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May I ask what type of supplements are you considering? Different supplements have different biological effects and therefore are utilized accordingly For example an endurance athlete may consider replenishmening glycogen rapidly and take a fast acting carbohydrate like dextrose(essentially glucose) while another may have more time and choose more starches from food and do a full carbohydrate load. Another example would be weightlifter who chooses a Protein like whey post workout to aid protein synthesis from a heavy workout(whey tends to boost blood amino acids which theoretically would shift nitrogen balance to positive) or he may choose single amino acid supplementation such as leucine (This amino acid tends to be one key regulator in protein synthesis via mTor pathway) or he might choose the full BCAA spectrum. There are lots of reasons to supplement. If you need energy, I recommend glucose. A candy bar tastes better than an expensive dextrose formula. One thing you might want to consider is energy homeostasis as it's regulated. That is to say that your body may adapt to some of the physiological changes of surgery, such as hunger signaling(gherlin, PYY, etc) and some of the lipid and glucose metabolism, but you are still intaking below average in calories with regards to normal metabolic rate(set point) because of surgical restriction of food volume(hence why GS surgery works; it creates an energy imbalance). Since there are many hormones in communication with the brain(ex hypothamulus) and other tissues about energy stores(glucose, fat, etc) then I would suspect that this would down regulation over all metabolism in other systems(or at least until a new set point is created). I should also mention that activity can effect this energy homeostasis too. The point I"m making is that being at your peak requires calories. You need sufficient calories to drive the biochemical processes that push protein synthesis and maintain the constant nitrogen balance between adpatation and that of protein degradation

Hi, Thank You You're probably right. I recommend Starting Strength for a couple reasons. 1: During dieting phases, lean body mass loss is big issue for those getting lean, and resistance training is the best way to deal with the maintenance of it and/or in addition with complicated diet setup with maconutrient cycling with regards to nitrogen sparring. 2: Muscles are cells containing their own genes for coding their own little Proteins, and proper gene expression occurs when a stress(exercise) induces a adaption(transcription, translation, and coding of these proteins to their proper products) and that is based upon specificity. I figured Marks program, essentially a progressive overloading programming setup, could apply the proper stress to induce adaption people here are looking for which is more muscle and strength without boring them with exercise physiology and theory. It already has the proper lifts to setup them for advance training later too. I mentioned the above with specificity in mind. Either way newbie adaptions occur regardless even with the worst training setup, and it can come quick or it can come slow but it has to come first before a more advance setup can be used.

Thank you for the link. 2% isn't bad at all. Even DEXA scans aren't 100% accurate because all the body fat measuring methods(calipers, under Water weighing, etc) are really just estimates which cant be called 100% accurate by definition anyways.

HI, If you want to develop strength then I recommend Starting Strength 3rd edition from Mark Ripptoe. First of all there is no use in going into programming and exercise theory here, most of the people reading this are not athletes and those who wish to be, would better served reading a exercise physiology textbook or simply finding a coach(note: not personal trainer) in their given sport, Even then the athlete would probably eventually end up reading SS(it's that popular) due to other recommendations. Secondly, it teaches full body multi-joint movements which is the staple of any decent strength training routine. Thirdly, even with the worst routine a beginner can develop muscle and strength because his biology just isn't at the level of an athlete who has ten+ years of proper training. The neural and simple adaptions that occur are very basic and will take time regardless of type of training and over training hardly ever occurs in this state either. At least with SS you get a good foundation to leap off of, and at the same time put on some good amount of muscle. Then after 6 months to a year you can start a good routine. The only argument in this book I would be his nutritional requirements. Although squats and milk might work well for a teenager, it doesn't work good for a adults, especially a post obese adult who has already impaired glucose and lipid metabolism, impaired hormonal response and metabolic regulation. Also a person with GSV will not able to handle the caloric surplus he recommends but they can probably find ways around it(ex caloric dense food) if they want too but since adaptions come easy for beginners this shouldn't be a big issue. I also would recommend you talk to your doctor about Protein requirements(they will probably increase on such a routine)

Interesting, but unfortunately it's BIA? We used professional Tantia scales at facility I work out at and they tend to be not very accurate. Fluid balance is a big issue with BIA readings in general and unfortunately still effects even expensive versions of these scales. I would be curious to know if these are any differenace(perhaps better body composition equation thus better readings). - http://www.tanita.co...ssional-scales/