 What's going on you guys? So rave to Rossi here, and I just finished my workout and today was back day So essentially what I did was I got up this morning I got ready took Duke out let him do his business, and then I went straight to the gym I hadn't eaten anything and I did a full Hard as I could balls to the walls back workout and then after I finished that I did 25 minutes on the treadmill no food no drink except for my pre-workout and then my BCAAs that I take during every workout and now I'm home, and I'm gonna take my Protein which I do every day after my workout. The goal is to take that within 30 minutes after my workout. That's the best Time frame that you have where your body really is gonna utilize it to the max Duke, of course Happy to see me I know I've done a video before of the different supplements I I've taken I did that in the form of a Like holiday gift idea video, but I still get a lot of questions from a lot of people asking What do I take on a daily basis? So let's do that today One thing I forgot to mention with my protein I Like to eat some kind of simple carb hopefully something healthy, so I go with a banana and Duke also likes it too, so So let's jump right in so when people come to me and they say rave I really want to get into working out bodybuilding what supplements do you recommend? What should I start taking and my number one go-to always is some sort of protein whether that's whey protein or vegan protein I'm gonna say right off the bat that a lot of the supplements that I'm taking are by Jim That is not necessarily because they are the best and only brand that you should be taking but it's simply a Result of the fact that when I compete I hire a coach my coach recommended these supplements to me He wanted me on these supplements. I liked them. I like Jim Stepani This is his brand Jim J. Y M and I like what he stands for and the fact that part of his brand is being Transparent in what ingredients are in here and not using fillers and stuff like that and just gimmicky kind of things It's all about Having quality ingredients and being transparent about what those ingredients are there are plenty of other brands that are just as great Good quality maybe even cheaper so protein. That's the staple. That's your basic That's what you want to start with it'll help you get more calories It'll help you get more protein in general. It'll help you with your muscle building when you start out Okay to start I have this handy little pill pack organizer You can get it at your local CVS drugstore grocery stores up like that Every day I fill this up with all my supplements for the day. So Starting out with this guy here, this is gonna be my creatine and my ZMA That's the first thing I take in the morning before I start my workout. That's this guy here and ZMA Those two guys pre-workout and then then I take my pre-workout So my pre-workout this guy's a whopper folks. I mean if you're sensitive to caffeine Stay away from this guy or take a half a dose or even a quarter dose feel it out This guy right here has 300 whopping milligrams of caffeine. That's a lot of caffeine Especially if you're not used to it don't have tolerance. The amino is that I'm currently taking right now All right, these guys right here. That's by evolution. They're BCAA's So I fill the BCAA's in here with water The goal is to drink half of this to all of it during my workout And then if I don't finish it then I want to finish that throughout the day So that's a good amount of water. It's important to stay hydrated As I said in the intro as soon as I'm done with my workout. I am taking my wha protein right here Pro gym Got it in my shaker. That's gonna be prepped first thing in the morning, too Also after my workout usually right after I have my protein in my banana. I Without this guy right here This is Jim's post Workout formula and it's all geared towards helping you recover post workout in the most efficient way possible And then with lunch, that's what I'm gonna move on to the next Section of my pup pack here. So in this little cubby right here. I've got my Gym Omega's that's gonna be your fish oil really good quality in this guy here. So I love that I take a natural herbal Testosterone booster estrogen blocker reducer. So because I'm natural I don't take steroids no growth hormone no insulin Stuff like that. So I've turned to natural herbal Supplements like that. I can't say for certain how effective Herbal testosterone is there's a lot of debate that goes back and forth about it. I don't recommend that to the average day-to-day Person who goes to the gym or trying to build muscle For me since I compete every small amount of an advantage that I can give myself I'll take it because when it comes to stage, I mean, it's so close when between you and the other competitors So that's just something for me specifically. That's important. Also. I'm taking this B complex I was having a lot of issues with just being drained and not feeling quite right and my GF at work was like he used to be a professional swimmer and He had the same issue and when he started taking B complex it really helped him just kind of Not to die on a day-to-day basis and that's always a good thing. So that's why I take it and then I also take glucose amine Glucose amine is great for joint health and that's it for lunch And then so I go about my day and then by the time dinner comes around then I'm ready for that again. So again Moving on to the next cubby there. It's gonna be the same. The only thing that's different for this one is I'm taking my multivitamin The reason why I take my multivitamin at night is because I am taking my ZMA in the morning Because there are ingredients in both that conflict and keep my body from being able to absorb one another So I got to keep them separate on opposite ends of the day. And so yeah, that is my lineup right now It might change it could change tomorrow might not change for another year I don't know, but that's what I'm taking and it works really well for me. I'm happy about it on that No, I've been very fortunate enough to pair up with ahf on this video and they took me to one of their pharmacies and I had no idea But their pharmacies are pretty awesome because they have a full array of supplements there It's open to the public. It's anybody can come in anybody can take an advantage of it They had so many awesome products there including C4 which is the pre-workout that I actually started working out with it's awesome I love the flavor. It works really well. It's a good price. They have that there They also have optimum nutrition whey protein It's a really well-respected quality brand in the fitness bodybuilding community. They have creatine there as well They've got quest bars. They've got oh, yeah one bars. They've got the complete cookie Which is a great like protein filled cookie. That's great for like Satiating your desire for a treat but still staying on diet. They've also got iso pure protein Which is like a designer whey protein. That's just a little bit more efficient for the body to be able to absorb It's a little more expensive, but I'm they got so much there and so I shot some footage for you guys So stick around and check it out because it's really awesome if you have it in your area You definitely have to take advantage of it Favorite protein bar is a by far hands down for taste and texture is these oh, yeah one bars so good and Blueberry cobbler is my favorite flavor and they have like more here than I've seen at any other like more than GNC more variety This is awesome, and then when I'm competing my coach doesn't let me have oh, yeah one because I guess there are certain ingredients There aren't as good as quests. So when I got to do quest there's even quest bars here Microwave those babies for like 30 seconds and that's dessert right there And they even have a bang energy drinks here check this out So good so much energy you can drink this as a pre-workout or Just as an energy drink, but these guys are freaking awesome. They taste great never had it definitely try it and by the way So everything here is whatever you purchase is you make 96 cents for every dollar it goes back into HIV AIDS services So I mean they're not trying to make a profit here They're really using all the money that they get from sales here to go right back into helping with HIV AIDS Services that's really awesome Guys that wraps up my video on my supplements for bodybuilding and fitness if you guys have any questions Please let me know in the comments below I'm sure you do and I will do my best to answer them Maybe in a follow-up blog as well and if anything changes as far as what I'm taking I'll be sure to update you guys with Another video in the future. I hope you enjoyed this. I hope you've got something from it I hope if you are just starting out with fitness or bodybuilding and you weren't sure really where to start I hope the whey protein is a good guide for you to start out on that and then you can kind of build from there as you Learn more if you like this video, please like it subscribe if you haven't already I appreciate all of your guys's support and stay tuned because as always I've got a lot more great content coming for you