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Which Supplements?
Every year millions of dollars are spent on supplements, almost everybody
who participates in any sort of bodybuilding whether it be the IFBB pro to
the weekend warrior takes some form of supplement. I have always believed to
some degree a lot of the effects from taking supplements are physiological
(every time you start taking a new supplement you find yourself more excited
for your workouts and don’t want to skip workouts because you want to get
your money’s worth from your supplement purchase) But from personal
experience and years of taking multiple different forms of supplementation,
I have also found that are some that have done an awful lot to enhance my
gains. For me personally, my biggest goal has always been to add muscle and
stay lean at the same time. This is why today I will be discussing the
supplements that have best helped me accomplish this.
 Being
that I work long hours throughout the day, I do need supplements
to get in all six meals a day I usually consume. I have been
trying to cut back on protein bars and have been sticking to
more RTDs (canned pre made protein shakes). I have found that I
particularly like the
Metrx RTD 51, the
chocolate-peanut butter and café latté both have a good taste
and contain 51 grams of protein only 2 grams of fat and right
around 9 carbs/ 6 net.
 Pre-workout I like to grab a
Redline energy drink, this is one that I have found
seems to give me the most energy. This is also usually when I
take my multivitamin, which is
Universal Animal Pak.
I have always been partial to animal pak because not only does
it have the daily vitamins I need but also has an impressive
amino acid and essential fatty acid profile as well.
 Post workout I typically will mix
up a shake using 2 scoops of
Optimum Nutrition Pro
Complex, this has always been a staple to my training
program because it not only contains whey protein that absorbs
the quickest, but also egg albumen which is high in L-Arginine.
It is also high in Glutamine and Glutamine precursors, which
makes this a very complete post workout protein source.
 Finally, before I go to bed at
night I will mix 1.5-2 scoops of
Optimum 100% Casein
protein in water. This is an ideal snack before bed because it
is low in carbs and is also time-released so it will stay in
your body as you are sleeping. Typically during the night your
body goes 6-8 hrs without food which can burn muscle. Consuming
a slow release protein like this can help reverse the process.
Not only are all of these
supplements I just mentioned effective in promoting muscle gain
and maximizing your workouts they also are low in fat and carbs.
Which is why if I had to select only five supplements to create
an efficient program for adding lean muscle without sacrificing
muscle definition these would be the five.
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