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lifter85 · 08-09-2007, 11:17 PM

Well, here's my personal take...I bought a 1,000g bcaa container from the 1fast400 brand at bulknutrition.com. Only 45 bucks with shipping, which at 5g per serving and 200 servings for that, it was not so bad, at least for what all benefits I've read about bcaa's.

I have been taking pretty high dosages (5g with every meal, 15g before workouts, 25g during workouts, another 5 in my pwo shake), and let's just say I am still sore from monday's workout, despite eating big, clean, sleeping 8 hours a night, and supplementing with the massive bcaa amount.

That said, I'm not so sure how much they are helping me recover faster at all, but I do believe they're probably benefitial with fat loss, as I seem to have slimmed out some, but that could also be that I really upped my amount of fish oil taken in in the past 3 weeks.

One last thing, since consistently taking bcaa's for the past 6-7 months, I've yet to get sick. They probably aid in a stronger immune system or w/e.

I will probably not buy again.

EDIT: Today is thursday, and I am still sore from monday's NROL Hyper 2 upper body workout. That's a pretty long time to go still somewhat sore with that amount of bcaa's added to a proper diet and such.

Also edit that I usually get sick somehow somewhat frequently, whether small or minor. I've been nowhere near feeling anything sick in a good while now.

08-09-2007, 11:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
lifter85 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 48 My Profile	Well, here's my personal take...I bought a 1,000g bcaa container from the 1fast400 brand at bulknutrition.com. Only 45 bucks with shipping, which at 5g per serving and 200 servings for that, it was not so bad, at least for what all benefits I've read about bcaa's. I have been taking pretty high dosages (5g with every meal, 15g before workouts, 25g during workouts, another 5 in my pwo shake), and let's just say I am still sore from monday's workout, despite eating big, clean, sleeping 8 hours a night, and supplementing with the massive bcaa amount. That said, I'm not so sure how much they are helping me recover faster at all, but I do believe they're probably benefitial with fat loss, as I seem to have slimmed out some, but that could also be that I really upped my amount of fish oil taken in in the past 3 weeks. One last thing, since consistently taking bcaa's for the past 6-7 months, I've yet to get sick. They probably aid in a stronger immune system or w/e. I will probably not buy again. EDIT: Today is thursday, and I am still sore from monday's NROL Hyper 2 upper body workout. That's a pretty long time to go still somewhat sore with that amount of bcaa's added to a proper diet and such. Also edit that I usually get sick somehow somewhat frequently, whether small or minor. I've been nowhere near feeling anything sick in a good while now.