Advocare Catalyst or other amino acid

cessi909
cessi909 Posts: 25 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
A friend of mine swears by (and sells) Advocare products and recommended me trying their catalyst- which is an amino acid dietary supplement.

I work out 6 days per week - mainly spin, horse riding, TRX and weight lifting.

Curious if anyone here has any experience with catalyst or would recommend something else?

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    What is it supposed to do for you? Is it caffeinated? Coffee is so much cheaper. I wouldn't touch anything with a 10foot pole with the name Advocare or any MLM company. They will want you to sell their crap.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Of course your friend swears by it... They're selling it - you're not likely to buy something if they tell you it's rubbish, are you?

    What do you think you need a supplement for?
  • cessi909
    cessi909 Posts: 25 Member
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    What is it supposed to do for you? Is it caffeinated? Coffee is so much cheaper. I wouldn't touch anything with a 10foot pole with the name Advocare or any MLM company. They will want you to sell their crap.

    I don’t usually disagree on the MLM point and not saying it would need to be Advocare. So I asked if anyone would recommend something else- meaning recommend another amino acid supplement.

  • cessi909
    cessi909 Posts: 25 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Of course your friend swears by it... They're selling it - you're not likely to buy something if they tell you it's rubbish, are you?

    What do you think you need a supplement for?

    Looking to add something to assist with post workout soreness and muscle recovery. Especially if there is something that could help with maintaining muscle while losing weight.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    What do you need to supplement?
  • cessi909
    cessi909 Posts: 25 Member
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    What do you need to supplement?

    Answered above
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    cessi909 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Of course your friend swears by it... They're selling it - you're not likely to buy something if they tell you it's rubbish, are you?

    What do you think you need a supplement for?

    Looking to add something to assist with post workout soreness and muscle recovery. Especially if there is something that could help with maintaining muscle while losing weight.

    Eat sufficient protein, and do resistance training!

    Do you get enough protein from food?
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Yep^^ Do you have recovery days and good sleep habits?
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    BCAA/Amino supplements are largely overhyped.

    That being said, Some of them are caffeinated and have good/interesting flavors for morning hydration/supplementation blending. Personally, I like Amino energy because it's inexpensive and caffeinated and basic as a base for the rest of my supplementation.

    Bottom line: Check the ingredient list, check the price, Check Labdoor(for independent verification of ingredients), Check Examine.com for research on what you actually need/want to supplement and what appropriate dosing is.
  • cessi909
    cessi909 Posts: 25 Member
    stanmann571 wrote: »
    BCAA/Amino supplements are largely overhyped.

    That being said, Some of them are caffeinated and have good/interesting flavors for morning hydration/supplementation blending. Personally, I like Amino energy because it's inexpensive and caffeinated and basic as a base for the rest of my supplementation.

    Bottom line: Check the ingredient list, check the price, Check Labdoor(for independent verification of ingredients), Check Examine.com for research on what you actually need/want to supplement and what appropriate dosing is.

    Awesome- thank you and will do. So far I have not taken any supplements but hear a lot about them (especially BCAA/amino supplements) and it can be difficult to find unbiased information. I’ll check out that site.
  • cessi909
    cessi909 Posts: 25 Member
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Yep^^ Do you have recovery days and good sleep habits?

    Yes to the protein, my macros are usually pretty spot on with some days being higher in fat than others admittedly.
    And I have active rest days- those are usually long walks or when I go ride. And I have outstanding sleep habits.

    I’m not looking to add some sort of fat burner supplement or anything to suppress my appetite, but I do have questions regarding taking amino acids for muscle recovery and possibly increased endurance
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    cessi909 wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Yep^^ Do you have recovery days and good sleep habits?

    Yes to the protein, my macros are usually pretty spot on with some days being higher in fat than others admittedly.
    And I have active rest days- those are usually long walks or when I go ride. And I have outstanding sleep habits.

    I’m not looking to add some sort of fat burner supplement or anything to suppress my appetite, but I do have questions regarding taking amino acids for muscle recovery and possibly increased endurance

    Amino acids are protein - if you're eating sufficient protein, you don't need to supplement
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited February 2018
    cessi909 wrote: »
    stanmann571 wrote: »
    BCAA/Amino supplements are largely overhyped.

    That being said, Some of them are caffeinated and have good/interesting flavors for morning hydration/supplementation blending. Personally, I like Amino energy because it's inexpensive and caffeinated and basic as a base for the rest of my supplementation.

    Bottom line: Check the ingredient list, check the price, Check Labdoor(for independent verification of ingredients), Check Examine.com for research on what you actually need/want to supplement and what appropriate dosing is.

    Awesome- thank you and will do. So far I have not taken any supplements but hear a lot about them (especially BCAA/amino supplements) and it can be difficult to find unbiased information. I’ll check out that site.

    Advocare is a MLM scam, and BCAAs are a complete waste of money. They're another over-hyped supplement with claims that aren't supported by science.

    If you're already getting adequate protein intake, you're getting adequate BCAAs because they're in all protein sources. If you're not getting adequate protein intake, BCAAs don't help because they don't contain all the necessary amino acids.

    Here's a link, and an infographic to go with it which simplifies the science behind it:

    https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-017-0184-9

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    cessi909 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Of course your friend swears by it... They're selling it - you're not likely to buy something if they tell you it's rubbish, are you?

    What do you think you need a supplement for?

    Looking to add something to assist with post workout soreness and muscle recovery. Especially if there is something that could help with maintaining muscle while losing weight.

    The soreness will reduce as you get more accustomed to exercise, walking or swimming (or other low intensity movement..) helps.
    Your muscles will recover in their own good time and a supplement won't change that.
    To maintain muscle during a deficit here's the three big ticket items:
    • Strength/resistance training.
    • Moderate to low calorie deficit.
    • Adequate to high protein intake.

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