Does anybody out there take supplements to help their training? What's working for you?

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Greg Schretter on April 20, 2009 at 8:08pm

1. Monster Milk twice a day with extra L-Glutamine
2. Olive Leaf extract
3. Grape Seed Extract
4. Mega Vitamin
5. WATER WATER WATER...
6. LOTS OF SLEEP...

Of course I am off everything for the next 6 weeks or longer.

If anybody is interested:
http://www.academyswat.com/principal_ing.html

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Greg Schretter on April 22, 2009 at 11:09pm

Also watch out on the Omega -3. If you eat fast food you get enough Omega -6.
Omega-3 is great but it does raise your LDL.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cottonwood Combat on April 24, 2009 at 7:41pm

Hi Ryan,

I did not want to publish before it was ready, but we are close enough now that you can take a look. Our shop is now a distributorship for the largest online supplement store on the internet. They offer some products which will help reduce the porduction of cortisol. In normal amounts, it is a good thing, but sometimes our bodies produce WAY too much as a result of high endurance or extreme hardcore training. This causes muscular breakdown and lots of soreness. The web address at the bottom will take you to our online store. Look for an ad which says "My goal is to lose weight. What is Your Goal". It will be near the top in the center column. Use the drop down menu called "Choose a Goal" (inside the ad) to find Cortisol Blocker. This company guarantees their products and they have the fastest delivery time I have ever experienced.

http://cottonwood-combat.com/stores.aspx

I recommend either "Corti-Shed" by Higher Power for $12.99 a bottle, or Olympian Labs' "Phosphatidyl-Serine Complex" for $19.99 a bottle. Both are sound products and well priced. One has higher doses than the other, so with a little research you should be able to better choose what might work for you..

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Grant on May 15, 2009 at 3:55pm

Just need to sleep well, eat well, keep up protein and water. I have a good friend who owns a very successful supplement store and knows heaps about this stuff, so he will probably kill me for saying this, but here goes....
Supplements are ok, but after I started reading scientific sports journals I realised that unless you are an elite athlete the gains you get for what you pay aren't really worth it (execept for protein powders). For example, one study using creatine showed how it improved performance in sprinters, with the athletes using creatine performing better by a few tenths of a second over 100m - a significant gain if you are in the men's final at the Olympics, but for the average Joe, whoe cares if you run 12.5secs this week and 12.2secs next week? But hey, if you can afford the supplements, they won't do you any harm (at least in the short-term - I haven't yet found any rigorous scientifc long term studies on prolonged use of, say, creatine). All the best with your training.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cottonwood Combat on May 15, 2009 at 4:04pm

Hi Grant,

I agree with you, to a large degree. Whole foods, adequate rest/sleep and plenty of water are the foundation of any good regimen. However, I think Ryan was after something to help him stop losing progress, not to help him gain. I suppose I may have misunderstood, but I was under the impression he was experiencing losses and more than normal pain when crossing from one type of training to another. Weightlfting should compliment your Krav and vice versa, one should never experience a loss of ability in either if they are eating right and so on.... unless there is a missing ingredient in their diet which cannot be gained in large enough amounts without supplementation in a concentrated form. IMHO, I don't know much, but I do read a lot LOL.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Saša Habuzin on June 7, 2009 at 5:32pm

Hey I am new to this forum but if i were you i wouldn´t use anything except good quality food.Check out www.warriordiet.com.I´ve been on it for a couple of months now and it completely changed the way I train and how much I train.The difference is crazy because as a kinesiology major and a strength and conditioning coach I already have a pretty activ life.All the supplements are just that...supplements.Nothing can compete with good food.Check out some of the old time strongman like Arthur Saxon, or Bob Peoples from the USA.They were huge and strong a century ago.Before all the supplements and steroids.If they could do it so can YOU!!

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Bishop on January 8, 2010 at 4:13am

I had the same problem with my training. I was boxing @ the time and asked my trainer (a world champion boxer), and he said I should take a branch chain amino acid. I started taking a fish oil, glucosamine, a men's multi-vitamin, and a bcaa along with the regular protein supplement. I noticed an immediate difference within a week. Not only did I feel better after extended training sessions, I felt better overall. I'm no expert, but this is what has worked for me. Be safe, train hard!

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by I.M.B.C Academy on February 3, 2010 at 11:05am

I generally take Krealkaline which is a highly absorbent creatine and quite cheap, at $15 USD for 120 caps online. Other than that I take multivitamins, fish oils 3 times daily with each meal and calcium twice daily for healthy neuro-muscular function and bone health. Omega 3 in fish oils is good for mood and brain function as well as keeping cholesterol levels down. Sometimes when I feel a bit tired before an evening class I take an energy supplement, your typical caffeine/synephrene stuff. I keep away from anything with yohimbine in it, I think I must be allergic to the stuff, to me its like taking poison. Last time I took Biotest Spike I had to take the following day off work cause it gave me terrible nausea and irritable bowels. Also take protein but only on days when I weight train.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Anthony Cutroneo on February 3, 2010 at 4:34pm

Sleep, Rest between routines, Change exercises in your routine, Vary from heavy weight/low reps to ligher weight/higher reps. L-Glutimine is what I use after a routine and I've noticed a big difference in recovery. I pay attention to fats, carbs., and proteins. I recently started to monitor the amount of sugar (nothing artifical), salt, potassium, and fiber. Also the amount of ingredients in my food. Pay attention to what is on the serving label, but what is in the food below the serving label needs some attention.

I use BioChem Whey Protein. I stay away from any Whey Protein that has any artifical sweeteners like aspertame, sucralose, etc. Optimum Nutrition makes a natural Whey Protein that doesn't have anything artificial in it.

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maurice Cohen on February 3, 2010 at 9:19pm

Hello my friend . I will strongly suggest the Beverly International suplements. This is what I take. 1 Multivitamin every day .

3 liver tablets 2 times a day with meals . Protein shake for breakfast .

▶ Reply to This

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• Next ›
• Page