Supplements the debate/discussion thread
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Doesn't mean Recovery XS is cheap.
one 5kg tub has 63x80g servings in it and costs £60 online.
Myprotein:
3kg dextrose: £7.50.
1kg maltodextrin: £3.50
2.5kg flavoured whey protein: £27 - use mp price beater
works out at £38 even if you don't buy whey in bulk or with a discount (5kg bags can be had for around ~45 if you shop around)
so paying £60 for that is expensive for what it is.
Don't get me wrong, I spend money on glutamine and BCAA, it's just that I don't see weight gainers to be worth my money, I'd rather make my own.
Not entirely, just knocking it off where its not needed, ie shakes etc
Just to add to this post, if you also use NEWGEN10 at checkout, you can get it for £36. Not bad for a flavoured protein
So because you can't find it for £50 and go by the more expensive price, it's expensive?
£38 for purely whey, dextrose and maltodextrin is expensive if anything. Because you're simplifying Pro Recover too much. It isn't just those ingredients is it? It isn't just 2.5kg whey, and the rest is just filled out with the ingredients you mentioned
That's like saying I don't want to buy a car from BMW, I'll just buy my own bits and make it myself as it's cheaper
I imagine the difference between a homemade car and a bought car is slightly more significant that the difference between a bought shake and a homemade shake!
Well do feel free to share a link with it at £50 delivered, I didn't put the full RRP price but 60 seems to be the going rate. If I were to consider cheapest whey/dextrose/maltodextrin I could find It would probably end up closer to £30, but I thought it was only fair to include something that can be done in 2 mins of Google in the comparison.
And you are very optimistic if you think it has anything more in it than the very basic ingredients, they would have shouted their lungs out if it had creatine, glutamine, HMB, digestive enzymes or anything like that. Instead they mention some lame ass vitamin C and E which you won't absorb much anyway.
That's how the supplement industry works, get basic ingredients, stick on a shiny label and sell it on as expensive as possible.
That's why the analogy with the BMW doesn't work - there you get a package of a nice car, driving position, reliability, build quality, brand heritage etc . So it's worth paying for it than trying to make it at home and ending up with it being a Kia.
But with the supplement industry -> you are basically paying a lot more to save yourself the hassle of opening one extra tub of powder - not the same kettle of fish.
This is of course my opinion, everyone is free to spend their money on whatever they like.
And you are very optimistic if you think it has anything more in it than the very basic ingredients, they would have shouted their lungs out if it had creatine, glutamine, HMB, digestive enzymes or anything like that. Instead they mention some lame ass vitamin C and E which you won't absorb much anyway.
That's how the supplement industry works, get basic ingredients, stick on a shiny label and sell it on as expensive as possible.
That's why the analogy with the BMW doesn't work - there you get a package of a nice car, driving position, reliability, build quality, brand heritage etc . So it's worth paying for it than trying to make it at home and ending up with it being a Kia.
But with the supplement industry -> you are basically paying a lot more to save yourself the hassle of opening one extra tub of powder - not the same kettle of fish.
This is of course my opinion, everyone is free to spend their money on whatever they like.
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Yeah i better watch out, a couple of grams too little dextrose one day in my post workout shake and i'll lose 2-3 months worth of gains
I run all my powders through a machine that makes all the granuals of each powder exactly the same size so that I don't get any settlement when I mix them into a big tub. (jk)
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If you have the right supps there's no need! (jk again)
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Funny guy.
Different supps have different qualities to them, some are only bound to make their way to the bottom of the bag. But as you pointed out, it wouldn't have an extreme difference. Depends how anal you are
Takes one to know one.I think they've all synced their periods
)You're right though, the tone seems a bit tense but I only see it as sharing opinions, I have nothing but respect for Steedie even if he starts using maximuscle.
First shout says myprotein.co.uk and use
http://www.ironscience.co.uk/proteinpowder/wheyproteinconcentrate.html
to pricematch, comes for a bit under £50.
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There's just the same risk with pre-mixed supps. Most supps out there will have a little message telling you to shake the tub before use.
Thought I had a bag more of whey than I did
Whats the cheapest pricematch for flavoured whey currently, going to buy 5-10kg and some dextrose.
www.bulksupplementsdirect.co.uk
Flavoured Impact Whey - £48.93
