[Jaded Jade]

Wow this is all great information! I'm going to order some BCAA powder today. Is it ok to add to your post workout shake?

I do, I scale the ammount of suppliments to how hard I am working out. A little protein with cardio keeps you from burning muscle. Larger amounts and the inclusion of BCAA's start to make sense if you are doing weight training or other muscle building exercise routines. (Pre workout NO boosters, post workout creatine, are for INSANELY heavy workouts. If you are working to and past your point of fatiuge. The latter particularly can cause bloating and water retention, it has specific helpful effects too, but it also has multiple drug interactions.)

Check if your protein powder already contains BCAA's, some do. Fair warning, the Bodtech BCAA's taste kinda gross, but the protein shake will mask it, mostly. But then I am not drinking it for the flavor...

If you plan on doing some more extreme workouts with suplments past the basics, I would advise you to start reading and researching a bit on it. The basic stuff is pretty straightforward, but doing some reading will let you find a ton of information relivant to your situation and goals.

Also, once you are starting to look past protiens and BCAA's read all of your labels, and don't ever take anything until you understand it. There some dangerous things on the shelves, and some flat out snake oil too.

There are no magic potions for this stuff, just some things that will make your hard work count for some more gain.


- Jaded Jade