What are some of the essential vitamins and supplements.......

[Inquisitor]

that a person building size and fitness should take?

I have taken Fish Oil "forever" and now I am taking potassium gluconate for combating cramps. But, that's it. Can someone give some suggestions for an active 53 year old who enjoys working out and running ?? Also, I am about to start a test cycle which should put another 15 lbs on my 6 ft - 173 lbs frame

[Eazy20]

Standard multi-vitamin should be a staple in everyone's daily routine...If you're 53 and going to be running a test cycle, you might want to start taking some saw palmetto too just in case....I also take hawthorn berry.

[Inquisitor]

Hmmm.... You know, I quit taking multivitamins a long time ago and started fish oil with a good diet and supplementing with Vit C, B12, and other various things like antioxidants, Vit A & E, etc. The reason I stopped the multi-vitamin was because the good ones were very expensive and I didn't get anything out of the cheap ones. I went shopping to today for vitamins and without any direction, I bought a bottle of "Biotin" (supposed to be good for skin and hair), a Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc pill, and Vitamin B-Complex. All made by Spring Valley, the Wal Mart brand. I hope rule for not naming the brand doesn't apply to vitamins too.

[Myalansky]

Hmmm.... You know, I quit taking multivitamins a long time ago and started fish oil with a good diet and supplementing with Vit C, B12, and other various things like antioxidants, Vit A & E, etc. The reason I stopped the multi-vitamin was because the good ones were very expensive and I didn't get anything out of the cheap ones. I went shopping to today for vitamins and without any direction, I bought a bottle of "Biotin" (supposed to be good for skin and hair), a Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc pill, and Vitamin B-Complex. All made by Spring Valley, the Wal Mart brand. I hope rule for not naming the brand doesn't apply to vitamins too.

Wouldn't all that end up being more expensive than multivitamins?

[cro]

they also make products like cycle support . google it.

[Times Roman]

I get as much of my stuff at Costco as possible

Multivit
Fishoil
Prostate Health Tabs
Calcium/Magn/Potass
Protein powder (forget muscle milk)
Vit C
Psyllium Husk Fiber
Honey
Rolled Oats
Brown Rice

You may also consider (not at Costco)
BCAA
Casean Powder
Glutamine
Arginine (or an arginine product)
MSM

Diet Tonic Water (for the quiinine *Cramping*)

[Times Roman]

was doing it from memory...

toss some creatine in there too

[Inquisitor]

thanks, gentlemen. I would need to do some reading to understand what all of those supplements are used for, Roman. Great list and I surely will check into them. I've been reading a lot since I got interested in steroids .