Posts by William Miller3

slydriver52 said:Just how much of that milk were you chugging every day to end up with all that fat, and was it even low-fat to begin with?
Look, we aren't all built the exact same way, so you can't just claim milk is an issue for everyone.
Now, please explain to me why casual lifters drink whey mixed with glucose immediately after a workout?
I know plenty of people who stick strictly to whole foods—like chicken and rice—right after training, and they look damn better than those clueless kids who read on some random internet forums, fitness magazines, or whey packaging that mixing whey with glucose post-workout is some kind of holy commandment.
Those kids have absolutely no clue what they're doing; they clearly don't realize that massive amounts of glucose actually slow down digestion because of its high osmolality, yet I see so many of them dumping 100g of glucose into their shake right when their stomach is at its most sensitive point after a session.

It's obvious you have next to zero actual knowledge about nutrition or training, but since you recognize the most hyped-up buzzword in the industry, you feel entitled to run your mouth.
Let me clear something up for you. If you want that aesthetic, shredded Apollo look, you hit higher rep ranges (15+), but if you're chasing mass, you stay in the 6-10 range. Most people just run 4-6 sets depending on what fits their vibe and current conditioning. Furthermore, to get that lean physique, you need to be hitting cardio 2-4 times a week for over 45 minutes, because it’s only after about thirty minutes—once you've burned through the energy stores you took in during the day—that your body actually starts tapping into fat stores. Another option is running on a treadmill for 40+ minutes. But above all else, diet dictates everything. Keeping carbs lower and protein higher is the absolute key. A perfect example is those snack bars; you won't see any definition if you aren't watching what you eat. And don't you ever think for a second that you'll get anywhere just by cutting calories without working out, because your body will just adapt to the lower intake and your metabolism will tank.

You're sitting here lecturing me about how sensitive the stomach is, so let me ask you: have you ever even tried drinking protein mixed with grape juice? What kind of protein? Everything is available online, and maybe those "kids" you're talking about did a little bit of searching on Google, whereas you clearly didn't.
An even more vital point is that after a workout, you don't even need protein as much as you need dextrose to facilitate the rapid recovery of those torn muscle fibers. By the way, if you aren't sore tomorrow, you didn't train hard enough—that's my number one rule.

Ronald Cox96 said:Alright, has anyone here actually noticed a tangible difference when mixing their powder with water versus milk? Has anyone actually spent a few months doing it one way, then switched to the other for a while and can honestly say, "Yeah, water is better"? I'm looking for real-world, personal experience here, not some half-baked nonsense you read on some random website.

Yeah, I did. Using milk actually helped me put on some serious mass after a few months.
But seriously, what is the actual issue here? It’s standard practice for recreational bodybuilders—and let's be real, probably nobody on this entire forum is a pro—to mix whey protein isolate with dextrose and just shake it up with water right after a workout.
The dextrose (like that Dasani stuff you grab at Walgreens, $4.25) helps with rapid absorption. Otherwise, if you aren't using glucose, I've heard you're supposed to drink your protein an hour or two before training...
If the taste is grossing you out, just throw in 300 or 350 ml of water, and when you add the dextrose, the flavor should be pretty intense and definitely not revolting (unless you've never eaten a single sweet thing in your entire life). It took me a little bit to get used to it too, since I grew up eating nothing but absolute garbage.

granitecobra80 said:thanks for getting back to me.

Look, can you please just give me some actual product recommendations that actually contain those fats? I don't mean just eating oil last night... 😉

Forgive the stupid questions, I'm still totally new to all this stuff. 😁

Just grab some Omega-3 tablets—and don't bother with the cheap crap at CVS, go to a real pharmacy instead. Honestly, do yourself a favor and Google "Omega-3" before you jump to any conclusions.
But then again, when I really think about it, only people who are too lazy to read ten pages of info or spend five minutes on the internet even ask these kinds of things. Thank God we have forums and websites to cater to everyone's lack of effort...
After your workout, hit the whey protein isolate—the 5lb tub is always the best deal and it lasts you about a month and a half—mixed with some grape sugar (grab it at Walgreens, $4.25) and make sure you don't eat anything for at least half an hour after that. In the morning, load up on carbs like Corn Flakes, but as you get closer to dinner, start tapering off the carbs and bump up the protein intake. The main thing is don't starve yourself. Take your Omega-3s after dinner and, well, that's basically the whole "live a healthy lifestyle" lecture right there. By the way, it actually works.
If you're going to ask something, have the guts to Google it for thirty minutes first.

I honestly thought they had it out for me personally, so I was sitting there squinting at my screen wondering if I’d just gone blind, checking every single setting to see if I could somehow enable it, when suddenly—boom—I stumble right into this godforsaken thread.

Also, for heaven's sake, you can just use Google. Seriously. Just type the topic name plus Reddit and even a basic search engine will be smart enough to serve it up to you on a silver platter.