{"id":2579,"date":"2020-07-09T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T18:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2021-08-31T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:07:28","slug":"getting-it-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/2020\/07\/09\/getting-it-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting It Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Mauro Di Pasquale, B.Sc..(Hons); M.D is a licensed physician in Ontario, Canada. For the past 30 years he has specialized in sports medicine and the treatment of obesity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The first thing I tell most people who ask me for specific advice is that for supplements to work, you have to have your other ducks in a row.<\/p> Unlike the use of drugs, where you can make gains in spite of your lifestyle, training, and nutrition, if you don\u2019t have an integrated approach to everything else the supplements by themselves won\u2019t do much. While again covering all the other factors is beyond the scope of this article, we\u2019ll touch on some of the factors, including genetics, lifestyle, training, and diet, if just to put the nutritional supplements in context.<\/p> Genetics <\/strong><\/p> It\u2019s obvious that to excel in any sport or to develop extensive muscularity, you have to be born with the potential to do so. And this potential the mental as well as the physical side. Enthusiasm, dedication, fortitude, and drive are just as important to ultimate success as the physical attributes.<\/p> While those who are on top, such as elite athletes, have a genetic head start, what they accomplished depends on the other factors. It\u2019s the environment that shapes the flow of genotype to phenotype. In other words, even the truly gifted have to have their potential molded and developed by the right factors.<\/p> All four environmental factors, lifestyle, training, diet, and nutritional supplements must be in synch before you can reach, and sometimes even exceed, the upper limits of your natural genetic potential.<\/p> The Usual Suspects \u2013 Lifestyle, Training, Diet and Nutritional Supplements <\/strong><\/p> The Performance and Body Composition Enhancement Pipeline<\/strong><\/p> Effort is a combination of enthusiasm, motivation, genetic ability, etc. It makes up the physiological and psychological foundation for success in sports and in life. But it\u2019s not enough to give us the strength, body composition, and performance results we want. For that we have to optimize our lifestyle, training, diet and nutritional supplement use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t