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What's your favorite everyday supplements?

sammieyem
sammieyem Posts: 11 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
BCAA, Protein, Pre-Workout, Anything else???

I'm in bikini prep right now (12 weeks out) so I'm drinking a lot of supps but I'm curious to know what others drink or take on a daily basis & welcome to any opinions or advice regarding my routine.

This is what my day looks like:

morning: multivitamin tablet & BCAA - cellucor alpha amino fruit punch
mid morning: Protein - Iso 100 cinnamon bun
afternoon: BCAA - cellucor alpha amino fruit punch
evening: Pre Workout - cellucor 50x fruit punch
post workout: AllMax Glutamine
Before bed: BCAA - Cellucor Alpha Amino fruit punch

What's yours and why?

Replies

  • hockeysniper8
    hockeysniper8 Posts: 253 Member
    I'm not competing, but I take Cellucor Bcaa's too. Take it during weights or playing hockey. I have not been sore the next day, ever since I started taking them!
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    I'm not sure if you really need to be taking your BCAAs 3x daily, especially since most brands have a recommended dosage of 2x daily. Especially if you're consuming enough protein.

    But for myself I take:
    BCAAs during a cut(whatever brand is on sale/has good ratios
    Creatine MH year round
    Whey concentrate same as BCAAs 2-3x daily
    Multivitamin
    Fishoil (progressive)
    I also experiment with beta alanine from time to time when trying to break a plateau.
  • robs_ready
    robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
    Magnesium and vitamin d
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    Morning - multi-vitamin, fish oil, glucosamine/condriotin/msm
    pre-workout - creatine, beta-alanine, citrulline malate, taurine, agmatine sulfate
    intra-workout - BCAAs (if I'm lifting and doing cardio in the same session)
    post-workout - creatine, glutamine, beta alanine, luecine

    I don't consider protein powder a supplement, it's simply food in a powder form.
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    I try to eat a well balanced diet and do my best to get what I need from my food.

    That said, no one is perfect LOL so I do take a daily vitamin. I also do a daily probiotic and from October - April I take a D3 supplement.
  • pickyreverb
    pickyreverb Posts: 24 Member
    L-Glutamine for soreness. Whey protein post workout. Pre-workout. Have considered adding BCAAs and fat burners but I don't know enough about them
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 178 Member
    6000IU of vitamin D (I live in Alaska)
    Prenatal Vitamin with DHA from GNC
    Bodylogix Natural Whey post workout
    Natural Calm Magnesium
  • djpjay
    djpjay Posts: 19 Member
    I'm cutting right now so I'm taking: multivitamin, fish oil (morning and night), BCAA, x4 protein shakes a day, fat burner, creatine, testosterone booster, L-carnitine, and a night time muscle recovery/ sleep aid
  • hyperbeth1
    hyperbeth1 Posts: 70 Member
    GNC Multi and Mega Minerals supplement
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    None - see no need at present.
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