Beginner's
Guide To Choosing Supplements (Part 3)
Choosing The Right Bodybuilding Supplements
From the thousands of supplements out
there, how do you know what's good and what's not? Simple,
try them. Yeah right... Ok, so a better way is to read up
on alot of these supplements on this site here, and you
can also get feed back from other users. But the purpose of this long 4 part guide
is to help you put on some weight, and learn about some
basic supplements.
So, let's look at the bare essentials
that you will need, and should probably get. They are:
- Optimum Nutrition's 100 Whey Protein
- American Creatine Monohydrate
- A glutamine supplement
- A weight gainer (Prolab N Large 2)
Whey Protein Supplement: Optimum Nutrition
100 Whey
Ok, so now you know whey protein is one
of the best proteins to get, but there are so many out there,
what the heck do you get? I have a protein
supplement comparison guide here, which should give
you a good idea, but if you can take my word for it, I would
say get Optimum Nutrition 100 Whey Protein.
So why Optimum Nutrition 100 whey protein?
Because its cheap, and it works! Its one of those tried
and tested supplements that I keep on my list which I always
buy. Don't believe me? Just check with our chat board members,
and you'll see what I mean when it comes to 100 whey from
Optimum.
Each 5lb tub has something like 80 servings
if I remember correctly, which should last you for a while
depending on how much you use. I used to get the 5lb tubs
all the time, but now I just buy the 10lb bags, saves me
some shipping ;-) A serving of 100 whey is about 29g and
has 22g of whey protein, 110 calories, and 3 carbs. Besides,
100 whey protein tastes great, either chocolate or vanilla
(haven't tried strawberry, its not my flavor), and it also
mixes easily with just a shaker.
>> Click for Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey 5lb
Creatine Supplement: American Creatine
Let's keep something clear here, Creatine
is NOT a product, but a supplement. There are alot of manufacturers
that sell creatine products - some are pure creatine monohydrate,
and others are a creatine mix product (ie. celltech, betagen,
phosphagen), and then there are the micronized creatine,
and creatine serums. So, what to get?? Confused enough yet?
If you ask me, don't get creatine serum,
simply cuz it doesn't work. It didn't work for me to say
the least... and I normally wouldn't get the fancy stuff
like Muscletech
Cell Tech, or EAS
Betagen. Why? Because they're expensive, and you can
do lot better with your money buying pure creatine powders.
(Of course, they do work, but just gonna cost you way more
money.) Alot of this stuff like celltech charge more because
of their "proprietary" creatine delivery systems,
that make creatine up take much more efficient - which is
true to some extent, but really, most of these fancy stuff,
you can get it homemade for much cheaper. Just read my articles
on them, and you'll see why.
Pure creatine monohydrate powder, on the
other hand, are way way way cheaper. With the likes of Prolab
creatine and American creatine, you pay only a fraction
of the costs, and get better mileage out of them. Personally,
I prefer Prolab Creatine or Micronized Creatine.
Read our creatine articles for detailed information on creatine
use and cycling.
Next, in part
4, we'll continue with L-Glutamine, and weight gainers.
>>
Click here to order Prolab Creatine online and save
>>
Click here for Optimum Nutrition 100% whey protein
>>
Click here to order Optimum L-Glutamine and save
>>
Click here to order Prolab N Large 3 and save
Part 1: Beginner's guide to the basic supplements
Part
2: Understanding the basic supplements
Part
3: Selecting the right supplements - creatine and whey
Part
4: Selecting the right supplements - glutamine and weight
gainers
Part
5: Developing a supplementation plan
