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I am currently using VPX Micellean and haven't experienced anything negative.

There are many good whey-casein supplements. Two good choices are Met Rx Protein Plus and VPX Sports Micellean. They use high quality proteins, mix easily in water, and taste good.

Yes but if you read the study they were comparing whey alone with casein alone. The study I referenced used whey and casein combined against whey+glutamine+bcaa.

One other thing? What is your percent bodyfat? The more body fat you have, the less often you should do a refeed and the briefer the refeed should be. If you are for example, 15% body fat or more you may want to start with a refeed meal once a week. As you become leaner you could progress to...

The BCAAs are probably why you have seen good results. They will help spare muscle from being used as fuel.

Try doing cardio the day after your workouts. If you have time do more than one cardio workout. Drinking lots of water and increased protein the day after should help. It may take 2-3 days. You may also want to eat fewer carbs during your next refeed to see what happens.

Thanks for catching my mistake. I meant to type that taking creatine post-workout with protein+carbs is the best way to go. Sorry for the confusion.

Adding protein to your carb+creatine drink can further enhance the amount of creatine your muscles absorb. Drinking a carb+protein+creatine drink post-workout would be the best possibly scenario. Maybe taking ALA at this time too for more benefit.

Your additional weight is most likely due to the extra carbs you ate. You consumed 700 more calories normal with your refeed. If this came from carbs you could have retained more water than normal. Remember, for every gram of carb you eat you retain 4 grams of water.

The amount of additional fat that will be burned doing cardio on empty stomach is probably not as great as many think. Also, unless you are going to pretty low intensity cardio exercising on an empty stomach may impair your ability to train hard and/or for a long enough period of time to make a...

You could also add creatine to your post workout carb-protein shake (start drinking one if you don't already). You'll get the insulin spike you need and optimize creatine uptake at the same time. Other days just add it to your protein or meal replacement shake.

If you want the best protein powder for building muscle and supporting fat loss choose a product that includes both casein and whey. Below is a link an article that a study that compared whey and whey-casein supplements and their ability to build muscle. A Better Whey to Build Muscle...

Check out the FDA web site at http://www.fda.gov

Taking creatine pre-workout will not provide additional benefit for your workout since it takes a days to weeks for benefits to take effect. The best time to take creatie on days you train is pre-workout with your carb and protein shake. This will maximize the amount of creatine your muscles...

Your right, Phosphagen HP is cheap and is good to take post-workout with a scoop of whey protein added. The only problem is drinkining it at other times of the day may lead to an increase in bodyfat storage due to the large insulin spikes.