Admittedly this article is well out of date on pricing. However the subject of Whey protein continues to be the bodybuilder's staple supplement. Without it, you starve your muscles after an intense workout. Pack the body with protein and watch the muscles recover and grow.
Use this article consider alternate brands of whey protein that work for me and also some great online supplement stores. Here are two that I check before I buy.....Scott
FitRx.com
Netrition.com
I am going to put a date on the article because you need a reference point since I am going to mention pricing in this article. Today is February 6, 2006.
Whey protein is a staple among bodybuilders seeking to eat at least a gram of protein per pound of body weight. The only way this will happen is to supplement your diet with protein in some form. Enter protein powder and whey protein. For the purpose of this discussion, I am talking about 100% whey protein…not blends of weight gainer (disguised sugars).
I have been around long enough where protein was mostly made for soy beans and tasted like chalk dust from classroom. Today we have the advantage of protein concentrates made from milk. Little Miss Muffet must have been a bodybuilder since she ate her curds and whey.
I have tried many brand of whey protein and frankly I have been hard pressed to feel or find the gain differences from one whey protein to another. Maybe there are differences but I can’t objectively discern it. Sure I have found some taste better, some mix better but other than that NO DIFFERENCE.
By the way if you have objective data please email me at scott@bodybuildingprogramzone.com.
If whey protein is protein and there really is no digestive difference and its affect on your body, why not buy the cheapest you can find? Listed below is the comparison of 7 protein powders readily available at Netrition.com, a place I often purchase protein. The purpose of this table is to reduce the generally a 5 lb can of protien to a cost per gram.
I have also found FitRx.com to have some great pricing on whey protein aand low shipping rates.
Check pricing at both website to get the latest special prices.
Each container will tell you the grams per scoop, scoops per container and cost. That data can be reduced a cost/gram. The lowest cost is the best buy.
Here's the data: (Again the Pricing is Obsolete but the process of comparison is not. Simply update the prices and see which is best priced.)
| |
Champion Pure Whey Stack |
HDT 5 Plus 1 Whey |
ISS Research Whey Matix |
Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey |
EAS MyoPro Whey |
Pro Lab Pure Whey |
MRM Metabolic Whey |
| Content Wt-lbs |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
| Scoops/Container |
71 |
78 |
71 |
74 |
75 |
70 |
149 |
| Protein/Scoop |
23 |
23 |
22 |
24 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
| Cost/Container |
29.99 |
28.99 |
23.74 |
28.99 |
27.99 |
25.99 |
45.99 |
| $/Gram |
0.018 |
0.016 |
0.015 |
0.016 |
0.017 |
0.017 |
0.014 |
MRM wins the price war. I have to say that I found another brand called Iron Tek could be bought for $.011/gram.
"Sweat eventually hardens to Muscle".....Scott
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