Looking for a quality multivitamin to take. I’ve been interested in taking 1st Endurance MultiV but wanted to see if any ST’er have more insight.
I like the food based multivitamin from Whole Foods.
I take One-A-Day all day energy…
It has caffeine in it, which to me is an essential nutrient.
Costco has a cheap multivitamin. About $9.70 for 500 pills.
-Robert
I like the GNC Men’s Sport multivitamin, which I take on a daily basis. I have been getting them at 50% off by buying them on sale, which tends to be on a monthly basis right at the end of the GNC Gold Card week.
Interestingly, I have found that I cramp less when I take GNC’s multivitamin, and when I do have cramps in the evening after a hard training session, taking one with my meal or recovery drink works better at reducing the cramping than the meal or recovery drink alone accomplishes. The GNC product also has a lot of trace minerals, which I believe is the reason for its effectiveness at reducing my cramping.
Thanks, i’ve taken the GNC Sport MV before and it’s worked well. I wanted to see if there was another multivitamin that helps enhance endurance (along with training your @$$ off) but also helps increase your overall lactate threshold.
The 1st Endurance MultiV states, “1st Endurance Multi-V is the first multinutrient vitamin that’s clinically proven to enhance endurance. This unparalleled formulation contains clinically effective doses of Carbogen™, ORAC tested antioxidants, Ginkgo Biloba, Green Tea extract and endurance specific vitamins and minerals. 1st Endurance Multi-V is the only multivitamin that contains Carbogen™. This patented enzyme blend has been shown in clinical studies to improve carbohydrate utilization, improve glycogen resynthesis and increase time to exhaustion significantly.”
Is there any personal experience from this or any case studies I can review?
Thanks, i’ve taken the GNC Sport MV before and it’s worked well. I wanted to see if there was another multivitamin that helps enhance endurance (along with training your @$$ off) but also helps increase your overall lactate threshold.
The 1st Endurance MultiV states, “1st Endurance Multi-V is the first multinutrient vitamin that’s clinically proven to enhance endurance. This unparalleled formulation contains clinically effective doses of Carbogen™, ORAC tested antioxidants, Ginkgo Biloba, Green Tea extract and endurance specific vitamins and minerals. 1st Endurance Multi-V is the only multivitamin that contains Carbogen™. This patented enzyme blend has been shown in clinical studies to improve carbohydrate utilization, improve glycogen resynthesis and increase time to exhaustion significantly.”
Is there any personal experience from this or any case studies I can review?
Rappstar uses and is sponsored by 1st Endurance, although from his statements on the boards I believe he’d probably use it even if he wasn’t sponsored by them. He’s had a few posts, and I think there are study links on the 1st endurance site.
John
Thanks, i’ve taken the GNC Sport MV before and it’s worked well. I wanted to see if there was another multivitamin that helps enhance endurance (along with training your @$$ off) but also helps increase your overall lactate threshold.
The 1st Endurance MultiV states, “1st Endurance Multi-V is the first multinutrient vitamin that’s clinically proven to enhance endurance. This unparalleled formulation contains clinically effective doses of Carbogen™, ORAC tested antioxidants, Ginkgo Biloba, Green Tea extract and endurance specific vitamins and minerals. 1st Endurance Multi-V is the only multivitamin that contains Carbogen™. This patented enzyme blend has been shown in clinical studies to improve carbohydrate utilization, improve glycogen resynthesis and increase time to exhaustion significantly.”
Is there any personal experience from this or any case studies I can review?
Rappstar uses and is sponsored by 1st Endurance, although from his statements on the boards I believe he’d probably use it even if he wasn’t sponsored by them. He’s had a few posts, and I think there are study links on the 1st endurance site.
John
1st Endurance, the Costco brand and the GNC sport brand of vitamins are all quality. 1st endurance is GMP certified meaning it’s as good as what is produced in a pharmacy. Costco’s brand is USP certified which is the same thing and I believe that GNC is too. gone the GNC route for vitamins before, they’re good but I think a little overpriced. The nice about the GNC brand is that the vitamin packs have multiple vitamin supplements in addition to the multivitamin pill.
What variations of GNC multivitamin are people referring to?
Mega Man capsule
Mega Man Sport capsule
Mega Man Sport pack
Mega Man Elite Sport pack
FYI, GNC has a buy one, get one online today (I’m sure this actually happens quite often).
Looking for a quality multivitamin to take. I’ve been interested in taking 1st Endurance MultiV but wanted to see if any ST’er have more insight.
why are you not eating a balanced diet that you need to take one?
Looking for a quality multivitamin to take. I’ve been interested in taking 1st Endurance MultiV but wanted to see if any ST’er have more insight.
why are you not eating a balanced diet that you need to take one?
Synthetic, no one said anything about a balanced diet. I see what you’re getting at but my RD has a good nutritional schedule and diet for me to stick to. Even with a balanced diet, it’s hard to take in all the nutrients a multivitamin can provide. The pros stick to a direct diet plan and even take multivitamins to make sure they are capped with all of the daily values and then some 
(Good example, Rappster)
Thanks for the insight everyone.
There’s evidence out in the scientific literature that taking anti-oxidants is actually counterproductive. These are abstracts from 2 recent review articles - others are out there as well. Personally, I do not take any multi-vitamins. The only supplement I will take is Vitamin D, and only during periods when I am not regularly outdoors.
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2012;2012:707941. Epub 2012 Aug 13.
Does vitamin C and e supplementation impair the favorable adaptations of regular exercise?
Nikolaidis MG, Kerksick CM, Lamprecht M, McAnulty SR.
Department of Physical Education and Sports Science at Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 62110 Serres, Greece.
The detrimental outcomes associated with unregulated and excessive production of free radicals remains a physiological concern that has implications to health, medicine and performance. Available evidence suggests that physiological adaptations to exercise training can enhance the body’s ability to quench free radicals and circumstantial evidence exists to suggest that key vitamins and nutrients may provide additional support to mitigate the untoward effects associated with increased free radical production. However, controversy has risen regarding the potential outcomes associated with vitamins C and E, two popular antioxidant nutrients. Recent evidence has been put forth suggesting that exogenous administration of these antioxidants may be harmful to performance making interpretations regarding the efficacy of antioxidants challenging. The available studies that employed both animal and human models provided conflicting outcomes regarding the efficacy of vitamin C and E supplementation, at least partly due to methodological differences in assessing oxidative stress and training adaptations. Based on the contradictory evidence regarding the effects of higher intakes of vitamin C and/or E on exercise performance and redox homeostasis, a permanent intake of non-physiological dosages of vitamin C and/or E cannot be recommended to healthy, exercising individuals.
Sports Med. 2011 Dec 1;41(12):1043-69. doi: 10.2165/11594400-000000000-00000.
Antioxidant supplementation during exercise training: beneficial or detrimental?
Peternelj TT, Coombes JS.
School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. tpeternelj@hms.uq.edu.au
High levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced in skeletal muscle during exercise have been associated with muscle damage and impaired muscle function. Supporting endogenous defence systems with additional oral doses of antioxidants has received much attention as a noninvasive strategy to prevent or reduce oxidative stress, decrease muscle damage and improve exercise performance. Over 150 articles have been published on this topic, with almost all of these being small-scale, low-quality studies. The consistent finding is that antioxidant supplementation attenuates exercise-induced oxidative stress. However, any physiological implications of this have yet to be consistently demonstrated, with most studies reporting no effects on exercise-induced muscle damage and performance. Moreover, a growing body of evidence indicates detrimental effects of antioxidant supplementation on the health and performance benefits of exercise training. Indeed, although ROS are associated with harmful biological events, they are also essential to the development and optimal function of every cell. The aim of this review is to present and discuss 23 studies that have shown that antioxidant supplementation interferes with exercise training-induced adaptations. The main findings of these studies are that, in certain situations, loading the cell with high doses of antioxidants leads to a blunting of the positive effects of exercise training and interferes with important ROS-mediated physiological processes, such as vasodilation and insulin signalling. More research is needed to produce evidence-based guidelines regarding the use of antioxidant supplementation during exercise training. We recommend that an adequate intake of vitamins and minerals through a varied and balanced diet remains the best approach to maintain the optimal antioxidant status in exercising individuals.
Looking for a quality multivitamin to take. I’ve been interested in taking 1st Endurance MultiV but wanted to see if any ST’er have more insight.
Universal Nutrition’s
Animal Pak about $.50 per day - Multivitamin pack
Animal Flex about $.60 per day - Joint and ligaments
All together it’s 19 pills that I swallow. lol But it helps me drink enough water.
+1 on the Animal Packs. Ive been using them for over 5 years now and have done experiments by switching to other multivitamins (For a month at a time) and have found NONE to be even close to Animal Packs. Relatively inexpensive, individualy packed and packs one heck of a vitamin punch! Increased engery, strength and I feel like recovery is better with them on board. Try them out, you wont be dissapointed!!
Universal Nutrition’s
Animal Pak about $.50 per day - Multivitamin pack
Animal Flex about $.60 per day - Joint and ligaments
All together it’s 19 pills that I swallow. lol But it helps me drink enough water.
19 pills a day? huh…
John
There’s always one of you.
There’s always one of you.
make that two, multi vitamins are worthless, no evidence they do anything good
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Is that enough? Should I be taking more? What did I miss? Maybe I should take some ginko too so I wont forget.
Last year was the first time i didn’t take a multi vitamin while training.
I got sick more often and didn’t feel as good, coincidentally i didn’t race well haha.
I am back on the GNC Sport vitamin, MSM, Iron (3 times/week, ive been deficient before and is awful) and calcium+D. I feel good and am making good gains right now.
+1 on the Animal Packs. Ive been using them for over 5 years now and have done experiments by switching to other multivitamins (For a month at a time) and have found NONE to be even close to Animal Packs. Relatively inexpensive, individualy packed and packs one heck of a vitamin punch! Increased engery, strength and I feel like recovery is better with them on board. Try them out, you wont be dissapointed!!
Ditto, I’ve tried many and most I couldn’t tell any difference at all. A few seemed to work but were upwards of $2 per day. These make me feel a little better but mostly keep me from getting sick when I’m really taxing my body. And the Animal Flex seems to help with sore ligaments and joints.