r-ALA...Powerful stuff!

[Ex_banana-eater]

do you guys take r-ala or ala after lifting or do you just spare it because your muscles are already ultra insulin sensitive?

 

[Ulter]

I take it with my preworkout shake and I train better and get better pumps that way.

 

[Ulter]

Huck can you check in on this and let me know how well you're doing with the r-ALA?

 

[WARBIRDWS6]

Nutrient-partitioning via glucose transporter upregulation and
insulogenic modulation.

Fonz

damn...i've been doing:
3-4 grams ALA or 1-1200 grams R-ALA
4 Grams CLA
10 Grams Fish oil (and 2 tblspn flax)

You suppose my 4 grams of CLA is underdosed (i'm only 170 or so)? also you think the addition of GLA would be necessary? i agree though, this combo seems to combat any fat gain i would normally be accruing with my high calorie diet i'm on. but if you've seen evidence of the higher dose CLA and addition of GLA, i'd add that in too.

 

[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

Huck can you check in on this and let me know how well you're doing with the r-ALA?

Okay,2 week results:So far,metabolically-wise,nothing dramatic,BUT-I have noticed I can get away with a few extra carbs here and there(particularly in the evening)where it would be disaster-city before.So it's definitely helping me utilize sugars more efficiently and not tacking them onto my ever-snail-like metabolism.
Where I am more surprised is what has occurred from a PERFORMANCE standpoint in the past couple of weeks...Beyond the pumps,strength/endurance has gradually and consistantly gone up,not dramatically,but consistantly.I've been able to add an extra rep on each excercise or an extra 5 lbs or so,and I seem to not be as dead on my feet toward the tail-end of my workout(likely due to increased glycogen/ATP storage).

 

[Ulter]

Thanks Huck.

 

[Realgains]

UP!!!

 

[SofaGeorge]

r-ALA has turned me into a complete diet slob. Maybe I respond to it too well. I don't have to be careful at all now about what I eat.

Yesterday's lunch was a jumbo hotdog smothered with everything... two slices of peperroni pizza... and a jumbo hand dipped icecream bar rolled in nuts. I'm eating like this every day... and r-ALA is easily holding me in the 8% bodyfat range.

 

[macrophage69alpha]

r-ALA has turned me into a complete diet slob. Maybe I respond to it too well. I don't have to be careful at all now about what I eat.

Yesterday's lunch was a jumbo hotdog smothered with everything... two slices of peperroni pizza... and a jumbo hand dipped icecream bar rolled in nuts. I'm eating like this every day... and r-ALA is easily holding me in the 8% bodyfat range.

encouraging bad habits..

 

[DaMan]

Wow, as much as I love ALA and r-ALA I can't make the same claims... it gets rid of SOME ice cream. Just SOME. At least for my fat ass.