 Next question is from Mason Burnt. What are the pros and cons of Masking or protein? Oh, I'm a stinky guy in the room now. Yeah, you do it, you know, it's they're not as popular They're not as popular as they used to be. That's why don't you think? Oh, bro You would light up the room if you had a lot of these in your these are the ones that come in these huge Canisters like this big and like you take what nine hundred at least at a time This was a huge market in the 90s not so much now, but in the 90s. This was one of the big moneymakers and You know, there's like I think twin lab Gainer's fuel was one of the ones that was starting to be popular Cytogainer or something like that Cytogainer heavyweight Gainer 900 that one still exists and mega mask came out And what they would do is they the number kept going up I remember was like the Masking or worse So it'd be like 500 calories a shake and then they're like 900 calories a shake It got to the point where there were shakes that were 4,000 calories. How did they make that happen? They will they pack them full of of carbohydrates You're like a bucket for a bucket and that was the other I remember the first time I bought Masking or 4,000 was a it literally looked like a paint bucket and I'm like, oh my god They fit 4,000 calories in a serving and then I opened the lid and there was a scoop in there I'm not exaggerating was that big and you put it was like it was like six servings in this huge bucket Sand chivalry dude, I put it in the blender turn it on and it was like my mom's like old-school high-powered blender was almost gonna break And no wonder and then you have to add whole milk to the whole thing So all right pros and cons pros convenient cheap way to get lots of calories cons It's not the best yet. Yes. It's not the best calories. It's a lot of multiple dextran and cheap protein typically And food is better Other pro it's sometimes easier to drink calories when you're trying to force-feed I guess yourself if you're a hard-gainer I could see the value here I think though you're probably better off buying a high quality protein shake and then adding Stuff to what adding food oats fruit and berries peanut butter eggs like So my major con with these because I went on a kick for a while with this stuff is when would you drink up? By the way before bed or I mean I did everything I've set the alarm in the middle of the night I drink before workouts after workouts start my day eat a meal then do it I mean you name it I have tried eating a mask gainer at different times of the day for whatever reasons right or trying to maximize the Absorption of it right right after your workout The thing that I noticed when I was doing it consistently is I've never been able to compare How my body responds when I get most if not all of my calories from from real food and Totally being a hard gainer When I would start Calculating the shake up and I'm like oh well 1100 of my calories are coming from this then I only got to go get 2000 more calories in Whole Foods. I just never felt like I got the same results as if I ate 35 or 4000 calories of Whole Foods and so agreed I got away from doing the mask gainers completely I even said I don't want to take a shake unless I have to unless I'm missing my protein And it's late and so now like when I do shakes It's always in the evening time and it's only because I wasn't able to get enough protein intake From my my Whole Foods and then when I do it if I'm on a gain I use oats. I use fruit. I use peanut butter I use eggs and I add it to that and make my own Gainer shake and I just feel like getting those Whole Foods blended up with this You know three four hundred calorie regular protein shake gave me more benefits than these You know dextrose loaded full of fiber 900 calorie plus shakes that just literally made me shit 30 minutes later Oh, dude, their stomachs just talking the entire day. I remember that like with these shakes It just would not resonate And it was very loud like you could hear me like Dude have to run the bathroom. This is when this is that story I told you guys a long time ago when I was 15 and I'm in the pool and I'm like Oh the game the heavyweight gainer 900 hit me all of a sudden and I ran out of the pool and Get in the bathroom and because my drawstring was wet. I couldn't undo it and basically shit myself That's a true story. Yeah, and that's when I kind of swore off. I'm like, this is not this Why it's not gonna make me gain mass versus reward. Yes, it's not really working Here's something if you're a young kid, you're looking for the convenience you're looking to save money and It's hard for you to eat all the calories that you need to get your in order to gain mass or whatever Just do this get a high quality protein shake You can buy a whey protein now very inexpensive if you can't you know, you can organify makes a good protein We work with them take that add whole milk, okay? And you want to add more calories throw some peanut butter tastes great And you've got extra protein a little bit of carbs from the high calorie dry oats dry oats I used to throw a half a cup to a cup of dry oats split it up in there and it actually tastes good Yeah, no, I loved it