Dr.Dave1 takes on the Triad
Info on Orange Triad:
Designed for the serious athlete, ORANGE TRIAD delivers!
Serious athletes are unique in that they intentionally subject their bodies to incredible amounts of stress with training and cardio. Over time, the immune system can be compromised, and muscles, tendons, and ligaments take longer to recover which means you can't train them as often as you would like. A deficiency can mean that you aren't getting optimal results from your training.
Designed for the serious athlete, ORANGE TRIAD combines the most proven and effective vitamins, minerals, and nutrients for supporting optimal DIGESTION, IMMUNE system, and JOINT HEALTH into one "twice daily" dietary supplement. The JOINT and FLEX complexes help lubricate joints and cartilage as well as increase the resiliency of connective tissue, while the DIGESTION and IMMUNE complex includes natural anti-inflammatories, digestive aids, and nutrient partitioning agents to take your performance to the next level.
info on me:
Me
Currently I am in my last year of medical school Med school takes up a fair amount of my time but I still make it a priority to make it to the gym. Currnetly I am on a two month research elective so I have more free time than usual but I am also studying for the step two of my US medical licensing exam . . . thus I am still getting an average of 5-6 hours of sleep a night . . . not ideal but I seem to function pretty well this way. I find lifting is definitely necessary to relieve stress. I also enjoy working toward my lifting/physique goals. On that note I am not really a "bodybuilder" or a "powerlifter" . . . I do the lifts that I enjoy and keep me looking forward to my workouts. I have recurrent joint issues (knees, shoulders, wrists, elbows) and that was how I got my chance at OT. Nothing extremely serious just enough to be annoying
Lifting history
I did not start to lift until my junior year of college. However, once I got started I was hooked. At the beginning I did not know much about proper lifting technique and I definitely had no idea about proper nutrition. Long story short . . . since then I have picked up lotsa good info on training and nutrition from friends and various forums. Special thanks to PT's famous thread on eating/training.
Supplement Hx
Multis: centrum, Now ADAM, AST32X, Now Opti-men
vitamins/minerals: folic acid, Glucosamine/chondroitan, B12, fish oil, flax oil, sesamin, Hawthorn berry, niacin, Acetyl L-carnitine
creatine: Syntrax Swole V3, DS Xceed, CL Green bulge, CL Green Mag, ErgoPharm Cell Fuel, MT CellTech, Bulk CEE, bulk Cre-Alk, Bulk creatine mono
NO: CL WB, bulk AAKG
BCAAS/EAAS: Scivation Xtend, CL PW, AI Excell, Leukic, bulk Leucine
Stims/cognitive enhancers: Stim X, bulk caffeine, CL YN, Syntrax Fyre, CL RA v1
protein: ON whey, Dymatize elite, AI - WPI, ErgoPharm GF pro, Syntrax Nectar, ISS Whey Matrix
Other: ALRI Jungle warfare, Mass Fx, hyperdrol, AN IGF2, USP Anabolic Pump, USP Cissus Rx, USP Powerfull, HMB, 6-Oxo, CL Glycergrow
My current split
I lift in the AM @ 5:15 M: Chest/Back, Tu Shoulders/arms, Wed Legs, Thur chest/back, Fri shoulders/arms . . . Abs are done 3-4 times per week and cardio is typically 10-20 minutes post workout if time is available
all exercise are done for 3-4 sets and typically follow the 12-10-8-6 or 10-8-6 scheme for rep range
Monday
Chest/back
DB Flat chest press
Incline Flyes
DB decline chest press
Weighted pullups
Deadlift
T-bar rows
Tuesday
Shoulders/arms
BB Military press
Standing row
Smith machine shrugs
BB bicep curls
DB overhead tris
DB preacher curl
Rope overhead tri extension
Wednesday
Legs
Squats
Standing calf raises on smith machine
Leg press
Seated calf raises
45 degree squat
Thursday
Chest/back
Incline DB press
Flat DB flyes
Weighted dips
SLDL
Bent over BB rows
Lat pulldown
Friday
Shoulders/arms
Arnold shoulder press
DB side delt raises
DB front delt raises
DB rear delt raises
DB shrugs
DB alternating curls
Close grip bench press
DB Hammer curls
Weighted bench dips
My current Supps
Dymatize Elite, fish oil, bulk cissus, CL G-Mag, Scivation Xtend, CL PW and of course CL Orange Triad
How to measure results: right now all I can think of is subjective thoughts on how my joints feels and overall feeling of well being . . . this may be revised and I am open to suggestions
Any questions please let me know. I'll try to update this on a daily basis if possible
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