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Hey guys,

I was wondering if you could help me structure my diet. I've just been getting into exercise consistently again, after a long period off. So for the last few weeks, I've been doing cardio most days, and some weights every other day. I wanted to do this first to build up a decent base.

I take whey protein from Holland and Barret. I don't have any experience in taking powders and looking for recommendations. As I feel overwhelmed with the information out there. I've been eating 5-6 small meals, including taking the whey twice a day...and just concentrating on cutting out the junk.

By the way I live in the UK, so it would be great if I could get the stuff from here.

Kind regards.

Spartan wrote:Hey guys,

I was wondering if you could help me structure my diet. I've just been getting into exercise consistently again, after a long period off. So for the last few weeks, I've been doing cardio most days, and some weights every other day. I wanted to do this first to build up a decent base.

I take whey protein from Holland and Barret. I don't have any experience in taking powders and looking for recommendations. As I feel overwhelmed with the information out there. I've been eating 5-6 small meals, including taking the whey twice a day...and just concentrating on cutting out the junk.

By the way I live in the UK, so it would be great if I could get the stuff from here.

Kind regards.

Hey mate, fellow brit here

You don't really NEED to supplement, though protein powders provide a massive convenience factor. The stuff at H&B is not the best quality in my opinion and contains a lot of sweetners, etc. Try buying online, I have used www.creatinestore.co.uk (Liverpool) many many times and they have great prices. The guys in my gym swear by myprotein.co.uk which is an interesting concept that they have going. Weightgainers aren't worth it in my opinion, you can EASILY add more carbs into your diet if you really need them. Glutamine is good, and often included in protein powders e.g. Maximuscle ProMax Extreme. The only other decent supplement is creatine monoydrate (avoid the Creatine CEE stuff, studies have show it not to work anywhere near as well) again, there are millions of different brands, I've used Maximuscle's creatine 300 many times, and also EAS (a bit cheaper).

To be honest decent sources of protein are eggs, whole milk and cans of tuna, but the shakes are a great way to add protein into breakfast and post workout.

For workout follow Mark's THT programme and watch what he says about mixing cardio and weights.

Cheers