Hi all. Been working out for about a year now. I have only been relying on diet so far. I can eat a 500gr steak plus 500gr pasta with mince and veg per meal and not pick up weight in fact I can eat anything without worrying bout gaining fat. I feel it is time to supplement my diet. What is the best supplement that would help me pack on muscle mass in your opinion.
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EcpertRealistic
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Weight gainer shake during workouts. Preferably made with almond or cashew milk.
Take one after breakfast and before bed. Multivitamins,Glutamine,zma pills, creatine-arginine combo.
Avoid sugar between meals. Only ingest sugar with meals to spike insulin and absorption when you need it.
Krad
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Best supplement for your goal is without a doubt protein+creatine! If you mean steroids then I would not recommend them , train naturally for more years and then we can talk
NewTEX
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30 lbs of King mass and a five gallon bucket with the Texas flag on it,,and cases of coconut water.
Whats your weight? How many calories a day do you eat? How do you track them?
82 kgs bout 182lbs . Got an app that counts my cals try to maintain 3500 a day. Meals mostly concists of 500gr meat 500gr pasta and veg 3 times a day. I will snack inbetween but not on healthy stuff but I do not pick up fat. Bfi is in the middle teens. I do full body each time I work out because of my job I miss a day or two. What do you do and how do you eat?
No. Think a our the science before simply looking at calories.
I understand your logic of carbs and protein intra workout but a weight gainer is going to be made with sources that draw a large amount of blood to the stomach.
Stick with a carb source like highly branched cyclic dextrin or karbolyn, and in place of a full protein use eaa's or if you insist on a complete protein use a hydrolyzed whey.
Hmm, that doesn't seem like such a bad approach. I do basically the same thing. Three big meals with my main cals, and then throw in little stuff around it to add some good fats and some variation. What about adding in a few protein shakes with whole milk.
I'm against all supplements unless its a vitamin deficiency proven by blood work, but if you're not replacing real protein with protein shakes, then thats fine in my opinion. You should be able to add an extra 500 cals somewhat easily.
Haha but if your building muscle you will always have a vitamin deficiency was thinking of adding a massbuilder but do they actually do what the lable states?
What vitamin deficiency do you think bodybuilders will have?
I think evo wrote a good answer to that.
In other words, be verrrry careful of the source of carbs in 'mass gainers'. To be honest, I'd avoid them and stick with protein.
To fuel your muscles and to grow you will need more and more nutrition or am I wrong? Lets say you want to drive 100 miles you are not going to put in half a gallon of gas? Or do I have it all wrong?
ALPHAM1
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Protein pre and post work out will add 200-250 calories. Use a simple carb (apple bananna, etc) pre workout. I am a huge believer in amino acids from a health and repair stand point. Take creatine, don't buy it from Walmart...Get some pure stuff. Personally I love nitric oxide, but it's not necessary. Add MCT oil in if you're short on fats. Everything else is diet.
Sorry hope what Im saying doesnt get lost in translation.
Got it!
Hmmm, you need more calories, and might, but not necessarily, need more vitamins. But the good thing is that the more calories you consume, generally the more vitamins you consume aswell so it sort of fixes itself. The only vitamin I've ever been deficient in my whole life is vitamin D, and I've been working out and grappling for two decades. Nothing beats going in and getting your own bloods though of course.
Is whey the best?
Okay I get what your sayin and respect for the two decades!
No, but vitamin levels are no different in BB folks than the regular populace beyond the fact that BBs are far more likley to be replete in several areas that normal people won't be (BB community likes pills etc and eats way more).
Vitamins and minerals on the main are pretty tiny components of food by weight, it just doesn't take much to maintain the vast majority of them by simply eating. There are a very few exceptions if you don't drink milk etc...
