LEGAL performance enhancing dietary supplements

[HooverPilot]

I am a true believer that NOTHING replaces hardwork when it comes to fitness. You just have to have the mental discipline to work a little bit harder every time you train, and also to eat right always. It's not easy, and there are no "magic pills".

Amen... I'm deployed right now and have been working hard on getting into better shape. I'm down 27lbs in just over 40 days and it's not from starvation. It's from a LOT of hard work.

A friend gave me a copy of Eating for Life and Body for Life and it seems to work for me and several others here on the Det. As a group, we are all down a TON of weight. The program is simple, and being deployed makes it a lot easier to follow (Lot less distractions than at home). Lots of good & free workout info on www.bodyforlife.com . If you are trying to get started and are lost on the nutrition side, I would recommend the book Eating for Life by Bill Phillips. In respect to supplements, the author stresses that NO supplementation is required with a proper, balanced diet. He himself only uses Whey Protein (Met-Rx is what he endorses). I restrict my workouts to no more than 1 hour a day, 6 days a week because I want it to be something that becomes a habit that I could realistically expect to be able to do after returning from deployement.

 

[FlyMikeFly]

That's a great testimony. I used to buy in to all of the dietary supplements and so-called performance enhancing supplements. I thought that they were the key to success. After a while, I realized that their effect was little more than psychological. There is a HUGE market out there for making people believe that their buying magic pills. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that there is a substitute for hard work. It's not easy getting into good shape.

 

[BACONATOR]

I assume something more specific than a multivitamin, like Calcium + Vitamin D, is also ok? What are the rules for vitamins and calcium etc. while at OCS?

Ok Wow. I'm sorry, but if you're worried about VITAMINS while at OCS, you're in for a huge shock.....

P.S. (to answer the question) Vitamins are a prohibited item while at OCS (as is any self medication, or even geedunk) and CAN (not necessarily will) be grounds for attrition if discovered.

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

Ok, well for people like me who don't have a well balanced diet, these performance enhancing supplements have worked well.


-Ken

 

[a_m]

I supplement my diet with cookies and burritos.

 

[Pags]

Amen... I'm deployed right now and have been working hard on getting into better shape. I'm down 27lbs in just over 40 days and it's not from starvation. It's from a LOT of hard work.

A buddy of mine lost 30lbs in Bahrain. Stopped eating lunch and started running about 45min a day. His clothes were hanging off of him. I gained 15lbs from lifting just about every day. Not much else to do over there, but the gym ain't bad.

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

A buddy of mine lost 30lbs in Bahrain. Stopped eating lunch and started running about 45min a day. His clothes were hanging off of him. I gained 15lbs from lifting just about every day. Not much else to do over there, but the gym ain't bad.

I was over in Bahrain in 03 for 4 months and had a friend that lost a lot of weight like that. I lost like 10 pounds in the four months, not even trying, just the heat. But then again, people tend to eat less anyway when its hot.

 

[BackOrdered]

Ok Wow. I'm sorry, but if you're worried about VITAMINS while at OCS, you're in for a huge shock.....

I'm fearing the detoxing I'll have to go through next spring. I bleed coffee and RedBull.

 

[snake020]

WTF are you talking about? Hard work? Work SMARTER, not HARDER!

Like so?

 

[FLYTPAY]

WTF are you talking about? Hard work? Work SMARTER, not HARDER!

Yeah that's what *Barry Bonds* said.............

 

[red1323]

I'm fearing the detoxing I'll have to go through next spring. I bleed coffee and RedBull.

I feel for you, I have a SERIOUS caffeine dependency and detoxing at OCS was rough (I even cut way down before I went). The good news is, I made it just fine. Good luck and don't let bogey_spotter scare you; if you roll with the flow you can have a blast at OCS, I did!

PS, if you can manage to get away from prying eyes in chow hall, "supercharged" OJ (half mt dew, half OJ) looks a lot like regular OJ with a tasty kick. I didn’t try it until week 8, when our DI stopped caring so much about what we ate.