Anecdotal Support for glutamine

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I just thought I'd chime in my 2 cents on glutamine. Some say it's awesome, some say it does NOTHING. I had a dirt cheap source for L-glutamine, so I thought, why not give it a shot?

I have an extremely rigoruous training program, consisting of 5 days per week strength training, MMA classes, cardio seessions and more. I honestly believe that glutamine helps me recover faster and I am less sore even after a particularly grueling workout. I'm about to finish my first container of glutamine. I'll be getting another one.
 
how old are you and whats your training background
 
Uhh...what? If you want to read more about me or my training, you can read my intro post or my "My Master Plan" thread. I'd like to confine any further discussion in this thread to glutamine.
 
I've never taken glutamine in isolation, so anecdotally, I'm of no help.

Sorry, Xtrainer. Just put this down so you'd know I wasn't ignoring you.
 
I'm just impressed as a little girl getting a new pink dress that the word anecdotal has been used, and used correctly, in a thread on Sherdog. Whoa.
 
XTrainer said:
Uhh...what? If you want to read more about me or my training, you can read my intro post or my "My Master Plan" thread. I'd like to confine any further discussion in this thread to glutamine.
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I was asking because I used to use glutamine for a few months while training hard a couple of years ago.
I did the same thing this year, but harder (9 sessions in comparison to 6 or 7). I didn't use glutamine and was able to survive and adapt quicker then I did before.


My 'off the wall' question is due to th fact that I'm starting to lean towards heavy training and decent (lots of greens, PWO supplement and meal soon afterwards) as being the way to go coupled with the fact that part of me thinks that once you've killed yourself for a few months and take some time off (not go to rest, but ease off), your body adapts to the higher workload and you can get back to higher workloads quicker with less ill effects (like muscle memory).


edit- Just clarifying that it wasn't a irrelevant question, I was looking to see if you've done hard training for a few months, suffered from it, taken a break, gone back into it with glutamine and attributing the increased recovery on the supplementation
 
glutamine helps for sure. I am totally convinced of it.
I have tried it for years and it definetly makes a difference.

Glutamins is only an aminoacid, arguably the most abundant in the human body. It is not a surprise that it helps you recover and heal faster. You are just feeding the machine with the things it needs to recover naturally.

two cents there.
 
Haven't used it in years but I always felt it helped me recover a little better.
 
i have noticed glutamine helps when i have a hang over for some reason
 
Bubble Boy said:
I'm just impressed as a little girl getting a new pink dress that the word anecdotal has been used, and used correctly, in a thread on Sherdog. Whoa.
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Heh. I usually throw anecdotal around liberally, with spite, when used in the same conversation as when glutamine is brought up.
 
XTrainer said:
okay, cool. So anyone find glutamine helps? Or not?
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I'm in the same boat as Madmick; never used it in isolation. When I have used it, I haven't noticed anything different.
 
SakurabaSan said:
Why take glutamine if you already eat complete proteins?
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the theory goes that because its a heavily used amino acid, the % that you get in complete protein isn't enough. So by supplementing with pure higher doses, you can saturate your body with it and help aid the repair (for eg, a 30g serving of ON whey has 4.082g in it, whereas if your going on supplementing glutamine because of heavy workloads, 5g is easier to add to bump up the levels then take another scoop-and cheaper)
 
I used to spike my protein drinks with it and I'd take it after a work out. I've never noticed shit from it. I haven't taken it in isolation for at least a year.
 
the thing works. I have tried it many times in isolation. it just works.
 
hey, I think it works, too, but I may be wrong. Monger's entitled to his opinion too. I've also read (now this could be complete BS) that some people are "responders" to glutamine and some aren't. I don't know?
 
I'd like to try it if I could find a cheap place to buy it. But otherwise I don't have the anecdote to this anecdotally question.
 
I've taken it on and off over the past year or so, and I honestly think that I recover better from a particularly rough workout when I'm taking it.
 
Egg_Sauce01 said:
I'd like to try it if I could find a cheap place to buy it. But otherwise I don't have the anecdote to this anecdotally question.
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ON do it in 1kg tubs for like $20 or so (been a few years I bought it). At 5g a dose, thats 200 days (or more if you don't take every day...sorry, feeling in a 'speel everything out mood today)
 
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