Alright, so I’m looking for the ultimate performance/recovery stack for a division 1 track and field athlete (sprinter/jumper). Money is not an issue. I have 2 hard workouts a day, 5 days a week. I have a sound diet, and have been on ZMA, creatine, and general dietary supplements up til this point.
I have a few questions in particular…Are any of the following products NCAA banned? Would there be any problems with using/cycling them all together?
Biotest Stuff…
BETA-7
BCAA’s
Alpha Male
REZ-V
Se7en
ZMA
Micronized German Creatine
Surge (Post Workout)
Power Drive (Pre Workout)
Flameout
I am considering, at least initially, substituting in HOT-ROX Extreme and TRIBEX Gold for the Alpha Male to drop my BF down to a minimum. Additionally, considering I am a jumper, would Power Drive be better PWO since jumping is so CNS intensive?
Finally…Is there anything missing? Is there anything redundant? Any and all suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Steve, my son is a high school senior with plans of running track in college, any experience you have and could share would be appreciated. He’s been using the BCAA, BETA-7, Surge, and Biotest Protein and it has really helped him out.
Read the articles about the supplements, they will be useful. You gotta check with the NCAA for regulations, they gone back and forth before about banning even creatine so definitely check before you take test boosters and the like.
[quote]sniper1 wrote:
Steve, my son is a high school senior with plans of running track in college, any experience you have and could share would be appreciated. He’s been using the BCAA, BETA-7, Surge, and Biotest Protein and it has really helped him out.[/quote]
Sniper, I’d love to give him a few tips…What events is he involved in?
[quote]GetSwole wrote:
Read the articles about the supplements, they will be useful. You gotta check with the NCAA for regulations, they gone back and forth before about banning even creatine so definitely check before you take test boosters and the like. [/quote]
Yeah, the NCAA is really strict about stuff. Ask your coach; almost sure creatine is not allowed along with most stimulants. A lot of players still take the stuff though.
100m, 200m, and they want him to run the 400m this year. He’s running at LSU on Jan 12, 55m and the 4x200. He’s been hampered by injuries the last two years, torn ACL during football sophomore year. Last year in his first meet he was winning the 100m at about the 60m mark when he pulled a hamstring pretty bad.
They think the hamstring pull was due to the ACL surgery, his leg was compensating for the weaker leg the surgery was on. He has since concentrated on rehabbing and strengthening the leg, had a great football season with no injuries or bothers at all from the hamstring.
Sorry to hear about those injuries. I’m primarily a long/high jumper and I sprint when needed. Personally, college track was an enormous adjustment. Track, in general, is an absolutely brutal sport, and the most important thing I’d suggest is definitely learning to stay healthy. Before he even starts worrying about correct technique, workouts, nutritional supplements, etc, make sure he’s doing all the little things right. Get him into the habit of stretching 3-4 times a day, eating small portions every 2-3 hours, drinking copious amounts of water, doing “hot-colds” in the shower after practice. Nearly everyone picks up nagging injuries during the intense change of pace in the preseason, and if he can work to prevent that, he’ll be a significant step ahead of everyone.
Additionally, does he have the ability to make himself confident at any given time? An athlete’s mentality is overlooked by coaches far too often. There are many resources out there to coach mentality, but I’ve personally found Pete Siegel’s material to be the best. The last thing I can think of off the top of my head is to get him “The Stick” http://www.thestick.com . It’s a handy little tool that helps to improve flexibility and recovery.
His injuries were bitter-sweet in that one regard, he works tirelessly at staying healthy and injury free. He just recently started working with a track coach that seems like he’s pretty knowledgable. The school coaches are pretty much offseason football coaches that get stuck with track, so we’re hoping this new coach helps also, he’s pretty impressed with my son so far, says he’s got great work ethic. I will check into Pete Siegel material and look at the stick. I really appreciate your input.
[quote]SpeedySteve wrote:
Are any of the following products NCAA banned?[/quote]
I believe that NCAA coaches are not allowed to GIVE their athletes beta alanine (Beta-7 in this case), but if the athlete takes it on his/her own, then it’s A-OK.
Sniper,
Another thing you can tell him to do is learn to walk on the balls of his feet. It’s not the most pleasant thing, but after awhile you get good enough to walk flat-footed while keeping all the weight on the front of the foot.
It’s a rapid, effective way to increase the strength of the calves and foot tendons/muscles. While it sounds pretty goofy, I’ve seen many athletes increase their vertical leap by 1-2 inches by doing this for merely 2 weeks. Good luck!