[quote]Tizza wrote:
Grow! Barrs? That is some shameless product placement there, man.[/quote]
Product placement? I’m not even sure what that is.
At any rate, I need to go eat some yummy, nutritious Pop Tarts!
[quote]Nate Dogg wrote:
The good thing about being in AZ for the boot camp is that it’s nice and dry!! No humidity! It sucks in Florida. I ooze sweat 24/7.
[/quote]
Thank you! I’m not alone!
Apparently only tourists say it’s “a dry heat.” Just warning you. (Marla was a tourist, but then again, so was Jack)
Any takers for obscure reference #2?
Dave,
Do you have any updates on techniques to use for JB’s Damage Control during holiday binges ?(like Thanksgiving Pumpking pie)
Hey DB, What is the number one nutritionally superior pop tart flavor? I wanna know what flavor will put on the most muscle mass.Ha Ha. Also if I smothered it with peanut butter and made a sandwich out of the two would that make muscoles? Many we could have a pop tart eating contest in toronto at the SWIS? Winner gets a _______?
Dizzle-Bomb:
Right now I am supplementing my post workout nutrition with either brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts or chocolate carmel. Which do you recommend for maximum mass gains?
That and what are your thoughts on OTC sleep aids? I take ZMA and melatonin, and while they both seem to improve the quality of my sleep(I feel well rested upon waking), neither help me to actually fall asleep.
[quote]JDavid wrote:
Hi David,
In your article on creatine, you mention that creatine should be taken post workout. In your opinion, when is the best time to take it after a workout?
Also, should it be taken on an empty stomach or can it be ingested along with other foods and drinks?
Finally, how does creatine help a bodybuilder gain muscle mass?
Thanks a lot![/quote]
JDavid, to answer all of your questions at once, I find creatine is taken best after your workout with your Post-Workout drink. This will help the creatine enter our muscles.
You final question is a little more complicated… contrary to common dogma, creatine supplementation does not enhance protein synthesis in humans (at least to a measurable extent).
The anticatabolic effect of having more water in our cells is also quite elusive in humans.
Personally I believe that there is a small, undetectable anticatabolic effect. Creatine should also enhance your performance with weights… why this isn’t reflected directly by changes in protein turnover I don’t know.
Bottom Line: it helps us train harder and may slightly minmize the amount of muscle broken down naturally.
Pulp Fiction!
[quote]marcus_aurelius wrote:
Dave,
Do you have any updates on techniques to use for JB’s Damage Control during holiday binges ?(like Thanksgiving Pumpking pie)[/quote]
Maximum Strength HOT-ROX, apple cider vinegar before consumption (little good that’ll do you now, sorry), and train the day you gorge.
I am registering at UW once again as a grad student. This makes it 24 straight semesters -yup, even while I was in TX I was registered (and wasting tuition money) at UW. 
[quote]mike hanley wrote:
Hey DB, What is the number one nutritionally superior pop tart flavor? I wanna know what flavor will put on the most muscle mass.Ha Ha. Also if I smothered it with peanut butter and made a sandwich out of the two would that make muscoles?
[/quote]
This practice is actually recommended by Doctors like Nick Riviera.
[quote]
Many we could have a pop tart eating contest in toronto at the SWIS? Winner gets a _______?[/quote]
Oh sure, offer to have a contest AFTER you find out that I have a 1500Cal/day appetite!
DBarr
We always talk of getting (x) amount of protein in our daily diets. I just read–and want your input–that any diet should not consist of over 25% daily intake of calories from protein. A diet higher than this actually starts to suppress your body’s production of T.
What do you have to say?
[quote]David Barr wrote:
marcus_aurelius wrote:
Dave,
Do you have any updates on techniques to use for JB’s Damage Control during holiday binges ?(like Thanksgiving Pumpking pie)
Maximum Strength HOT-ROX, apple cider vinegar before consumption (little good that’ll do you now, sorry), and train the day you gorge.
I am registering at UW once again as a grad student. This makes it 24 straight semesters -yup, even while I was in TX I was registered (and wasting tuition money) at UW. :P[/quote]
That most certainly will be the best money ever wasted!
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Dizzle-Bomb:
Right now I am supplementing my post workout nutrition with either brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts or chocolate carmel. Which do you recommend for maximum mass gains?
[/quote]
BOTH are excellent choices.
[quote]
That and what are your thoughts on OTC sleep aids? I take ZMA and melatonin, and while they both seem to improve the quality of my sleep(I feel well rested upon waking), neither help me to actually fall asleep.[/quote]
The only thing I know about OTC sleep aids is the fact that you can’t kill yourself with them, even with concomitant alcohol usage.
Probably won’t hurt to give them a try when you really need them, but I wouldn’t make it a regular practice.
[quote]ChrisKing wrote:
David Barr wrote: (much like when Bonnie returns from her graveyard shift at the hospital)… [can anyone get the obscure reference?]
Pulp Fiction![/quote]
Good call!
[quote]sasquatch wrote:
DBarr
We always talk of getting (x) amount of protein in our daily diets. I just read–and want your input–that any diet should not consist of over 25% daily intake of calories from protein. A diet higher than this actually starts to suppress your body’s production of T.
What do you have to say?[/quote]
I have never heard of that. When it comes to protein, I usually consider gram quantity rather than proportion.
Why would protein affect test levels, I wonder?
[quote]David Barr wrote:
sasquatch wrote:
DBarr
We always talk of getting (x) amount of protein in our daily diets. I just read–and want your input–that any diet should not consist of over 25% daily intake of calories from protein. A diet higher than this actually starts to suppress your body’s production of T.
What do you have to say?
I have never heard of that. When it comes to protein, I usually consider gram quantity rather than proportion.
Why would protein affect test levels, I wonder?[/quote]
My thoughts exactly
source:
Maximum Muscle Plan
Thomas Incledon
Matthew Hoffman
[quote]sasquatch wrote:
DBarr
We always talk of getting (x) amount of protein in our daily diets. I just read–and want your input–that any diet should not consist of over 25% daily intake of calories from protein. A diet higher than this actually starts to suppress your body’s production of T.
What do you have to say?[/quote]
Where did you read that? Just curious.
[quote]sasquatch wrote:
My thoughts exactly
source:
Maximum Muscle Plan
Thomas Incledon
Matthew Hoffman[/quote]
Are there a series of references supporting that, or is it one of those single rodent study references?
Uh-oh…someones been reading their Men’s Health…
Thanks for the Q’s this week guys. Sorry tonight is short, but I was on for 3 hours yesterday.
I’m Leaving in 30 minutes!!!
Cheers
[quote]David Barr wrote:
sasquatch wrote:
My thoughts exactly
source:
Maximum Muscle Plan
Thomas Incledon
Matthew Hoffman
Are there a series of references supporting that, or is it one of those single rodent study references?
[/quote]
I can’t answer that. It is a snipet out of the book referenced. I’ll try to find out about what scientific sources were cited.