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Injury/Nutrition

8 years ago 04/22/2015 7:10pm EDT

I am trying to get faster - I was wondering if anyone actually knew of supplements (iron, vitamin C, milk thistle, etc) that many professional runners take? I know that you can read up on just about anything online and it will make it sound like it will help you reach a new level - especially things on weight lifting websites. But if anyone has any info or can give me a list of some good supplements/pre-workout/recovery items they use I would appreciate it.

This is a serious thread, so if you start saying things like "hard work" I don't want to hear it. I do work hard, I'm just looking for anything that people have taken that they believe has proved to make a difference, or if anyone has any inside information on what pros are doing (within legal parameters) then help a brother out.

8 years ago 04/22/2015 10:43pm EDT

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Serious answer: most of it doesn't work. What might work is tiny improvements.

If you are actually serious, you need to learn quite a bit about blood parameters and the effects of training on those parameters. Later, you experiment with over the counter stuff and get blood tests to see if it has an effect.

You go to a test center to get the withdrawal. Then ship as needed knowing which tests to order.

Most people aren't this serious. Most blindly fish for something and as a result get nothing.

8 years ago 04/22/2015 11:00pm EDT

re: rupp-certified saladbar

Beta-alanine and caffeine are probably your best bets.

Alex Hutchinson has written some articles about this topic. You can look at his Sweat Science blog if you're interested.

http://www.runnersworld.com/race-training/beta-alanine-lowers-800-meter-times

8 years ago 04/23/2015 12:12am EDT

re: rupp-certified saladbar

Beta alanine, caffeine, and citrulline malate. About 30-45 mins before runs so it hits while you're beginning the run. You want roughly 2g, 200-300mg, and 7g respectively

Take beta alanine daily to see most benefit. Constant caffeine use has diminishing effects. Idk which is best for citrulline, but I only take it before races.

8 years ago 04/23/2015 2:49am EDT

re: rupp-certified saladbar

magnesium is vital, and is one of the likeliest mineral deficiencies.

Caffeine can get you hyped up, but not to a point that you couldn't hype yourself up to without it, and once you build up tolerance you might be unable to perform without it. Just about all stimulants are legal out of competition, and pseudoephedrine and qat are legal to a limit in-competition too. As of 2014 at least. Qat is illegal in most western countries though.

It is silly to supplement with any amino acid that you can get just as easily by eating meat. New wonder-supplements would be rewriting the record books if they could do what they claim. The records are safe from beta-alanine.

8 years ago 04/23/2015 5:49am EDT

re: Bad Wigins

Bad Wigins wrote:
magnesium is vital, and is one of the likeliest mineral deficiencies.
Caffeine can get you hyped up, but not to a point that you couldn't hype yourself up to without it, and once you build up tolerance you might be unable to perform without it. Just about all stimulants are legal out of competition, and pseudoephedrine and qat are legal to a limit in-competition too. As of 2014 at least. Qat is illegal in most western countries though.
It is silly to supplement with any amino acid that you can get just as easily by eating meat. New wonder-supplements would be rewriting the record books if they could do what they claim. The records are safe from beta-alanine.

Sweet lord.

8 years ago 04/23/2015 7:13am EDT

re: Insufferable Know-It-All

Nobody grabbed your eyes and made you read anything, jackass.

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