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Short but brilliant vid from Dr. Rhonda Patrck on the importance of magnesium for HIIT/HIC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBCnVMoFZA

Magnesium glycinate is a staple for me. Usually take 200mgs with lunch and 200mgs with dinner. If I smash an especially hard workout I might take a bit more.

Is magnesium spray just as effective

Conor78 wrote:Is magnesium spray just as effective

Not sure. I imagine it wouldn't be much different from Epsom salts.

Don't waste your money with a spray. Get magnesium glycinate or magnesium malate. Or both.

And for the record I do like epsom salt baths, but the research about the efficacy of magnesium from bath to blood stream is pretty thin.

Jefferson wrote:Don't waste your money with a spray. Get magnesium glycinate or magnesium malate. Or both.

And for the record I do like epsom salt baths, but the research about the efficacy of magnesium from bath to blood stream is pretty thin.

Don't tell me that... I love my boiling hot epsom salt baths. Placebo effect>scientifically backed studies everyday of the week provided it's cheap haha.

Anyone else find magnesium energizing? If I take it too close to bedtime it keeps me up. I'm using malate.

Should I be taking a potassium/magnesium aspartate supplement if I am planning on taking ZMA?

BlackPyjamas wrote:Anyone else find magnesium energizing? If I take it too close to bedtime it keeps me up. I'm using malate.

Yep, magnesium can be energizing. Depends on the form as well. For example glycinate is usually conducive to drowsiness. People react differently to supps.

Your best bet is to take it a little earlier in the evening, around 6pm or before if it continues to be a problem.

ISPRocky wrote:Should I be taking a potassium/magnesium aspartate supplement if I am planning on taking ZMA?

Not necessary. Magnesium itself helps with increasing/absorbing potassium. As long as you're diet's not totally unbalanced or deficient you'll be fine.