People, let's hear your comments.

[cuts280]

When one is taking a high potency multivitamin/mineral forumla capsule.....say like that of Kirkland twice a day do we really need to take things like B-complex, vitamin c, vitamin e, zinc etc seperately?
How many people here believe in taking glutamine in the offseason. There was a big writeup from AST in the past which was totally rubbish where they claimed how much taking the large amouns of glutamine was prodcutive for growth?? Personally I stopped taking glutamine about 4 weeks back and didn't notice any difference with my recovery abilities which seem to be good as well as in general??

[mrky03]

Personally I've never noticed any difference when I've used glutamine. I know there's been a wealth of research out there to support it's effectiveness but most supplements don't seem to make a lot of difference for me.

As far as taking in extra vitamins, your guess is as good as mine! I take them for insurance purposes, but I could'nt swear that they help.

Currently I do use extra vitimin C, E, calcium with minerals as well as fish oil and glucosimine & chondroitin.

[RUBICON19]

I use Animal Packs for vitamins. I use them as a safety net.

Dont know about glutamine... I use it once in a while.

[beckie]

I just take the multi-no extras on the side!
As for glutamine,I find it helps my DOMS pre contest but otherwise I don't use it in the off season.
Layne reckons its only good for people with bowel problems-so maybe thats why it works for me

[Intensity]

Same thing here: I take a multi-vits as an insurance... and do not use Glutamine excepted 6 weeks out in my contest prep! I've never seen any benefit taking it... but i guess that I also take it as a low cost insurance (approx 20$ for those 6 weeks) while my calories are at their lowest!