Oats and Iron

Diet and Weights and Deep Thoughts. Steel cut oats are my favorite food.

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AWESOME!!  here is my friend Eric walking runway in BURBERRY PRORSUM
AWESOME!!  here is my friend Eric walking runway in BURBERRY PRORSUM

Current Supplements

Here is a list of everything that I take that is a supplement. Someone defined a supplement to me as “anything your grandmother wouldn’t consider food” so I will go with that.

  • Whey protein
    brand: Optimum
    dosage: three to five scoops (in skim milk) per day
    notes: This is basically dried milk. Milk is made up of two types of protein, curds and whey. Whey is the fastest-absorbing protein that you can buy, so you should have (AT A MINIMUM) a protein shake as soon as you wake up, 30 minutes before your workout, and immediately after your workout. Protein is the most important supplement for anyone who wants to tone up.
  • Flax seed oil
    brand: misc
    dosage: 2g to 8g per day (1g gel caps)
    notes: Good Omega3s. I don’t know enough about this to talk. I just know it makes my skin less dry and it is good for your heart.
  • ZMA (Zinc Monomethionine Aspartate)
    brand: Optimum
    dosage: three pills before bed
    notes: Zinc is good for men. Supposedly a natural testosterone booster. Helps me sleep a little deeper at night (and I can remember my dreams MUCH better). However you MUST take this on an empty stomache.
  • Creatine Monohydrate
    brand: generic
    dosage: 2.g to 5g per day, mixed in a protein shake
    notes: Every lay person that I talk to thinks that creatine was banned by the FDA. Are you crazy?? Look it up on Wikipedia - It is NOT a steroid. Creatine is universally accepted as a beneficial supplement, especially for vegetarians. It is a naturally-occuring substance found in red meat. Helps for recovery from workouts and other stuff. I guess I don’t know a LOT about this, except that every single body builder I know takes it and has taken it for years.
  • Multi-vitamin
    brand: Optimum Opti-Men
    dosage: two to three per day, taken with a meal
    notes: Good to round out my diet. But you still need to eat your fruits and vegetables.
  • BCAAs (Branched Chain Amino Acids)
    brand: SciVation Xtend
    dosage: 2 scoops mixed in 2L of water, drink it during the workout
    notes: Helps for recovery. Like DIY Vitamin Water.
  • Nitric Oxide
    brand: SuperPump250
    dosage: 1.5 to 2 scoops mixed in with 20oz of water, drink after a meal and right before a workout.
    notes: If I had to be “ashamed” about anything I would pick this. There is a lot of caffeine in it, and the Nitric Oxide (NO) makes my muscles bulge out a little more than natural. But I like it and I can get good workouts with nice pumps.
  • Ecdysterone
    brand: SciFit
    dosage: 1 capsule 1 to 3 times per day, eat with a high-protein meal and drink LOTS of water
    notes: Supposed to help with protein synthesis. Verdict is still out if this works, but my friend Allan likes it so I have been giving it a try.

As far as REAL FOOD goes, 80% of my diet consists of skim milk, steel cut oats, tuna fish, ground beef, and eggs.

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World-Class Fitness in 100 Words

regimen:

“Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.” - CrossFit
zenbones:

Ooh, this To-Do list notepad is very inspired. I want one!
via Pretty Bitter - Stationery that pushes the envelope

zenbones:

Ooh, this To-Do list notepad is very inspired. I want one!

via Pretty Bitter - Stationery that pushes the envelope