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i usually take one and a half scoop or
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literally want to bash my head on a tub
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of protein every time someone tells me
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they take just one scoop of protein
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how's it going guys my name is richie
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kirwan and today we're going to take a
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look at some of the supplements taken by
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the my protein ambassador gu
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my god i can already tell that i have
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butchered her name but we'll wait to
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hear how she pronounces it herself now
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one thing to point out before we get
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into this is that just because she takes
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these supplements doesn't mean that you
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need to or should yourself let's get
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started hey guys welcome to my video my
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does this mean that um
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huda if you're dutch and you know let us
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know in the comments please
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i'm going to tell you something about my
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daily supplement intake i started using
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my protein when i was 14 years old and
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that's when i started with fitness i
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really like the taste of the products
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so this may seem like a throwaway
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comment but it's actually a really
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important point when it comes to
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building new habits and improving your
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nutrition it's so important that you
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enjoy the foods and supplements that
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you're eating i would never recommend
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that a client eat a food that they
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disliked because i know that long term
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they just wouldn't continue to eat it
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remember the best diet for you is the
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one that you can stick to long term so
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taste is damn important you don't win
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any points for eating food that you hate
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the beginning of my day when i wake up
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i just want to say here that i am so
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glad that she didn't say 4 a.m you hear
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so many fit pros talking about all
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they've achieved before 6 am and that
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just makes me feel lazy i usually start
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with a big glass of water and i take in
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my vitamins which is the multi-vitamins
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the gummy stays really really good and
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the omega-3s are really good for your
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i think three of them per day they are
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quite big and i would not bite on them
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because that is disgusting
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for anyone who hasn't taken a fish oil
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before please like seriously for your
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own good don't bite or chew on fish oil
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capsules nobody wants a mouthful of fish
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so we know from population studies where
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we look at what a population eats and
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how it affects their health that people
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who eat more oily fish tend to have a
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number of health benefits including
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better brain function heart health and
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maybe even better muscle size and
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function as they age here's the thing
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huja made a very important point about
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the dose of fish oil most people buy
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them and automatically just pop one and
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assume that's enough either read the
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instructions on the label or read the
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nutritional info on the label and look
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at how much epa and dha is in each
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capsule these are the specific
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long-chain fatty acids that give fish
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oil their benefits ideally a healthy
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person would aim for between 1 000 and 2
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000 milligrams of combined epa and dha
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per day depending on the specific
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supplements you use that could be quite
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non-chewable capsules i've done a whole
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video all about omega-3s and fish oils
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that's worth checking out if you want to
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okay i just want to mention this too
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she's taking these supplements with
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breakfast and as a general rule i think
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that's a really good idea for most
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supplements take them with food not only
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is your digestion better when you
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actually eat food you know because you
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actually need to digest things but there
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are certain supplements like zinc or
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iron that can cause people to have an
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upset stomach if taken on an empty tummy
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it doesn't happen to all supplements but
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like i said it's a good rule of thumb i
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usually get a smoothie two or three
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hours later a protein smoothie and i'd
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clear way for that in a lot of flavors
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because they are all so good but this is
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my favorite one the watermelon flavor
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so it is such a game changer because
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it doesn't taste like a milkshake kind
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of frozen shake it is more like juice
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and i really like that about it so i
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really like to take in a clear way as a
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so she mentions having another protein
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shake or smoothie about two or three
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hours after breakfast
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and this is a good policy if you want to
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improve muscle recovery and growth
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eating a decent amount of protein say 20
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to 30 grams away stimulates muscle
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protein synthesis or mps but you can't
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just eat protein all the time to keep
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mps switched on all the time we know
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that after we stimulate mps we have to
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wait a certain amount of time before we
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can stimulate it again with more protein
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this is called the refractory period and
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it lasts about three hours or so and
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that's why it's a good idea to space
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protein out by at least three hours to
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get the most from your protein now the
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evil geniuses i mean scientists at my
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protein labs are good enough to leave me
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in on a few secrets about their clear
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way it's basically whey protein that has
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been processed and filtered to provide a
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protein which is much more pure than a
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regular protein shake so that it
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dissolves so well in water it's almost
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like juice it also has virtually the
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same amino acid profile of whey protein
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so you should have the same benefits for
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mps it's not better than a regular whey
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protein it's equivalent but it's nice if
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you want a change from a regular milky
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protein shake i usually take one and a
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half scoop or two scoops one scoop is 20
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grams of protein and i'd like to use one
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and a half or two because it will be a
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good product really like it this is
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another really important point i
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literally want to bash my head on a tub
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of protein every time someone tells me
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they take just one scoop of protein how
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big is that scoop how many grams of
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protein does it contain is it enough for
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your body size these are all things
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worth considering in general if you want
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to improve muscle recovery and growth
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you want to maximally stimulate mps and
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a good way to do this is with between
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0.3 and 0.4 grams of protein per
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kilogram of body weight so for someone
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who weighs 70 kilograms that's between
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21 and 28 grams of protein as a minimum
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and depending on the specific protein
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you use the actual weight of protein
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powder you use would be more figure out
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how much you need and how much is in a
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in the afternoon i always like to eat
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some cork with is it quark i still don't
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know how to say that it's so confusing
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so i i call it bigger
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low-fat yogurt with more protein how do
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i feel a bit better about messing her
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but i really don't like the taste of it
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i only like it with flavor drops it's
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just great it i usually take about 10
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drops like small drops into my cork
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i don't know anyway i like it i have it
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in the flavors vanilla mango
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banana those are my favorites
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okay so i actually use products like
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this a lot myself for the same reasons
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as huja mentions i'm not a massive fan
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of natural yogurt and unflavored yogurts
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or quark or cottage cheese but they're
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all really high in protein and calcium
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and other micronutrients like iodine and
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phosphorus as well as being really low
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in calories so i'd like to include them
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in my diet products like this are
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basically concentrated flavoring and
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sweeteners and they go really really
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well with natural dairy products and
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smoothies they make food taste better
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without any calories and if you remember
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what i said at the start you want the
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food you eat to be tasty and enjoyable
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otherwise you won't want to eat it i do
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have one complaint about these products
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though my protein doesn't have a passion
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fruit flavor and you need one please
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pretty please passion fruit drops on top
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i'll wait for you to develop them
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please actually let us know in the
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comments what flavors you'd like my
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protein to start selling so you guys
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that's it for now i hope you liked it
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so this has been huge's supplement
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routine what did you think do you use
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any of these products yourself let us
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know in the comments and if you have any
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