Do you take supplements?

[M@]

Do you take supplements? If so, post which ones. Kind of curious about this. I personally just started lifting a few weeks ago, and take Nitric Oxide (SuperPump 250) pre-workout, and Muscle Milk post-workout. Lost 6 lbs. in 3 weeks, and definitely showing a lot more tone in my entire body. So far, so good! I've considered trying HydroxyCut to lean up a bit more, but I'm not so sure about it yet. Thoughts?

[Terry]

NaNox9 Every other day and Superpump every other day with a half of teaspoon of Pre Alkalyn powder everyday.

You should try smoking crack you'll lose weight faster.

[Deceptakhan]

I don't take supplements. I have to beat the women away with a bat as it is I'm so sexay. Mmmmhrmmm.

[Brian]

Well, I was taking Nitric Oxide and Lipo 6 for a few weeks. I don't know which one it was, but definitely don't take ANY cold medicine, aspirin, etc within two weeks of taking them. I found out the hard way.

Anyhow, I stick to Whey protein and a solid diet now. Started eating healthier, and that makes a huge difference. I'm in pretty good shape to begin with, but it helps get you to that next level.

[john]

I take the following:

Primal Defense (http://www.gardenoflife.com/ProductsforLife/SUPPLEMENTS/DigestiveHealth/PrimalDefense/tabid/638/Default.aspx)
Perfect Food (http://www.gardenoflife.com/ProductsforLife/SUPPLEMENTS/FoundationalNutrition/PerfectFood/tabid/654/Default.aspx)
Radical Fruits (http://www.gardenoflife.com/ProductsforLife/SUPPLEMENTS/FoundationalNutrition/RadicalFruits/tabid/656/Default.aspx)
Krill Oil (http://www.pureprescriptions.com/neptune-krill-oil.asp)
Aspirin
And a male-specific multivitamin.

It's overkill, as I eat very, very healthy. But I want to be sure. :)

[Brian]

I do take a good multi vitamin as well. It's a good idea. You never know what you might be missing in your daily diet.

[M@]

Hmmmm, perhaps I should pick some up. I don't take any vitamins (at least in pill form), or anything like that. I bet I'd feel a lot better if I did.

[-=[Juztin]=-]

I take Cytodyne Methoxy Pro 3 times a day (2 small scoops each time). As far as building muscle it's been working great. Started with barely able to bench 145 for a single rep (embarassing to say the least considering I weigh 300), but after 5 months I'm now at lifting 375. So I'd highly recommend that as a protein shake as it works pretty hardcore but any good whey protein should suffice and of course most importantly, consistency.

As far as losing weight, I did the EC stack (ephedrine and caffeine) back in 2001. And went from ~280 to 165 in about 10 months. It worked crazily to say the least. I just started the stack again (25mg ephedrine and 200mg caffeine) and it's seem just about as potent as it was back in the day. I'd recommend that if your looking into losing weight, and are hardcore enough to try the EC stack as it's definitely not for everyone and you need to be smart about taking it.

[Dave_L]

The only supplements I take are protein and L-glutamine. Other than that, it's just a good, solid diet and a quality workout.

[jackmode9316]

Ill have to add a plus 1 to the good solid diet. The food prymid is no bullshit.

[Terry]

Eating healthy is just as if not more important than working out.

[cybergreencivic]

I take a Centrum Silver everyday cause im old. :cry:

I do try taking some vitamins, but i just hate that nasty taste after you take it, and then burp. It makes me want to throw up.

[john]

Old guys FTW.

[Dave_L]

I'm actually taking 30 days off from drinking to see if I can notice a difference in my workouts. I'm a firm believer that people don't need supplements. 90% of them are placebos, IMO. It's just the gym "craze". People think that if you're not taking 12 things before you go lift, you're not maximizing your workout. :rolleyes: All that money wasted on NO and other things could go towards food for your diet. Eat alot of the good stuff and workout hard. Don't go to the gym, do a set, sit around for 10 minutes and then do another set. I know lots of people that use the gym as social hour.

If it were easy to be ripped and in shape, everyone would be. There's no short cuts. No miracle supplement (steroids excluded) will make you 200 lbs of solid muscle.

[Terry]

Going all natural will only teak you so far ( Peak ) The supps help you get a little further.

[Dave_L]

Terry, I doubt that you peaked.

[M@]

Hahahahaha.

[Terry]

Yes i have. I peak at 168 all i do is maintain what i have. The Supps are letting me get past that along with eating a shit ton.

[Dave_L]

Terry, I don't mean this in a "make fun of you" type of way but you don't even work out your legs so how can you say you peaked?

[Terry]

Upper body peaked

[jackmode9316]

Yes i have. I peak at 168 all i do is maintain what i have. The Supps are letting me get past that along with eating a shit ton.

Alot of that could be because your doing the same type of workouts. Now I don't know enough about your routine to really say, but often people hit plataues and just need to switch the workout up a bit. For instance.....you peak out at a certain weight for Bench Press, and you want to move up.....then you can switch it up by doing pushups with a Wieght vest, or doing 1 handed dumbell bench's. What this does is basically work the muscles a bit differently. There is alot more behind it but thats the basic Idea.
Im going to do a little research when I get time....there is a kick ass article about it.

[Terry]

I'm doing 7-8 different lifts each body part. I really don't think it is the routine

[jackmode9316]

I'm doing 7-8 different lifts each body part. I really don't think it is the routine
Which is why I said that I can't really say. You do lifts according to body part or muscle group? Sounds like your doing isolation either way. I take it your going for hypertrophy too right?


You could even be Overtraining too. Its possible. To be honest I found myself in a similar situation. My problem was that I was not giving my body enough rest. What did I do? Spaced my workout out a bit more and gave a day off. GUess what happened? It worked. Then again the intesity of what I was doing was pretty high.

If your not able to increase performance then your clearly doing something wrong or lacking somewhere. People just don't "peak" and if they do..its at much higher numbers. Im not saying your workout is wrong, or its right, but something is. Now that may be your diet, you sleep schedule, how often you rest, the intensity of your workout....there is a hell of a lot of factors that come into play when progress is concerned. Its up to you to figure out where your lacking and how to fix it.

All im saying is that the peaking or plataeus are not caused by the lack of suppliments. There is plenty of people that have gone alot further without them.

If you really think you have hit the top, just take the JUICE. :rolleyes:

[M@]

Aren't you only suppose to do about 3 workouts per muscle in a single workout session? :confused:

[jackmode9316]

Aren't you only suppose to do about 3 workouts per muscle in a single workout session? :confused:
For bodybuilding that sounds about right. If Terry is doing 7-8 per muslcle group, more than once a week....he is probably overtraining. If you don't give your muscles time to rest and repair, then it wont. Most people don't realize that taking the time off can be more beneficial than working right through it. Thats all relevant to the situation though.

[Terry]

Maybe you should see Arnolds work out plan. Or an average work out plan in Mens Health magazine.

[jackmode9316]

I prefer a no bullshit approach. Try going into a boxing or wrestling gym and talk to them about workouts. Why? Because they use what works without an alternative agenda. If you want to get big, you don't need to lift alot. If you want to be functional, then you better do your research. Im sure you all know this but Size doesn't mean strength. Bruce Lee points that out in alot of his literature.


If your taking anabolic steriods, then you don't really need rest. Thats what steroids do...they cause your muscles to repair very rapidly. The only problem is that your tendons and ligaments don't repair and strengthen as fast. Which can be very very bad.

[Terry]

So to be big don't lift alot and only stay at the gym for 30 minutes...oooook

[jackmode9316]

So to be big don't lift alot and only stay at the gym for 30 minutes...oooook

Thats not what I said. But thanks for taking it out of context to make yourself look correct. I think thats pretty funny coming from someone who does only upper body workouts. Clearly there is alot more room for improvement in your routine with that alone, but to each his own. + If your getting your workout info from mens health.....you need a new/better source of knowledge. But I don't need to tell you that because what your doing is working, right?

In lamens terms:

Hypertrophy or "Getting big" workout= 3 sets of 10 reps.(max weight you can do for 10 reps)
MAximum Strenth= 5 sets of 5 reps(max weight you can do for 5 reps)
Endurance=3 sets of 15-20 reps(or something to that effect)

Now there is alot of other things that come into play(as mentioned above) but basically thats it. You can never have enough knowledge when it comes to fitness. Do some research and you will find that I am not completly full of shit. Or don't ...its your body.

My main point was that workout recovery is just as important as the workout itself. Overtraining is a very easy thing to miss. Now that doesn't mean you have to start being lazy, just balance things out more.

[rey_boricua]

After my Christmas vacation I came back weighing 211lbs. As of last night I weighed in at 196. I currently stated taking NO2 Black and 8-FX(fat burner) from MRI. I do alot of cardio and I play alot of basketball roughly 3 times a week

[asianjkim]

I took celltech and nitrotech hardcore and noticed i leaned out. With multivitamin and astro-phex. I haven't decided if I am going to get more supplements or not.

[cybergreencivic]

Aren't you only suppose to do about 3 workouts per muscle in a single workout session? :confused:

I work the main muscle out too much then daily. :D

[Autosec5280]

My body loves nitric oxide!! good stuff for me!!

[jackmode9316]

GTFO~
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