Avid lifter for quite some time. 35yrs old and look better than most 21yr old (not bragging, but just saying). Here is the staples you need. Dont go buying a bunch of crap (muscletech), test boosters, etc.
1. water
2. protein (lean beef, chicken, tuna, fish, turkey, etc)
3. veggies (brocolli, cauliflower, beans, rice, fruit, etc)
4. multivitamin (walmart will suffice or animal pak if u like swallowing 9 pills at a time.)
5. whey isolate (mainly used first thing in the morning and Post workout. Postworkout with simple carbs to spike insulin and shuttle nutrients to muscle cells. Lots of people use whey with sugars such as waxy maize or dextrose.)
6. creatine monohydrate (real cheap, and damn good)
7. Amino acids (such as xtend or whatever. Good to sip intra-workout or even throughout the day to keep a steady influx of AA's in your body. Keeps a positive nitrogen balance. Good stuff)
8. Beta alanine
9. Casein (take before u sleep. Slow digesting protein. Good while u sleep)
10. Protein bar recipe. Search around and find one. Make it yourself. You can control what goes in it and it is much healthier than the crap protein bars you buy at GNC, etc) . I have literally 50 recipes.
thank u, drive through
1. water
2. protein (lean beef, chicken, tuna, fish, turkey, etc)
3. veggies (brocolli, cauliflower, beans, rice, fruit, etc)
4. multivitamin (walmart will suffice or animal pak if u like swallowing 9 pills at a time.)
5. whey isolate (mainly used first thing in the morning and Post workout. Postworkout with simple carbs to spike insulin and shuttle nutrients to muscle cells. Lots of people use whey with sugars such as waxy maize or dextrose.)
6. creatine monohydrate (real cheap, and damn good)
7. Amino acids (such as xtend or whatever. Good to sip intra-workout or even throughout the day to keep a steady influx of AA's in your body. Keeps a positive nitrogen balance. Good stuff)
8. Beta alanine
9. Casein (take before u sleep. Slow digesting protein. Good while u sleep)
10. Protein bar recipe. Search around and find one. Make it yourself. You can control what goes in it and it is much healthier than the crap protein bars you buy at GNC, etc) . I have literally 50 recipes.
thank u, drive through
Thanks for the input. This is what I'm looking for:
Universal Nutrition Animal Pak (Vitamins)
Gaspari Nutrition SuperPump 250 (Pre-Workout)
MuscleTech Nitro-Tech Hardcore Protein Supplement
The only one I've never used is the SuperPump. I have used No-Xplode but from what I've read people like this SuperPump a lot more. A friend is currently using Black Powder and he's very happy with the results. So I'm looking into that one too.
Any suggestions are much appreciated. Other products you would recommend that you think are better than the ones I'm looking into.
i have superpump now, never finished. got better results from NO Xplode...everybody's body works differently to different things. only thing i didn't like about NO was it made me very edgey and aggressive. gives some people headaches from the vasodilation of your veins causing too much oxygen in the brain. i'd stay away from animal pak, they're way overkill. you'll end up with some vitamin toxicities that you don't want to fuck with - and also, there's a lot of untreaded additives in animal pak that haven't been studied, but rather i think they're thrown into the ingredient list just so they can boost their prices...
with this being said, i use bodybuilding.com
just got NO Xplode and some old fashioned monohydrate, it's the purest and most proven. good luck
and paddywhack is right, saw his post up there earlier. if you're taking a nitric oxide pre-workout, make sure you cycle different products. after about 4 weeks, you should give your body a week or two rest from NO supps. don't overtake creatine, more isn't better. and for anyone who tells you otherwise, wait til that shit converts to creatinine and crushes your kidneys causing you to get a stint in your urethra and putting you on a dialysis machine with failure. be careful. FOOD is always the best growth recipe, supplements just help.
