Since we’re all a bunch of active tankies over here, I wanted to discuss the usage of supplements.
In Belgium/The Netherlands the majority of the fitfluencers have convinced their young audience that you won’t be able to get ripped if you don’t take their 40 euro pre workout filled with near lethal amounts of caffeine.
Of course, you don’t need to take all these things in order to improve your physical health. I myself, for example, quit using supplements apart from some vitamin B and calcium supplements (mainly because I eat plant based food and you tend to get shortages of these two things faster). I used to take (vegan) protein shakes for a while but they always upset my stomach and I figured I might as well get my nutrients from food alone.
What kind of, if any, supplements do you take? And how does it benefit you?
Zinc, but that’s mainly for sleep. Creatine for the well known benefits. Just leaves you with some extra reps in the tank, I also feel like I get much better pumps with it and generally makes me a bit ‘fuller’.
Other than that Vitamine D in the darker seasons and I usually do have some whey at home when I feel like I could need some extra protein on a day. Don’t really take it regularly tho, quark is my main daily protein ‘supplement’.
Back in the old days I tried all kinds of shit. Old Jack3d even. All kinds of boosters, arginine, bcaas and whatever. Mostly a big as waste of money imo. Coffee/caffeine are good enough if you really need a booster.
Overall imo just eat well, maybe use creatine, because it’s dirt cheap and proven to work. If you struggle meeting protein targets, get a powder. That’s all you should need. Possibly some minerals/vitamines if you can’t get them through diet.
Oh man. I remember when I just started training at the gym and this got banned (?) not long before that. I had all kinds of people wanting to sell me this stuff saying it was banned because it was ‘too good’. Scum.
Haha yeah this stuff was wild at the time. It was funny too, because in my home town the “gym hype” hadn’t really kicked off and I was in a mega casual gym at the time. Like half the people were seniors, didn’t even have a squatrack. And there I was blasting the early Jack3d version laced with literal amphetamines (which is why it got banned) to boost up my DLs lol. Wild they’d sell this to you at the gym. Pretty much selling a speed-derivative to an underages (I assume) gym goer
Good on ya for refusing it though. And honestly I don’t think you missed anything - first time I took a heavy caffeine booster was much more intense to me.
Perks of growing up in an extremely sketchy town. Drugs, steroids, whatever, it’s everywhere there.
I know how amphetamines feel, I can see why you’d be able to boost your performance with it, but never in my life would I dare to take amphetamines before going to the gym lol. My heart is getting scared just thinking about it.
Yeah thinking about it now it does sound insane lol. I was just an ignorant/naive teenager with no experience of stimulants at the time so I just thought “oh well how strong can it be if they sell it over the counter” and rolled with it. Well, legal amphetamine is still amphetamine
You ever tried the sauce then tho? Or did you defend the natty card?
Nope, I’ve always been natty (no, mom, creatin and protein shakes are not steroids). Not judging people who do gear, just not for me.