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11-29-2006, 02:17 PM
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Olifter - Supplements
What supplements would you recommend for a 34 year old former Crossfitter turned Olifter? I did Crossfit for 2 years and then nine months ago I decided to go full time with olympic lifting. I've been training 5 to 6 times a week with a coach and would like to qualifty for a national level meet before I get too old. I'm about 25 kilos short. I'm not looking for a magic pill but want to get everything in line for the next 5 months of training. What would you recommend?
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11-29-2006, 02:32 PM
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before you bother with any supplements, make sure your nutrition is squared away. creatine if you respond to it. maybe BCAAs pre and post training.
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11-30-2006, 04:05 AM
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Do you buy BCCAs seperately or as a complex? Any particular brand?
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12-04-2006, 05:44 AM
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Thanks
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12-04-2006, 06:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg Everett
before you bother with any supplements, make sure your nutrition is squared away. creatine if you respond to it. maybe BCAAs pre and post training.
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How much BCAA do you recommend? I've read all kinds of doses and it comes out to be a pretty expensive proposition from the doses I've heard. anywhere from 10 grams a day to 0.2g/bw to 20 grams a day. |
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12-08-2006, 11:22 AM
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i like the 0.15 - 0.2 g/lb/day approach split in half for pre- and post-training.
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02-11-2007, 02:05 PM
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Dose?
Greg, I'm shopping around on the BCAA's (Like Allen said, they're expensive!) What is the total amount of BCAA's per-serving of the MRM brand? It seems like a good price, but that all depends on how many servings I'm going to be going through each day with the stuff!
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02-11-2007, 03:21 PM
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I like Xtend. At 205 lbs., I take about 20-30gm per workout. I know Greg recommends MRM but the Xtend is cheaper. I wonder how the quality compares though since it seems that the MRM mix has just as many fans a Xtend. I really like Scivation/Primaforce's products being that they have great prices and, to me, quality products. I use their ZMA exclusively.
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02-11-2007, 05:29 PM
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Jesse - I guessing you're around 175 lbs or so, so you'd be looking at 26-35 g/serving (split into 2-3). so with a kilo of MRM you'd get 30-38 servings.
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