[Admin]

Do you take Vitamins and Supplements?

If yes could you post up what you take on a daily basis, when you take them and how much you take?

I'm curious to know what other lifters take to help keep their joints healthy. As you know I have my fair share of injuries from bad knees to a badly sore left shoulder. I've hurt other body parts in the past from wrists to back but those two, left shoulder and knees especially are my worst and nagging injuries.

Supps I currently own are...

Chewable Vitamin C High Strength (500mg):
On label the recommended dose is 'one a day - 500mg'

Cod Liver Oil & Evening Primrose Oil (1000mg):
On label the recommended dose is 'one capsule daily - 1000mg'. Also states do not exceed daily dose!

Glucosamine Sulphate (1000mg):
On label the recommended dose is 'one or two tablets daily - 1000mg per tablet'. Also states do not exceed daily dose!

I'm curious to know what supplements you think a lifter such as us i.e. a bodybuilder / powerlifter / strongman, someone who trains consistently throughout the year should take? Should we also keep to the recommended daily dose. If you don't then could you tell me how much you take from each of your daily supps?

I'm the types of person who buys supps but doesn't really bother to take them. Since I still have my supply, I'm thinking of taking them again but want to make sure I don't take too little or too much.

Any help would be appreciated.

If you have taken supplements which you strongly recommend others should take then post up your recommendations. I'd be curious to know what some of you recommend for bad knees etc.

Thanks.

[barrilzao]

I take daily a Wyeth Centrum, for vitamin supplementation.

For training purposes, just after the weight training, I use maltodextrin (quick absorbing carbs) and isolated whey protein.

[SBWILLIS]

A great vitamin for joints is alfalfa. It can take a while for the body to begin to process it but it does work.

For me, I take a complex multi-vitamin along with bee pollin, fish oil, and some times saw palmetto.

The bee pollen is good for allergies and saw palmetto is good for a healthy prostate. But more importantly they are a great appetite stimulants and for a smaller guy like me I have to eat a lot of calories every day. This does make it easier. The fish oil is a good source of the good fats and lipods that the body needs.

[irony]

It seems to me that the Western diet is not lacking in nutrients - instead it is excessive in sugar and deficient in fibre. Hence Westerner's become diabetic, prone to heart disease, constipated and full of diverticuli.

The solution would seem to be less sugar, more fibre and lifting heavy weights... vegetables, fruits, protein and not supplements.

[big rob]

i take
vitamin D, for the north west is lacking in sun and D has some of the greatest benifits like dealing with hormones
vitamin C, for immune but more for the cortisol(hormone that eats muscle)fighting effect
chromium picnoliate, for insulin support
magnesium, i think it is lacking in my diet and i have read good things
and a basic multi-vitamin
with a heavy work load and trying to diet supps are usually needed can add tremendous support but i recommend basic supps like you can get at any pharmacy not GNC