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Originally Posted by tones2SS
I respectfully disagree on your opinion that BCAA's are not for building muscle. I don't need/want to gain extra weight, which is why I stay away from protein powders. I want to gain muscle, not weight. BCAA's help build and repair muscles. Muscles do get ripped to shreds to when you workout. When you rest, your muscles are being repaired. Hence, 3 BCAA's when I am done with my workout. That is why the BCAA's are in protein powders as well. You are correct, there are only 3 amino acids in BCAA's.
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I am not saying BCAA's are not useful, they definately have been proven to aid in the repair recovery of muscles and increase performance , they more importantly are important in preventing the breakdown of existing muscle which in a way helps with building muscle but whole proteins, which also contain BCAA's are what build muscle. Consuming BCAA's with protein is far more efficient for building muscles. Whey protein is very low in calories and almost no carbs so unless consuming buckets of it it should have minimal effect on weight gain. There are whey protein based products such as weight gainers but it's not the protein that aids in weight gain it's the high carbs. Protein does not get stored in the body (as fat) or even as protein to cause weight gain. Any weight gain from protein when working out is more likely to be from muslce gains not fat gains. The only way to build muscle withought gaining weight is to decrease fat content or something else, muscle has weight, it gets bigger, it gets heavier, no way around it.
Do what work's for you, there is no reason for you to believe me, I'm just relaying to you what I understand the studies I've read to be . I'm just offering my opinions, toss them in a barrel for all I care.