Buff Blonde's Daily Essentials

Everyday, I am asked what supplements I take daily. Well, here is the list and why I prefer to take certain ones over others.

GNC Ultra Mega Gold w/Iron

 

I prefer the GNC Ultra Mega Gold Vitamin because it's timed release, but also because it has twice the B vitamins than the women's vitamin GNC makes. Granted, the women's vitamins have a lot more calcium, so I have to supplement, but I like how the UM Gold helps me with energy and stress all day long. It also has essential digestive enzymes and more in it for eye health.

I have highly recommended the Minus 10 now for over fives years. This product is one of the best I've tried. It's timed release alpha lipoic acid. Regular ALA has a mere twenty-six minute half life. This means it's only in your system for twenty-six minutes. Unfortunately, that is not long enough for the ALA to do its job. Its job is to neutralize cell-damaging free radicals within the mitochondria of the cell. This helps the body to stabilize blood sugar and gives you stimulant free energy. It is also great for the skin and detoxifies your body. When your cells are free of free radicals, your skin glows, you feel better, and you aren't peaking and crashing all day long.

Evening Primrose Oil

I take this for hormonal balance and skin health. It can also help balance blood sugar. I take 1,000 mg per day or 2-500mg soft gels. You have to remember to take twice the dose of omega 3 fatty acids though when you take this product. EPO is Omega 6. Without Omega 3, Omega 6 will cause too much inflammation in the body. Be sure to supplement with GNC Triple Strength Fish Oil as I do. I take 1,800mg every night before bed.

There is only one more product I take daily.

Vitamin D-3 5000

I take this for mood balance, allergies, immune support, bone density, etc. etc. etc. Every time I open a health magazine or read a health forum, there is a new reason to take vitamin D. I call it "sunshine in a bottle." I am one moly girl, so I try to hide my skin from the sun like a vampire. When I started this high dose of vitamin D, I began to feel better almost instantly. I rarely get sick, but I started getting allergies after the birth of my daughter. This has helped me from suffering. I recently had my vitamin D levels checked in my blood and the doctor said they were perfect. Yay me for being proactive. I advise you take 2,000-5,000 IU of D-3 daily, but since it is a fat soluble vitamin, you should definitely ask your doctor if you are like most Americans and deficient.

These are just the essentials I take daily. I will post soon about my sports supplements for working out and for weight loss. Until then, stop in my GNC Saturday August 27, from 10am-7pm for our huge sale!!!

8716 W. 135th St.

Overland Park, KS

913-681-0349

Training pet peeves

Ladies and gentlemen, please., I beg you please, don't drop your kid off at the gym and let him loose in the weight room without a proper spotter. The definition of a proper spotter is not his equally inexperienced buddy. Tonight, I had a 13-yr_oldish kid jump in with me on a rowing exercise. Normally, I use anywhere from 65-90 lbs on this particular machine and I do them correctly, focusing on my negatives. This kid put the peg in the 50 lb slot, leaned back, and let 'er rip. Being a parent myself, as well as a believer in technique, I had to step in to help. I instructed him to move his butt forward, sit straight up, and not let the thing just fly back to starting position.
He was very thankful and I saw a couple other gym patrons smile and nod at me. I thought for sure his mother or father would see this 30-yr-old woman talking to their kid, but no parental unit was in sight.
I am all for kids' fitness and strength training, but parents, please invest on some proper training for your young aspiring iron pumpers. It is highly important to do this for obvious reasons including avoiding injury and if they want real results.
The other thing I see a lot of is the girls and some guys standing in front of the mirror, wasting their time doing a ridiculous amount of weighted side bends. Ladies, this "exercise " does nothing for our figures. While you think you are working on whittling your obliques, you are actually building them out increasing volume on your sides.
To achieve an hourglass, practice doing more twisting abdominal exercises. One thing that also helps me with my core is lifting as heavy as I can for 15 reps, three to four sets on my various exercises for all the rest of my muscle groups. Yes, you should work your abs separately, but when you lift heavy on the other stuff, you achieve better results for your core.  So next time you want to work those sides try to twist more and lift often.
I guess you could say I'm picky or anal about this sort of thing, but learn from others' mistakes including mine. I am extremely passionate about this stuff. I like to see people get results without hurting themselves and in a timely fashion. Fitness is a wonderful thing, and it keeps us young for longer. Everyone should invest in proper training techniques. It doesn't make sense not to.