What supplements, powders, vitamins, etc. do you take?

I've experimented and am experimenting with a few GNC supplements.

I don't want to endorse or condemn any until I have more experience in determining how well I think they work. So for now I won't say.

gee, that's informative & helpful. dork.

iron & magnesium daily. They work for me. Have also played around with CQ-10, d-ribose, & that O2 gold stuff. Tough to say if they worked, but seems to have helped race performance. Also tried some minerals packaged to prevent cold/flu. Can't remember the name of the stuff. It's a powder. Fairly effective.

Here are things I've played around with. I'm not saying anything negative or positive about any at this point. I'll know after I continue training.Generation UCAN.endurance vitapak GNCbeta-alinineglutamineechinacea (supposed to naturally stimulate epo, so perfectly legal)Gells (just tried one Yesterday)

My name is Lance wrote:

gee, that's informative & helpful. dork.

iron & magnesium daily. They work for me. Have also played around with CQ-10, d-ribose, & that O2 gold stuff. Tough to say if they worked, but seems to have helped race performance. Also tried some minerals packaged to prevent cold/flu. Can't remember the name of the stuff. It's a powder. Fairly effective.

What is a Gell?

I take iron. I hope to eventually have a job that pays enough that I can eat venison and buffalo, and eliminate iron pills from my diet.

If you eat clean and organic, prepare all your meals at home with ingredients from Whole Foods and stay away from garbage places like Subway with their spinach from corporate mega-farms, you won't need any supplementation and you will maximize your potential as a runner.

please cite your source

drink endurox after my weekly long run. during a cross-country bike trip, a buddy and I drank it daily and always woke up with tired, but not sore/achy, legs. these days I drink it after any extended, steady-state run of 90+ min.

don't do anything beforehand. have heard a cup of coffee works wonders, though, even for a PM session. I don't drink the stuff and can't attest.

yessir wrote:

I'm interested to hear what you take in addition to your regular diet (whether healthy or not).

1. Do you eat/drink/take anything before a run or workout?

2. Do you eat/drink/take anything during a long run or workout other than water?

3. Do you eat/drink/take post-workouts (i.e. endurox, accelerade, etc.) and how often?

4. Do you eat/drink/take any supplemental protein if you do strength training?

5. Please include a description of weekly mileage, whether you run doubles, etc.

Thanks

1. a meal 2 hours+ before

2. wait until I bonk then maybe a Sprite or banana and then keep running

3. popular recovery mix that is a blend of fast and slow proteins, amino acids, carbs and vitamins

4. yes, same as above

5. low mileage, 45 per week avg

13-14 doubles

75-80 mpw

whey protein and bcaas mixed with juice after hard runs

beet root powder every other day

chlorella every other day

spirulina every day

tart cherry juice every couple of days

psyllium husk powder (fiber) every few days

chia seeds every other day

multi

vit d3

zma every once in a while

zinc and mag on non-zma days

copper

iron/vit c every few days

fish oil every day (1+ grams of epa/dha)

switch between trytophan/5-htp/melatonin for sleep sometimes

100mg of caffeine before races

only regular food before runs. nothing during runs. sometimes i'll have a clif bar after races if I'm not eating soon or didn't bring my protein drink mix.

Oh man, endurox post run ALWAYS, soooo good and I like the way it makes me feel. The stuff can get pricey though, I usually buy in bulk on amazon, something like this:

http://amzn.to/10Etgdw

Best of luck if you try it!

notexactly wrote:

please cite your source

You must be new around here, not to mention lacking in sarcasm detection. I have been sparring with the nutrition nuts here for months because I said I ate occasionally at Subway. Check this Rupp/Mo/Salazar eating at Subway thread...

I use Creatine daily,Beet Root powder, Beta Alinine,as well as fish oil, vit D and many others. During hard periods, I use Phosphatidyl Serine that might have some basis for clearing cortisol. All these have been researched and can be found on Pub Med. In fact there are many other I have not listed that have been researched that have some promise for endurance athletes.

Daily

Optygen

GNC Sport Multivitamin

Glucosamine/Chondroiton

Vit D + Calcium

Glutamine (post-run)

Pramiracetam

Lecithin

Fish Oil

Airborne (every other day, to prevent colds/illness)

Before Races

Pre-Race

supplementalrunner wrote:

Daily

Optygen

GNC Sport Multivitamin

Glucosamine/Chondroiton

Vit D + Calcium

Glutamine (post-run)

Pramiracetam

Lecithin

Fish Oil

Airborne (every other day, to prevent colds/illness)

Before Races

Pre-Race

Which pre-race do you use?

Yams wrote:

Which pre-race do you use?

capsules

Yams wrote:

Which pre-race do you use?

first endurance capsules

Full Strength brand protein shake in the morning 40g protein

Fish Oil

Glucosamine

Endurox R4 immediately after semi hard to hardefforts

ZMA (zinc, magnesium, b6 (side effect is weird vivid dreams)