0_Apprentice
I like to drink protein shakes before my workout.
1_Wizard
I'm with you. I do the same! I like to pretend I'm some sort of Greek warrior when I do it and then go train.. because athletes in ancient Greece were told to consume large amounts of meat and wine when training, haha.
0_Apprentice
That totally makes sense! The meat but not really the wine!
1_Wizard
You know how it is, people will take anything if they're led to believe it helps them at all. People have taken herbal concoctions and tonics before--strong men/athletes--since ancient times, and this includes all cultures, just because they want an edge in strength/stamina.
0_Apprentice
Yes this is true!
1_Wizard
But you have some smart, logical visionaries in there, too. Like back in the 1910s, you had Eugen Sandow, one of the first to be considered a modern bodybuilder--he advocated everyone in the Western part of the world to simply use dietary control to help out your muscle growth. Common sense does come around sometimes.
0_Apprentice
Yes, and those principles are still used today. It's like 80% diet and 20% exercise.
1_Wizard
But then you'd have people like bodybuilder Earle Liederman saying we needed to use "beef juice" and "beef extract" to enhance muscle recovery. So, it's hit or miss.
0_Apprentice
I guess that would be some concentrated protein..