Why do you take supplements?

[Robertrogo]

Hello All,

I was wondering, why do you take supplements for lifting/working out? Is there a feeling that you get from taking supplements while you are working out that leads you to keep taking more? Do you like the effect knowing that there is something that is providing you that extra boost for your while you lift and exercise? Are the final results after lifting then taking a supplement beneficial for your confidence and motivation to lift?


For myself, I never really wanted to get into supplements at all as I thought they were destructive to the human system but then I bought my first tub of Whey Protein and thought that it provided me with an extra boost of strength thus giving me confidence in the gym. I didn't think it was that bad at all and decided to take it a step further and try some creatine (in the eye dropper on the tongue form) which wasn't bad either but when you don't lift it did put on that water weight, but the extra strength and results I was gaining made it more of a reason to try new products. Then I tried my first pre-workout supplement, NO Xplode, and that opened the door for me to a whole new world of supplements and main reason that I take them. For myself I love the power, focus and drive that supplements give you, mostly pertaining to the Pre-Workout supplements as I love having that motivation and focus before I enter the gym. That feeling that I cannot be stopped and the only way to release my rage and energy is to hit the weights as hard as I possibly can and to see those results the supplement is providing me. I love the confidence I get after an intense 2 1/2 hour lifting session, sweating, muscles tingling and heart racing knowing that I took it to the limit and it will only get better from here, physically and mentally.

Why do you take bodybuilding and weight lifting supplements?

[mrwright]

A few reasons for me, i generally want all the help i can get, and because i'm quite a fussy eater my diet probably lacks quite abit, an the motivation from knowing your taking something to help always adds to it
and coming home from the gym, taking some protein and being pretty much fine the next day, as opposed to nearly dead is always good!

also first time i started creatine i noticed within a day or 2 of taking it i could lift double on some exercises which was just immense then bought some 6th gen apparently super creatine that seems to have very little effect and tastes like shit, but never ending!

Mass gainer seemed to help me alot aswell, always seemed to feel like a god in the gym more energy, more endurance more everything

If only i could afford some more!!

[LOSTintheSAUCE]

Coming from someone new to the supplement world, I really have noticed a huge increase in numbers since starting pre-workouts, hence making me dive into the world head-first.

I started the strenduro workout about 3 weeks before I started taking jack3d (i did take an nzero X but it sucked) and I instantly increased all weight on all lifts. Some by a lot, some almost by double. That right there, gives you the determination and motivation you cannot find anywhere else. The tingly arms as you drive to the gym, the focus you get when you get there. Nothing else in the gym matters which allows me to focus 100% on hitting it and hitting it hard. As Robert said, it's almost like an angry feeling and I take it out on the free-weights (or whatever I am doing that day)

I honestly cannot imagine ever going to the gym without taking jack3d (and now creatine)

As far as Creatine goes, (beyond the itchy bumps lol), I have noticed huge gains in 2 major areas. My shoulders/traps and my latissimus dorsi (broadest part of back). Can't complain about that.

[Robertrogo]

Coming from someone new to the supplement world, I really have noticed a huge increase in numbers since starting pre-workouts, hence making me dive into the world head-first.

I started the strenduro workout about 3 weeks before I started taking jack3d (i did take an nzero X but it sucked) and I instantly increased all weight on all lifts. Some by a lot, some almost by double. That right there, gives you the determination and motivation you cannot find anywhere else. The tingly arms as you drive to the gym, the focus you get when you get there. Nothing else in the gym matters which allows me to focus 100% on hitting it and hitting it hard. As Robert said, it's almost like an angry feeling and I take it out on the free-weights (or whatever I am doing that day)

I honestly cannot imagine ever going to the gym without taking jack3d (and now creatine)

As far as Creatine goes, (beyond the itchy bumps lol), I have noticed huge gains in 2 major areas. My shoulders/traps and my latissimus dorsi (broadest part of back). Can't complain about that.

That is the exact same way that I feel when I go into the gym, is that I can't go in without taking my supplements or that I feel like I am without focus, that I am without that drive and energy to lift harder and see those results.

The one thing that I truly enjoy about the supplements is the tingly feeling, the tingly feeling plus tunnel vision that you get from the caffeine or the stimulant in the product is my absolute favorite because it just gives me that sense that I am in the zone, that I am focused in and the only thing on my mind is that next set, the weights in front of me and the music that I am listening to that is pumping me up like crazy. For me its just like the feeling that coffee gives me, when I have that first cup, I am alive and ready to take on the world and with that pre-workout supplement in me or taking something beforehand, I am ready to take on the weights and have absolutely nothing in my way. I am out for results, out for gains and if there were something to stop me, then I will crash into it head on.

Crazy what supplements can do to your mindset about working out after you have taken them

[LOSTintheSAUCE]

Funny story. My wife and I are staying with my brother until my job ends (because I deploy soon) and it's quite a ways from my gym (Powerhouse Gym afilliate) and so I started going to the local gym (very small).

Regardless, coming from a Powerhouse Gym to a small local gym is a huge difference. Not only inthe equipment but also in the lifters around me. It's a lot of local kids (in high school) and older gentlmen that aren't into lifting and supplements. When I am at Powerhouse, a lot of members take supplements so everyone is pretty focused and zones into their workout but at this local gym everyone is laughing and joking and running around being idiots and I snapped at an older gentlemen last night for taking forever to do his sets on a machine I was waiting for. He would do a set and then walk away and chit chat to some buddies so I went up and started using it (adjusted it, wiped it clean) and he came over and yelled at me to wait my turn. Mind you, I am all energized up and focused and this guy is slowing me down. Needless to say I told him to either get on the machine and finish his sets and stop walking away or get out of my way so I can lift seriously.

When I take supplements I HAVE to finish my workout. I feel incomplete when I don't. I love the feeling, I love the focus, energy and most importantly the results.

It's all about results.