Supplements!

[javyn]

Which are your favourites, and what do you take them for? To clarify, I don't really care to hear too much of "I take a multivitamin to cover my bases". I'm more concerned about hearing about supps you take that give noticeable differences in how you feel.

Here's what I like:

whey - needs no explanation

soy lecithin granules - mental and sexual

zinc gluconate - sexual

spirulina - all around energy

gaba, magnesium - sleep aids

maca - preworkout

I know it's a lot, but it's all generally pretty cheap, especially when ordered in bulk, as I do the whey and spirulina.

 

[Milhouse]

Alcohol makes me feel pretty good. So does coffee.

 

[ZackyBoy]

Whey and fish oil. C'est tu.

 

[Big Pun]

fish oil- skin

zinc- skin

I realize these aren't the main benefits of these pills but they work for me.

 

[redcaimen]

Coffee.

 

[Pennglock]

Originally Posted by redcaimen

Coffee.

Don't know if you're kidding, but I could not get through an AM workout without it.

I'll make a whey shake when I can't get enough meat.

Other than that, Creatine.

The rest of the legal stuff is snake-oil, IMO...

 

[bbaquiran]

Multivitamin
Fish oil (around 6 caps a day)
Creatine
Whey

 

[javyn]

Do you guys actually notice anything taking fish oil? I've taken it for a while but felt no different so I stopped. I was also taking the more expensive high EPA/DHA capsules and still nothing.

The only reason I take the supplements I do is because I notice an effect.

I cover my omega 3s with diet anyway since I love coldwater fish.

 

[milosz]

Vitamin D - 10k iu/day (just for a month)

ZMA
fish oil, ~10g/day

 

[Scrumhalf]

Whey protein shakes.
Flax oil.

That's it.

 

[kruze]

Switch between mutli and just vit A.
Creatine
Whey

 

[Sunnydale]

The ones I noticed the most are:

6000ius of vitamin D3
2000mgs of EPA/DHA Fish oil
Krill oil
kelp/iodine
Curcumin /turmeric

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by Pennglock

Don't know if you're kidding, but I could not get through an AM workout without it.

I'll make a whey shake when I can't get enough meat.

Other than that, Creatine.

The rest of the legal stuff is snake-oil, IMO...

No, Im not kidding. Im old and it gets me through my workouts. I dont think I could face one of my cardio workouts without coffee. It also seems to help with weight lifting.

 

[longskate88]

Originally Posted by javyn

Do you guys actually notice anything taking fish oil? I've taken it for a while but felt no different so I stopped. I was also taking the more expensive high EPA/DHA capsules and still nothing.

The only reason I take the supplements I do is because I notice an effect.

I cover my omega 3s with diet anyway since I love coldwater fish.

I think it's one of those thing you aren't supposed to feel...but then 20 years down the road, maybe you'll be thankful you took them. I don't know, I remember reading a guys opinion that most people expect miracles from supplements, when the real reason to take them is to prolong good health for as long as possible, not provide immediate changes.

 

[syracuse1976]

My daily staples: 1 multi, 1 gram C and about 1 gram EPA/DHA.

2-3 days per week: zinc, B complex.