BCAA powder VS Whey Protein powder?

[Dastardly]

Ive been using whey protein for around a year now. Thinking of trying BCAA and was wondering what the equivalent volumes of product is?

I buy 5kg bags of whey protein, it is 24.6g protein per 30g product.

I take 50g post workout with milk.

How much BCAA powder would I need to be equivalent? Not just portion wise, but what quantity of BCAA would I need to last me as long as 5kg whey protein?

[51M0n]

Ive been using whey protein for around a year now. Thinking of trying BCAA and was wondering what the equivalent volumes of product is?

I buy 5kg bags of whey protein, it is 24.6g protein per 30g product.

I take 50g post workout with milk.

How much BCAA powder would I need to be equivalent? Not just portion wise, but what quantity of BCAA would I need to last me as long as 5kg whey protein?

Be warned, BCAA tastes like crap.

[Subsistence]

Why are you buying BCAAs? Most likely the answer to this is not to do so.

[Carnivroar]

Be warned, BCAA tastes like crap.

And you can't mix it with anything. You have to throw it in your mouth and wash it down with something.

[Subsistence]

And you can't mix it with anything. You have to throw it in your mouth and wash it down with something.

What are you talking about? I mix it all the time...

[MattJ.D.]

http://pogue972.blogspot.com/2006/04...l#.Tj4ga4JJnOM


read that before buying anything

[veryhrm]

Since you asked about equivalence i'll quote myself from a different thread ('cause that's classy).

The practical difference is that when you supplement with AA's you transfer a lot more money to supplement companies. Looking at the back of my GNC brand 100% whey it points out that 1 scoop has 21 grams of protein of which 1.3 g are Isoleucine, 2.3g are Leucine and 1.2g are Valine (these three are the BCAAs) for $0.81/serving (at the current GNC.com price).

Alternately, i could get "GNC Pro Performance® RapidDrive™ BCAA 5000" which has... 1g isoleucine, 3 g leucine and 1g valine. for $0.70/serving

So basically for about the same price as the BCAA supplement you can have the whey which has the same amount of BCAAs and another 15 or so grams of other AAs to boot.

BCAAs are reported to have anabolic effects (and/or to reduce catabolism post workout). Many many claims are made for the impacts of specific AAs or AA combinations taken w/ various combinations of carbs during various pre/post workout windows ... My current takeaway is that it's probably beneficial to have a pre-workout protein shake and have a protein and carb containing meal within an hour after ending your workout and also to have some protein before going to bed.

[mstrofbass]

Why the fuck would you replace whey with BCAAs? That's fucking stupid.

[Greg C]

Why the fuck would you replace whey with BCAAs? That's fucking stupid.

Dast is looking for the magic pill that'll make his press go over 60kg.

[King_mob]

Dast is looking for the magic pill that'll make his press go over 60kg.

Actually mate he's probably looking for a cheaper way of getting the same amount of protein.

Here's an interesting discussion on BCAA's in general.

http://www.elitefts.com/documents/bcaa.htm

There are great if your doing any kind of fasted exercise as they allow you to still take in protein in a fasted state.