Fat Loss Roundtable With The Experts - Question 5 - Do you use any nutritional supplements with your athletes?

1. Fat Loss Roundtable
With The Experts
Question 5
Do you use any nutritional
supplements with your athletes?

2. Layne Norton
Do you use any nutritional supplements with your athletes?
“Yes I supplement most with BCAAs (from Xtend), Creatine
Monohydrate, Beta-Alanine, Citrulline Malate (from Xtend as
well), HMB while in a caloric deficit or overreaching cycle of
training, fish oil, multivitamin, and some anti-oxidants as
well. ”

3. Alan Aragon
Do you use any nutritional supplements with your athletes?
“Yes, but not all. The most common ones are a
multi, fish oil, vitamin D, creatine, magnesium,
and in some cases beta-alanine, caffeine, &
calcium (in those who lack sufficient dietary
intake).”

4. Borge Fagerli
Do you use any nutritional supplements with your athletes?
“Just the basics: a whey/casein supplement, creatine and omega-
3 oil (unless there´s a lot of fatty fish in the diet). Vitamin D -
2000-5000IU/day depending on the season (less, or nothing in
the summer). I might add some ALCAR for mental energy, and
tyrosine with caffeine as a pre-workout booster once in a while.
BCAAs - but only as a pre-workout "pulse" to spike amino acid
levels. Research has shown it to be beneficial and even more
effective than the post-workout nutrition, and even though you
can argue if it really matters when you already have one or two
protein meals in you I tend to "err" on the safe side with this
one. Anecdotally, people report less soreness and more energy
with some BCAAs pre-workout, probably because these amino
acids compete with tryptophan in the brain and can potentially
inhibit serotonin and boost dopamine in the brain.
Other than that, it depends on the needs of the client. Get the
diet, training and overall lifestyle (stress, sleep etc) in order and
most deficits go away by themselves.”

5. Gavin Allinson
Do you use any nutritional supplements with your athletes?
“Yes loads! Just about everyone I work with has:
• Fish oils at least 1 gram of EPA a day,
• Vitamin D 2000 to 5000 IU per day
• A good quality multi vitamin
• Cooks with coconut oil.
• Whey Protein as part of a meal replacement or
for recovery
Then depending on the sport power based athletes
will usually have creatine and beta alanine as
standard. Once an athlete is eating clean and is taking
these supplements we then move to the next level
and get a bit more advanced.”

6. Matt Lovell
Do you use any nutritional supplements with your athletes?
“Yes – I cover basic needs and address
deficiencies 1st, then look to build on this with
more performance based supplementation.
All of this is done after the diet’s been fixed.”