The Most UNDERRATED Supplement!
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Date: 2024-06-07
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thebearded4427
My mom was a tour guide on Cyprus for many years and the native bus drivers adviced her to eat salt if she got a headache to retain the water.
This led me to start putting half a tea spoon of salt in my water when i go to a workout, plus half a tea spoon of brown sugar for some fast carbs and better taste, as well as a very small dose of Msm for my joint health. This has significantly improved my workouts.
After the workout I make a shake with unflavoured whey, peanutbutter, oat milk and a banana, which is rich in potassium.
Then about an hour before sleep I take magnesium dissolved in water to relax my muscles.
I had an idea that this was roughly how it worked, but i based it on muscle contraction/relaxation and water retention, so it's super cool to see you make a video about it!
If you want to know the tell-tale signs for deficiency:
Salt: Headaches, slow thinking, trouble focusing vision
Magnesium: cramps, calves in particular. Also feeling tense, especially when trying to go to sleep.
Potassium: Trouble holding tension in muscles, or not being able to get a good contraction.
Sugar: You aren't, unless you weight as much as a hamster and still insist on losing weight.
Just a word of advice: If you are hefty, don't go to hard on magnesium. It can cause pretty bad snooring, which screws over your sleep and wastes your progress due to poor recovery.
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My mom was a tour guide on Cyprus for many years and the native bus drivers adviced her to eat salt if she got a headache to retain the water.
This led me to start putting half a tea spoon of salt in my water when i go to a workout, plus half a tea spoon of brown sugar for some fast carbs and better taste, as well as a very small dose of Msm for my joint health. This has significantly improved my workouts.
After the workout I make a shake with unflavoured whey, peanutbutter, oat milk and a banana, which is rich in potassium.
Then about an hour before sleep I take magnesium dissolved in water to relax my muscles.
I had an idea that this was roughly how it worked, but i based it on muscle contraction/relaxation and water retention, so it's super cool to see you make a video about it!
If you want to know the tell-tale signs for deficiency:
Salt: Headaches, slow thinking, trouble focusing vision
Magnesium: cramps, calves in particular. Also feeling tense, especially when trying to go to sleep.
Potassium: Trouble holding tension in muscles, or not being able to get a good contraction.
Sugar: You aren't, unless you weight as much as a hamster and still insist on losing weight.
Just a word of advice: If you are hefty, don't go to hard on magnesium. It can cause pretty bad snooring, which screws over your sleep and wastes your progress due to poor recovery.
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user-sy7ck3ln6o
yup yup yup. that's what I do. 32 ounces of water with 1. 5 packets ( 9grams) of LMNT 1 hour pre gym work out 4/6 days. And Because I do a 2nd activity of 2 hours road cycling 4/7 days. I do a 2nd round of that water/lmnt mix. Greatly improves the cramping/charlie horse. issues. especially as it's now much warmer weather. I continue hydrating through out the reminder of the day with another 32 ounces of water. Daily that's around 90-ish ounces of fluid. 2/3 with electrolytes. I do agree. that. there could be a push for a little more magnesium. and maybe a bit more Potassium. in the LMNT. but it is what it is. : easy to add the Mag/Potas with a couple of capletts. I'll check out the addition of Glutimine to the mixture. 3 to 4 grams
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yup yup yup. that's what I do. 32 ounces of water with 1. 5 packets ( 9grams) of LMNT 1 hour pre gym work out 4/6 days. And Because I do a 2nd activity of 2 hours road cycling 4/7 days. I do a 2nd round of that water/lmnt mix. Greatly improves the cramping/charlie horse. issues. especially as it's now much warmer weather. I continue hydrating through out the reminder of the day with another 32 ounces of water. Daily that's around 90-ish ounces of fluid. 2/3 with electrolytes. I do agree. that. there could be a push for a little more magnesium. and maybe a bit more Potassium. in the LMNT. but it is what it is. : easy to add the Mag/Potas with a couple of capletts. I'll check out the addition of Glutimine to the mixture. 3 to 4 grams
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user-sy7ck3ln6o
LMNT. yup it's kind of spendy at about a $1. 50 a packet. HOWEVER. THE BENIFIT OF PROPERLY HYDRATING WITH A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT IS WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT. 99% of all the other powders out there are total crap. WhY cause they vastly have crap in them like some kind of sugar/sweetner. FACT. SUGAR IS SUGAR IS SUGAR. no matter how much lipstick they put on that pig. it's still a sugar. Just saying. AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAQUE. Ryan if you can come up with a product with just those 3 ingrediants. that dissolves. and maybe a higher mag/potas and it's not breaking our banks. LET US ALL KNOW. HERE'S A TIP. YOU CAN ADD A PACKET OF LMNT TO CLUB SODA. AND WOW. YOU NOW HAVE A CRAZY GOOD FIZZY DRINK THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOU.
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LMNT. yup it's kind of spendy at about a $1. 50 a packet. HOWEVER. THE BENIFIT OF PROPERLY HYDRATING WITH A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT IS WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT. 99% of all the other powders out there are total crap. WhY cause they vastly have crap in them like some kind of sugar/sweetner. FACT. SUGAR IS SUGAR IS SUGAR. no matter how much lipstick they put on that pig. it's still a sugar. Just saying. AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAQUE. Ryan if you can come up with a product with just those 3 ingrediants. that dissolves. and maybe a higher mag/potas and it's not breaking our banks. LET US ALL KNOW. HERE'S A TIP. YOU CAN ADD A PACKET OF LMNT TO CLUB SODA. AND WOW. YOU NOW HAVE A CRAZY GOOD FIZZY DRINK THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOU.
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bobnewkirk7003
If your looking for a more home-brew solution I suggest checking out Switchel. It was an old--time farm drink that folks used to stay hydrated during long days in the field pre-AC. It solves for a lot of the same electrolytes with the different components so don't substitute unless you know what your doing.
The basic recipe is Water, something sour (Lemon/ACV, Molasses, Ginger, Salt and something sweet (ideally raw sugar or honey. the Ginger is high in Potassium and anti-nausea and the Molasses is high in Calcium.
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If your looking for a more home-brew solution I suggest checking out Switchel. It was an old--time farm drink that folks used to stay hydrated during long days in the field pre-AC. It solves for a lot of the same electrolytes with the different components so don't substitute unless you know what your doing.
The basic recipe is Water, something sour (Lemon/ACV, Molasses, Ginger, Salt and something sweet (ideally raw sugar or honey. the Ginger is high in Potassium and anti-nausea and the Molasses is high in Calcium.
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ryosaeba566
Is not underrated is a oldshool supplement for gut health and your protein pool is 80%glutamin and your intestine need that this also why the old schoolers keep there jewish locks on the head gut is good your nutrition absorbation rate is good more health when somebody ask yeah but everywhere is glutamine yes but also most of that get destroyed by heat cooking for example great supp top 5 ofcourse 15 - 20g a day keep first with 10g then look how you tollarate can also help by leaky gut
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Is not underrated is a oldshool supplement for gut health and your protein pool is 80%glutamin and your intestine need that this also why the old schoolers keep there jewish locks on the head gut is good your nutrition absorbation rate is good more health when somebody ask yeah but everywhere is glutamine yes but also most of that get destroyed by heat cooking for example great supp top 5 ofcourse 15 - 20g a day keep first with 10g then look how you tollarate can also help by leaky gut
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cenauge
Life changed significantly for the better when I started making 64 oz of electrolyte solution (to be diluted in equal measure with plain water before drinking) every morning that contains redmond's salt, potassium salt, magnesium citrate, creatine, taurine, real lemon/real lime packets (so the stuff doesn't taste like snake juice) and EAAs (really puts the finishing touch on the lemonade taste. I just drink more of it during and around workouts.
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Life changed significantly for the better when I started making 64 oz of electrolyte solution (to be diluted in equal measure with plain water before drinking) every morning that contains redmond's salt, potassium salt, magnesium citrate, creatine, taurine, real lemon/real lime packets (so the stuff doesn't taste like snake juice) and EAAs (really puts the finishing touch on the lemonade taste. I just drink more of it during and around workouts.
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user-xr1ov3sx4u
So whats your story anyhow, man Do you have degree's in exercise science, are you just well read, were you ever involved in professional bodybuilding, power lifting, or Olympic lifting I know you you try and come across as this hip douche bag type that doesn't give a uc; but you seem to know your stuff. I find it hard to believe your just some nerdy in-cell who likes to lift. So whats your deal
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So whats your story anyhow, man Do you have degree's in exercise science, are you just well read, were you ever involved in professional bodybuilding, power lifting, or Olympic lifting I know you you try and come across as this hip douche bag type that doesn't give a uc; but you seem to know your stuff. I find it hard to believe your just some nerdy in-cell who likes to lift. So whats your deal
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sixzerotwo
Important, but not mentioned here, if you have any symptoms of low magnesium it still might be sodium you are lacking. Increasing sodium will spare magnesium allowing you to hang on to more. I tried magnesium supplements of all kinds for years and it wasnt until I specifically increased my salt intake that my issues dissapeared. I no longer supplement magnesium and have no low mag issues.
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Important, but not mentioned here, if you have any symptoms of low magnesium it still might be sodium you are lacking. Increasing sodium will spare magnesium allowing you to hang on to more. I tried magnesium supplements of all kinds for years and it wasnt until I specifically increased my salt intake that my issues dissapeared. I no longer supplement magnesium and have no low mag issues.
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jaeldi
And the EMMY for cinematography in streaming short form content goes to. RYAN HUMISTON! Appreciate the extra effort to make your videos more visually interesting. SO MUCH better than just watching someone talk at a selfie cam. I'd watch you work out anytime. Yes homo. Also, joking aside, once again, EXCELLENT CONTENT! Invaluable info that is useful! Keep up the good work and the good sweat.
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And the EMMY for cinematography in streaming short form content goes to. RYAN HUMISTON! Appreciate the extra effort to make your videos more visually interesting. SO MUCH better than just watching someone talk at a selfie cam. I'd watch you work out anytime. Yes homo. Also, joking aside, once again, EXCELLENT CONTENT! Invaluable info that is useful! Keep up the good work and the good sweat.
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mitchcrush6528
I had (still do) severe leg cramps at night following Ryan’s leg day workouts. From a dead sleep, hamstrings cramp up tighter than a rats ass. Straighten my legs quads cramp up, back and forth.
I found Celtic sea salt has helped’ limit these rude awakenings along with eating a banana and drinking lightly salted water.
This video is too late for ME, hopefully helps y’all
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I had (still do) severe leg cramps at night following Ryan’s leg day workouts. From a dead sleep, hamstrings cramp up tighter than a rats ass. Straighten my legs quads cramp up, back and forth.
I found Celtic sea salt has helped’ limit these rude awakenings along with eating a banana and drinking lightly salted water.
This video is too late for ME, hopefully helps y’all
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afishl1
Check out the Ultima brand of electrolytes, tastes amazing, no bad ingredients, nails the other electrolytes, but is low in sodium so either you can just add some salt if you want, which is easy cause everyone has that, or not if you'd rather just have more salty better tasting food, which is what I like to do, altho maybe it is better to have more of your salt near your workout idk
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Check out the Ultima brand of electrolytes, tastes amazing, no bad ingredients, nails the other electrolytes, but is low in sodium so either you can just add some salt if you want, which is easy cause everyone has that, or not if you'd rather just have more salty better tasting food, which is what I like to do, altho maybe it is better to have more of your salt near your workout idk
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blue_samurai_zero
Most table salts in grocery stores and restaurants is not NaCl. It's sodium with aluminum (e. g. sodium aluminosilicate. Check the labels. Get good, real salt instead. There's no reason to inject aluminum and it may (very slowly) promote Parkinson's & Alzheimer's. Get good salts instead.
Start calling your brother glutamine and tell him it's a term of affection.
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Most table salts in grocery stores and restaurants is not NaCl. It's sodium with aluminum (e. g. sodium aluminosilicate. Check the labels. Get good, real salt instead. There's no reason to inject aluminum and it may (very slowly) promote Parkinson's & Alzheimer's. Get good salts instead.
Start calling your brother glutamine and tell him it's a term of affection.
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AvinashTavares
I live in a place where temparatures after my morning workout would cross 35C. Within half hour of workout I would feel drowsy and lethargic. My friend suggested I could be low on sodium. I started having half teaspoon salt before my workout and it helped. No more lathargy. I switched over to WHO-ORS soon after for additional minerals.
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I live in a place where temparatures after my morning workout would cross 35C. Within half hour of workout I would feel drowsy and lethargic. My friend suggested I could be low on sodium. I started having half teaspoon salt before my workout and it helped. No more lathargy. I switched over to WHO-ORS soon after for additional minerals.
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stevezak7407
If you are magnesium deficient try magnesium oil (magnesium chloride) not Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate. Magnesium has a hard time digesting through the gut but absorbs through the skin easily. I spray it on my lower back, hips and elbows when I get out of the shower. Great for sore/strained muscles inflammation and muscle relaxer.
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If you are magnesium deficient try magnesium oil (magnesium chloride) not Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate. Magnesium has a hard time digesting through the gut but absorbs through the skin easily. I spray it on my lower back, hips and elbows when I get out of the shower. Great for sore/strained muscles inflammation and muscle relaxer.
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ryan_humiston
Ryan, thank you for the clarification on the supplement you need depending on when you are cramping. I have talked to a lot of doctors they all seem clueless. They all just said eat a banana when I wasn't deficient in potassium as I eat potatoes with the skin which has more potassium. They never asked when do you cramp.
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Ryan, thank you for the clarification on the supplement you need depending on when you are cramping. I have talked to a lot of doctors they all seem clueless. They all just said eat a banana when I wasn't deficient in potassium as I eat potatoes with the skin which has more potassium. They never asked when do you cramp.
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rickjenkins5813
Prime has to be the answer. lolol. J/K. F that weak ss sh! t. All garbage. You can DIY your own Electrolyte Powder (hint. it's not 1: 1. Mineral Salt, Potassium Cloride (NuSalt, and Magnesium Glycinate (powder caps. drop 1/2 teaspoon in 32oz. Stop wasting your money on overinflated chemical sugar waters. Suggon.
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Prime has to be the answer. lolol. J/K. F that weak ss sh! t. All garbage. You can DIY your own Electrolyte Powder (hint. it's not 1: 1. Mineral Salt, Potassium Cloride (NuSalt, and Magnesium Glycinate (powder caps. drop 1/2 teaspoon in 32oz. Stop wasting your money on overinflated chemical sugar waters. Suggon.
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David_Avidmind
If anybody is on blood pressure medicine, such as Micardis, Telimarsarten and certain others, they accumulate Pottasisum in your system. If you supplement with additional Pottasisum, then well, you have a heart attack. Please check you Blood Pressure medicine is not one of those that accumulates Pottasium.
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If anybody is on blood pressure medicine, such as Micardis, Telimarsarten and certain others, they accumulate Pottasisum in your system. If you supplement with additional Pottasisum, then well, you have a heart attack. Please check you Blood Pressure medicine is not one of those that accumulates Pottasium.
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Rook2299
here is a question for all of you that watch this guy. I purchased most of his programs over the years. but bought them before the app came out. now the app is asking me to purchase all the programs again. any of you find a way around this or am i just stuck with the old websit anyone able to answer
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here is a question for all of you that watch this guy. I purchased most of his programs over the years. but bought them before the app came out. now the app is asking me to purchase all the programs again. any of you find a way around this or am i just stuck with the old websit anyone able to answer
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David-qx8jm
But yeah there it, the but you knew it was coming so here it is potassium is the word hard to get enough of four thousand milligrams a day. Never enough in any sports drinks or dietary supplements. Please somebody come up with a potassium product that supplies enough potassium.
Keepemcoming
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But yeah there it, the but you knew it was coming so here it is potassium is the word hard to get enough of four thousand milligrams a day. Never enough in any sports drinks or dietary supplements. Please somebody come up with a potassium product that supplies enough potassium.
Keepemcoming
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r3h4b
GOAT video for us nocturnal crampers post a heavy sweat day. Nothing like rolling out of bed mid dream state and pressing on the wall like your tearing the house down bc your calves or hamstring are spasming harder than a college girl on E at her first Skrillex show. Thx, upping my mag supp.
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GOAT video for us nocturnal crampers post a heavy sweat day. Nothing like rolling out of bed mid dream state and pressing on the wall like your tearing the house down bc your calves or hamstring are spasming harder than a college girl on E at her first Skrillex show. Thx, upping my mag supp.
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