GordyR's Beginners Guide to Bodybuilding

Chong Warrior · 2 Jan 2007 at 16:41

adsmithy said:
Has anyone used Reflex Natural Whey? I'm looking for a whey protein without stuff like artificial flavours/colourings & aspartame etc.. any ideas?

Cheers

As said above goto www.myprotein.co.uk and type www.sports-nutrition.net into the price matcher and you will get 4.5kg of pure whey protein, unflavoured and untouched. It's super high quality and 80% protein

£22.93 in P&P

Type in MP5500 when ordering and get a further 5% off, but that only works on your first order.

adsmithy · 2 Jan 2007 at 16:59

Chong Warrior said:
As said above goto www.myprotein.co.uk and type www.sports-nutrition.net into the price matcher and you will get 4.5kg of pure whey protein, unflavoured and untouched. It's super high quality and 80% protein

£22.93 in P&P

Type in MP5500 when ordering and get a further 5% off, but that only works on your first order.

Thats great cheers, thank you MTA99 aswell

Is this whey isolate? I was told this contains less lactose.

How would I take this exactly?

Chong Warrior · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:14

No worries and no it's not whey isolate, it's whey concentrate. Are you lactose intolerant? Isolate is quite a specific supplement meant for rapid absorption, so it's meant to be good after a workout, other wise I'd say concentrate is better and a hell of a lot cheaper!!

You can take it with water, milk or juice. It mixes very easily with just a fork, though a shaker cup is the best and easiest way to mix it. This protein tastes of nothing really so can be a bit bland but that's what you want, no additives

EDIT - that link for the shaker is just an example, I wouldn't buy one of those as there's supposed to be a problem with them, that's why they're B stock.

adsmithy · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:46

Chong Warrior said:
No worries and no it's not whey isolate, it's whey concentrate. Are you lactose intolerant? Isolate is quite a specific supplement meant for rapid absorption, so it's meant to be good after a workout, other wise I'd say concentrate is better and a hell of a lot cheaper!!

You can take it with water, milk or juice. It mixes very easily with just a fork, though a shaker cup is the best and easiest way to mix it. This protein tastes of nothing really so can be a bit bland but that's what you want, no additives

EDIT - that link for the shaker is just an example, I wouldn't buy one of those as there's supposed to be a problem with them, that's why they're B stock.

All ordered. I'm not lactose intolerant but I have been avoiding milk recently because of skin problems. I ordered 4.5kg of the concentrated whey, a large scoop and one of the shakers - it was only 50p so if it's rubbish no real loss.
Seems very good value,
Thanks for the help

adsmithy · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:36

Can anyone suggest a decent folding bench to get. Something that is quite compact around £100 budget. I work at Argos so anything from there would be good as i'd get the discount!

Thanks

Styles · 4 Jan 2007 at 01:59

As you're looking for a folding bench I presume it's not required to hold substantial amounts of weight?

adsmithy · 4 Jan 2007 at 19:09

S7yl3s said:
As you're looking for a folding bench I presume it's not required to hold substantial amounts of weight?

As far as benching is concerned i'm a beginner so initially it won't need to hold much weight, but i'm looking to make progress so I would guess i'd start by benching 40-50kg but want something that would take more weight as I progress. How much more i don't know exactly.

Am I right in assuming folding benches are weaker then non-folding?

Styles · 4 Jan 2007 at 19:36

In my eyes yes they are much weaker. What you really need to say is what you're going to be using the bench for. I see all these folding benches come with fancy lateral pull down and leg curl attachments that can take a tiny amount of weight.

If the bench is going to be taking 50-80KGs then I should think a bench like the one you are looking for will be fine. I have had one for years and that has been loaded to well over 100KGs before but it never really felt safe.

If I was going out to buy a bench tomorrow, I would look for a solid bench and spend a little more. This would give me the piece of mind that I would be able to load the bench up with a substantial amount of weight and that the frame would remain sturdy for years to come. Before purchasing the bench it is very important to check the weight that the bench will be able to hold, as if you're bodyweight is 80-90KGs + and you're loading a large amount of weight onto the bar, then the frame is going to be under a large amount of pressure.

adsmithy · 4 Jan 2007 at 20:57

What do you reckon of this on offer at argos?

...and maybe this to go with it?

Chong Warrior · 4 Jan 2007 at 22:41

If you can't make it to a gym and really have your heart set on this kind of set-up then just look in the local paper or similar. 99% of the people who buy this stuff never use it after the first go and just want to get rid and reclaim space. You'll be able to pick up some good stuff for peanuts

Rich1988 · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:11

May sound like a retarded question

but when you say maybe monday 3 x 8 dumbell bicep curls, does that mean you do the 3 sets of 8 all in the same session 3 sessions throughout the day of 1 x 8 or 3 sets 3 times a day?,
Thanks very much

benjo plz. · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:15

Rich1988 said:
May sound like a retarded question but when you say maybe monday 3 x 8 dumbell bicep curls, does that mean you do the 3 sets of 8 all in the same session 3 sessions throughout the day of 1 x 8 or 3 sets 3 times a day?,
Thanks very much

You do 3 sets of 8 curls, with like 2 min rests in-between each set.

Rich1988 · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:45

does that mean you do one workout on that day then?

Styles · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:47

Yes, of course with more movements than just 3 x 8 Bi curls

benjo plz. · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:48

Rich1988 said:
does that mean you do one workout on that day then?

erm yer. How many were you planning on doing? :\.

Rich1988 · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:49

Phnom_Penh said:
erm yer. How many were you planning on doing? :\.

A million!!!!

hehe no I guessed that was what it meant to do just one workout with 3 sets of 8 of each but just wanted to be sure, Cheers

Rich1988 · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:50

S7yl3s said:
Yes, of course with more movements than just 3 x 8 Bi curls

yea obviously it would consist of far more than this excercises for the leg and back abs and shoulders as well I was just using that single exercise as an example

Styles · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:57

Rich1988 said:
yea obviously it would consist of far more than this excercises for the leg and back abs and shoulders as well I was just using that single exercise as an example

All this in one workout? I'd like to see the workout if you can post it.

EDIT: My first post regarding the 3 sets of 8 was not intended to sound condescending, my wording was poor. Apologies.

Rich1988 · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:59

S7yl3s said:
All this in one workout? I'd like to see the workout if you can post it.

no not all in one work out

I was just listing the areas that you exercise over different workouts not sure i have the energy to do all that in one go!

Styles · 9 Jan 2007 at 23:22

Rich1988 said:
no not all in one work out I was just listing the areas that you exercise over different workouts not sure i have the energy to do all that in one go!

Lol, the alarm bells were ringing when you stated all those different body parts. Any training questions, you know where to post.