No I'm not talking about what Lance Armstrong used to win his Tours.
I'm talking supplements that we take for fitness and even some that we take every day that we forget are supplements.
Firstly lets remember that the body is always your worst enemy! When it comes to fitness your body has a great trick up its sleeve for making each session easier...adaptation. Your body adapts to the situation rather well as it gets more efficient at doing the job. Hence why you always need to be stepping it up if you feel it's getting easier.
Now that aside, what does your body's ability to adapt have to do with supplements?
Well in case you hadn't drawn the lines between the dots, your body just as easily adapts to the supplementation you hit it with. This means that you might feel something from a pre-workout for a week, then not feel anything for the next few weeks of using it. And unless you are willing to jack up the dose, which can lead to issues of over stimulating or exceeding the recommended dose, you might find that the $60+ you spent was a waste of money.
Ok so I hear you saying that you don't do pre-workout supplements? What about one of the most common supplements on the planet? COFFEE!? Have you ever thought about cycling your coffee routine?
Coffee is part of the methylxanthine compound group, and is used rather heavily in pre-workout supplements. So just like most things you throw at your body, it will get used to it. Sometimes to the point where you might have a coffee as a late night drink and find it doesn't affect your sleep pattern at all. We'll that's me, I can take down a black coffee before bed and find myself fall asleep just as easily.
However I know that due to the constant workplace, household and commonness of this supplement, it will not only be hard to cycle off it for a month, but it will take a toll as it cycles out of my system in the first week or so. Coffee withdrawal symptoms can range from feeling sleepy early in the morning, to having dependency headaches.
Other supplements that you should cycle are, Beta Alanine (recommended to be cycled on a 10 weeks on 5 weeks off), Creatine ( recommended to cycle 8 weeks on 4 weeks off), pre-workout energy booster ( see package for recommended cycle) and even certain protein powders, as you will find your body will get more out of a mix of proteins to gain it's sustenance from. You will find that with a proper cycling routine you will benefit more from the work and dollars you have put into your body/health investment then if you just keep hammering your body with scoop after scoop of pointless supplementing (coffee teaspoons included).
So, goodbye nice warm coffee in the morning before gym, I guess I'm going to have to put up with a bit more yawning and perhaps have a warm milo as a substitute for now. Bring on a month of coffee free days!!!
I'm talking supplements that we take for fitness and even some that we take every day that we forget are supplements.
Firstly lets remember that the body is always your worst enemy! When it comes to fitness your body has a great trick up its sleeve for making each session easier...adaptation. Your body adapts to the situation rather well as it gets more efficient at doing the job. Hence why you always need to be stepping it up if you feel it's getting easier.
Now that aside, what does your body's ability to adapt have to do with supplements?
Well in case you hadn't drawn the lines between the dots, your body just as easily adapts to the supplementation you hit it with. This means that you might feel something from a pre-workout for a week, then not feel anything for the next few weeks of using it. And unless you are willing to jack up the dose, which can lead to issues of over stimulating or exceeding the recommended dose, you might find that the $60+ you spent was a waste of money.
Ok so I hear you saying that you don't do pre-workout supplements? What about one of the most common supplements on the planet? COFFEE!? Have you ever thought about cycling your coffee routine?
Coffee is part of the methylxanthine compound group, and is used rather heavily in pre-workout supplements. So just like most things you throw at your body, it will get used to it. Sometimes to the point where you might have a coffee as a late night drink and find it doesn't affect your sleep pattern at all. We'll that's me, I can take down a black coffee before bed and find myself fall asleep just as easily.
However I know that due to the constant workplace, household and commonness of this supplement, it will not only be hard to cycle off it for a month, but it will take a toll as it cycles out of my system in the first week or so. Coffee withdrawal symptoms can range from feeling sleepy early in the morning, to having dependency headaches.
Other supplements that you should cycle are, Beta Alanine (recommended to be cycled on a 10 weeks on 5 weeks off), Creatine ( recommended to cycle 8 weeks on 4 weeks off), pre-workout energy booster ( see package for recommended cycle) and even certain protein powders, as you will find your body will get more out of a mix of proteins to gain it's sustenance from. You will find that with a proper cycling routine you will benefit more from the work and dollars you have put into your body/health investment then if you just keep hammering your body with scoop after scoop of pointless supplementing (coffee teaspoons included).
So, goodbye nice warm coffee in the morning before gym, I guess I'm going to have to put up with a bit more yawning and perhaps have a warm milo as a substitute for now. Bring on a month of coffee free days!!!
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