Fair play to these guys

Ido Portal (Conor Mcgregor's coach) is interesting. He is encouraging movement (all types of movement) and criticising the established methods to achieve just a muscular physique. He takes himself rather seriously and can seem like a self-righteous toss pot, but I think he's promoting something beneficial for everyone and believe that some of the dogmas in strength training and fitness should be criticised.

follow his social media accounts

Generally have a couple of eggs and half a tin of tuna an hour before I go to the gym at lunchtime. Want to replace this with a protein shake as I frequently forget to pick up ingredients and it's a bit of a faff in the morning.

What can people recommend? Never used supplements before.

myprotein, the protein works and bulk powders offer best value and taste from experience.

Without sounding harsh, honestly how much effort is it to boil 2 eggs at night and stick it in a container with a tin of tuna?

There is no reason to eat just before the workout. Post-workout protein is the important part, and even that can wait until 60-90 min after the workout, but it doesn't hurt taking it straight away.



Skip the BCAA's (unless it's just for the small energy boost) and go with EAA/Whey and Creatine post-workout when the uptake is much better.

Yeah, i should have added that, focused on the protein part of the discussion

Timing wise post-carbs is more sensitive than post-protein, after 2 hours the glucose uptake is diminished by 50%

Abs are one of the muscle groups you can smash again pretty often from what I understand. I'm going to still do one massive abs session but then gonna supplement it with additional crunches etc through the week

Coconut oil is a good "go to" before training. It is a fat that acts like a carb but no insulin response. Immediate energy because it's an mct. Use with a protein source for a meal then workout an hour later for example.

Use carbs intra to help the recovery straight away and then a meal an hour after "the window of gains" is up to 48 hours post workout but never heard of a 50% drop in uptake after 2 hours. Be interested to read more on that piece. Generally I eat within 30 mins of workout finishing.


Ordering MyP Bulk P or TPW whey you can get 5kg for 55 quid and that's about the cheapest that you will get that's decent enough. You then step into things like 97% isolate or even pepto pro.