What suppliments should i take? Right now i currently drink protein shakes, take flaxseed oil pills, and one a day multi-vitamin. If it helps i am trying to trim away excess fat and get cut.

 

ephedra

 

Well, here's hoping you're also eating right. Because, no amount of supplements can replace good whole foods.

 

Hell no, i took ephedra on and off for like two years. FInally after i stopped then tried again it gave me a weird feeling, kind of like i feel like all amped up but yet i have no freakin energy at all. So ephedra is out of the question, is there anything else?

 

And i am eating right. well I am getting better at it.

 

more veggies... dont drink anything that has more than Zero calories in it. so that leaves water basically...

 

Supplements are going to do less than 1% of the work for you.

Maybe add some fish oil. Get your diet squared away before taking anything else.

 

Well, here's also hoping you eat lotsa fish. No fried, of course.

 

OK so i am good with suppliments and food, now for someone who is trying to lose some weight and get toned how much cardio should i run a day i am trying to do 20-30 minutes

 

20-30 min of what? There's a big difference among running, walking, swimming, etc.

 

Read the stickies.

 

I dont think supplements even do that much for you but where they shine is recovering.

Shit like celltech shows amazing results, at least with me.

 

20-30 minutes on the eliptical or even the treadmill. What does celltech do?

 

It's a form of creatine

 

Thanks

 

Your main supplements should be good, whole foods. Get that taken care of first and foremost. As others said, supps are going to constitute a very small % of the gains you make.

The only supps I take are a multi-vitamin, B12 complex, ZMA, flax seed oil, glutamine, and glucosamine.

 

CLA (conjugated linoleic acid)
Co Q10 enzyme
Chromium

 

so many different suppliments anybody want to sum it up?

 

Well, depends on what foods you eat and what you think you need. If you eat lots of fish, then you probably don't need any fish oil caps. If you eat tons of veggies, then you probably don't need too many vitamins. But overall, I use the KISS method - keep it simple stupid. A lot of the supps you see are probably not going to benefit people like you and me since we are likely not performing at the peak of our genetic capabilities. But vitamins and basic nutritional supps are going to be enough for the "average" person IMO.

 

I don't really have any sound advice for you, but I just take Vitamin World's Multi Vitamins for Men and Whey Protein. Obviously I work out 4-5 times a week too.

 

for instance im looking to bulk up and build mass, because its winter. I am taking:

L-Glutamine
L-Agrnine
Dymatize Energized Xpand
Cytogainer
Vitamin B6
A Daily Multivitamin

and so far its working pretty damn good

And as far as cutting and losing excess fat, im not worrying about that until the early spring so that i can gain as much lean mass as possible then cut the fat by the summer, its sort of a yearly routine.

 

I would consider a multivitamin and whey to be the basic stuff everyone should take. If you want to take anything more, fish and flax seed oil are a good idea.

 

Thanks for the input everyone.

 

I don't take whey personally - it's not as critical as fish or flax oil IMO since most folks don't eat enough foods with EFAs in them. But you are right about taking just the basic stuff. Most people don't need to get crazy about supp intake, it only gives the average person so much extra boost.