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    Supplements - to Take or Not to Take?

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    I think that's normal. If you want to avoid this dillema I suggest you don't work a set to failure. Set a rep range (goal). Do not do more even if you're capable. Jack up the weight if things become too easy. As for creatine, yes it's normal for users to experience added muscular endurance because you recycle ATP more efficiently. In other words, creatine prolongs the workload you can handle while doing anaerobic work.

     

    thanx for the info master

    keep you update on the result of my work out

    Supplements - to Take or Not to Take?

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    My Opinion:

     

    Weight Gainer:

    Please remember that the weight gainer should be treated as a supplement and not as a meal replacement. Thus, this must not substitute a well balanced meal on you breakfast, lunch or supper. If you'd ask me, the "golden time" to take half a serving or even 1/3 of the recomended serving (I never really buy the idea of mixing in 2-3 giant cups as intructed in the directions because I strongly believe that your body can only assimilate much per ingestion of food per sitting.) is before working out and immediately or during your workout. Now, you can squeez the other half or 1/3 serving in between "meals."

     

    On Whey:

    You seem to have a budget for supplementation combining whey and a weight gainer. If you're trying to gain weight, I don't think whey is necessary if you're equipped with a quality weight gain shake. This eqoes my suggestion above as using the weight gainer as your post workout shake. It's got carbs, protein (from whey also...check the ingredients list) and fats. If you'd ask me, a perfect combination of macro-nutritional requirements needed for recovery as compared to taking whey alone for post work out.

     

    Now if you've already reached your target weight, you can let go of your weight gain supplement and nicely substitute it with the whey if you're not really cocnerned of surplus calorie ingestions anymore. But if you insist on taking whey along, and are open to the suggestion on how to take the weight gainer, taking whey before going to bed will be nice.

     

    On creatine:

    How to take creatine is really debatable amongst athletes and gym goers alike. In the 90's era when creatine was first introduced, it was suggested that you take in one serving prior to training. However, today, it seems that taking creatine after working out seems to be practiced more rather than taking it before. Some people say that creatine may be absorbed better when pushed with your post workout drink because of the insulin spike induced by the sudden rise of blood sugar when carbs are ingested. You may want to experiment what will work for you. But the most important thing to remember while taking creatine is that you should take in huge amounts of water while on it. One, creatine promotes hydration in muscles (and may promote weight gain due to added water weight) and two, with the ingestion of creatine comes its waste product creatinine. Creatinine offers little or almost no benefit at all to the body and can be harmful to the kidneys because it can promote "stone" build up (please remember than creatine monohydrate has a molecular structure similar to salts). It is wise to be hydrated to this stage to ensure healthy excretion of excess waste products.

     

    On your chest Workout:

    First question: If your trying to gain mass and muscle, why the hell are you doing flyes? :upside: Seriously, If you'd listen to me, stick to the standard bench press/dumbell press and dips. That will pack on pec muscles more efficiently. Forget about the flyes for now.

     

    2nd question: Are you using any lifting gloves? wrist straps while lifting at that point? If yes they may be blocking proper bloodflow on your arms causing the numbness feeling.

     

    3rd question: Are you sure your were gripping the dumbells properly? You might not know be conscious of it but you wrist must have been "positioned" in a wrong angle causing an unnatural execution of the excercise. For one, flyes are specialised movement as an attempt to focus the stress to the pec muscles. It's not really a "natural" motion to execute thus, you must be very carefull with this excercise because this can cause rotator cuff tear, wrist problems and even pec tear due to over stretching of the muscle.

     

    In my opinion, numbness happens when there's too much or to little blood flow in a given area. Stoping the excercise is the wisest thing to do. If there's pain afterwards, you might want to seek medical consultations.

     

    Just my opinion.

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    thanx for the info master

    just curious, when i took creatine m several years ago,

    i noticed that i had more strenght and endurance during my work out

    i dont know if this is physcological :blush:

    then when i take creat on my rest day,

    para naman syang viagra to me

    dont know if this a good thing :hypocritesmiley:

    after the one 50 capsules i stopped

    Supplements - to Take or Not to Take?

    in Health and Fitness

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    mga masters,

     

    q? lang

    currently im taking GNC weight gainer

    then during my work out day, i take pro whey

     

    then im planing to add to take creatine before my work out

    is this a suggested combination,

     

    last q?

    in the middle of my chest program

    last week i was having a bench flies, and when suddenly i felt that my right arm-was numb

    yun tipong di mo na maramdaman, so i cannot carry the dumbells i was using, so i stopped

     

    what happen there ? can the masters explain

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