I'm not really on any supplements right now except fishoil and I take a pre-workout about 50% of the time. When I do, I typically take C4 which says it has 1g of creatine in it, and I used to take probalby 15-20g of creatine.
I've been feeling really good about myself this year and I've started questioning the value of most supplments.
with one exception. My squats absolutely suck. last fall I PR'd at 320 back squat (with a 450 deadlift) and right now even 225 feels grueling. I've been doing a lot of hypertrophy work and I feel like its helped build bigger arms, lats, and chest. I'm happy with the hypertrophy results. I'm staying lean and kept my abs all winter. BUT overall brute strength is down.
squats, deadlifts, jerk, snatch, all down. I have dealt with some tightness in the lower back, but I'm starting to think that maybe its the lack of additional supplementation that's got me down.
I'm performing OK on general conditioning and wods (xfit) but brute strength is down.
My old pre-workout that seemed to lead to PRs was:
creatine, stim, BCAA, and carbo plus (25g).
maybe its time to get back into that.
To Infinity, and Beyond! - Page 42
long story short.. when coming off creatine, have you guys noticed that your top end strength numbers could drop, while every other performance matrix would stay high? If not for my squats and deads sucking so much, I'd not suspect there was an issue at all.
I've been feeling really good about myself this year and I've started questioning the value of most supplments.
with one exception. My squats absolutely suck. last fall I PR'd at 320 back squat (with a 450 deadlift) and right now even 225 feels grueling. I've been doing a lot of hypertrophy work and I feel like its helped build bigger arms, lats, and chest. I'm happy with the hypertrophy results. I'm staying lean and kept my abs all winter. BUT overall brute strength is down.
squats, deadlifts, jerk, snatch, all down. I have dealt with some tightness in the lower back, but I'm starting to think that maybe its the lack of additional supplementation that's got me down.
I'm performing OK on general conditioning and wods (xfit) but brute strength is down.
My old pre-workout that seemed to lead to PRs was:
creatine, stim, BCAA, and carbo plus (25g).
maybe its time to get back into that.
To Infinity, and Beyond! - Page 42
long story short.. when coming off creatine, have you guys noticed that your top end strength numbers could drop, while every other performance matrix would stay high? If not for my squats and deads sucking so much, I'd not suspect there was an issue at all.