They can give you an extra kick on a given day, so will definitely help you to peak for a competition and hit PB’s etc. But in the long run (anecdotally) the extra stimulus seems to be offset by the slower neural recovery, meaning they don’t appear to actually make you any better over time.

Ok that sounds good to me, I will try to avoid them as they are really quite expensive! Never tried pre- workouts do they even make much of a difference?

If you are genuinely really busy and it saves you time then supplements can be very good. Time is money 😉

The vast majority of young guys on here are students, and 99% of them are certainly not busy! 🙂 And 99% of them can’t afford supplements!

The only time supplements will actually be detrimental is if you’re overdosing on pre-workouts, which sounds amusing but it can be done!

Okay cheers!

It’s very likely that you will be better off simply reducing your alcohol intake for the next 2 weeks rather than eliminating it.

Eliminating anything puts you into “deprivation mode” and you’re 10 times more likely to lose control and screw everything up within a few weeks.

Once you lose control over the alcohol you will probably lose control over your food intake as well. Most people seem to have an on/off switch, and we want to everything within our powers to prevent this loss of control.

Gradual reductions are always better in the long term 🙂

If you are experienced like yourself, then yes you should do what you suggested. We’ve both had a lot of success for many years with cutting and getting leaner.

The 3 week suggestion is geared towards those who have struggled when dieting in the past, as it takes 3 weeks to form a new habit. After ~3 weeks is up, everything becomes a lot easier for those who haven’t had success in the past.

They need to drop calories by 10% to make sure their cravings don’t explode within a week and do this for 3 weeks. If they drop calories again within the 3 week period it’s likely that the hardcore cravings will emerge again.

Mark