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2005/02/27, 06:46 PM
At the advice of someone from a message board on this site, I went to The Vitamin Shoppe and picked up some Glutamine today. The bottle says to take one 500mg capsule per day between meals. However, a bodybuilder I ran into at the store said that since I'm a big guy (305 lbs on a 5'10" frame), I should take two capsules EVERY day after my workout (even on the 3 days a week when I focus on cardio and do no weights). What do you recommend?
Thanks,
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Dave
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Get a piece of fat and slide off
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2005/02/27, 08:43 PM
How long have ou been working out? Recommended glutamine usuage is some where near 5g. in the morning and about 10g. POW and another 5g. before bed. 500mg is only 1/2g. Buy the powder form stay away from the effervescent(sp)grade i is carbonated and is pricey, get some pharmacutical grade. I get mine from www.trueprotein.com
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2005/02/28, 06:43 AM
I usually take the powdered form as well, plus the stuff is in my protein shake , so I would take it either before and after your workout, or just after your workout, but I would be taking 5 grams per serving, you should really take more than half a gram, to help with your recovery process.
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2005/02/28, 11:12 AM
What does POW mean? Are you guys saying the pill form is bad?
By the way, I've been working out a month.
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Dave
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2005/02/28, 12:21 PM
POW was probably a typo....I think he meant PWO which is "post-workout." The problem with the pill form of glutamine is that there just isn't much in them. Many sources recommend 10-20 grams of glutamine per day, which would mean that you'd have to take 20-40 of those capsules each day. I'm sure that would get expensive after a while.
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