Why cut out shakes?

[Costco77]

Mike, I think this thread would be much better if we took a pole...

["Rodz"]

^^^^^^^^^^^ I vote for this

["Rodz"]

As mentioned above, as you get clsoer to show time, the more 'real' you are using, the more you know what all is going into your body when you are optimizing everything. Shakes tend to digest very quickly and when you're already depleted, you'd want more filling, better quality food. Also there's so much extraneous crap that goes into most protein powders, you can't always be sure what's going in or if, on a really restricted diet, you might become more sensitive to one of the ingredients than you would be otherwise. The last item I'm thinking of is the additional water involved when you're down to your last week and you'd want full control of your water intake.

THey are convenient but I think less than optimal when you've done all the work to dial in to your last few weeks of prep. At that point you'd probably want on variables left in your equation and the best quality of everything you're putting into your system.

Great point, never thought of that

[Costco77]

Yes, water intake is bad...unless it's Hydrolyze Cellular Hydration Water!!!

[danieleslinger02]

I have plenty of whey isolate, just wondered why i always here at around 2-3 weeks out people drop shakes.

Make allot of sense though, especially in that stressed dieting state to eat your food to help with the insanity

Mike, from my personal experience. The only Protein I know that you can run CLOSE to showtime is Natures Best ISOPURE Zero Carb. Onlt bc its a no bloat. When I was in school to get Masters in Nutrition, my professor had us do a thesis paper on food supplementation for solids, and the biggest reason, atleast from a medical standpoint, is it has a much higher digestibility rate, which will leave you FLAT, but at the same time if not totally digested, it has a tendancy to stick to the stomach wall, which will inevitably give a bloated appearance/feeling. So its almost like a double edged sword. Nothing beats whole foods bro. Hope this helps you out.

Dan

[fitzy]

isnt it because they have humapro or some ALR sup

[BIGANT]

It all depends on the person and how their metabolis rate is....Rememebr some competitors don't work, work as personal trainers or just work part-time, they have time to eat all 7-8 meals of whole foods, and some do use "help" to burn more calories...Me: I have kept whey shakes with water in my pre-contest diet until Wednesday the week of the show and always come in shredded and dry to the bone. Also, with my job, I don't have the luxury to eat 3-4 food meals at work, another reason why I incorporate shakes in my diet...

[wildcat22]

My personal opinion is that we waaaaayyyyyy overthink things like this. I have used shakes for 25 years and have had nothing but good results. IMOP the more we stress over things like this the more we screw things up!!! As they say KEEP DOING WHAT GOT YOU THERE!!!

[joe d]

i think a shake should only be used if you cant fit real food in. food is always better than any sup. also the other points made above. hunger and bloat that comes from most.