giantoctopus
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Hi all,
I had been going to a body building gym for a little over a year where I had made some good gains both physically and mentally - unfortunately I stupidly fell down the stairs while on my phone (had it been a beer not a drop would have been spilt) and broke 3 bones in my ankle.
This took me out of action for about 5-6 months as I suffered some complications while healing and now have occasional pain and numbness over areas of my affected foot.
The accident made it difficult for me to shop etc so I found myself relying on takeaways and due to the complications I pretty much was a house slob for that 5-6 months.
After my foot healed life took over and I ended up with a new job and moving house - things have only just started to settle down and upon jumping on the scales im now a good 10kg heavier than a year ago and have lost a large proportion of muscle tone.
I'm about to head back to the gym this week where I was going to focus on getting my fitness level backup up as well as easing my ankle into exercise. I've been considering taking up some core strengthening classes as well to see if that will make any overall differences to my workouts.
I've been reading a lot of the forums and through a process of elimination I ended up with the following sups:
Recreate, CLA, AP, Modern BCAA, Jack3d,ZMA,Powerfull.
To me it looks like a lot (even more so because my order was stuffed up) - I havent really taken sups before to lose weight or gain (only protein shakes and a multi if they count) so I'm seeking a bit of advice on this front. I've read good things about a Recreate + AP + CLA stack but I'm unsure if that also includes mixing in some BCAA's or jack3d etc in with it.
I'm looking to document what I can as I go and am also eagerly looking for some good knowledge about nutrition / food plan / meal prep etc as I need to work my way out of my current bad food habits.
I'ld appreciate any and all feedback.
I had been going to a body building gym for a little over a year where I had made some good gains both physically and mentally - unfortunately I stupidly fell down the stairs while on my phone (had it been a beer not a drop would have been spilt) and broke 3 bones in my ankle.
This took me out of action for about 5-6 months as I suffered some complications while healing and now have occasional pain and numbness over areas of my affected foot.
The accident made it difficult for me to shop etc so I found myself relying on takeaways and due to the complications I pretty much was a house slob for that 5-6 months.
After my foot healed life took over and I ended up with a new job and moving house - things have only just started to settle down and upon jumping on the scales im now a good 10kg heavier than a year ago and have lost a large proportion of muscle tone.
I'm about to head back to the gym this week where I was going to focus on getting my fitness level backup up as well as easing my ankle into exercise. I've been considering taking up some core strengthening classes as well to see if that will make any overall differences to my workouts.
I've been reading a lot of the forums and through a process of elimination I ended up with the following sups:
Recreate, CLA, AP, Modern BCAA, Jack3d,ZMA,Powerfull.
To me it looks like a lot (even more so because my order was stuffed up) - I havent really taken sups before to lose weight or gain (only protein shakes and a multi if they count) so I'm seeking a bit of advice on this front. I've read good things about a Recreate + AP + CLA stack but I'm unsure if that also includes mixing in some BCAA's or jack3d etc in with it.
I'm looking to document what I can as I go and am also eagerly looking for some good knowledge about nutrition / food plan / meal prep etc as I need to work my way out of my current bad food habits.
I'ld appreciate any and all feedback.