The new PowerMax XT is great. It has your daily staples taken care of, creatine, TMG, etc. plus the new formula has whey hydoylsate, EAAs and added leucine. Here is a post from another one of our reps.
Yep. Here's an old post of mine on the subject (sorry for any repetition with Adizzle1's post):
"Here's the study on various doses of whey in combination with leucine and BCAAs:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24284442
Doses/combinations:
-25g Whey Protein (3g leucine)
-6.25g Whey Protein (0.75g leucine)
-6.25g Whey Protein (added leucine to 3g)
-6.25g Whey Protein (added leucine to 5g)
-6.25g Whey Protein (added leucine to 5g; from added BCAAs instead of just added leucine)
Interestingly, Phospho-mTOR was increased at 1.5 hours in the Whey 25g, Whey 6.25 (3g l) and Whey 6.25 (5gl), but not in the Whey 6.25g or Whey (3g l; BCAAs). The study, along with others, have shown that a suboptimal protein dose (6.25g whey) supplemented with leucine (3g total) can stimulate postprandial MPS rates equivalent to that of 25g whey (with 3g leucine total).
Essentially, this combo is better than whey and/or BCAAs alone. If you would like carbs added, you could add a bulk carb product to it or do what
muscleupcrohn does and add orange Gatorade powder to it.