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Supplements · 4 entries

Supplements
for recovery

Recovery is mostly sleep and food. A short list of ingredients moves the needle beyond that.


Creatine

How much creatine to take, when to take it, whether it causes weight gain, and what two decades of human trials actually establish. Evidence grade A.

3–5 g dailyGrade A

Whey protein

Whey builds muscle only if it fixes a protein shortfall you actually have. Doses, isolate vs concentrate, timing, and when powder is a waste of money.

20–40 g per servingGrade A

Omega-3

What fish oil does for soreness, joints and recovery, the EPA and DHA doses that matter, and why the label on the bottle is not the dose you get.

1–3 g combined EPA + DHA dailyGrade B

Vitamin D

Vitamin D improves strength if you are deficient and does close to nothing if you are not. How to know which you are, and the dose that corrects it.