get some protein shakes, they help your muscles recover and help to prevent soreness

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:21, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

don't they taste like shit though?
if there's a nice one, i'd totally drink that shit

i'm going to do bikram twice a week to help the flexibility and hopefully get rid of the soreness. i suck hard at bikram, but it does feel good.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:28, Reply)

i used to take a chocolate one which was alright, just neck it down after a workout

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:31, Reply)

i might try it
they just look really chalky and thick
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:33, Reply)

/JimDavidson

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:37, Reply)

help your muscles recover and help to prevent soreness

are yet another pointless scam that offer absolutely nothing in terms of benefits to any normal human being.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:51, Reply)

worked for me

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:51, Reply)

no it didn't
you just think it did.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:52, Reply)

nah, it did

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:53, Reply)

Are you either a vegan or a professional powerlifter?
No? then your diet contains more protein than you possibly need for recovery from any form of exercise short of an ultramarathon. You do not gain some advantage from the "formulation" of protein for "rapid recovery" or whatever shite they write on these things, becuase that's not how muscle damage, repair and recovery works in any way, shape or form.

So, unless by "works" you mean "relieved you of your money and provided your liver and kidneys with unnecessary work to do" then, no, it didn't work. Soz.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:57, Reply)

*+something sciencey sounding about amino acids or some shit*

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:58, Reply)

*contains boswelox*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:59, Reply)

Hey if it's been "used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine" it must be good, right

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:02, Reply)

It makes you 'feel' a bit better after a workout
Although that's likely psychosomatic.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:20, Reply)

so would drinking anything, I imagine.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:21, Reply)

You just leave that placebo effect alone
There's good money to be made there
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:54, Reply)

sometimes i don't think placebos are a bad thing, if they encourage you
so long as they aren't too stupid. eg my ass-toning trainers - do i reeeeeally think they tone my ass? no. but having spent £100 on them meant that i started walking home, and now often walk home 3-4 times a week, which i didn't do before. so well worth it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:56, Reply)

placebos are not a bad thing.
This is not a placebo effect though. This is paying money for more of something that your diet already contains too much of.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:59, Reply)

mine probably doesn't
typical diet would be 2 ryvitas and low fat homous for breakfast with fresh orange (SMOOTH), soup or itsu or something for lunch, and skip dinner or go out and eat something horrendous like feta cheese dip and pittas. i eat a lot of beans/chickpeas, drink milk and am TRYING to eat more fish, but probably a protein deficit really
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:07, Reply)

it's almost unknown for a western diet to be deficient in protein.
what you mention above would be fine. For protein, I mean. You're probably missing a cock load of B vits, but you probably don't need extra protein.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:12, Reply)

a cock load of vit Bs
sounds like an attempt to talk me into swallowing, dude
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:13, Reply)

Not swallowing is plain rude.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:18, Reply)

i was going to ask you how many times you had had to do it, before making such a judgment
but then i remembered i was chatting to the world's most fantastically gay horse!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:19, Reply)

quite so.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:20, Reply)

Fo' shizzle.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:57, Reply)