| What supplements are going to help you
reach your fitness goals? Whether
it's to add pounds of muscle,
strip away ugly body fat or help
you become a better athlete or
just a more energetic and healthy
person, there are supplements
that can make it much easier to
reach your goals. But you have
to know what works and which supplements
are just a waste of money. You
want that extra edge that proper
body building, sports and fitness
supplementation can add to your
training and nutrition program.
There's just one problem. You
are completely overwhelmed by
the insane number of products
on the market with more and more
being released every day. The
magazines are filled with ads
for supplements that are better
than drugs (so they say) with
unbelievable before and after
pictures and outrageous claims.
You could spend all your waking
hours trying to figure out which
supplements actually work and
which one's will never come close
to their claims. Who has the time
and money to figure out which
bodybuilding supplements will
actually help them achieve their
goals? I've wasted thousands and
thousands of dollars on bogus
supplements. I keep detailed records
of how they affect my body and
my results. In fact, the August
2003 issue of Ironman Magazine
contains an article of mine on
my experience with Muscle Link's
GH Stak. I don't want to see you
make the same mistakes I have
made and waste years and thousands
of dollars on supplements that
don't work. There are a few quality
supplements in every category
from muscle building to fat burning
to energy boosters and overall
health. I'll help you tailor your
supplement regime to your specific
goals. There is no doubt in my
mind that the right bodybuilding
supplements will give you that
extra edge and help you reach
your goals faster. However, it's
important to know that probably
99% of the supplements on the
market don't do what they promise.
A lot of them don't even carry
the ingredients stated on the
label. This is also why you should
stick to quality companies like
Optimum Nutrition, Labrada, Gaspari
Nutrition, EAS, Muscle Link, Twinlab,
Ergopharm, AST and a few others.
Keep in mind that you need to
get your training and nutrition
programs in line first, berfore
you can truly see the benefit
of this supplement guide. Eating
french fries all day won't help
you build muscle, even if you
are taking supplements that actually
work. Before getting any benefits
from supplements you need to get
your training and nutrition program
in place. After that, you can
focus on what I call "core" supplements.
What are "core" supplements? Core
supplements are fitness supplements
that I consider to be more an
intergrated part of a proper and
healthy overall nutrition plan.
They make it easy for you to meet
your nutritional requirements
and become part of your overall
sports supplement and nutrition
strategy. They are so much a part
of your nutrition plan that you
could call them nutritional supplements
instead. I even refer to these
supplements more as part of my
nutritional plan as opposed to
my supplement plan. What are some
of these indispensable core supplements?
1 - Multivitamins 2 - Multiminerals
3 - Essential Fatty Acids 4 -
Antioxidants You should never
go without core supplements in
order to purchase other supplements.
If you have the finances to do
so, you can add to the core but
never sacrifice them for any other
supplements. But ignoring them
to purchase the latest, greatest
testosterone boosting, growth
hormone shooting, fat melting,
Z-100 gizmo subdural "injection"
like supplement would be like
buying all the latest workout
fashions and never actually going
to the gym. Don't make that mistake.
Please. You'll just be wasting
your money and missing out on
what effective supplements have
to offer. The next step up in
your supplementation program would
include such things as the following:
1 - Meal Replacement and Protein
Powders 2 - Creatine 3 - Glutamine
4 - A quality ZMA (specifically
forumlates Zinc/Magnesium) product
Meal Replacement Powders and Protein
Powders are really important enough
to be considered core sports supplements.
They allow you to get proper the
necesssary nutrients you body
needs, as well as meet your protein
requirements in an easy and convenient
(and nowadays, tasty) fashion.
In today's fast paced world, I
feel these supplements are essential
to helping you stick to a proper
nutrition plan. It's difficult
enough trying to prepare and eat
6 meals a day, let alone plan
out the proper food combinations
to make sure you are feeding your
body everything it needs to function
at its best. Not to mention making
sure that your meals contain high
protein foods. Get your nutrition
and training program in place.
Then, stock up on core supplements.
You'll that this combination will
go a long way toward taking you
to your fitness goals, whether
it's building twenty pounds of
muscle or losing fifty pounds
of fat. Gregg Gillies is the founder
of Build Lean Muscle.com His articles
have appeared in Ironman Magazine.
He has written two books and is
a regular contributor to Body
Talk Magazine. He publishes a
free fitness newsletter available
at his site that includes lots
of weight training tips, fat loss,
nutrition and exercise program
information to help you build
your best body as quickly as possible.
check it out at Build Muscle and
Lose Fat and see how you can get
a customized nutrition plan at
http://www.mynutritionjournal.com
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