Stats: 19, 6', 145lbs, 10-12% bf, looking to gain mass

Which BCAA should I purchase? Pills or Powder? Should I get a BCCA+Glutamine or get Glutamine separately? Any help would be appreciated thanks

blackstarlabs has a couple great BCAA prods that u prob will not beat on price unless you want to but by the kilo at kilosports.com

You could also just go with a protein powder that already has a high concentration of BCAAs. I think most do.

Turkey and Chicken are good too.

If I am not mistaken, u need bcaa's consumed alone to recieve the full benefits, like on a low/no carb diet

i take twinlabs bcaa's liquid...it has 15000 mgs of bcaa's at 3 tbs..taste decent and works great

I got a lot to learn about nutrition, but I believe whey protein is roughly 25%BCAAs. I don't think your body can store BCAAs, like it does fat, so a few servings of whey a day, which most BBs do anyway, should be sufficient. And don't forget about your whole foods, like turkey and chicken (as weeviekins stated).

Yeah I don't think BCAA's are of benefit if you are getting enough protein either, except possibly pre-workout to decrease plasma tryptophan during exercise and whether or not this is beneficial is arguable. Also note that for the similar reasons, BCAA supplementation reduces circulating and CNS dopamine levels, which is certainly not desirable unless you are a schizophrenic.

I disagree. If you're cutting, I've come to believe that BCAAs can be tremendously beneficial. If bulking and consuming sufficient protein from whole sources, one can certainly do without BCAAs. However, in a caloric deficit, leucine, valine, and isoleucine are tremendously potent at attenuating proteolysis and stimulating protein synthesis even in energy-deficit situations (there just likely won't be enough energy to actually synthesize any new tissue). So, right off the bat, one advantage of BCAAs is allowing you to train more & recover more effectively in a metabolic scenario when normally your body would be struggling to repair hypertrophied muscle-cells (and more activity pretty much =s more weight loss; it's just that simple). Furthermore, leucine and isoleucine both have glucose-disposal properties, and the former is also a strong leptin-sensitizer as well. Thus, I tend to view BCAAs as excellent while dieting (in the 20+g/ED range) if you can afford them. If you are bulking or lifting normally however, and are not an elite athlete or individual who has to train multiple times daily while maintaining performance, I see no need for BCAA supplementation.

As for actual supplements, hands down the two best BCAA products on the market are MRM's BCAA + G and Xtreme Formulation's ICE.

my $.02 is this; get a kilo of pure BCAA powder from the cheapest source possible ($39.99 best I've found), and add a 5g scoop to everything; pre-, post-workout, night time, whatever. The extra aminos will help, and tabs are too low dose, too expensive. Stuff mixes kinda funny, though, so you may need a shaker or blender unless you are like me and just crunch it up sometimes while drinking it. I think pre and post workout are great times for BCAA boost, especially.