Some Food For Thought….
I would like to talk a little bit about supplements and food. It seems as if everyone get’s caught up on supplements so much that it drives them crazy. It doesn’t have to be that hard. I constantly see quotes like "I’m starting a cycle of (blank) this week so I hope I can see (blank) results." Give yourself a little more credit. Don’t attribute your success to supplements, but realize that you are going to, or have seen success from your hard work, dedication and will power. I also like to use the 95/5 rule, 95% being nutrition from food, and 5% being that extra boost that supplements give you. I am a big advocate of very basic supplements, such as protein shakes for convenient meals, Glutamine, BCAA’s, Creatine and Healthy Fats. Anything more than that, in my opinion, is costing you more money than you need to be spending. I fell into many traps before….company’s claiming outlandish results when in fact you should know that it’s virtually impossible to see these astronomical gains (cough cough MuscleTech). I can honestly say I’m seeing 200% better results now taking basic supplements, than when I was falling into marketing traps. In summary, do work in the gym and eat right, then supplement that last 5% and give YOURSELF a pat on the back for seeing results, NOT a jug full of powder or pills.
March 26, 2009 at 9:23 am
So true. Not enough people give them selves credit for the hard work they have done. Supplements I find are only the extra boost that you may or may not need.
August 25, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Right on Ant I agree I have been using hardly anything for the last 4 months and my lifts are getting totally nuts for my age, but I have to say at 51 I would like to see a 5 to 10% jump in my testosterone levels and with Animal test the last time I ran with it (6 months ago I hit almost 12% increase during the cans usage then yes it fell after but I still settled in with a 4% increase. So with this run I am hoping to get a good solid boost ( I’ve been stuck at 180 and 10.6% for too long time to shock it up a little.
I do agree to much emphasis today is on supps and not base nutrition especially when you see young teens asking about Keto diets, I feel as G Diesel does that if you have not got at least 5 yrs hard lifting under your belt you should not be messing around with that stuff, and if your under 30 leave the T boosters and stacks for those with enough experience to know what thier doing.