Ribose yes or no?

Henry17 · #1 10-18-2007, 12:52 PM

I already take a lot of supplements. I've been debating adding Ribose to the mix but I keep getting conflicting options.

I do an hour of weights + 1/2 hour of cardio everyday. On Monday I plan to increase the cardio to an hour and then on Nov 1 to 1.5 hours of cardio.

I normally just take whatever the guy at the local supplement shop tells me to take but I figured I'd get a second opinion since he already has me taking so much that I'm not sure it is all needed or even healthy.

Efourdee · #2 10-18-2007, 01:03 PM

Getting all your advice from the GNC Salesman is almost always a bad idea.

What else are you taking?

I never heard of supplementing with ribose until this post, so immediatly I would assume its less then necessary.

Wolfram · #3 10-18-2007, 01:05 PM

Holy crap, that's a lot of cardio (1.5hr everyday).

Are you cutting?

thirddan · #4 10-18-2007, 01:06 PM

yeah, what are you currently taking? most likely some of its a waste...and damn, 1.5 hours of cardio, wtf is that all about?

Henry17 · #5 10-18-2007, 01:58 PM

Morning: Protein shake + Glutamine + Taurine + Greens+
Multivitamin + Calcium + CQ10

Pre-Workout: CEM N.O.-Xplode

Post-Workout: Myogenix Hyper Shock
wait 30 minutes then protein shake + Glutamine + Taurine

Afternoon: Milk Thistle, Ginseng, Chromium, E, C

Before Bed: ZMA + C + E + Milk Thistle + Protein + Glutamine + Taurine.

I also take CLA with every meal.

I use to take Zeus Test Booster as well but I've decided to cut that out and save it for when I'm off the creatine.

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I don't really know what I am doing. I got much bigger then I wanted. I was going for built and well defined not bulk. I figured if I added enough cardio I could fix that.

Green Kool Aid · #6 10-18-2007, 04:01 PM

90 minutes of cardio is about what marathoners average every day.

Henry17 · #7 10-18-2007, 04:16 PM

It would be in 3 30 minute sessions not all at once if that makes any difference.

kevin017 · #8 10-19-2007, 09:57 AM

i don't have a ton of practical knowledge, like from a nutritionist perspective, but your body has an entire pathway dedicated to making ribose related stuff from glucose. the odds of taking ribose actually doing anything at all are pretty slim.

then again, from my knowledge, it doesn't really seem like glutamine would do much of anything either.