| This article will be a great place for you to start if | | | | take short cuts. While sports supplements can |
| you're new to supplementation. Sports | | | | help improve your performance they are simply |
| supplements are a broad field and if you've been | | | | supplements to your hard work in the gym. |
| doing your research you already know how | | | | Myth #2 - If I take this supplement I'll be |
| important they can be to your performance in | | | | transformed in just a week or two. While sports |
| the gym or in your sport, but you're probably also | | | | supplements can make you stronger, bigger, |
| a bit confused with all the information, some of it | | | | more muscular and faster in a shorter time than |
| conflicting. What you need to be able to do is look | | | | training alone, training is the cornerstone of your |
| beyond the advertising hype and be able to make | | | | efforts and nothing can make a huge difference |
| your decision based on current and accurate | | | | overnight. Changes to your body from lifting |
| advice. | | | | weights is a slow steady progression. |
| As with any new area it's best to start with the | | | | Fact #1 - When taking the right sports |
| basics. There is a lot of good and bad information | | | | supplement you'll recover faster and be able to |
| out there regarding sports supplements so let's | | | | work harder. No one likes being sore after |
| start simple and go from there. | | | | working out (well, some of us do, but we're a |
| You really have to look out for bad sports | | | | different breed). Anything that can reduce the |
| supplement information because if you head down | | | | soreness after a workout and let you lift weights |
| the wrong path you could actually end up harming | | | | again sooner is a benefit to your training. |
| your efforts. You don't want to set yourself up | | | | Fact #2 - There is a right time to take |
| with the wrong ideas only to be later disappointed | | | | supplements and it can be different for each. |
| and finding that you're no better off than when | | | | Some supplements work better when taken |
| you started and you've spent hundreds of dollars | | | | before a work, some work better when taken |
| on the wrong supplements. | | | | after. Some supplements should be taken before |
| So, in order to get off on the right foot let's look | | | | bed and some should be taken with meals. By |
| at 2 myths and 2 facts about sports | | | | learning the proper timing for each of your |
| supplements. | | | | supplements you can also increase their |
| Myth #1 - Taking sports supplements is a valid | | | | effectiveness. |
| replacement for hard work. While this seems like | | | | These are just a couple myths and facts about |
| it should go without saying, you would be | | | | sports supplements that I hope will start to guide |
| surprised how wide spread this belief is. So many | | | | you in the right direction. |
| people are looking for a quick fix and a way to | | | | |