| Look through any bodybuilding or fitness magazine and | | | | replacement bars on the market today that contain |
| you will be absolutely inundated with advertisements | | | | whey protein. These are useful for our busy lifestyles |
| for products that promise everything from muscle | | | | because it is so easy to throw a high quality whey |
| gains, fat loss, getting ripped and getting energized. This | | | | protein bar into your backpack, purse, or briefcase and |
| tends to leave the average person who wants to | | | | eat that instead of some fatty fast food. They come |
| work out to improve his or her physique to look good | | | | in a variety of flavours and you can be sure to find a |
| and feel better in a bit of a dilemma regarding what | | | | few that you will find delicious. And one protein bar is |
| supplements to use. | | | | usually much less expensive than a meal at a fast |
| First of all suffice it to say that the people who are | | | | food joint. A great idea is to buy them by the box so |
| benefiting the most from the supplement industry are | | | | you have them readily available. |
| the owners of the various supplement companies. | | | | Much has been written about creatine. Most studies |
| Individuals are extremely body conscious in this day | | | | seem to support the fact that creatine can assist |
| and age. Savvy marketers take advantage of this | | | | athletes in their quest to build and maintain lean, |
| trend and cater to the quick fix mentality that | | | | muscular physiques. Creatine is one of the sources of |
| characterizes our modern society. | | | | energy that your body relies on when performing |
| No supplement is going to radically change your | | | | anaerobic (or resistance) training. The theory is that if |
| physique. There is no substitute for a consistent, | | | | your muscles have more creatine available to be |
| persistent and intelligent training and diet routine. Even | | | | utilized, they will be able to do more work. This |
| steroid use, which is definitely not being advocated or | | | | translates into lifting more and heavier weights which, in |
| even discussed here, will have minimal results without | | | | turn, can lead to bigger muscles. |
| the above. So before you even start worrying about | | | | Creatine also seems to have the effect of adding |
| what fat burner may be effective, get some months | | | | volume to your muscle cells which makes your |
| of serious training and dieting under your belt. Yes, you | | | | muscles appear bigger. If you have already been |
| heard that right, not weeks but months. | | | | training and following a healthy diet, you may want to |
| Unless you have money to burn and not many of us | | | | consider trying creatine. Many people have achieved |
| do, keep your supplement use very conservative and | | | | great results with this supplement at dosages of 3-5 |
| smart. Many of these "new and miraculous" products | | | | mg. per day. Creatine monohydrate or micronized |
| are very expensive and, for the most part, very | | | | creatine are probably the best forms to use. A good |
| ineffective. Supplements are just that, an addition to | | | | idea is to put it in your post-workout whey protein |
| your usual diet. You will achieve the best results by | | | | shake. |
| eating whole food meals whenever possible. Always | | | | Glutamine is an amino acid that has been implicated in |
| choose a nutritious whole food meal as opposed to | | | | tissue repair and thus can aid in workout recovery. |
| ingesting some type of supplement. | | | | When you train with weights, your muscle tissue is put |
| The first thing you should consider taking is a daily | | | | under strain and suffers very tiny tears that need to |
| vitamin/mineral supplement. This will ensure that your | | | | be repaired. Many athletes have found that |
| body has all the essential nutrients it needs to be | | | | supplementing their diets with glutamine allows them to |
| healthy. Combine this with vitamin C at a dosage of | | | | accelerate this process and make faster gains. Try |
| 1-3,000 mg. per day as an anti-oxidant. This provides | | | | adding 5 mg. to your post-workout shake. |
| an excellent base to start from for an active person. | | | | As far as any other supplements are concerned, it is |
| The next product very worth looking into is whey | | | | highly recommended that you establish an effective |
| protein for its high biological value and easy absorption. | | | | routine following the guidelines above before you |
| Whey protein is especially effective immediately | | | | dabble in anything else. Another thing to keep in mind is |
| following a workout when your muscles are fatigued | | | | that some of these "exotic" supplements will work for |
| and starving for nutrition. Whey isolate is the best as it | | | | some people and not others. Huge results can be |
| is the purest and highest in protein content. Whey | | | | realized in physique training by simply training hard and |
| protein is also great first thing in the morning. | | | | eating right. |
| There are also many terrific protein bars and meal | | | | |