Are Supplements Worth It?
Creatine! Omega 3! Green tea extract! My mum swears by half the bloody rainforest for different illnesses.
Supplements are great, but they only account for 1% of your training, maybe even less.
We all focus so much on the fine details. When should I take my protein shake for maximum protein absorption during the anabolic window? Should I take one or two Omega 3 tablets?
We obsess over these details when we’re not moving, we’re eating like crap and we get 3 hours of sleep a night.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for supplements, but don’t forget that they are the cherry ontop of the X, the finishing touch in a very layered cake. Don’t put a cherry on a crappy cake!
That’s why supplements are the last habit we add in our 6 week challenge. If you haven’t already tried the 6 week challenge, you’re missing out. We’ve collated 20+ years of combined experience, transforming thousands of people’s lives, who are just like you to lose fat, tone up and bulletproof their bodies through bodyweight training, stacking habits, and top-tier accountability.
We focus on building the most important habits first, engraining them in your life, and then we tune the machine.
With all that being said, here are our favourite supplements, or the only ones really you should spend your hard-earned cash on!
1) Omega 3/fish oil. Our diets, on average, lack omega-3. Omega 3 is important for X. Therefore, it’s extremely important to supplement with Omega 3 to
2) Vitamin D. We all lack sunlight, especially in the bloody UK! Yes, OK, you lucky few from California probably haven’t got this issue, but even then, we have a distinct lack of vitamin D worldwide, even in those hot sunny climates! (INCLUDE GRAPH HERE). Vitamin D is essential for hormone production, regulating our circadian rhythms and
3) Protein powder. We don’t actually class protein powder as a supplement. Derived from the waste of making milk - whey, it’s really just food, but we include it on the list as a supplement as it is extra on top of a normal diet. Protein is expensive, and, as you know if you’ve been through the 6-week challenge, is an incredibly important aspect of health. Yes, you can get an adequate protein intake from your normal diet, but for most people, protein powder is convenient, cheap and readily accessible, meaning it’s a vital tool in your arsenal to achieve your goals. Read more about the importance of protein here:
4) Creatine. When your muscle contracts, it uses ATP (adenosine triphosphate) to contract. Once that fuel has been used, it gets converted to ADP (adenosine diphosphate) and has to be converted back to ATP. To do this, our body uses creatine. However, we usually have creatine in quite a low supply in the body, so by supplementing with creatine we can help the process of converting the ADP to ATP, resulting in getting a few more reps out of our movements, increasing the stress we can put on our muscles and so getting stronger.
5) Supergreens. There has been a large rise in multivitamins and super greens as of late, one supplement to rule them all.