B-A-C is a good company.
Yes, they are very reputable. I have bought ALA and Taurine from them before and may try their BCAAs in the near future. Their powder has a very good ratio of the aminos, where-as Kilosports is less optimal (and more expensive).
As far as Charle's site, it doesn't work. Can you send me the link again?
I put a coma at the end so it didn't work.
www.charlespoliquin.net
I'm a friend of the girl on the cover of his next book.
And as far as regular BCAA's, it seems from what you're saying they've very similar to HMB. IMO it just might be better, there's 2 more amino's w/ regular BCAA's. I've also read on L-Lysine a lot, it being one of the 1st amino's to go when working out. W/ that said, we all know how important BCAAs are, Glutamine, some know of Lysine, Taurine (2nd most abundant next to glutamine), but would it really make sense to supplement w/ all of these? IMO it doesn't, too many that are too important.
This is making things way too complicated in my opinion. It reminds me of the people who take a multi and then supplement extra b-12, calcium, manganese, etc. without a reason. Whey is basicly, for lack of a better term a multi-amino. What I usually do (not now because I'm on a CKD diet) for my during workout drink is about 50 grams of whey, 40 maltodextrin and 30 dextrose (this is a during workout drink, not all at once). I've experimented and this seems to work best for me though some might get an upset stomach.
Whey has a good breakdown of those aminos you mentioned (except glutamine) and typical whey will have 6-7 grams BCAAs per 50. Poliquin says he tried a huge dose (20-40) and got awesome recovery, workout endurance, etc. In my opinion though, the whey and carbs are all you need if you want it cost effective and not go broke trying to add everything in the mix. Take the glutamine before and after workout, since it isn't stable in water very long.