dragonfly
Well-known member
Supplement use or abuse ?!
And so you think you got it all, 1) you eat clean,
2) train hard, 3) take the right supplements. However, you look in the mirror and they are still there, the remnants of a sausage-roll belly, saddlebags, underarm flab, cottage cheese thighs, whatever “mother nature” gave you to your uttermost annoyance and frustration. You’re so desperate to get rid of these perpetrators of your envisaged physique that you spend your hard earned pay check and get into the latest trend, the supplement frenzy. The next thing you know, you’re drowning down millions of “magic” pills a day as if you were a terminal AIDS patient. And yet the mirror image is still the same. So you go and swallow more pills. You may even try different stacks, You may try the whole bloody lot !! And yet, the mirror image is still the same. And you ask why? Bad genetics, bad karma, bad day…EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES !!! One thing that everyone has excess off. :burg::whiner::rant:
Let me ask you this, in all honesty, DO YOU REALLY 1) EAT CLEAN and 2) TRAIN HARD ? Top notch physique requires commitment, dedication and willpower to 1) EAT CLEAN and 2) TRAIN HARD and NO (not nitric oxide, you sup nerd!!!), supplement can substitute for the lack of COMMITMENT, DEDICATION AND WILLPOWER.
The most effective and most ignored fatloss/muscle building strategy – ditch the junk !! :dump:
Yes, you’ve heard it many times before and it is almost borderline boring to repeat it but “junk in equals junk out” and “you are what you eat” . Do you even understand the concept of eating clean ? Congratulations if you do, but most people only think they do. OK, to cut it short, the list of clean foods does not include whey protein powders, pre-workout drink powders, low fat milk, whole grain bread, pasta, high protein meal-replacement bars…do you get it ? Anything that is man-made is artificial. Artificial foods contain synthetic junk, colours, preservatives, stabilizers, flavour-enhancers, emulsifiers and all sorts of stuff that our bodies are not able to process. The list extends further to non-organic produce that is contaminated with pesticides and herbicides. The liver is capable of breaking down this crap only to a certain point. If there is an overload of junk that the liver can’t handle, it gets stored. And guess where it gets stored ? You’ve heard the potential risk of chemical poisoning by over-consumption of fat fish or fish oil. Yes, the omega-3s that come in fish oils are indeed beneficial, but not if they come with the spice of mercury or PCBs. Yes, you’ve guessed right, toxic junk that can’t get disposed off gets stored in adipose tissue, aka bodyfat, cottage cheese lumps, belly flab, whatever you want to call it. One reason why this happens is because a lot of toxic compounds are lipophilic (or in common terms - have high affinity for fat/fat soluble). If you are eating junk, the body has no reason to burn the fat. It is holding onto it, it needs it as a rubbish bin. Obviously not all toxic compounds are fat soluble, however, they can still hinder your fatloss and muscle building progress. The reason is dead simple, if the liver is too busy breaking down toxins, then it can’t efficiently perform its other major duties, namely protein synthesis and fat oxidation (“burning”).
Avoiding all contaminants and toxins is practically impossible but sure as hell you can minimize your exposure to them. To do this requires a lifestyle change and that is hard and can also be very time consuming. Nevertheless, mediocre effort produces mediocre results, if you’re happy with that fine, if you’re not, have a look at your pre-workout drink and the list of ingredients. You may find something like this:
Nitro-Fuel-Fusion: 4.05g
(Di-L-Arginine-L-Malate, Arginine-AKG, Phytic Acid, L-Citrulline-Malate, L-Norvaline)
Tricreatine-Fusion: 4.00 g
(Dicreatine-Malate, Monocreatine-Malate, Creatine Anhydrous)
Gluta-Sorp / NAGTM Matrix: 2.00 g
(N-Acetyl-L-Glutamine, Fermented L-Glutamine)
Other Ingredients:
Natural and Artificial Flavors, Aspartame, Acesulfame-K, F.D. & C. Colors (Red No. 40 and Yellow No.5). :wtf: ??!!!
The "other ingredients" CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO MUSCLE BUILDING OR FAT LOSS, THEY ARE PURE AND UTTER JUNK AND YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT !!!!!Your favourite whey protein powder, cookies and cream flavour ?, Hmmm, ever wondered how they managed to do that ?! Sorry, but there is no natural way that tuna or egg whites or pure whey for that matter, will ever taste like cookies and cream. Yes, I know, we are all humans and we cannot exist on celery sticks, rice and egg whites 6X a day. I’m not saying, ditch your favourite whey powder just use it sparingly or investigate better alternatives. Don’t ditch your favourite supplements either, however, do not base your muscle building/fatloss quest upon them. They will only work if everything else is in order. In the end, do not take my word for anything, I’m just a mad scientist angry at the world :saw:. Few of us out there and some of our “angry talk” even gets published:
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And so you think you got it all, 1) you eat clean,
2) train hard, 3) take the right supplements. However, you look in the mirror and they are still there, the remnants of a sausage-roll belly, saddlebags, underarm flab, cottage cheese thighs, whatever “mother nature” gave you to your uttermost annoyance and frustration. You’re so desperate to get rid of these perpetrators of your envisaged physique that you spend your hard earned pay check and get into the latest trend, the supplement frenzy. The next thing you know, you’re drowning down millions of “magic” pills a day as if you were a terminal AIDS patient. And yet the mirror image is still the same. So you go and swallow more pills. You may even try different stacks, You may try the whole bloody lot !! And yet, the mirror image is still the same. And you ask why? Bad genetics, bad karma, bad day…EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES !!! One thing that everyone has excess off. :burg::whiner::rant:
Let me ask you this, in all honesty, DO YOU REALLY 1) EAT CLEAN and 2) TRAIN HARD ? Top notch physique requires commitment, dedication and willpower to 1) EAT CLEAN and 2) TRAIN HARD and NO (not nitric oxide, you sup nerd!!!), supplement can substitute for the lack of COMMITMENT, DEDICATION AND WILLPOWER.
The most effective and most ignored fatloss/muscle building strategy – ditch the junk !! :dump:
Yes, you’ve heard it many times before and it is almost borderline boring to repeat it but “junk in equals junk out” and “you are what you eat” . Do you even understand the concept of eating clean ? Congratulations if you do, but most people only think they do. OK, to cut it short, the list of clean foods does not include whey protein powders, pre-workout drink powders, low fat milk, whole grain bread, pasta, high protein meal-replacement bars…do you get it ? Anything that is man-made is artificial. Artificial foods contain synthetic junk, colours, preservatives, stabilizers, flavour-enhancers, emulsifiers and all sorts of stuff that our bodies are not able to process. The list extends further to non-organic produce that is contaminated with pesticides and herbicides. The liver is capable of breaking down this crap only to a certain point. If there is an overload of junk that the liver can’t handle, it gets stored. And guess where it gets stored ? You’ve heard the potential risk of chemical poisoning by over-consumption of fat fish or fish oil. Yes, the omega-3s that come in fish oils are indeed beneficial, but not if they come with the spice of mercury or PCBs. Yes, you’ve guessed right, toxic junk that can’t get disposed off gets stored in adipose tissue, aka bodyfat, cottage cheese lumps, belly flab, whatever you want to call it. One reason why this happens is because a lot of toxic compounds are lipophilic (or in common terms - have high affinity for fat/fat soluble). If you are eating junk, the body has no reason to burn the fat. It is holding onto it, it needs it as a rubbish bin. Obviously not all toxic compounds are fat soluble, however, they can still hinder your fatloss and muscle building progress. The reason is dead simple, if the liver is too busy breaking down toxins, then it can’t efficiently perform its other major duties, namely protein synthesis and fat oxidation (“burning”).
Avoiding all contaminants and toxins is practically impossible but sure as hell you can minimize your exposure to them. To do this requires a lifestyle change and that is hard and can also be very time consuming. Nevertheless, mediocre effort produces mediocre results, if you’re happy with that fine, if you’re not, have a look at your pre-workout drink and the list of ingredients. You may find something like this:
Nitro-Fuel-Fusion: 4.05g
(Di-L-Arginine-L-Malate, Arginine-AKG, Phytic Acid, L-Citrulline-Malate, L-Norvaline)
Tricreatine-Fusion: 4.00 g
(Dicreatine-Malate, Monocreatine-Malate, Creatine Anhydrous)
Gluta-Sorp / NAGTM Matrix: 2.00 g
(N-Acetyl-L-Glutamine, Fermented L-Glutamine)
Other Ingredients:
Natural and Artificial Flavors, Aspartame, Acesulfame-K, F.D. & C. Colors (Red No. 40 and Yellow No.5). :wtf: ??!!!
The "other ingredients" CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO MUSCLE BUILDING OR FAT LOSS, THEY ARE PURE AND UTTER JUNK AND YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT !!!!!Your favourite whey protein powder, cookies and cream flavour ?, Hmmm, ever wondered how they managed to do that ?! Sorry, but there is no natural way that tuna or egg whites or pure whey for that matter, will ever taste like cookies and cream. Yes, I know, we are all humans and we cannot exist on celery sticks, rice and egg whites 6X a day. I’m not saying, ditch your favourite whey powder just use it sparingly or investigate better alternatives. Don’t ditch your favourite supplements either, however, do not base your muscle building/fatloss quest upon them. They will only work if everything else is in order. In the end, do not take my word for anything, I’m just a mad scientist angry at the world :saw:. Few of us out there and some of our “angry talk” even gets published:
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(ok, there is a certain amount of pleasure in that I admit), and I'm NOT happy with average results. So if busting my plateau means I have to clean my act up a bit, so be it. Buy a water filter, some organic veggies, a baking dish, go easier on “cookies’n’cream” protein shakes and that is already a big improvement. As with any change, the hardest thing is to start. Once you get it going, soon enough it becomes a routine and you realize it wasn’t that hard to do it after all.