Supplements?

abble_pie

I've been lifting on a regular basis for a month now, and am close to my goal weight. I'm considering getting some supplements for my lifting.

I've been researching pre-workouts and BCAAs. Im worried that pre-workouts will give me anxiety and make me feel jittery.

Can any experience lifters give me some advice on what they use and how it has helped?

cajuntank

The only supplements that will help, and we are only talking about at most 5% compared to your diet, will be possibly Creatine, caffeine, and supplemental protein (if you are not getting enough). Thought there was more, huh?

Edit: a case can be made for beta-alanine if you are consistently doing 15 rep sets or more.

N200lz

Promera Con-Cret for creatine (HCL) source before workout. Creatine Hydrochloride (HCL) is 20% of the dosage rate of Monohydrate, will not leave you bloated and does not require cycling on & off.

Glutamine, BCAA, Protein post workout, Glutamine helps a lot in your recovery and reducing muscle soreness.
DCAA & Protein for obvious reasons.

A new pre-workout you might consider is Promera Peak 400. It's fairly new and I have not seen it offered by anyone else yet. A dose consists of 400ui of ATP. It's very subtle but I noticed results the first day I used it. It was as if my body had enough reserve left to keep up with my willpower. That equated to a 30% increase in reps compared to the previous time I did that workout.

Mycophilia

cajuntank wrote: »

The only supplements that will help, and we are only talking about at most 5% compared to your diet, will be possibly Creatine, caffeine, and supplemental protein (if you are not getting enough). Thought there was more, huh?

I agree with this. No need to take a million different supplements.

Also spend an hour or two on http://examine.com and do some research on supplements you're curious about.

greg88rosen

First timers should start out slow
Look into (amino energy)
This is low in caffeine, no nitric oxide , bcaas and has b vitamins for additional energy
Obviously you can up the serving as you please but this would be a good stepping stone

IsaackGMOON

greg88rosen wrote: »

First timers should start out slow
Look into (amino energy)
This is low in caffeine, no nitric oxide , bcaas and has b vitamins for additional energy
Obviously you can up the serving as you please but this would be a good stepping stone

It's like 160mg of caffeine isn't it? The ON Ami.N.O energy stuff?

It looked good, but I wasn't really wanting the caffeine so I got my BCAA's from Bulk Powder.

OP, supplements aren't necessary at all. However, if you're going to buy them;

• BCAA's (idk what the hype is about them, so I bought them anyways)
• Creatine Monohydrate - there are other variants like Creatine Gluconate etc
• Pre workout, not really needed unless you're needing a pick up

galgenstrick

cajuntank wrote: »

The only supplements that will help, and we are only talking about at most 5% compared to your diet, will be possibly Creatine, caffeine, and supplemental protein (if you are not getting enough). Thought there was more, huh?

Edit: a case can be made for beta-alanine if you are consistently doing 15 rep sets or more.

All of this.

Also, if you train fasted I would add 5g of Leucine or 10g of BCAA before your workout.