What are the essential supplements yall use?

[i8it]

All,

For those of us engaged in strenuous physical activity, what supplements would you consider essential and critical for optimal performance?

Currently I take:
Whey Protein
Fish Oil
Multi-vitamin

Thanks for you insights,

Pete

 

[David Schwimmer]

Multi-Vitamin
Water
Food

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Vitamins, fish oil, and whey post workout. The same as you. Most others are basically useless. This is not a statement I make lightly. I mean, research, or basic nutritional knowledge tells us they will have little or no effect, and today it is more expensive to be on 3 or 4 of the "best" suppliments than to use a moderate amount of steroids year round.

 

[longarms]

cherry poptarts give me a great pump.

 

[thebrute]

protein
creatine

tb

 

[paramuscle]

Protein, glutamine, creatine, EFA complex, milk thistle(hehehe)

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Meatloaf and mashed potatoes

 

[IronLion]

protein mix
bcaa
multivitamin
lots of water
lots of food

 

[Screwball]

Protein mix
Creatine
Multi-Vitamin/Mineral
Flax Oil
Glutamine

Lots of clean food and water...

 

[Liftbig]

i take...
multivitamins
bcaas
extra c
extra zinc
magnesium
potassium
creatine

 

[Swolenpecs]

Protein
Glutamine
green tea
multi vitamin
Food
water
Vitamin "S" hehe

 

[Zander1983]

Whey
Vitamin C
Powerade
Creatine

 

[i8it]

alright sweet, thanks for the input...I cant agree more that food and water are essential for anyone serious about training. In addition to my superb diet, Im going to try Glutamine and some bcaa and she how that goes.

Swolenpecs,

I was watching some guy talk to fat ppl on PBS one day and he was talking up green tea so I gave it a shot...its good shit and apparently has some positive health effects. It really relaxes me so I take it right before bed.

its time to get big

later,

Pete

 

[ToTall]

multivitamin,creatine,whey protein, flax seed oil.

 

[Toozee]

Whey
Food
Multivitamin
Food
Fishoil
Food
Water
Water........and Food.

 

[jbruno]

Whey Protein
Vitamins/Minerals
Food
Water

 

[BoneCruncher]

Whey post workout, thats all I take right now.

Noticed nothing on creatine, I think protein powders are WAY overated, only using whey post workout forces you to get whole meals in instead.

Does anyone actually notice a difference taking multi-vitamins? I know everyone says you should but I can tell no difference what so ever, coming back from a back injury I have gained about 14kg of which only a few seems to be water and fat over the last three months taking nothing other than whey post workout.

 

[MULE1]

Protein MHP www.maxperformance.com
flax seed or olive oil
vitamin b-12
vitamin -c
Glutamine
Creatine Trac MHP
Lots of good dirty sex
Milk and oreo cookies
Lots of red meat

And the good stuff come Oct 1st..YEAH THERE'LL BE A STORM BREWING IN THE NORTH!!!!!!!!

 

[IronLion]

Lots of good dirty sex

maybe thats why I ain't growing....not enough dirty sex

 

[The_Eviscerator]

I8IT, I noticed C-ditty changed your post on his picture thread...lol

Anyway,

Whey Protein
Protein Complex (Casein Whey Egg Mix)
Dextrose Powder
Green Tea
Ephedrine HCL (occasionally)
CLA
Acetyl L-Carnitine
N Acetyl Cysteine
Multi
Fish Oil
Flax
Glucosamine/MSM
Guggulbolic
r-ALA
Vanadyl Sulfate
Saw Palmetto
Creatine

I think that is about it. As you can see I waste a lot of money... but the placebo effect is awesome.

 

[nikkita]

My basics are:

Whey protein
Glutamine
Multivitamin/mineral
Vitamin E
Vitamin C
Omega 3
Vitamin B12

 

[louden_swain]

- various vitamins
- glucosamine and other joint support stuff
- tons of food


MULE1,

By looking at your list. . .it appears that I am doing a few things wrong. . I am neglecting a few items. . . you can guess for yourself lol

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

I've heard good things about tribulus, haven't tried it though.

 

[ProteinFiend]

avena sativa and xanthoparmilia blow trib out of the water, though i use trib with it, and with nettle root and ashwagahanda (sp).

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

avena sativa and xanthoparmilia blow trib out of the water, though i use trib with it, and with nettle root and ashwagahanda (sp).

How they work for you? How much you spend on supps?

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Whole foods by the bucket
2-3 gallons of water per day
bcaa
Vitamin C
Calcium
Whey

 

[Ogrelleh]

Multi-vitamin
Magnesium
Flax seed oil
Shitload of water
Vegan diet

 

[ProteinFiend]

Maybe $100 - $200 a year, including the ones named and protein, creatine, and GNC Megaman.

About the herbs, I'm not sure how they affected free test levels but I definitely noticed heightened libido. I'm not sure which worked the best, but I'm leaning towards avena sativa. BAC has the powders pretty cheap.

How they work for you? How much you spend on supps?