http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/presents18931717/the-nba-secret-addiction

crzymdups wrote:

fishmike wrote:lol its great food. When I was playing baseball tournaments we would play back to back double headers. I either pitched or played CF. Often we would play 6+ hours of baseball under the summer sun. I would just buy a loaf of whole grain nut bread, grape jelly, skippy and make as many as that would yield. If you are a jock its a great mix of carbs and simple sugar but your blood sugar doesnt spike because the peanut butter's protein nitrogen balances the glycemic impact so its a nice delivery. A couple PB&Js and a bucket of ice coffee and I could play all day.

Yeah, definitely.

This was definitely news to me about the NBA though. I thought they'd be on some scientific protein shake diet. I wasn't kidding, I thought this was a great article.

Its really easy to outsmart yourself with nutrition. I was really sick when I was 19. I was done with treatment when I was 20. I was 6'4 and weighed 137lbs. I was in the concentration camp zone. I started with push up and basic exercise before hitting the weights. 18 months late I was 190 and cut. I literally gained 50 lbs of muscle in about 18 month. Obviously not typical and that dramatic gain is only because of the nadir I started from. In my quest to get stronger I did protein shakes etc, but found them expensive and produced a variety of unpleasant stomach issues. Seemed like if I didnt have runs after my farts smelled like a septic truck crashed into your house. Eventually I settled on quick check, where a foot long tuna sub and a 1/4 gallon of milk was good for about 75 grams of protein and costed about six bucks. Literally 50lbs of muscle from tuna subs and skim milk.

93BUICK wrote:

fishmike wrote:lol its great food. When I was playing baseball tournaments we would play back to back double headers. I either pitched or played CF. Often we would play 6+ hours of baseball under the summer sun. I would just buy a loaf of whole grain nut bread, grape jelly, skippy and make as many as that would yield. If you are a jock its a great mix of carbs and simple sugar but your blood sugar doesnt spike because the peanut butter's protein nitrogen balances the glycemic impact so its a nice delivery. A couple PB&Js and a bucket of ice coffee and I could play all day.

Nitrogen balancing the glycemic impact! How about that-
No small sample size either.

crzymdups wrote:Must read article. Some really impressive reporting here.

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/presents18931717/the-nba-secret-addiction

To my understanding, carb craving/specific food craving is a byproduct of regular steroid use.

Love the game itself, but who are we kidding, almost all of these guys are probably juiced up. The NBA has the weakest PED testing/enforcement strategy of all the major pro sports.

Are we going to believe that Kobe Bryant went to Germany just for this miraculous "blood spinning" procedure? Are we going to believe all the players posting photo of themselves dropping dramatic weight had nothing to do with the testing cycles the league mandates and pretty much lets players prepare to avoid getting caught.

The NBA at least knows how their bread is buttered ( or peanut buttered), you gotta get a 6'10 guy to jump over a KIA and dunk to sell tickets.

TripleThreat wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Must read article. Some really impressive reporting here.

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/presents18931717/the-nba-secret-addiction

To my understanding, carb craving/specific food craving is a byproduct of regular steroid use.

Love the game itself, but who are we kidding, almost all of these guys are probably juiced up. The NBA has the weakest PED testing/enforcement strategy of all the major pro sports.

Are we going to believe that Kobe Bryant went to Germany just for this miraculous "blood spinning" procedure? Are we going to believe all the players posting photo of themselves dropping dramatic weight had nothing to do with the testing cycles the league mandates and pretty much lets players prepare to avoid getting caught.

The NBA at least knows how their bread is buttered ( or peanut buttered), you gotta get a 6'10 guy to jump over a KIA and dunk to sell tickets.