Vitamin supplements can blunt your strength gains

[profsanctvs]

If the danger, cost and questionable efficacy of supplements isn't a good enough reason for you to not take them, keep in mind that vitamin supplements have been shown to blunt strength gains

FAQ:

1. But those are rats! I'm not a rat! The 2011 study was with rats and the 2014 study had similar results in humans.
2. But those are huge amounts of Vitamin C and Vitamin E! Who really takes that much? These amounts of antioxidants are actually really common in supplements (1 IU = .67 or .9 mg)

edit: my life on r/fitness

https://imgur.com/a/gxzYZ

 

[dawn16]

@profsanctvs zbplot was just shot down hard in r/fitness. Trying his luck here...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/3ouwl0/vitamin_supplements_can_blunt_your_strength_gains

 

[bukiemm]

@dawn16 Replies on that thread are golden

 

[staywithme]

@bukiemm

Aren't you the person who argued that strength training was a waste of time and that running was the key to building muscle?

lol

 

[profsanctvs]

@dawn16 is crossposting not okay?

 

[dawn16]

@profsanctvs How is wiping shit on several walls better than wiping on just one?