[Sir Savage]

Hey everyone,

There's a new blog up on our website about why and how to use SuperCarb for athletic performance.

Check it out here-

SuperCarb’s Uses in Athletic Performance | Avant Research

All feedback welcome!

[jazzman21]

Awesome!

[Sir Savage]

Yep, Rodja does good work.

[tattoopierced1]

I use supercarb in my soda replacement/endurance drink.

30oz water
30g Xtend
10g BA
30g Supercarb

[rpen22]

Nice! What flavor of Xtend do you use?

[3clipseGT]

Originally Posted by tattoopierced1

I use supercarb in my soda replacement/endurance drink.

30oz water
30g Xtend
10g BA
30g Supercarb

I was thinkin of this as a possiblity but with my diet which is very carb restrictive im unsure where i could employ this for the best results.

[tattoopierced1]

Originally Posted by rpen22

Nice! What flavor of Xtend do you use?

Orange. The taste is similar to an orange soda without the carbonation. I have played around with adding in more BCAAs and found that I can add another 10g of NP Bulk BCAAs without affecting the flavor too much.. any more than that and the taste starts to go south.

[Stay Puft]

Originally Posted by tattoopierced1

Orange. The taste is similar to an orange soda without the carbonation. I have played around with adding in more BCAAs and found that I can add another 10g of NP Bulk BCAAs without affecting the flavor too much.. any more than that and the taste starts to go south.

Even though Xtend is a great product the bulk BCAAs have always been my (cheapass) play. The Supercarb goes a little ways into masking the taste, but citrus if your friend.

[tattoopierced1]

I think that Xtend Apple or Lemonade would be good in this too.

[Rodja]

I am partial to the watermelon.

[kitchenstud]

how come you guys are so anti High GI carbs? Theres monumental benefits to an insulin response immediately post workout. Read Nutrient Timing. Post workout carbs that don't illicit an insulin response are pointless.

[rpen22]

Originally Posted by kitchenstud

how come you guys are so anti High GI carbs? Theres monumental benefits to an insulin response immediately post workout. Read Nutrient Timing. Post workout carbs that don't illicit an insulin response are pointless.

Who said we were so anti-High GI carbs for all purposes?

SuperCarb is not meant solely as a PostWorkout supplement(although that is one way to implement it).

[Rodja]

Originally Posted by kitchenstud

how come you guys are so anti High GI carbs? Theres monumental benefits to an insulin response immediately post workout. Read Nutrient Timing. Post workout carbs that don't illicit an insulin response are pointless.

I beg to differ. Glycogen synthesis does not occur from a single meal; it is a process. Spiking insulin is not a good thing while training nor if you are dieting. Insulin fluctuations should be avoided, IMO, because of the possibility of fat gain. Also, GI is influenced by AA, particularly Leucine, so adding large quantities of high-GI carbs on top of that is overdoing it.

[tattoopierced1]

Originally Posted by kitchenstud

how come you guys are so anti High GI carbs? Theres monumental benefits to an insulin response immediately post workout. Read Nutrient Timing. Post workout carbs that don't illicit an insulin response are pointless.

i take in 60g of powdered gatorade post workout. if that aint high GI carbs then I dont know what is.

[kitchenstud]

If you read Nutrient Timing, you'll see that multiple university tests(read: unbiased and with no vested interest in supp sales) shows that high GI carbs immediately post workout replenish glycogen stores more efficiently, and when combined in a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio of the carbs to protein, enzymes responsible for fat oxidation were much higher. And we're not advocating high GI carbs consumed all day long- just immediately post workout in the said 3:1 ratio, and then in a 5 or 6:1 ratio the other way(protein to carbs) another 2 hours or so later.

The studies implementing a system like this(using maltodextrin and glucose), along with BCAA's(especially Leucine, as you mentioned), showed improvements in bodyweight composition, strength, and endurance, as well as being less succeptible to colds than control groups.