Experiences with glutamine?

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  1. Dark Sider

    Dark Sider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Anyone use it? What recovery results you get?
     
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    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Relentless mentioned using it before with his shoulder. You should ask him. Also Alex Ariza uses it with his fighters.
     
  3. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It made a huge impact on recovery for me. I'm talking going from debilitating soreness for 3 days after a leg workout to not even feeling like I had worked out by the next morning.

    *stacked glutamine with creatine, beta alanine, citrulline malate, 16oz gatorade, and some vodka for preworkout, just glutamine, creatine, and a shake postworkout.
     
  4. PNoyFightFanUSN

    PNoyFightFanUSN Larry Don't Give a **** Full Member

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    I don't take anything more than what's in my GNC pack. I know I can work out every day of the week if I so choose when before I used to have to take breaks after hard work outs.
     
  5. Dark Sider

    Dark Sider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Whats a GNC pack?
     
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    PNoyFightFanUSN Larry Don't Give a **** Full Member

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    The only thing special I take outside of protein shakes after a hard gym day are GNC MegaMen Sports vitapaks. I've heard there's better stuff out there but that's what I use.
     
  7. megavolt

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    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    Lol how'd that work out for you?
     
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    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've taken glutamine every which way. It helps with recovery a bit but isn't very anabolic.
     
  10. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was getting **** DONE back then lol. Glutamine, creatine, and whey are the big 3 in my opinion. Most other supplements only seem to provide trace effects or nothing at all. Those three all had immediate and obvious effects on my workouts.