Power aids

Post by **SCIN** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:54 pm

You already said you take supplements. You're sounding like a politician.

Post by **Meadows** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:01 pm

bcombs wrote:Not if you drink the sugar free kind. Also, I'm pretty sure a day at the cliff and you will burn off the 200 or so calories in a red bull.

[I think I've posted this before - sorry] A study done recently at Purdue University tied artificial sweeteners to weight gain. The reason? Our bodies have evolved to get the metabolism ball rolling when the brain gets a sweet signal. The brain expects calories to follow, but when they don't (because artificial sweeteners are no calorie), the brain slows down the metabolism. Not good when the real calories that follow are a Hardees "Thick Burger."

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pu ... sweeteners

Post by **bcombs** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:33 pm

If you think sugar free red bull tastes sweet, more power to ya! To me it tastes like a chemistry class experiement gone wrong.

Post by **the lurkist** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:44 pm

the only thing I have used that verges on cheating would be Pseudo ephedrine. Then it only gave me a little edge because I was really close to doing the route. It did increase the snap a tad.
Creatine works too.

Post by **SCIN** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:36 pm

Lurk, doesn't creatine cause water retention which leads to additional weight?

Post by **captain static** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:43 pm

I know that I have mentioned Ultra Fuel http://www.twinlabfuel.com/wcm/mb/fuel/ ... /index.jsp on here before. It is the only thing that I have found that meets Horst's requirements for glycogen replacement. If you are truly climbing / training in a power mode you need to replace glycogen to prevent your muscles from being catabolized.

Post by **Shamis** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:56 pm

SCIN wrote:Lurk, doesn't creatine cause water retention which leads to additional weight?

I've read that small amounts of it when taken at the appropriate time can be beneficial to climbers without causing any significant weight gain. I think there was an article in climbing about it sometime in the last year or two.

Post by **flashmaster** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:09 am

you guys are all friggin pussies. Just eat some chicken, eggs, and once in a while some red meat and a bunch of veggies. All those stupid supplements do is make you grow titties and make your voice higher. Just eat healthy and keep doing what your doing and you'll be stronger than ever. Supplements are for bitches!! unless its alcohol and hookers

Post by **512OW** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:16 am

bcombs wrote:If you think sugar free red bull tastes sweet, more power to ya! To me it tastes like a chemistry class experiement gone wrong.

Yes! It works because it tastes like medicine.

Post by **Fartspray** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:37 am