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I’ve spent over $2500 on Protein Powders, These Ones Taste Good – Best Tasting Protein Powder

I’ve transformed my body from a fat, pack a day cigarette smoker to a 6 days a week, work my ass off, wannabe bodybuilder. To get where I am today, I had to pack on lean muscle. What do you do to pack on lean muscle? Lift heavy shit and get your protein in. What’s the easiest way to get protein in? Whey protein shakes.

Unless a friend recommends a flavour or you sample it beforehand, trying a new protein powder is taking a risk for your tastebuds. I can’t count how man times I’ve tried a new whey protein powder flavour and it tastes like literal garbage. Orange creamsicle? You’re better off licking the sidewalk. You think plain old vanilla is any better? Unless it’s naturally flavoured, the stevia taste is going to sit at the back of your tongue for the rest of the week.

I’ve spent over $2500 on protein powders over my fitness career trying to find the ones that taste the best that I can actually stomach. Trust me, this is harder than you think. If you’re going to drink something twice a day you might as well enjoy it, right? 

Alright enough jibber jabber, here are the BEST tasting protein powders available right now.

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Cheap Protein Foods for Muscle Growth

Getting your daily protein in shouldn’t be expensive, nor should it hinder your overall muscle growth. Bodybuilders get stuck in their ways and get stuck on the “plain chicken breast, white rice and broccoli”-train and never venture out. Don’t get me wrong, boneless skinless chicken breast is a fantastic choice but it gets old and boring after a while. Just like your training, you should switch up your diet as well to keep things fresh.

But if you’re bulking on a budget, one of the things top of mind is finding the least expensive meat for muscle growth. Protein sources come in many forms, and it doesn’t always have to rack up a high bill.

For the rest of us, it’s time to try something new. Start your year off right with these cheap protein sources for optimal muscle growth.

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The Ultimate Bodybuilder’s Guide to Fast Food [2019 Edition]

Fast food and bodybuilding just don’t mix, but what happens if you desperately need a cheat meal? You should already know how bad fast food is for your body, but let’s say you want to indulge: what do you eat? I’ll show you the best fast food restaurants to eat at if you want to keep your gains and feel fat.

Ignoring the obvious, fast food is one of the worst things you can put into your body. High in saturated fat, cholesterol and calories, it’s nutritionally dense but cheap. Available pretty much every time and everywhere, fast food is ubiquitous. You can’t enter a mall or drive down a main street without seeing the Golden Arches.

If you’re out travelling or just plain hungry, you’ve probably thought about getting a nice delicious, greasy, cheesy hamburger but you don’t. You don’t because it’s shit food and your plain chicken breast and broccoli hits your macros better than it ever could. But let’s say you want to indulge and treat yourself, what do you eat? Let’s jump in to the best fast food choices that bodybuilders would eat.

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Guide to Painless Meal Prep: Bodybuilding Meals Made Easy

Next to sleep and training, diet is the main item that will skyrocket your workouts. A good diet is the one thing that separates a 6 pack and a flabby dad bod stomach.



Knowing what to eat is as important as when to eat.

Finding enough time to actually drag your ass to the gym can be challenging enough, but now you want to eat well at the same time? You have a haircut the same afternoon and you haven’t gone grocery shopping. Where did your day go? 

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Fasted Cardio Debunked: Does It Work?

Fasted cardio, testosterone boosters, and a green tea detox diet are all things that exist and are supposed to help in fat loss.

Well, if all those things worked, why would performance enhancing drugs (steroids) exist then? If all I had to do was skip breakfast and run on the treadmill for a bit to lose some weight, why do calorie restriction diets work?

Fasted Cardio Debunked

Next to green smoothies and eating açai berries by the handful, fasted cardio is one of those new fads that are going around (never mind those elastic waistbands that shrink your stomach).

 

Now to set the precedent, fasted cardio does have some benefits so it’s not all complete bullshit. It’s still a good form of exercise, and you’re doing cardio so you’re already better than 90% of the population.

 

Here’s the story: the idea is that fasted cardio burns more fat than if you had a meal or weren’t in a fasted state.

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