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@ichthymom The effect of high protein (specifically leucine) on pure longevity is still being researched, but many of the issues people face if they are lucky enough to make it to old age are around mobility and muscle loss. The more muscle and mobility you go into old age with, the longer you...

@adutmj What podcast is this?

@tripp1523 Mainly because a lot of the AAs don’t even have studies for how they individually contribute to muscle protein synthesis. Also remember though that you’re going to be eating food that isn’t protein powder as part of your normal diet, and that will help you get all the aminos. For...

@richardtus To be fair we’re taking about pure optimization here. You can still get fantastic results with whatever leucine you get from your normal diet without having to use any amino supplements. I don’t know exactly what the percentage improvement of “manually” adding the extra leucine is...

@richardtus Seems like that should work as long as it doesn’t end up being your only source of protein. Leucine still needs the other AAs to work in combination with it. It’s better to do this with EAA supplements but that will get expensive doing it a few times a day.

@knowledgeisnotignorant Machines are great. No reason not to use them. Every Mr. Olympia used machines as a huge part of their programs as far as I know.

@tripp1523 Yep, it’s a concern. I don’t think I agree with “all it takes is a single AA to fuck it all up” though. Leucine is far and away the most important, and you can and should just eat extra protein compared to an omnivore and even take EAA supplements to help bridge the gap on the rest of...

@cathyj You will get bigger and stronger doing any structured program with progressive overload. If you’re trying to optimize your 1 rep max, low rep strength training will be more optimal. If you want to get all your individual muscles fuller, aesthetically proportional, and symmetrical then...