that is recommended, easily sourced and one that you like the taste of or you wont drink it. There is so much on the market that I would say visit somebody the sells a range you like the taste of and get their advice, if they are big/fit/powerful as you want to be then use what they recommend, they should know their products if they have had such good results on them! Best of luck