Few Questions

[ceazur]

First of all Community I am sorry about not making that Jog pace post in this thread. I apologize. But here are a few questions that are kind of critical to my training.
1. What order should I put cardio and weight lifting in?
Seems like I can't give my all during weight lifting because I run 3 miles about 1 hour before.

2. What protein should I buy?
If whey, what brand? From where?
I ran out of whey today and ran to grocery store and bought a 4 pack of Muscle milk for my post workout drink ,and I hate to say it but the lactose free cookies n' creme was fkn awesome.

3. On Back/Bicep Day, should I do 2xmax chins and 2xmax pull ups?
I did "pull ups" for my first time during my workout today ,and I don't know what the dealio is ,but 5 was about all my ass was getting. I never train them since chin ups are easier and easier = more, more = better for my PT Score at the Marine PT sessions.

4. Are you guys sick of me yet?
If so, I don't damit care.

Thanks ahead for the responses! ya'll da shit!

 

[sassy69]

People usually recommend any cardio either in the morning (empty stomach or minimal food) or 8 hrs away from any training you do, OR after training. The idea being that you've used your available glycogen to fuel a solid and intense lifting session, and then you cruise on whatever's left over w/ cardio afterwards and leverage the burn rate that has been put in place from the lifting.

Everyone has their own protein favorites - Muscle Milk, IMO and in most people's opinion, tastes great but its loaded w/ filler and excess calories that you don't need unless you're bulking. Personally I like AllTheWhey.com. I've also tried TrueProtein.com. I also like Optimum Nutrition (all are reasonably priced) but they stopped selling it anywhere near me (used to be able to get it at Costco), so I switched to ATW. For both ATW and TP, you can do a search on google and find discount codes for around 5-10% off or free shipping.

RE: chins & pullups - if you like doing them, do them. THey have a place in a back/bicep day. I'd just say include them as legit exercises and dont' throw them on top of your existing B/B day.

 

[ceazur]

I get up at 5am, drink coffee and eat oatmeal while everyone else is still waking up. Are you suggesting that some people would tell me to run as soon as my feet hit the floor and then come back an have that coffee and oatmeal?

Yes, I've never purchased large quantities of Muscle Milk, because of those exact reasons. Plus it's high and I like staying as low calories as possible. Thanks for the suggestions on the whey sites.

Chins are crucial to me since I am trying to get a perfect 20 on my entry PT at Recruit training. I increased in them very fast before when I was doing a few sets every day or every other day. Now that I have moved them to only bicep lift days, I seem to have maybe went down 1 or 2..? I guess I am going to start doing a set or two every other day. I will only do pull ups on back day since they are not as vital to my goals.

What are the differences in whey natural, whey protein isolate, and whey protein blend? allthewhey.com kind of confused me.