Advanced Fitness Preferred Supplements

A protein supplement can be used to increase the protein content of a meal or as an additional source of protein. You will find that having a protein supplement handy will help you maintain your desired protein intake each day which will enhance your effects from training.

Metabolic Drive by Biotest

Our choice for supplemental protein as a meal replacement or during meals. A great tasting milk protein blend, Metabolic Drive is perfect for use outside of the workout and post-workout period.

proteins+ by Genuine Health

A quickly digested whey isolate protein supplement useful for supplementation during the workout and post-workout period, if you choose not to follow our general recommendation to use a recovery drink like Biotest Surge.

Greens+

While Greens+ can’t replace a diet sufficient in vegetables, the blend of antioxidants, enzymes, phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals these products contain can be extremely helpful. I add a serving of Greens+ to every protein shake I drink. Don’t be afraid to get your Breville juicer out and throw some kale, spinach, parsley and apples together for a quick shake from time to time. If possible, this would be an ideal way to increase your intake of green vegetables each day.

While strength and endurance training and competition promote a host of physiological benefits, both types of exercise stress the body to a large degree. Not only are muscle substrates (stored carbohydrate/glycogen, stored amino acids, and stored phosphagens like ATP and phosphocreatine) depleted but also protein status becomes negative, muscles suffer structural damage, blood cortisol rises, and immune function is compromised. Fortunately, the body is designed to respond to these changes by providing a short post-exercise period in which all these negative effects can be remedied as long as proper nutrition is provided, and fast. Well-designed post-exercise carbohydrate-protein supplements are designed to deal with each of the aforementioned changes, rapidly replenishing muscle glycogen and muscle phospagens, rapidly shifting the body from a catabolic state to an anabolic one, managing blood cortisol, supporting immune function, and protecting muscles from excessive structural damage.

Surge Post-Workout Drink by Biotest

Surge is a product I designed for Biotest based on some great research on post-workout nutrition. As I said, proper nutrition around the workout period is critical, and this drink does it all.

There are supplements that you can take which will improve your recovery during training, minimize your recovery time and increase your ability to build muscle. These supplements are usually utilized by people that training with us to increase lean muscle mass. There are several sources of creating listed below that you can investigate. I would also recommend branch chained amino acids (BCAA) as a supplement before or during your training. We will post the BCAA products in the blog at a later date.

CREATINE

Creatine is a supplement that needs no introduction. While some people may argue this point with me, I think that continual creatine supplementation is essential for good health as well as athletic performance. While creatine has been discussed in the athletic context quite extensively, it has some amazing regenerative effects on all tissues of the body including brain. I think that historically we humans have had a high creatine intake (due to eating a lot of meat) and we’ve physiologically adapted to this intake. Now, unfortunately, most people don’t get enough of it in the diet so there is, what I might call, a sub clinical deficiency. There are others, of course, that eat enough meat or have an upregulated endogenous creatine production and we call these people “non-responders”. But the majority of people out there will receive benefit from basic, powdered creatine supplementation. I usually recommend 3-5g per day (1 teaspoon), every day – dissolved in a warm beverage like green tea. Using this amount of creatine should increase power output by about 10%. This means heavier loads in the gym, more explosive lifts, and increased athletic performance. For older folk, this means more daily functional capacity. Since 3-5g per day is a rather modest dose, water retention, cramping, etc. isn’t an issue (cramping isn’t usually an issue even at higher doses). With all the fancy creatine supplements out there, a lot of people have forgotten about simple, powdered creatine. But that’s all we use with our clients.

Creapure Creatine by Biotest

Top-notch creatine from Biotest. The highest purity of creatine available, plus you get free shipping.

Creatine 500 by At Large Nutrition

Good quality creatine from our friends at At Large Nutrition. These guys do a good job all-around.

Creapure Creatine by ProLab

Top-notch creatine from the same source as Biotest. The highest purity of creatine available.

Fish oil is rich in DHA and EPA, two powerful fats responsible for things like: increased metabolic rate, improved fat burning, increased carbohydrate storage in muscle, better glucose and insulin tolerance, reduced blood lipids, reduced risk of platelet aggregation, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. I typically recommend using about 6-12g of total fish oil per day or 3-6g of combined DHA+EPA.

Flameout by Biotest

Flameout is a fish oil supplement for men designed to have a great percentage of DHA relative to EPA and includes CLA as well. All in all, a great product that provides about 770mg of DHA+EPA per capsule, meaning you’d only have to take 4-8 caps to get the recommended dosage.

o3mega by Genuine Health

An enteric-coated (i.e., no fish burps) fish oil capsule standardized for 30% DHA+EPA, so you’ll need between 10 and 20 capsules to get 3-6 grams of DHA+EPA. Genuine Health also makes an extra strength version that has twice the concentration of DHA+EPA, which means you can take half the number of capsules can get the same effect.

Lignan Gold Flax Oil by Health From The Sun

Flax oil is also a great source of omega 3 fatty acids, as long as you supplement with fish oil as well.

Eating on the go presents a number of challenges for even the most disciplined eaters. Not only can it get difficult to eat regularly if you’re on the road or on an airplane, it is tough to find lean protein! One easy way to prevent poor eating decisions at times like these is to bring your own protein along with you.

Ostrim

The naturally-raised (no antibiotics or stimulants) ostrich meat in OSTRIM is a great source of protein. The fat and carbohydrate content is low in Ostrim. Ostrim is USDA inspected health and wellness food that is preferred by many top athletes, nutritionists, personal trainers and dietitians.

multi+ by Genuine Health

multi+ is a convenient daily multi-vitamin with a full array of high quality and easy-to-absorb vitamins and minerals.

MINERAL BLENDS

Some athletes need to consider additional mineral supplementation. For example, magnesium is the number one mineral that is deficient in the athlete’s diet. Below, we’ve listed our favorite magnesium blend. While some experts have suggested that calcium and magnesium shouldn’t be taken together, I’m not so sure I agree. Both products help improve magnesium status and sleep quality.

ZMA by Biotest

Enhance strength, endurance, recovery, and growth with the original ZMA formula from SNAC System. ZMA is an advanced zinc/magnesium formulation designed to replace deficiencies caused from exercise and stress.