Its All A Lie

As you may know I work at a gym and because I am here people always seem to come and ask me for advise on eating and training my preference in these situations is to send them off to a book or resource were they can get the proper information because I honestly am not qualified to answer such questions. One of the questions that always comes up is on supplements (though this is not always a question sometimes this is just an opening for people to tell me how much they know). When people do actually hear what I have to say I always say don't bother with supplements just eat right, drink water, exercise, rest and don't stress.

There are gazillions of supplements out there and the vast majority of them is just clever marketing taking them will not change your results and can harm you. Marketers know how to convince you to buy their product, its not just fancy packaging and the fake good looking people that promote this crap its all the official looking information that you can find through various sources. The information you will find will tell you everything from digestion to hormones to muscle fibres to why you should not listen to people like me. All of this is to make you think you are making smart informed choices and you will part with your money for some stupid supplements. After buying and playing right into the marketers hands you will do them the extra favour of marketing their product for free to your friends because you are so smart.

Even real scientific data can be a lie ... yes really have a look at this video by the very smart mr Dean Leyson and he will explain how:

The question you need to ask yourself before you think about (for example) what type of protein I should be taking is "Do I Even Need It ?"... you notice how I put that question in quotes thats the most important point of this article if you get it then you don't have to read anymore.What you need to do is become a pessimist .. that's right I said you need to become a pessimist ... take that you positivity gurus.OK wait don't leave let me clarify don't become pessimistic in way that has you complaining(or explaining) to everyone how bad the world is because NO ONE WILL CARE. You need to become pessimistic in a way that lets you think outside the box were you understand that the world is run more by profits and less by real improvement. This is nothing to be upset with its just the way things are and you are at fault for creating this situation just as much as anyone else is.

So what do you do.... well there are two options. The first is were you call all your friends and family, take all the supplements they have, throw em in a big pile and go:

and then walk away. This is a heck of a lot better then what most people do it will save you time money, mental energy health and may even get you faster fitness results.

The second option which is the better option its called self experimentation.You see there are lots of supplements that are bad but there are good ones as well and they (arguably) are worth finding. So what is self experimentation you ask ?

Well self experimentation in its simplest terms is trying something and seeing if it works. You need to be completely unemotional and and experimenter when you need to know if something works. ignore what the ads and other people say try whatever supplement you want to try and see in about a month if it makes any difference to your results and if it does then the supplement is good if not the it belongs in the pile above.

I think thats enough knowledge bombs and reality for now.

Thanks for reading and keep smiling :D