I eat quality food and have a cup of black coffee before a workout. Anything else is not necessary and a waste of money.
Quoting you also for making sense in a thread of nonsense.
For the record, numerous studies have shown that once protein is equated across diets, carbs vs. fats doesn't matter as much as being in a surplus or deficit. That said, you also need a good nights sleep regularly for recovery/growth and people often neglect this aspect.
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The only time you might want to be worried (and even then,, consult a doctor) is if you have a pre-existing kidney condition. I basically try to hit my protein minimum for the day (~1.7g/kg or 0.8g/lbs) and my fats minimum (~.4g/lbs or ~1g/kg) and fill in the rest of my cals with a mixture of carbs, proteins and fats.
How do you know what I have a degree in?
You seem to have reading comprehension deficiencies.
Please point out where I said anything about it being bad to eat 6-7 meals a day. I said it wasn't optimal and didn't have some magical benefit of increasing your metabolism like you assume. Now if that is the only way you can get in the amount of calories you need then obviously in order for you to stay compliant that is optimal for you. Stop thinking in such black and white terms. Stop being dogmatic.
Any study showing what you believe to be a benefit to eating that many meals a day that isn't poorly designed (like they all are) I would love to see. The thermic effect of food (TEF) is the same whether you eat 3700 calories at one sitting or spread throughout the day.
Protein also has the highest TEF (30-40% of calories). Carbs and fats are below 7%.
supplements are for try hards and wannabe's. Only gross gym rats think supplements are good/useful.
Is this where we post to boost our ego? Hi.
I love creatine. I think everyone should be taking it for extra gains.
Expert, nah. But anyone that's spend 30 seconds learning about this stuff knows that proteins don't exist without amino acids. Wasn't offering a lecture on them, just pointing out that you again know nothing about the subject, so was curious where your newest opinion on supplements came from lol.
Vitamin D, on doctor's orders. I'm not a rube for woo.
I take vitamins and coffee.
The first give me whats missing in my diet, the 2nd keeps me awake.
More seriously, just follow what Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) says. His routine/diet is used by many professional and actor that wants to beef up. Im not sure if he takes that much supplement, as I know most of it comes from his diet. There are many article on the web about it, not sure if they are all true, but they seem to all say pretty much the same thing. Bodybuilding.com is also a good bible to follow.
When I was younger I take WPC but it is weak for the organism. Now I have balanced diet full of veggies, fruits, carbo with low level (but not at all) of fat.
I take a multivitamin, herbal antihypertensive and resveratrol (for heart health).
When I am cleansing, I consume nothing but green vegetable juice for a month, followed by protein shakes (BSN ISOBURN) in addition to drinking the green juice for the next month. Last time I did this, I dropped 40 pounds and built up some healthy muscle mass.
Multivitamins
Propolis(for my sinusitis)
Protein Shakes(lazy to cook)
Citrulline Malate
Beta Alanine
Taurine
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