<p>The protein shakes aren't much different than eating a ton of steak.</p>
<p>-workout at least 3x a week?
yep
-count calories?
i try to consume MORE food, but cut down on obviously unhealthy foods (greasy foods etc)
-take protein powder?
I use to use the EAS Protien powder from costco. It was REALLY good, and tasted EXCELLENT with a banana. I gained probably 7lbs of muscle using it over the course of 3 months or so (keep in mind that 7lbs was after burning fat and whatnot off)
-take creatine?
not yet, but creatine is supposed to be a super suppliment
-take pro-hormones?
nope
-take steroids?
i like my man parts, so no.</p>
<p>Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No</p>
<p>Are there any potential health drawbacks to taking creatine as an 18 year old?</p>
<p>Results are inconclusive about it, plus creatine doesn't always work for everyone.. I didn't really notice much so I stopped using it and just continued with whey and a good diet.</p>
<p>i watch my calories but that's about it.
i'm a vegetarian though, so it's not difficult.</p>
<p>Yes to first 3. I follow a meal plan though so I don't really count my calories since I already know the approximate amount I have each day anyway.</p>
<p>I'm going to add creatine some time in the near future.</p>
<p>Only side effects of creatine are muscle cramps; if you drink a lot of water (at least a gallon a day), you probably wont get them.</p>
<p>Yeah, I heard people have more problems with their knees when using creatine. My friend used it for a while and when he stopped using it he had withdrawl symptoms. who knows lol</p>
<p>-workout at least 3x a week? no
-count calories? no
-take protein powder? no
-take creatine? no
-take pro-hormones? no
-take steroids? no
lol...</p>
<p>yes
and no the rest</p>
<p>you don't need to count calories
just do 25 mins of cardio 3 or 4 times a week</p>
<p>don't take any steroids or growth hormone unless you got medical problems(doctors actually recommends it)</p>
<p>One questionable snack can easily erase 30 minutes of cardio.</p>
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just do 25 mins of cardio 3 or 4 times a week
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<p>this is terrible terrible advice</p>
<p>if you care about your body ignore this terrible advice</p>
<p>ahhaha, although 25 mins of cardio on top of a good diet and weightlifting is good.. but then it kind of defeats the reason why the advice was so bad :D</p>
<p>25 minutes of cardio does absolutely nothing for your body unless you're doing HIIT</p>
<p>you need to go 45-60 minutes before you start getting any of the benefits from steady state (jogging or going at the same rate)</p>
<p>A 25 minute jog is around 3 miles, if you were to do a 3 mile run every day I'd say that is definitely good.</p>
<p>I don't do anything to physically aid my self purposefully.</p>
<p>I play soccer and basketball, skateboard and jog for recreation but it has nothing to do with health/body image.</p>
<p>depends i mixed up my jogs but if i tell them to do what i do (5-7 miles), they wouldn't even consider it because to them it seems unreasonable</p>
<p>but 25 mins is ample time to get a good workout. It is enough to do a quick stretch and run a decent 5k
or you can sprints on the track
if you are trying to bulk up, do sprints around the track or whereever</p>
<p>Eh. </p>
<p>Yes x4
No x2
=,=</p>
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A 25 minute jog is around 3 miles, if you were to do a 3 mile run every day I'd say that is definitely good.
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<p>you will have a nice gangly body with no muscle and look [url="<a href="http://www.truestarhealth.com/members/cm_archives14ML3P1A11.html%22%5Dgross.%5B/url">http://www.truestarhealth.com/members/cm_archives14ML3P1A11.html"]gross.[/url</a>]</p>
<p>don't get me wrong, running a few miles is great exercise and you should do it often. but it's definitely not "all you need" :)</p>