Hey guys. I live overseas, and each year I allot a chunk of cash to a supplement spending spree too stock up for the year - because international shipping is a bitch.
I have worked out a couple options and would like to hear your opinions or improvements. Essentially I use peri-workout nutrition, fish oil and zma. The latter 2 I don’t always consider as essential items, because I can usually find them wherever I am living. So…
Option A - Anaconda Protocol 1 x3
Anaconda Value Pack x 1
4 MAG-10
A couple HOT-ROX
Option B - Anaconda Protocol 1 x 2
Anaconda value pack x1
4 MAG-10
4 Surge Original
4 Surge Workout Fuel
2 HOT-ROX
Both orders could possibly include a years worth of zma. I have about 1500 bucks to spend. THoughts?
To me it all depends on your objectives and how you respond to each supplement.
For peri-workout nutrition, I’d go with Anaconda Protocol 2 with the FINiBAR Value Pack.
Gotta have another FINiBAR Value pack in there… so I’d just do 2 protocols and a value pack of each.
[quote]MattyG35 wrote:
This looks terrible.[/quote]
I agree with you b/c he’s buying for the entire year. It’s only covering 2 out of the 4 bases.
TS, I’d be leaning toward B, but you can do alot better with the amount you’re spending.
First should be some protein powder
Second should be creatine.
Third should be some dextrose/waxymaize/whatever you prefer.
Fourth should be some sort of preworkout stim(only if you need it)
Fifth/Fourth should be ZMA.
Sixth should be a multivitamin/multimineral.
Seventh should be some Omega oil/caps.
The rest should be spent on food.
In fact, you should spend the money on food first before ‘magical’ supplements.
[quote]MattyG35 wrote:
First should be some protein powder
Second should be creatine.
Third should be some dextrose/waxymaize/whatever you prefer.
Fourth should be some sort of preworkout stim(only if you need it)
Fifth/Fourth should be ZMA.
Sixth should be a multivitamin/multimineral.
Seventh should be some Omega oil/caps.
The rest should be spent on food.
In fact, you should spend the money on food first before ‘magical’ supplements.[/quote]
Why do people always assume the OP hasn’t thought about buying food? I eat well, and this size of order is within my budget.
Here are also some things I know about myself:
I don’t digest protein powder well, so I find it to be not worth my money. I get my protein from a peri-workout and food.
Stopped taking creatine earlier this year because I ran out, and other than loosing a couple pounds of water, I didn’t notice any major differences. Pass.
Fish oils and multi-vitamin I get elsewhere.
From observing how my body responds to supplementation over the last 10 years, I have found spending money on a good peri-workout plan to be the best bang for my buck. I am interested in trying MAG-10 and ANACONDA, so here we have it. I am not planning on doing an ANACONDA Protocol, but rather designing my own protocols using my order based on my goals throughout the year. Having some Alpha-GPC around is just a bonus, I guess.
[quote]buck mulligan wrote:
Why do people always assume the OP hasn’t thought about buying food? I eat well, and this size of order is within my budget. [/quote]
Probably because its during the other 23 hours of the day that you’re not in the gym when the muscle you want is actually being built.
Buy a Vitamix 5200 blender (~$400)
-Protein powder, a good cookbook (Gourmet Nutrition V2)
-Fish oil
-Virgin coconut oil for cooking purposes (find a supply store online and buy it in bulk; a member posted a link to a site just a few months ago)
-Pumpkin seed oil
Don’t worry about creatine (unless you really think you respond to it; I know I do not) or anything else.
-A vacuum food sealer to prepare your meals and seal them so you don’t have to waste time on prep for each meal
Bonus challenge: once you get your meal prep routine down and training in order, stay away from this site (and all other similar sites) for 12 weeks.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
Bonus challenge: once you get your meal prep routine down and training in order, stay away from this site (and all other similar sites) for 12 weeks.
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I truly believe this is advice worth taking for half the people on this board. The amount of times the average forum dweller changes their entire routine around because of new articles or forum posts is baffling to me.