Soccer Supplements

For Sports Specific Supplements that deliver, there's only one place to go:

SOCCER SUPPLEMENTATION:

• Magnesium:75% of the population are magnesium-deficient. Athletic Population:100%!!So at least 9 out of 10 soccer players are deficient in this most important mineral!Which one? Basically most forms of this „Main Man of Minerals“ will do, the one to avoid would be Magnesium Oxide, which is poorly utilized.

Try in between 1-2 gram(yes gram !;-)usually later in the day; in the evening and around bedtime. That's because magnesium has a rather calming effect. Vitamin B6 helps absorption.

It's great for the heart, the nervous-system and metabolism, it improves sleep and digestion, AND it prevents cramps and consequently hamstring-pulls and tears.Doesn't get much better than that !;-)

• Zinc: General population:50-60% have a deficiency. Athletes:100%!!Again; that means most soccer players!

Pretty much any form will do, up to 15mg; 2-3 x per day is fine.

Zinc is quite probably the 2nd best mineral supplement on the planet, right after magnesium.It is synergistic to other nutrients, that means it will further increase their benefits and make them more effective.

Zinc is an Anti-Estrogen -that's a BIG one- , it strengthens the immune-system and increases testosterone-levels.

Verdict: thumbs up, all around great stuff !;-)

A word on deficiency:If you're deficient in a mineral or vitamin, or in anything for that matter, your performance WILL suffer.Just to simply fix that deficiency is going to give you a noticeable improvement.

• Betaine HCL(You are not only what you eat, but what you assimilate)

This stuff will help your body to actually take up and USE all the good, healthy food and supplements you're eating.Recommended are 1-2 caps; in the middle of solid-food meals.

• PWO: Post Workout Shake/Post Game Shake(Whey Protein, Carbohydrate-Powder, Glutamine)

This is for Glycogen and Protein replacement, offsetting of the infamous Cortisol-Response, and to restore a favorable Testo/Cortisol-Ratio. Important for recovery from strenuous workouts.

Approximate guidelines:1. Whey: 20gram 2. Carbo-Powder: 20-40gram3. Glutamine: 20gram

• Glutamine: THE Recovery Amino-Acid.

Workouts: in the Post Workout Shake.

Sports-Practice, Games/Competition: 10-20gram just before and/or after.

Immune-System: Glutamine strengthens your Immune-System.

Brain/Focus: Glutamine is a direct brain-nutrient.

Increased HGH-Production: Take 2.5-5gram in the mornings and at nights, on an empty stomach.

• Omega-3:One of the wonder-supplements; hardly any disease exists on this planet that isn't improved by additional Omega 3 ingestion, apparently! Take from 5 up to 15gram; 3x per day.Note: NOT Cod Liver Oil, thats at a max of around 10gram per day.

• Vitamin D3: 5-10.000 IU per day+

Again; like Omega-3, the benefits of amazing Vitamin D3 seem to be sheer limitless !;-)Definitely it has been shown to improve athletic performance and to help prevent all kinds of disease. AND Again, the greater part of the population is deficient in this vitamin, especially in countries with rather limited sunlight.

Are there other useful and effective soccer supplements?You bet, and we will go into each and every one of them... in time !;-)The above are the bare basics, the very minimum that every natural athlete, every soccer player should definitely use.If you're gonna work hard, why not make the most of it, eh?!And we're talking not only optimized soccer performance, we're talking perfect health, too !;-) Adequate Soccer Supplements will help make the most out of your Training Efforts...

...and they will help make the most of your Fat Burning Efforts

Carb-Loading for Soccer

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