Olympic lifters/Crossfit workout and diet thread

[convexx]

convexx, I tried to PM but can't, so I'll ask you here...

I want to start taking some of these supps. I'm 31yo now, 5'9 - 170lbs. I started training again as well.

Thinking to start off with this:

ALA, CoQ10, NAC, EPA oil, multi, BCAA supps.

I will go by your recommended daily dosages. Question on the EPA oil, you take 3-5g's a day, which is a decent amount, which one would you recommend? Would you add anything else?

That's weird. I checked my privacy settings and un-clicked the "member's only" box. I can be reached at risk*rb @ gmail off-site.

Any more than that gets in a fuzzy-area of potential endocrine disruption. You can (and should) take 3-4g.

 

[convexx]

Supplementation. Not related to resistance training; simply stuff I take daily and have for years. Largely Krebs/CA-cycle stuff as well as telomeric-action (base-pairs):

CoQ10 (1200mg)
Idebenone (300mg)
Acetyl L Carnitine (1000mg)
ALA (600mg)
EPA (3000mg)
Resveratrol (1000mg)
Pterostilbene (100mg)
MK-7 (180mcg)
Aspirin
Astragalus (TA-50) (varies)
Keto-DHEA (200mg)
DHEA (100mg)
SAM-e (400mcg)
multivitamin
D3
rhGH (3IU)
IGF-1 (transient)

Yes, I take each daily (save for IGF). I'll add my w/o supps later.

More complete list. Most are not essential, but if you have the time, energy and resources then this is what I would be on >40yo.

CoQ10 (1200mg)
Idebenone (300mg)
Acetyl L Carnitine (1000mg)
ALA (600mg)
EPA (3000mg)
Resveratrol (1000mg)
Pterostilbene (100mg)
MK-7 (180mcg)
Aspirin
Astragalus (TA-50) (varies)
Keto-DHEA (200mg)
DHEA (100mg)
SAM-e (400mcg)
multivitamin
D3

 

[convexx]

ALL adult men need to take at least a half of a regular aspirin (163mg) daily. It's the cheapest health insurance available.

 

[contra]

That's weird. I checked my privacy settings and un-clicked the "member's only" box. I can be reached at risk*rb @ gmail off-site.

Any more than that gets in a fuzzy-area of potential endocrine disruption. You can (and should) take 3-4g.

Thanks, yeah I wasn't sure if you still use the riskarb email. I have a shopping Cart at iherb ready to order when I get home, I'll drop you a line later.

When I try and go to your profile to pm, I get an error saying, "member limits who may view their profile."

 

[convexx]

Sure thing. Jarrow "Sustain" NAC is the best I've found. It's a bi-layer tab with one layer a depot and the other a fast-dissolve. It's hard on your gut (cramping and gas), but you must take on an empty stomach to avoid competition on uptake. Start slow with the NAC until you can "stomach" 2*600mg in the morning and 1*600mg some two hours after dinner.

 

[contra]

Sure thing. Jarrow "Sustain" NAC is the best I've found. It's a bi-layer tab with one layer a depot and the other a fast-dissolve. It's hard on your gut (cramping and gas), but you must take on an empty stomach to avoid competition on uptake. Start slow with the NAC until you can "stomach" 2*600mg in the morning and 1*600mg some two hours after dinner.

Cool. That's exactly why I wanted to run the list by you... I was going to go with Now brand for the NAC I think.

 

[convexx]

Cool. That's exactly why I wanted to run the list by you... I was going to go with Now brand for the NAC I think.

yeah, you've got potential for fetal position if you take 1200mg without acclimating. I do a glut IV four to five times a year, but that's admittedly extreme.

 

[contra]

yeah, you've got potential for fetal position if you take 1200mg without acclimating. I do a glut IV four to five times a year, but that's admittedly extreme.

lol... I'm slightly frightened of NAC now.

 

[convexx]

lol... I'm slightly frightened of NAC now.

ok, so you've now forced my hand and you're going to read the "Lucerne Incident" It's TMI, so be advised....




I am in Lucerne with family. A vacation by car traveling throughout the Alps. I always ship my supplements to the hotel in advance. I have my stuff with me and I have just taken NAC for the first time (other than traces in multi-formulas).

I take it on an empty stomach, maybe 2g IIRC. We're at the lake and head into town for lunch. I feel some gastric-distress lol and figure I'll go outside and pass some gas and all will be forgiven. It works momentarily and I go back into the restaurant. A few minutes later I unleash a chemical-attack and the family is in awe sitting there. My dad's face was beet-red.

I run into the bathroom and see that the toilet stall-doors have coin slots. I have zero change on me and I literally cannot move. Any movement would cause the cascade (down my leg). I have no choice but to drop trow and straddle the sink.

I finish and run out of there, family in tow. So yeah, be afraid and start with a half-tab.

 

[contra]

lol amazing story. You were not joking at all, powerful stuff.

Coin slots?? wtf... sometimes you have to do what you have to do though, shit happens. Half-tab it is! (and still worried). I'll make sure I'm at home when I kick things off.