Creatine

[Chadd 916]

your power on shots comes from your forearms and wrists not biceps and chest.

[Flyerguy91 0]

this thread is losing focus but one more reason why legs need to be emphasized: they contain the largest muscle groups, and the larger the muscle group the more hormones that group has to release. Training your legs hard, causes them in turn to release more hormones (such as testosterone). The more released the more it helps strength and decreased fat in the rest of your body. You are utilizing your body's natural steriods.

[lee92 2]

yeah, he's got a couple ppl he trains with at the gym here. one of them used to be in the canada strong man competition i think, and hes worked with ppl in teh CFL, and other ppl who are on junior teams like cail maclean who plays for colorados farm team...hereshy i think it is

[Chadd 916]

Name sounds familiar but he doesn't show up on the hershey stat page.

[lee92 2]

no? i'm pretty sure thats the team he's on cuz i remember ther was big news down here when he signed papers or sumthing saying he could play for colorado or sumthing like that, like be affiliated with them.

oh, wait, nevermind. i just looked him up and he played for bridgeport in the ahl this year. musta been last year when he was on hershy

[lee92 2]

yeah, he was on hershey 2001-2002, n 2002-2003...sorry for the useless post though

[Fletch 219]

Here's a good site about nutrition and working out. This guy knows what he's talking about and tells it like it is -

http://www.intense-workout.com/

[Gongshow11 1]

Kids gonna have 10 bloody bottles of vitamins before he knows it. Drink plenty of Milk for the calcium. People might say otherwise, but I wouldn't stress on whether its whole or not. Whole milk tastes the best anyways.

Oysters, all beef cuts, pork, most types of beans (Kidney supreme), lentils, eggs, fish, some cereals can give you a lot of zinc.

Magnesium rich foods include spinish, chard, soybeans, brocalli, peanuts, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, all types of beans, whole grains...not white bread, fish.

omega 3,6,9 oils can all be found in lipidex made by san creations

your power on shots comes from your forearms and wrists not biceps and chest.

chadd is right, chest and biceps are the most useless muslces for hockey

[Gongshow11 1]

cuz people don't eat three types of fish a day which are what omega oils are from

[biff44 0]

There is no question that getting all these vitamins and nutrients from natural foods is the best way. But due to time, cost, food preferences, eating on the road, etc., jamming some high quality vitamins and minerals down my kids gullet seems to be the best method for us.

[beantown 0]

All the weight gain from hockey should be strictly lean muscel. Relative strength is much more important then absolute strength as well, IMO. And for hockey players, we all agree that mass in the lower body is more important since it lowers your bodys center of gravity which helps a players dynamic balance and stability. By lowering your center of gravity and improving lower body mass and muscel, one can bend their knees more which improves skating immediately.

I agree completely with theo on this one, however, one needs to train their upper body as well (but maybe not as much) as the lower body in order to prevent upper body injuries such as separated shoulders. It it true that most mucles in the upper body are not used in hockey, however they should be trained to avoid injury.

On the subject of creatine, the human body already naturally creates creatine. The body already creates fluctuating amounts of "natural creatine" based upon one's nautral body chemistry - you cannot change it... The human body can only hold and use a certain amount of creatine so in a sense when a person is taking creatine they are essentially topping off their natural creatine supply. Think of it like topping off a glass as your body can only hold a certian amount of creatine. The rest of the left over supplemental creatine is simply flushed from the system, which is what can wreak havok on a person's liver, kidneys, etc... I believe that the rest of the information on how it can allow you to lift more, recover faster, etc., is all true. I do not know about creatine just filling your muscles with water.

[mmcc721 0]

anyone below the age of 18 use it here?

[lee92 2]

i dont. but a couple friends of mine who r 17 use it