Justlooking5
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When I was in my best conditioning (circa early 2000s), I was doing cycles of gear, but another thing I did while on or off was take what today would be considered large doses of omega 3s. I used to eat a crapload of flaxseed/Udo's Choice and later liquid fish oil.
I recently read about Poliquin's recommendation (can't find the original article now) that to gain mass you should try eating 30-45g of fish oil per day, which is really only 2-3 tablespoons, or about the grams of fat in 1/2 lbs. of salmon: https://www.google.com/#q=1+lb+salmon+nutrition
Anyway, so I have been taking a measly 2-3g of fish oil per day for awhile, and decided to up it to 30g/day. I started noticing improvements in mood and motivation, and my recovery seems better. Libido is higher, and I feel clearer headed as well.
This morning I took 10g prior to training, and I looked way better in the gym today than I have in awhile. I looked fairly "enhanced," I thought. Muscles were pumped/"blown up" looking and hard but I looked cut and vascular at the same time, more like back in the old days. Lately, I've felt I have looked more smooth and soft but today was a big difference. Though no real difference in strength.
Poliquin says you can't be anabolic without enough omega-3s. I am guessing I have been deficient in omega-3s as I rarely eat fish (local food store only has crappy frozen salmon) and mainly eat grass fed meats, chicken etc. so upping the omega 3s has helped me more than it might other people.
However, I was thinking about how back in the early 2000s many of us were eating tons of flaxseed, udo's choice, fish oil, several tablespoons at a time, probably 50-80g+ omega-3s per day. Today, people are doing like 2g as the standard dose of fish oil caps.
I know fish oil can thin the blood, but if you're eating a 1/2 to 1 lbs. of fish per day living in Asia for example, you're presumably getting at least 30-60g of fish oil.
Are we neglecting the benefits of higher dose omega-3s?
(BTW, I am using a "freshly caught" brand where it tells you when it was packaged (recently) and supposedly it is free of PCBs, metals etc. I've read freshness/low toxins can be important in terms of getting good results.
I recently read about Poliquin's recommendation (can't find the original article now) that to gain mass you should try eating 30-45g of fish oil per day, which is really only 2-3 tablespoons, or about the grams of fat in 1/2 lbs. of salmon: https://www.google.com/#q=1+lb+salmon+nutrition
Anyway, so I have been taking a measly 2-3g of fish oil per day for awhile, and decided to up it to 30g/day. I started noticing improvements in mood and motivation, and my recovery seems better. Libido is higher, and I feel clearer headed as well.
This morning I took 10g prior to training, and I looked way better in the gym today than I have in awhile. I looked fairly "enhanced," I thought. Muscles were pumped/"blown up" looking and hard but I looked cut and vascular at the same time, more like back in the old days. Lately, I've felt I have looked more smooth and soft but today was a big difference. Though no real difference in strength.
Poliquin says you can't be anabolic without enough omega-3s. I am guessing I have been deficient in omega-3s as I rarely eat fish (local food store only has crappy frozen salmon) and mainly eat grass fed meats, chicken etc. so upping the omega 3s has helped me more than it might other people.
However, I was thinking about how back in the early 2000s many of us were eating tons of flaxseed, udo's choice, fish oil, several tablespoons at a time, probably 50-80g+ omega-3s per day. Today, people are doing like 2g as the standard dose of fish oil caps.
I know fish oil can thin the blood, but if you're eating a 1/2 to 1 lbs. of fish per day living in Asia for example, you're presumably getting at least 30-60g of fish oil.
Are we neglecting the benefits of higher dose omega-3s?
(BTW, I am using a "freshly caught" brand where it tells you when it was packaged (recently) and supposedly it is free of PCBs, metals etc. I've read freshness/low toxins can be important in terms of getting good results.