Glutamine - Info Wanted

[PickMe69]

I've raved about Needto's Powerchews, but the problem now is that I've got school right after, then I go to work and I've been training with such intensity that my body is getting ridiculously sore making it hard to concentrate in those things, and I'm worried I'll be too sore to perform well come tomorrows lifting workout. When I recieved his PWO powerchews, they came with a little sample bottle of the glutamine chews.

I did a little research and it seems like glutamine can help with my problem.

What do you guys think?

(BTW: I'll spend cash on supplements if they are worth it, but I'm also kinda broke right now...)

 

[Blissfam10]

I've raved about Needto's Powerchews, but the problem now is that I've got school right after, then I go to work and I've been training with such intensity that my body is getting ridiculously sore making it hard to concentrate in those things, and I'm worried I'll be too sore to perform well come tomorrows lifting workout. When I recieved his PWO powerchews, they came with a little sample bottle of the glutamine chews.

I did a little research and it seems like glutamine can help with my problem.

What do you guys think?

(BTW: I'll spend cash on supplements if they are worth it, but I'm also kinda broke right now...)

Glutamine is a must for me I add extra to my shakes makes my muscles not feel so worn down
After 12hrs of labor at work

 

[Bear_Hunter]

I notice a difference in recovery... It gets a thumbs up from me!

 

[CoBra666]

Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid (building block of protein) in the body. The body can make enough glutamine for its regular needs, but extreme stress (the kind you would experience after very heavy liftin or an injury), your body may need more glutamine than it can make. i take it in every post workout shake and recovery is greatly increased. If i go really hard on deads or something i might take some again in the morning too. glutamine is def a good thing to have if you are lifting heavy

 

[PickMe69]

Appreciated guys... I need to do something, I can't be sore like this all the time!

 

[PickMe69]

Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid (building block of protein) in the body. The body can make enough glutamine for its regular needs, but extreme stress (the kind you would experience after very heavy liftin or an injury), your body may need more glutamine than it can make. i take it in every post workout shake and recovery is greatly increased. If i go really hard on deads or something i might take some again in the morning too. glutamine is def a good thing to have if you are lifting heavy

Yah I do Bench, Squat and Row on Monday and Friday, and Deadlift, Standing Barbell Press and Light squats on Wednesday. One Tuesday, Thursday, Friday I do HIIT, where I do Dynamic warm ups, 6-10 cycles of 20 sec full speed, 40 seconds half speed on a bike, then 10-15 min light jogging on treadmill, then three cycles of 6-10 pull ups, 14-20 pushups, and 100+ Jump ropes (with varying form). I'm pretty much killing my legs.

 

[CoBra666]

i buy powdered glutamine from the local supp store for like 10-20 bux. lasts couple months. just add it into protein drink

 

[NeedMore]

I've raved about Needto's Powerchews, but the problem now is that I've got school right after, then I go to work and I've been training with such intensity that my body is getting ridiculously sore making it hard to concentrate in those things, and I'm worried I'll be too sore to perform well come tomorrows lifting workout. When I recieved his PWO powerchews, they came with a little sample bottle of the glutamine chews.

I did a little research and it seems like glutamine can help with my problem.

What do you guys think?

(BTW: I'll spend cash on supplements if they are worth it, but I'm also kinda broke right now...)

The powerchew is all I take and will ever take. I love the things.

 

[superflex02]

Definitely be sure you're taking in a glutamine supplement, also a good source of amino's should be taken. I love the powerchews products, they taste great, they work & great to kill that sweet tooth but they are a little expensive. You can purchase glutamine peptides or l-glutamine in bulk powder form for pretty cheap, only downfall is glutamine doesn't usually mix the best in water(not sure about glutamine peptides.. never tried them).

 

[PickMe69]

Yah, couldn't quite afford the Glutamine Chews yet (though I'm sure they are worth it and will try to in the future)... BUT I did add a cheap bulk powder L-Glutamine Thursday night, after my workout friday, friday night, after my workout saturday, etc. and I can already tell a difference in recovery time. I hit a squat PR on Friday, and injured my shoulder on bench, but went in Saturday and went HARD on my HIIT cardio, doing some hanging sit ups instead of the push ups I usually do between Jump Ropes. Usually after those two days my legs would be DONE for the rest of the weekend, but its Sunday morning and my legs feel like they are ready to go for another squat PR.

I feel like I had been taking my body just beyond the brink of overtraining with all the pounding on my legs, but with a little careful binge eating every once and a while and this supplement I feel like I can move that overtraining bar up, and now I'm in the green again.

Definately a difference, appreciated guys!!!

 

[RottenWillow]

i buy powdered glutamine from the local supp store for like 10-20 bux. lasts couple months. just add it into protein drink

If you want to metabolize as much of that product as possible, this would be the worst way to take it.

The amino acid is dependent upon the appropriate uptake pathway in the intestinal lining, and in other parts of the body to delivery it to specific tissues. If you take glutamine along with any complete protein (dairy extracts, meat, eggs) it's having to compete with aspartic acid for the x-ag system to get transported across the intestinal lining. You don't want that.

Take BCAA's or any other amino either on an empty stomach or with carbs, at least a few hours away from complete protein, otherwise you're wasting some of it.

 

[PickMe69]

If you want to metabolize as much of that product as possible, this would be the worst way to take it.

The amino acid is dependent upon the appropriate uptake pathway in the intestinal lining, and in other parts of the body to delivery it to specific tissues. If you take glutamine along with any complete protein (dairy extracts, meat, eggs) it's having to compete with aspartic acid for the x-ag system to get transported across the intestinal lining. You don't want that.

Take BCAA's or any other amino either on an empty stomach or with carbs, at least a few hours away from complete protein, otherwise you're wasting some of it.

Appreciated!

 

[Laxfiend]

If you want to metabolize as much of that product as possible, this would be the worst way to take it.

The amino acid is dependent upon the appropriate uptake pathway in the intestinal lining, and in other parts of the body to delivery it to specific tissues. If you take glutamine along with any complete protein (dairy extracts, meat, eggs) it's having to compete with aspartic acid for the x-ag system to get transported across the intestinal lining. You don't want that.

Take BCAA's or any other amino either on an empty stomach or with carbs, at least a few hours away from complete protein, otherwise you're wasting some of it.

Wow thanks for the info. I take four gear tabs before and four tabs after my workout. I also take my glutamine chews immediately after workout and I take half my BCAAs during and the other half after workout. I also eat a better protein bar immediately after workout. So what should I do instead to separate the protein bar and aminos? Also will gear also affect amino intake?

 

[RottenWillow]

Wow thanks for the info. I take four gear tabs before and four tabs after my workout. I also take my glutamine chews immediately after workout and I take half my BCAAs during and the other half after workout. I also eat a better protein bar immediately after workout. So what should I do instead to separate the protein bar and aminos? Also will gear also affect amino intake?

IIRC Gear (the OTC product) is super plasma protein, correct? In that case, yes some of the aminos in the Gear would compete for the same transport pathways as glutamine and the resulting metabolic competition would mean some of the glutamine could not get carried across the intestinal barrier.

As for the BCAA's (leucine, isolecine, valine), I think they are all large neutral aminos which means they all would compete for the NBB system to cross the small intestine barrier. That is not the same system as the one used by glutamine, so in my understanding there would be no metabolic competition there.

 

[IncredibleHoss]

Im actually going to order some powerchews glutamine today. never used glutamine before. Was researching a couple threads before my order today.

ANybody else like it?

 

[Nelson Montana]

You actually absorb more glutamine from BCAA's than directly from glutamine. -- reason being, the body can't assimilate glutamine very well, whereas, it converts BCAA's into glutamine in the intestines where it can;t be destroyed by the stomcah acids. GEAR contains no glutamine for a very good reason. The ingredients in GEAR are far better.

Extra Glutamine is fine, but GEAR is the best bang for your anabolic buck.