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Mix it, smash it, lift some more - road testing some protein powders!

So I've been picking up and putting down the iron out in the backyard on and off again for years, if not almost a couple of decades. Sometimes there was a plan, more often not just the occasional session of lifting until I got tired (and/or bored) and then repeat the process a few days later. I got a little stronger and slightly leaner in the process and I really enjoy my backyard sessions. It's very rare you'll find me in a gym like this one.. Curiously I decided to track how much protein I was ingesting on a day to day basis (to see if it was enough mainly) and lo and behold, wouldn't you know it? My intake was under where it should be. Can't build muscle with a half empty fuel tank. So with a proper weight lifting plan on board this time, let's take a look at some of the protein powder sachets available before I find one I really like and buy a big tub of the stuff...