Supplements – the motivation potion

I’ve been to the gym for many years now, since I was in high school or 16 years old. I was doing research for multiple kind of workout and focus mostly in weight-lifting exercises. The compound exercises are the most complex than the isolation ones: what kind of isolation exercises supplement our muscle tuning. But to fully construct our body in the best way, I have also done research on nutrition like food. And talking about food, we have supplements that are a very interesting part that can motivate us to go to the gym. I am saying, that supplements are more like a motivation method than a potion one to make you rush to your fitness goal faster. It’s all about the food you eat: the protein, the fat, and carbs, and about hypertrophy: the amount of loads you put on your body in the gym, and most importantly: the amount of time you retain in your fitness journey: how long you keep your diet, how long you spent time in the gym in a yearly basis. But, to able to do things in the right way: by the right way, I mean to make you be able to be consistent in your fitness journey, it’s all about motivation.

Right, you have to feel comfortable in order to remain in the business for the long term. This combination of motivation boosters is good workout exercises (like finding a compound exercise you like, or a sport you enjoy), a good diet (like what kind of food you prefer, like meat, fruit, and veggies that you enjoy eating every day), and finally, other things: like the good track of music, good workout partners (gym-bros), a good time management, a good gym and equipment, and good supplements and so one. In this article, I will put the food and workout types and any other things aside, I will focus only on discussing the different types of supplements in this article. Which one can help you the most, and which one the most.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, a certified nutritionist, or a certified personal trainer. I am a fitness enthusiast, that is. Here I only tell you about my research and my personal thoughts, you take my opinion, and be responsible for that. I won’t represent the source of the truth, I can only represent it as one of the reference points so you can extend your knowledge and do more of the research yourself. My research coming from my fitness network: like my own friends and 90% of sources are online. You can visit bodybuilding.com, this site is my very first source to start my fitness research. And then any other YouTuber like Dr. Eric Berg DC, Jeremy Ethier, Buff Dudes, Jeff Nippard, Athlean X, ScottHermanFitness .etc just to name a few that I bring out of my head. If you are a long-time enthusiast you may already be familiar with these names on YouTube. There are hundreds more very good online instructors that you might want to come to subscribe.

My top supplements that I would prioritize in order of usefulness and higher motivation from right to left: Whey Protein (Blend, then Isolate, Casein is not needed) -> Creatine (this cannot go wrong for a one-hour or more workout) -> Pre-workout (great boost, take 30 minutes to absorb then you can pull large weight after that) -> Fish Oil (yes, is good for brain and recovery? maybe?) -> Zinc (for your natural testosterone booster by assisting your with better sleep) -> BCAA (not sure, the smell going bad quickly if you don’t wash your bottle properly after use, I drink this for taste only when I feel hungry) -> Fat Burner (I try this with the goal of experience, enjoy the taste mostly, you can do fasting instead) -> The rests of any other items like Vitamin D-B2, Collagen, and shit. For vitamin, it’s already in pre-workout though. For BCAA, Glutamine you already have it in your Whey Protein blend.

So top 3 items you can choose for a natural boost in your gym or any kind of sports performance: 1. Whey Protein, 2. Creatine, 3. Pre-workout. The rest are useful but it will requires you to use them for many months and years. These top 3 supplements are standing in their own corner and won’t interfere much with each other function. It keeps your money worth all the time. And if you feel like it’s not a must. Just purchase them in order. If you just one to be simple and not significant in your workout performance then just go with whey protein. Or I mean, use no supplement at all and just keep your diet rich in protein, just chicken breast, beef and tuna is already very enough, and maybe get some nuts, cauliflower or broccoli, some berries or citrus fruits.

For the supplement brand, to be honest, any kind is good. Just keep it simple. I would say I do not care much about the number of calories in where, as long as it says 25 grams of protein per serving, you are good. Of course, you can choose the one that is a bit of sugar for the taste. You’re not an athlete, so it’s unnecessary to be too strict about a few calorie/sugar differences. But if you force me to give a recommendation: stick with any time from Optimum Nutrition or EVL.

At the end of the day, you can do some research on your end about your favorite brand of supplements. I mean it’s a motivation booster, it keeps your mind up that you’re drinking some kind of magic potion, you know, in fact, it’s never true that you can rely on supplements alone for great results. Again, great results come from persistence training, and time: it’s all about fasting (for lower calorie intake then for calorie deficit), and a routine gym session (3-5 days a week), that is. Of course for the food, if you want big muscle then try to eat twice as much protein. or if you just want body fat to be low, like below 20% body fat for a healthy, non-sick body, just try to eat less (maintaining calorie deficit) and workout often at the same time, then you are good. Workout is to keep the muscle to stay with you.