Workout, Supplement and Meal Plan

Did I detect an Austrian accent? 

i've been known to do a pretty good Arnold impersonation. I do it with my daughters all the time. I will carry on complete conversations with them in my Arnold voice and they think it's hilarious at first but after about 5 minutes their like "Daddy, shut the hell up please"..lol. One key is to make everything plural and add an "and"  and "the" between everything, or as much as you can.

Example;

I would say; " I like to do clean and press, bench press, pull ups, squats and deadlifts"

Arnold would say; "I like to do the cleans and the presses, the bench presses, the pull ups, and the squats and the deadlifts"

Hey ickes..

Still sticking with it! I'm on my second lap through the workout and hate it just as much now as the first time around I only skipped the 2nd leg workout of the 2nd week and last week. My move to Singapore lost me a day so my routine was shifted, giving me rest days on Monday. Figured I'd finish the first go around and reset to Mondays by skipping the last day.

I've started working out in the morning. I know I won't have time after work and thought I'd use jetlag to help me adjust the first few days.

Curious as to what you didn't like about them? Have you tried them?

I think you may be blowing the soy protein out of proportion. You might need to read some studies and reports on that. You need to take in a lot of soy to get to that level. And it's not a soy protein bar, taking a majority of its protein from WPIs and MPIs, but I understand the worry. Quest is better in that regard, but a negligible amount of soy aside, MP's CC Bar is a great alternative to Quest. I've been eating Quest for a couple years since I haven't found a decent replacement, until MP.

^I guess I can always use capsules if I can't find the bars

I don't know how I would feel taking capsules for creatine.  I usually take creatine with a serving of BCAAs preworkout, then a serving and a half of BCAAs during the workout.  If I had to take a bunch of caps for both, I'd probably never workout.

Your concern over soy is understandable, but it is overblown.  Asians, for centuries, primary protein source was soy.  Also, soy contains phytoestrogens not estrogen hormones.  They act like estrogen hormones, but because they are present in the system, the system doesn't produce more estrogen, which is a good thing.  Here's some links stating fear of soy is overblown.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11880595

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17885008 (this link shows that it helps prevent prostate cancer in those with high risk of getting it)

goaskalice.columbia.edu/soy-p...male-impotence

www.health.harvard.edu/newsle...n-and-soy-milk

Anyone can make a study that links the consumption of anything to cancer, since cancer is pretty random.

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/bad_luck_of_random_mutations_plays_predominant_role_in_cancer_study_shows

If you don't want to take soy, just to be safe, make sure to do a good job of balancing out your other protein intake.  Whey protein by itself isn't all that great.  Balancing it with casein protein, vegetable proteins, and etc. will be the most healthy route.

Soy in the USA is not soy that is in Asia. Monsanto (round up) has created a soybean that is a GMO to be able to withstand round up pesticide. Aka round up ready seed. Small soybean farms have basically been shut down due to patent infringement since Monsanto owns the GMO bean. The crap the FDA allows is nuts. Hell pink slim filler was fine until it was brought into the lime light. Shredded cheese is gross too with cellulose.

Just like wheat today is not grown like wheat was back in the 1920's. Look at today's wheat vs sprouted wheat.

I've been getting bigger into knowing what I eat. I try to go GMO free and organic with items. Not completely organic since something it just doesn't matter like a pineapple or avocado.

The soy bean and corn industry are very large powerful companies with a strong lobby.

Or us. Look at the influx of diseases from around the 80's- now. Celiac, chrones, peanut allergy, autism, ADHD. Maybe it's a over diagnoses of things but something is going on.

Changing food from it's natural state to a GMO is like taking human away from their natural state and putting them behind a desk for 8hrs. Sitting is killing people.

You guys should all watch Food Inc., a great documentary on NetFlix if you haven't seen it already. It's all about what brentkuz has touched on, it's eye opening.