Re: Supplement help--- weight loss???

[Guest guest]

>I need a supplement to help with muscle recovery & increase

metabolism to spark weight loss.

It's all food, honestly. Eating well, training hard, and timing your meals

right is what increases your metabolism, sparks weight loss, and aids

workout recovery, not a pill or powder. The impact of supplements is very

minimal. You can get great results without them.

Glutamine can help a little with muscle recovery and it won't affect your

scale weight. The results are pretty subtle though. However, it's also an

immune booster. When I was taking 4-5g of glutamine and 500mg of vitamin C

post-workout, I didn't catch a cold for a year and a half. Sometimes heavy

training can run you down and make you more prone to getting sick. Glutamine

helps with that as well as workout recovery:

http://supplementwatch.com/suplib/supplement.asp?DocId=1144

Challenging yourself blasts fat, whether it's new exercises, heavier

weights, or changing the sets, reps, and rest periods. It's pushing yourself

to the limits with something you're totally not used to that revs up the

metabolism and maximizes the afterburn. Going lighter or taking it easier -

not so much with the fat blasting.

>

> Ok, I've read tons of threads about supplements, and I am still

> confused about what I should take for my personal situation.

>

> , can you help me, please?

>

>

> I am extremely strong, but I still have tons of fat/weight to lose.

> I want to lost the fat without gaining ANYMORE weight. I am still

> at 195lbs., and my healthy (pre pregnancy) body weight is around 165.

>

> I obviously still want to gain more muscle strength, but my goal is

> to get my body fat into the teens.

>

> I need a supplement to help with muscle recovery & increase

> metabolism to spark weight loss.

>

> I have a female friend who is a powerlifter, and she stopped taking

> creatine because whe was gaining so much weight (i've seen her,

> she's getting stronger, but also looks a lot thicker. I don't want

> this to happen to me.

>

> Also, does going heavier on the weights blast fat??? I am going

> pretty heavy right now.... my max 12 reps on bench press is 125lbs,

> and I'm at 400lbs on the leg press for 12 reps. Should I try going

> lighter for awhile??

>

> Thanks for advice on a proper supplement for my situation

>

> Becca

>

[Guest guest]

> It's all food, honestly. Eating well, training hard, and

> timing your meals right is what increases your metabolism,

> sparks weight loss, and aids workout recovery, not a pill

> or powder. The impact of supplements is very minimal.

> You can get great results without them.

Most supplements are like the icing on the cake, altho some may be

part of the cake ingredients. Think of the foundation of a pyramid

where like the entire bottom is composed of eating right and

exercising. They go together to make like concrete. If you dont build

this bottom base nothing you put on top of it will help. Or going with

the cake analogy, your icing will slide off ;-) Some 'dietary'

supplements like EFA's (essential fatty acids) can be part of this

base - like speckles in the cake mix - which can balance your dietary

profile for maximum efficiency you might say. Same with taking a daily

multivitamin - it fortifies your nutritional needs I think. On the

next layer of the pyramid you might have tried and true supplements -

things that are 'in addition to' - usually muscle helpers like addtl

protein in powders or MRP's, creatine, glutamine etc that while may be

of help (to increase protien intake, ease muscle pain, aid recovery)

but are not necessary (and again if the base if faulty this is a waste

of money). At the very teensy top of the pyramid point is the rest of

the hyped supplements. Some may or may not be worthy of even

consideration. Take at your own expense only before doing heaps of

reading up on (and not on hearsay per 'It worked for me!')

Remember that you are the 'manager' of your body and what 'works' for

one may not for you but that the common basics of eating right and

exercising 'works' for everyone. :-)

joanne

[Guest guest]

Supplements that work for me is

FOOD (the right food in the right amount at the right time..including

MRPS/shakes)

Glutamine

Creatine (the temporary water weight gain is worth it. Besides its water in the

muscle for me, not like PMS bloating)

You might try some more advanced techniques in your routine to switch it up.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/betteru13.htm

Deanna

Supplement help--- weight loss???

Ok, I've read tons of threads about supplements, and I am still

confused about what I should take for my personal situation.

, can you help me, please?

I am extremely strong, but I still have tons of fat/weight to lose.

I want to lost the fat without gaining ANYMORE weight. I am still

at 195lbs., and my healthy (pre pregnancy) body weight is around 165.

I obviously still want to gain more muscle strength, but my goal is

to get my body fat into the teens.

I need a supplement to help with muscle recovery & increase

metabolism to spark weight loss.

I have a female friend who is a powerlifter, and she stopped taking

creatine because whe was gaining so much weight (i've seen her,

she's getting stronger, but also looks a lot thicker. I don't want

this to happen to me.

Also, does going heavier on the weights blast fat??? I am going

pretty heavy right now.... my max 12 reps on bench press is 125lbs,

and I'm at 400lbs on the leg press for 12 reps. Should I try going

lighter for awhile??

Thanks for advice on a proper supplement for my situation

Becca

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