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For thos eof you who are unaware of RheoBlair, he was the first man recognized as a nutritional wizard when it came to bodybuilding diet and supplementation. He was advocting a high protein and fat diet with very low carbohydrates long before the author of the ketogenic diet was born. When everybody was using crappy soy in their protein supplements Blair attempted to match the amino acid ratio of human milk. Madman? Genius? Eccentric? Huskster? It turns out he was a little of all of them.
As brilliant as Rheo was, and as much as I have paid reverence to his discoveries through my own writings, on further investigation it turns out that Rheo was a pretty shrewd guy who knew how to market himself. He knew if he got to the Weider stars, his low carb diet and superior protein would show improvments. He also knew these guys were experienting with some funny blue pills called dianabol. Suddenly, there were a crop of physiques that eclipsed anything anyone had ever seen and Rheo took the credit -- partly deserved, partly serendipitous. It was perfect timing. And timing is everything.
In regard to the "human mothers milk" claim. Well, that was a bit of "show biz" on Rheos part. Oddly enough, the term has been copied by ensuing supplement companies including Met Rx and Muscle Milk. But guys were growing like weeds on the stuff. The secret? Fat.
Rheo recomended taking the protein (which tasted really good, by the way and had no sugar) with cream. Protein is much better absorbed in the presense of fat. The protein powder itself also had egg yolk in it. He knew that cholesterol is the foundation for testosterone production and that the yolk contains lecithin which acts as a fat emulsifier. (Actually, that was quite brilliant considering this was 1964).
End of part one. This next section does refer to a product, so it's kind of an ad. Just warning you. : ) It's also a continuation of the Blair theories. If you're interested, read on.
When I designed the products for Protein Factory I had no interest in putting together a protein formula. For years I've been telling people to simply buy a combination of whey, milk, and whole egg and make their own "Blair like" protein shake for a fraction of what it cost to buy premixed stuff with lousy protein and an even lousier taste. That combination is still recomended but Alex at PF wanted some ideas on an "ultimate weight gainer." I came back with, "well if you use the Blair formula with colostrum (for the IGF-1) and creatine, that would be better than 99% of the stuff out there. I'd also add diestive enzymes which were used in a lot of the old
protein mixes to increase absorbtion. Just do that"
But Alex wanted to push the envelope and it got a little crazy. We started throwing ideas arond...what about this?...what about that? We debated and argued dozens of ingredients, most of which I felt were junk. He then turned me on to bovine serum which I always thought was interesting but it tasted like horse hooves. He swore he came up with a version that was totally tasteless. He sent me a sample mixed with a litle whey and vanilla flavoring and dextrose and I was shocked. Now he had my interest. Okay, if money was no object, we could use the bovine serum along with the Blair whole egg protein combo but I'd want to buffer the creatine to avoid bloating (that took some doing) and add some arginine pyroglutimate (for nitic oxide increase) along with the digestive enzymes. Alex did me one better by making the whey, not concentrate, but isolate -- the best,fasted absorbable protein combined with micellar casein -- an improved form of milk protein which is the slowest to digest. It was looking good. Pricy, but good.
The only problem is, I hate artifical sweeteners so I'd want a real sugar but I think maltodextrin sucks ass.
And as anyone who has read my work may know, I'm not real big on nutrient timing other than it replaces glycogen but I know a lot of guys want that rush post workout. That's when Alex came upwith Hyrolized rice syrup. Once again, I had to taste it before agreeing to it and the stuff tastes exactly like sucrose.
So basically what we came up with is a mass gainer that is a combination of state of the art advances along with the formula that worked so well for the old timers.
Now the bottom line is, NO protein shake will add size without enough calories. You MUST eat! If anyone suggests otherwise, (and many will) they're full of shit. But if you're looking to put on some weight by doing a between meal shake or two and if you take protein and creatine anyway you may want to check out BIG BLAST. www.proteinfactory.com
And BTW: It taste really good.
As brilliant as Rheo was, and as much as I have paid reverence to his discoveries through my own writings, on further investigation it turns out that Rheo was a pretty shrewd guy who knew how to market himself. He knew if he got to the Weider stars, his low carb diet and superior protein would show improvments. He also knew these guys were experienting with some funny blue pills called dianabol. Suddenly, there were a crop of physiques that eclipsed anything anyone had ever seen and Rheo took the credit -- partly deserved, partly serendipitous. It was perfect timing. And timing is everything.
In regard to the "human mothers milk" claim. Well, that was a bit of "show biz" on Rheos part. Oddly enough, the term has been copied by ensuing supplement companies including Met Rx and Muscle Milk. But guys were growing like weeds on the stuff. The secret? Fat.
Rheo recomended taking the protein (which tasted really good, by the way and had no sugar) with cream. Protein is much better absorbed in the presense of fat. The protein powder itself also had egg yolk in it. He knew that cholesterol is the foundation for testosterone production and that the yolk contains lecithin which acts as a fat emulsifier. (Actually, that was quite brilliant considering this was 1964).
End of part one. This next section does refer to a product, so it's kind of an ad. Just warning you. : ) It's also a continuation of the Blair theories. If you're interested, read on.
When I designed the products for Protein Factory I had no interest in putting together a protein formula. For years I've been telling people to simply buy a combination of whey, milk, and whole egg and make their own "Blair like" protein shake for a fraction of what it cost to buy premixed stuff with lousy protein and an even lousier taste. That combination is still recomended but Alex at PF wanted some ideas on an "ultimate weight gainer." I came back with, "well if you use the Blair formula with colostrum (for the IGF-1) and creatine, that would be better than 99% of the stuff out there. I'd also add diestive enzymes which were used in a lot of the old
protein mixes to increase absorbtion. Just do that"
But Alex wanted to push the envelope and it got a little crazy. We started throwing ideas arond...what about this?...what about that? We debated and argued dozens of ingredients, most of which I felt were junk. He then turned me on to bovine serum which I always thought was interesting but it tasted like horse hooves. He swore he came up with a version that was totally tasteless. He sent me a sample mixed with a litle whey and vanilla flavoring and dextrose and I was shocked. Now he had my interest. Okay, if money was no object, we could use the bovine serum along with the Blair whole egg protein combo but I'd want to buffer the creatine to avoid bloating (that took some doing) and add some arginine pyroglutimate (for nitic oxide increase) along with the digestive enzymes. Alex did me one better by making the whey, not concentrate, but isolate -- the best,fasted absorbable protein combined with micellar casein -- an improved form of milk protein which is the slowest to digest. It was looking good. Pricy, but good.
The only problem is, I hate artifical sweeteners so I'd want a real sugar but I think maltodextrin sucks ass.
And as anyone who has read my work may know, I'm not real big on nutrient timing other than it replaces glycogen but I know a lot of guys want that rush post workout. That's when Alex came upwith Hyrolized rice syrup. Once again, I had to taste it before agreeing to it and the stuff tastes exactly like sucrose.
So basically what we came up with is a mass gainer that is a combination of state of the art advances along with the formula that worked so well for the old timers.
Now the bottom line is, NO protein shake will add size without enough calories. You MUST eat! If anyone suggests otherwise, (and many will) they're full of shit. But if you're looking to put on some weight by doing a between meal shake or two and if you take protein and creatine anyway you may want to check out BIG BLAST. www.proteinfactory.com
And BTW: It taste really good.
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