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Do you really need supplements for muscle building?
Posted by Jon Cardozo at Mar 21st, 2009 in Nutrition
Are you the kind of guy who works hard all week to earn his money, only to spend it all at the supplement store? Why not save the money for a rainy day and focus on improving your training and nutrition? As much as you may not want to hear it, supplements are not going to replace the fundamentals of muscle building.
Muscle building supplements are not necessary and are often completely useless. Even protein shakes, although helpful and convenient, are not mandatory. You really can get all of your calories and protein from your diet. Protein drinks are convenient, but there’s nothing really magical about them.
I’ve always been fascinated by the world of business and marketing. You can learn a lot about this by visiting a store that sells muscle building supplements. Look at some of the packaging, and you’ll notice some big and bulky men staring at you underneath a catchy headline. The point of all this is to convince you that their products are absolutely necessary for success, or that they contained some magic ingredient that will give you instant results.
I once heard a well known trainer explain that supplements are mostly useless for building muscle.
He explained that the core of your results will come from your weightlifting exercises, your nutrition, and your recovery methods. Only when all of these fundamentals are in place should you even consider spending money on supplements. Even then, you may only see a slight boost in your performance. Chances are you’ll notice anything at all.
If you simply focus on mastering the basics, you’ll make more progress and save yourself some money in the process.
The basic principles of muscle growth are pretty simple. I’m not saying they’re easy to achieve, because they require quite a bit of discipline. However, the core principles have not changed. They remain progressive resistance training, proper recovery methods, and nutrition. Looking for a quick fix simply won’t do it for you.
The truth is that building muscle, like many things in life, is actually fairly straightforward. It requires effort, but the fundamental principles are not that complex. What is needed is a self discipline and persistence, which requires much more effort (and is much more rewarding) than popping a few pills or drinking some special powder. Only when you’ve mastered the basics and truly disciplined yourself should you even consider adding supplements.
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I’m not sure why I did it, but I was at a Jamba Juice a couple of years ago and they had a 24 Hour Fitness "Win 6 Months!" box and I guess I figured "what the hell" and entered.
Again, I have to reiterate, to this day I have no idea why I did that. Maybe I thought I needed to lose a few pounds or maybe I had suffered some temporary brain damage, but either way, I’d entered.
About a week later someone from 24 Hour Fitness called me and left me a message saying that I’d won two free weeks. I ignored the message and got several more, each one becoming more irate saying I really needed this gym membership, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, etc. Yikes.
Anyway, I’m glad the OP didn’t lose anything financially, and yeah, stay away from enter-to-win things.
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We joined the local mushroom club and we learned that there are LOTS of wild mushrooms around that one can eat. Great experience. Yeah, library is good, but a trained experienced person is good too. Lots of old European and Asian people are into mushroom hunting. We've also grown oyster mushrooms ourselves and they turned out pretty well. Bugs really love them, keep a very fine net over them or they will eat your mushrooms all up. Shiitake mushrooms seem pretty easy to grow at home too. Lots of ordering catalogues you can find on the net and at the library. Look amongst the seed catalogues at the library maybe. The librarian will help. Oh, FYI, did you know that those little white button mushrooms that you can buy at any supermarket — well, they are actually baby Portabella mushrooms! Yup. Portabellas are really not so special after all, just full-grown button-mushrooms. And they really jack up the price, eh?
But, on the other hand, just hit the Asian markets, and get some dried mushrooms. They are great and easy and tasty. Just soak them for like half an hour, drain, then throw them into your stirfry or whatever. One must cook mushrooms. Just like potatoes, they have natural toxins (which are not good for you) that will be nullified with cooking. Growing our own mushrooms was very interesting and a good experience, but in the end, it really wasn't worth all the trouble. We might try again someday, and try shiitake instead of oyster since all you need is a log of wood. Other mushrooms, you need a substrate which is lots of trouble. Additionally, start a garden too. A packet of one hundred seeds is so cheap, like a dollar, and can last years.
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