Friday, August 01, 2008

Strongman supplement regimen

Tomorrow is Mount Rainier's Strongest man 3!!!

I've been training 6 weeks for this and i can't believe that tomorrow is the big day. The training has been great on the most part and I'm excited to see what tomorrow will bring.

a couple of you have asked me about my nutrition and product regimen that I'm using at the moment, so here is a listing of my daily routine for your perusal:

wake up and on an empty stomach:
16 oz water + 1/4 tsp himalayan crystal salt
2 probiotic restore (Advocare)
2-3 proteolytic enzyme blends (flex Zyme by jarrow, 10Zymes, W-Zyme and/or straight up serrapeptidase)
1000mg of tribulus (only right now due to heavy training)
500mg lysine
4oz of Aloe Vera Juice

With breakfast:
3 OmegaPlex (Advocare) 300EPA/200DHA per softgel
mon/Wed/fri - 1000mg Borage oil (NOW)
400IU Vit E (country LIfe)
1000mg Vit C (Buffered blend by Solaray)
1 coreplex (multi by advocare - serving is 3, but I take one now and one later)
3000mg MSM (Jarrow or source naturals) - taking now as per your recommendation
2 Fruit and vegetable blend (Advocare)
250mg Calcium citrate (KAL)
Tu/Fri (5g Methly B12 by Jarrow)
1 Meal time Digestive enzyme (Enzymatic therapy) - only if breakfast is heavy
1 Joint Builder (Jarrow) contains 1500mg Glucosamine Sulfate and 500mg MSM per 2 tabs
30mg Coenzyme Q10 (Jarrow Q-sorb)


Pre workout:

*Muscle Fuel (Advocare)
spark (on cardio days)

during workout:
10g glutamine -SR (MHP)
2g kre-alkalyne ester (SCi fit)
15g BCAA blend (Sci fit)
1/2 serving rehydrate (Advocare)
1/2 serving Spark (advocare)
5g of D-ribose (NOW) - if doing a metabolic workout

Post workout:
1 serving Post Workout recovery shake (Adovcare)
1 scoop (23g protein) of whey protein (brand varies)


With dinner:
same as with brekfast MINUS
vit E
coenzyme Q 10
borage oil if applicable
methyl B12 if applicable


Before Bed on an empty stomach:
*3 Night Time Recovery (Advocare)
5-10g Glutamine SR (MHP)
2 Omegaplex
2 tabs of BCAA (Twinlab)
same enzyme blend as morning
1/2 serving rehydrate (Advocare)
3-5g GABA (Dymatize)
4oz of Aloe Vera Juice

Diet:
~ 18 "zone blocks"
which means calories will break down to approx:
`2200 Cals in a 40:30:30 Carb:Protien:fat ratio
carbs are from fruit, yams/rice and post workout shake
protien from meat and whey
fat from coconut oil, almond butter, sunflower butter and some from meat