New Rules of Lifting for Women

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This group is for those who are following the weight training plan described in The New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler. Newbies and veterans are welcome! Post your training logs here, share your progress, and bounce questions off of other members. If you are curious about the program, feel free to peek in and ask us questions!! :)

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Question

posted by coleenm on 3:04 pm

I know the book isn't big on them (except fish oil) but does anyone here take vitamins? If so, can I ask what kind? Thanks!

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by loridunkley on Mar 25, 2009 at 3:12 pm

I take a multi-vitamin/multi-mineral, omega 3/6/9, and probiotics everyday plus I usually have a serving of ground flax seed too.

by fitfortheking on Mar 25, 2009 at 5:07 pm

I take a "Women's One a Day" multi vitamin everyday.

by kklinksick on Mar 25, 2009 at 5:48 pm

I take the Walgreens version of Women's one a day.

by anglyn1 on Mar 25, 2009 at 7:01 pm

I bought the Centrum w/ extra B vitamins, Vitamin D, Fish oil, and probiotics but I rarely if ever remember to take them!

by jenlamont on Mar 25, 2009 at 7:04 pm

Actually, after doing some reading, Saturday, I started taking the following:
weight sense multivitamin, flax/fish oil/borage, chromium picolinate, and green tea extract. I want to take CLA also, but both stores I've been to have been sold out!

by coleenm on Mar 25, 2009 at 7:07 pm

Hmmm... was wondering b/c I was in GNC getting my protein powder and they talked me into these Women's Active Vitapaks - they are supposed to give you energy (and I'm old, with 2 kids, so I need all I can get!) and was wondering if anybody had any experience with them. They were expensive too! I have never taken vitamins before.

by loridunkley on Mar 25, 2009 at 8:43 pm

I can surely notice a difference when I take a high quality multi as opposed to a store brand as far as energy and overall well-being is concerned. Most store brands and even Centrum are not well absorbed by your body and are excreted out as waste. I am not personally familiar with GNC's brand, but I assume it would be better than most. What does the pill look like? If it ihas greenish/brownish flecks and looks as if it would easily dissolve in water then it is better that a hard solid colored tablet. It is also important that a multi contain phytonutrients.

by midorigreen on Mar 26, 2009 at 6:56 am

I take fish oils....and that's about it. If i'm feeling run-down my husband will do some Applied Kinesiology (kind of witch doctory and hard to explain) testing and get me to take a series of different supplements to boost me back up. Otherwise, I try to just eat a balanced diet. I've been doing better lately since I'm eating way more veggies etc.
My kids take fish oil tablets too and love them - we use the Nordic Naturals Children's DHA and they are berry flavored gel caps. They eat them up like candy!

by leahault on Mar 26, 2009 at 8:20 am

I take fish oil, Vitamin C (500 mg - max your body can digest at one time), and a multi-vitamin daily. When I was detoxing, I would do Vitamin C 2x a day and added a probiotic.

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