Sportlegs

[gnat23]

Anyone have any thoughts on L Glutamine? I take 3g/day as a supplement to help heal my digestive tract, but I understand that in larger doses it's used by body builders to reduce recovery time. It can also be used pre-surgery to speed recovery time. Apparently it's just really good at helping tissue repair itself.

Amino acids as supplements only work if you were deficient in that one amino acid. There are 23, and it's hard to know which one you're short on. Taking higher doses of one that you're not deficient in just means expensive pee.

A general multivitamin, bonus calcium/magnesium, sufficient protein in the diet, fruits and veggies, a rolling pin over the thighs, heating pads, and more bubblebaths. That's what seems to help for me!

-- gnat!

[madscot13]

yeah glutamine is an amino acid one of the building blocks of proteins. I don't think it is an essential amino acid- one of the ones your body can't synthesize and need to ingest to get a hold of them. the ones that we can't make in our bodies include valine, isoleucine, threonine, tryptophan, leucine, lysine,phenylalanine,and methionine (ask how I know?- VITTLL PM). other ones can become essential, but for the most of us that is it. I sjust eat a lot of food and consider my bases covered.

are sportlegs trying to increase Calcium?

[Zen]

Sportlegs are trying to increase Sportlegs bank account



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[madscot13]

ah, then KnottedYet's suggestion is the wrong way to go. substitute items decrease the demand for the original product; in addition to biology i also took a year of economics.

[Zen]

Knot's suggestion is the right way to go.
Just think generics vs brand name.

[VeloVT]

Ummm... is it so horrible to ride when you're sore? In my experience your legs can usually work it out... you feel a little sluggish for the first 20 minutes or so but then you're OK...

I've done some semi-high mileage running (not super hardcore, but around 65 miles per week). For me, running creates much more stiffness than riding... but when you're on a schedule, you go out and do your miles even if you're stiff... and it can suck at first, but usually it DOES get better during the run. Over time, you can do higher weekly mileage and longer long runs without much soreness -- the major obstacle becomes fatigue/just feeling depleted.

Then again, sometimes you do need to rest, too...

[kelownagirl]

Ummm... is it so horrible to ride when you're sore? In my experience your legs can usually work it out... you feel a little sluggish for the first 20 minutes or so but then you're OK...

I've done some semi-high mileage running (not super hardcore, but around 65 miles per week). For me, running creates much more stiffness than riding... but when you're on a schedule, you go out and do your miles even if you're stiff... and it can suck at first, but usually it DOES get better during the run. Over time, you can do higher weekly mileage and longer long runs without much soreness -- the major obstacle becomes fatigue/just feeling depleted.

Then again, sometimes you do need to rest, too...

I can ride with sore legs but find the steep climbing tough.