Nutrition and Supplementation
ByAlright so it was brought to my attention that I almost never write about nutrition and supplementation. The main reason I don’t do this is that I am not a dietician, nutritionist, doctor or a pharmacist. I am a fitness professional and even though I constantly remind people that they have to have a nutrition program that reflects their training program, I am only qualified to prescribe the former.
Having said that as someone who has done body transformations and as someone who is still ripped and who gets stronger everyday I do know a fair amount about nutrition and about supplementation. I however see that people are looking for a magic pill…and if you have seen what I write about…there are no magic pills…get off yer ass and get to work.
Now here is how it works. When it comes to strength and conditioning the most important part of that is the way you train. When it comes to fat loss the most important part is the way you eat. The way you train can definitely help you in your fat loss goals and the way you eat can definitely help you in your strength and conditioning goals. It is a matter of which is more important then the other. Combining proper nutrition and proper training can make the whole greater then the sum of its parts. And as for supplements, all they are meant to do is to fill in the gaps of a proper nutrition program. For example food is not as nutritionally complete as it was thousands of years ago. Add to that as well the fact that we don’t eat as balanced as we should, which would lead to a vitamin deficiency. That is why we need to SUPPLEMENT with a multivitamin. To supplement the missing part of a proper nutrition program.
Ok so now you know where I stand on things. I wanted it noted before I start the new series about this because I believe in getting the most bang for the buck. Remember you can’t get strong with out strength training, you need to eat for fat loss and supplements are just there to fill in the missing pieces.
So stay tuned
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