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    What Supplements do we all use??

    Posts: 43 Member
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    Hey all what supplements have you all used on your fitness journey that you would never go without using nowadays?? Weather it's vitamins, protein, steroids, etc. What's been your best and worse and why???

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    • Posts: 1,280 Member
      I haven't tried a whole lot. I have found what works for me and stick with that and there really isn't anything that I can't go without. However, I typically like a pre-workout before my gym visits and I use No-Xplode 2.0, which gets me amped to absolutely kill some weights and cardio. I've had some pretty good results using Cell-Mass. It gives me a nice pump that sticks around for quite a while afterwards. Other than that, nothing beats good old food. That, I can't live without.
    • Posts: 3,501 Member
      Nothing. I try to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and make sure to get enough protein from food. Oh, and coffee, but that was a necessity before I got fit.
    • Posts: 219 Member
      Just vitamins. OLLY women's complete fwiw.
    • Posts: 37 Member
      I drink a Slim Fast shake in the morning as a replacement for breakfast, and then I have been trying a combination of Forskolin, HydroxyCut and garcinia cambogia. I don't expect any of these to be a miracle weight loss cure for me, just hoping to find something that will curb my appetite. Going from eating 3500+ calories a day, to less than 1900 is a shock to my system and leaves me feeling starved all day long.
    • Posts: 7,682 Member
      I use protein powder if Im low on protein from other foods, I have tried a pre workout and it gave me a headache. other than that for me its food and vitamins.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Krill oil, milk thistle, multi-vitamin, whey
    • Posts: 441 Member
      I have a ton of vitamins and minerals in my house. I don't use them as much as I used to.

      The one's that I used most right now are MuscleTech Pre-Workout explosion, and Bronkaid. Bronkaid and Caffeine when used together have synergy and help to promote more weight loss.

      I think the sports supplement industry is BS though. Most of the things that they peddle are ineffective. The only things that are somewhat viable are:
      -Protein powder which many brands are known to contain varying amounts of protein compared to whats on the label, as well as heavy metals.
      -Creatine which works I guess, but TBH I dont think it is worth the money for the marginal benefit.
      -Aminos, they have their uses but cost to dose ratio when put into a sports supplement is pretty high
      -Pre-workouts, the cost per dose is among the highest of all supplements, and its essentially just caffeine, with some other magic BS sprinkled in. You can buy a bottle of 100-200mg caffeine pills on average for 7 dollars. You might say well then why do you buy pre-workouts then, my answer to u is that I like the taste lol but it isnt magic in a jug

      Proprietary blends are just ways for supplement companies to say, yeah theres a bunch of ingredients in here, but its our secret formula, so we dont want to tell u the exact values. Meanwhile u can bet your glutes that when u see proprietary blends, that the cheapest ingredient on there, comprises the majority of what is in said blend.

      So as you can see I don't trust the sports supplement industry. I would never buy a test booster or a supplement that promises me more reps or a 15 percent increase in strength, blah blah blah. The only time any of that stuff was effective is when prohormones were still legal in the US
    • Posts: 169 Member
      Currently just fish oil, daily multivitamin, and black coffee!

      Have previously used a bit of everything; whey protein is obviously a crucial supplement for many looking for strength, muscle, and weight loss.

      Formerly used a pre-workout called Alphamine from PES that was also a thermogenic. It was awesome...I'm looking at buying more to cycle in.
    • Posts: 388 Member
      Nothing except for a women's daily multivitamin. I mostly take this because my diet isn't the most varied, and because as a vegan I need to take a supplement to get enough B vitamins, especially B12.

      Occasionally when I remember to I'll mix up a protein shake with almond/cashew milk and Orgain.
    • Posts: 23 Member
      Creitine and protein. The rest don't really work and cost a fortune.
    • Posts: 1,444 Member
      Vita Jym multivitamin
      D3
      Nordic Naturals Fish oil
      Animal Flex pack
      Glutamine
      Creatine
      Amino Energy/Pre Workout
      Whey or casein protein
    • Posts: 42 Member
      jenovatrix wrote: »
      Just vitamins. OLLY women's complete fwiw.
      jmc0806 wrote: »
      Vita Jym multivitamin
      D3
      Nordic Naturals Fish oil
      Animal Flex pack
      Glutamine
      Creatine
      Amino Energy/Pre Workout
      Whey or casein protein
      tobeshredded wrote: »
      Hey all what supplements have you all used on your fitness journey that you would never go without using nowadays?? Weather it's vitamins, protein, steroids, etc. What's been your best and worse and why???

    • Posts: 11,788 Member
      Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, Lexapro, Luvox, Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, Viibryd, Remeron, Elavil, Pamelor, Sinequan, and Imipramine.
    • Posts: 2,312 Member
      Just protein to get that macro up. But lets be honest here. As for the rest of the supplements you can buy...if it works, it's illegal. And if it's legal, it doesn't really work. I wish I had the money back that a blew my first year or two of working out.
    • Posts: 42 Member
      Im not consistant I usually takecoffee and phenolalnine w b/12 and niacin to get me going (not a am person) proteinpowder if I have time, I try to have roasted almonds in my car I have breakfast on the commute.I take suppliments cuz I never have time to cook..Other assorted b vitamins and spirolina lglucosamine dhea and calcium. Roseola rosea and cordeceps mushroom when Im low energy. I have to give myself breaks on it it seems to stop helping w prolonged use like the no-explode. Iuse occasionally but a sm 1/2 scoop it ramps me up too much,may not be a healthy choice for us old3r folks.I eat alot of spinach!
    • Posts: 700 Member
      Coffee in the morning, Cellucor Super HD for the afternoon drag, NO Black before I go to the gym, and protein shake (or Protein concoction).
    • Posts: 3 Member
      Black coffee
    • Posts: 10,322 Member
      Cialis
    • Posts: 683 Member
      Black coffee, sarcasm, sprinkled with amphetamines ....
    • Posts: 777 Member
      Shaklee....good protein and great vitamins....all food based, not engineered crap..
    • Posts: 278 Member
      Krill oil, magnesium, multi vit, CoQ-10, iron
      If low in protein I havd protein powder and BCAA's if feeling tired/weak before my workout.
    • Posts: 195 Member
      Honest_Angie wrote: »
      I drink a Slim Fast shake in the morning as a replacement for breakfast, and then I have been trying a combination of Forskolin, HydroxyCut and garcinia cambogia. I don't expect any of these to be a miracle weight loss cure for me, just hoping to find something that will curb my appetite. Going from eating 3500+ calories a day, to less than 1900 is a shock to my system and leaves me feeling starved all day long.

      Be careful with HydroxyCut I took it about a year ago and it landed me in the ER.
    • Posts: 5 Member
      I usually mix 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder with my oatmeal in the am
    • Posts: 441 Member
      Hornsby wrote: »
      Cialis
      some people do take Cialis as a preworkout.

    • Posts: 43 Member
      Hi all thanx for the reply just trying to do up a list of what the majority of people use. Just to use once I open a gym. I myself tbh have used literally everything and tbh it's honestly all the illegal stuff that work
    • Posts: 2,622 Member
      Creatine 5-10mg a day + Protein shakes with coffee and chocolate milk = great physique for me
    • Posts: 4 Member
      Isopure protein (Dutch chocolate)
      Mesomorph preworkout or Finaflex stimul8 (sour apple)
    • Posts: 60 Member
      1 Multivitamin daily, 1 cup herbal tea (various flavors).
    • Posts: 37,259 Member
      There's only one supplement for me and that's Veta Vita Vegamin!

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      Actually, I take a multivitamin and a B complex plus a protein shake (2xday) and when I was lifting heavy I would take a pre and post creatine and that is all I have ever taken.

    • Posts: 49,137 Member
      tobeshredded wrote: »
      Hey all what supplements have you all used on your fitness journey that you would never go without using nowadays?? Weather it's vitamins, protein, steroids, etc. What's been your best and worse and why???
      Steroids aren't supplements.

      A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
      IDEA Fitness member
      Kickboxing Certified Instructor
      Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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