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Consensus Statement on Dietary Supplements for Athletes
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave B." data-source="post: 107723" data-attributes="member: 17807"><p>This is really interesting, basically they say caffeine, creatine, bicarbonate of soda, Beta-alanine, and Nitrate have some effects. I have never even heard of Nitrate supplements, but I haven't paid attention to the latest "supplement scene" for a while, since for the longest time any supplement has simply been salt, creatine, caffeine, and some form of Niacin to give people a "tingling sensation" so they say to themselves "Hey this is working."</p><p></p><p>In my personal experience these things actually work:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Testosterone, of course. After a few months on TRT my strength has improved, body composition improved, and muscle mass returned to my upper body in particular. This is more of a necessity than a "supplement" but whatever.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gels with caffeine. I experienced this in my distance-running days. After running for 45 minutes to 1 hour, my body would feel depleted. Ingesting a gel, particularly the ones laced with caffeine, gave me enough kick to run for another 45 minutes. Basically you can keep ingesting these things and keep running. My wife was a marathoner in the old days when runners fueled up on pasta the night before and a banana the morning of the race. When gels were invented her race time dropped by 45 minutes. These things work for any endurance sport.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I know cyclists and other distance athletes who rely on the salt/electrolyte tablets/cubes for the same reason.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Creatine works but it is a very mixed bag for me. I like it for weight training and it helps my muscles get a pump, and it might have been the only thing that helped me get some strength gains when I had Low-T. However, creatine was horrible when I was a runner. I experimented with it and it made my feet and ankles swell up so bad that I could not run at all until it was flushed out of my system.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave B., post: 107723, member: 17807"] This is really interesting, basically they say caffeine, creatine, bicarbonate of soda, Beta-alanine, and Nitrate have some effects. I have never even heard of Nitrate supplements, but I haven't paid attention to the latest "supplement scene" for a while, since for the longest time any supplement has simply been salt, creatine, caffeine, and some form of Niacin to give people a "tingling sensation" so they say to themselves "Hey this is working." In my personal experience these things actually work: [LIST] [*]Testosterone, of course. After a few months on TRT my strength has improved, body composition improved, and muscle mass returned to my upper body in particular. This is more of a necessity than a "supplement" but whatever. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Gels with caffeine. I experienced this in my distance-running days. After running for 45 minutes to 1 hour, my body would feel depleted. Ingesting a gel, particularly the ones laced with caffeine, gave me enough kick to run for another 45 minutes. Basically you can keep ingesting these things and keep running. My wife was a marathoner in the old days when runners fueled up on pasta the night before and a banana the morning of the race. When gels were invented her race time dropped by 45 minutes. These things work for any endurance sport. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]I know cyclists and other distance athletes who rely on the salt/electrolyte tablets/cubes for the same reason. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Creatine works but it is a very mixed bag for me. I like it for weight training and it helps my muscles get a pump, and it might have been the only thing that helped me get some strength gains when I had Low-T. However, creatine was horrible when I was a runner. I experimented with it and it made my feet and ankles swell up so bad that I could not run at all until it was flushed out of my system. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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