Muscle Milk?

oeagleo

I have been considering using a dietary supplement on the days that I do strength training. I have lost almost 100 Lbs, and am trying to now "tone", or "fill in" the excess skin. I am doing strength training 3 days a week, breaking it up into body parts, ie. Monday - Arms, Shoulders; Wed - Chest, Back; Friday Legs, and Core. I do Machine ab crunches on each of those days. The other 3 days, (Tue, Thur, Sat) are cardio. I am wondering if anyone has used the supplements, such as Muscle Milk to help with their training, the advertising blurb seems to make me think that it will direct the nutrients to the muscle groups being active. Is this true, or hype?
Thanks in advance

DavPul

muscle milk is fine, but tastes like crap in my opinion. I prefer the myoplex drinks from EAS. the chocolate flavor is actually drinkable. that said, muscle milk is the only brand you'll find at 7/11 and random gas stations, so in a pinch, that'll do

3dogsrunning

muscle milk is fine, but tastes like crap in my opinion. I prefer the myoplex drinks from EAS. the chocolate flavor is actually drinkable. that said, muscle milk is the only brand you'll find at 7/11 and random gas stations, so in a pinch, that'll do

Don't listen to Dav - he lies. I love the taste of Muscle Milk. I don't use it often as I had a lot more calories but its a great for me in days where I have some to spare (I have a different goal than you obviously )
The rest of what he said is right. There is nothing special about Muscle Milk that will help you. It's pretty much the same as other protein powder, only with more calories and fat. And it's yummy.

gadenni34

muscle milk is NASTY!

I personally like MetRX whey protein, probably not as complete perhaps as muscle milk but it is tolerable. I can barely choke MM down, once, and that is only because I am a cheapskate and did not want to waste the money.

seansquared

I have been considering using a dietary supplement on the days that I do strength training. I have lost almost 100 Lbs, and am trying to now "tone", or "fill in" the excess skin. I am doing strength training 3 days a week, breaking it up into body parts, ie. Monday - Arms, Shoulders; Wed - Chest, Back; Friday Legs, and Core. I do Machine ab crunches on each of those days. The other 3 days, (Tue, Thur, Sat) are cardio.

For starters, awesome work. Losing 100lbs in massively inspiring to others and hopefully to yourself as well.

Next, awesome job realizing that there is no such thing as "toning" and that you have to lift wights to build muscle in order to re-sculpt your body.

I am wondering if anyone has used the supplements, such as Muscle Milk to help with their training, the advertising blurb seems to make me think that it will direct the nutrients to the muscle groups being active. Is this true, or hype?

It's hype. The thing that makes your body direct nutrients to your muscles is called "exercise". You can lift heavy, eat ice cream, and the ice cream goes to your muscles. No word of a lie there.


Muscle Milk is a fine supplement. It is generally higher in sodium than other meal replacements, so if you are monitoring sodium intake you should be aware of that. Otherwise, feel free to add it into your meal regimen.

Since the price per serving for Muscle Milk is often a bit higher than alternatives, consider checking the Bodybuilding.com store for alternative protein supplements.

Rurouni_Kou

Anything that trys to promote benefits like that with sketchy pseudo-science makes me wary to begin with. Whenever I run across stuff like that I run a double check by googling "[product name] scam" to see what turns up to test vailidity. Given that this one turned up a class action lawsuit against Muscle Milk for false advertising (no surprise there since my brain pinged it as pseudo-science bunk health claims to begin with) I'd think my first instinct to call it a bunch of hype and bull correct. The makers, Cytosport, also repeatedy run into problems with the FDA over deceptive labeling and advertising. I'd stay away from it and eat healthy to try and "tone" instead of using pseudo-scientiffic "food-like substances" shakes that make highly suspicious (and likely bunk) claims.

http://baronandbudd.com/blog/2012/04/16/muscle-milk-maker-cant-crush-false-ad-class-action/
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/lawsuit/muscle-milk-false-advertising-lawsuit-cytosport.html
http://baronandbudd.com/blog/2012/04/16/muscle-milk-consumer-can-move-forward-with-false-advertising-class-action/