Vitamins

Hi. I wanted an opinion on whether vitamin supplements do any good? I have heard so many mixed reviews about them. Obviously, food is the best source to obtain vitamins but will your body absorb any vitamins from a supplement pill? thanks

[Steve]

I believe vitamins are vital to bodybuilders. We put our bodies through a hell of a lot of stress on a regular basis. We definitely need them. Vit A, C and E are the most important.

Steve

[mustang GT]

I know the body gets put through a lot of stress after lifting weights, but it's nothing that will mess our body's up right? This may be a stupid question, but we don't put stress on our heart when we lift right?

[Steve]

I believe we do. Doesn't your heart beat faster when you work out?

Steve

[mustang GT]

Yes our heart beats faster, which does the same thing when we do cardiovascular exercise which is the good type of stress, but I meant does the heavy weight put a bad stress on your heart that can possibly be dangerous to the heart?

[Steve]

See these links


http://www.theheart.org/public/top10.html


http://www.totalfitnessnetwork.com/COACHTemp.html


Hope this helps you


Steve

[mustang GT]

Thanks for the links Steve. I'm very interested in health for the heart, so this info is cool. I just want to do everything healthy for my heart and I'm kind of paranoid of doing any damage to my heart. lol Oh yeah, I found a link to the BMI calculation and that's very interesting. My BMI is 24.865. I'm 5'11 and I weigh 178. I have a lot of lean muscle on me. Not sure of the percentage though. k peace.