Lancer, what supps do you recommend?

 

 

 

Only those that have been medically and scientifically proven to actually have an effect on building mass:

 

 

 

Protein powder (90-95%), EAS/Prolab

 

Glutamine

 

Creatine*

 

 

 

Recently due to recommendations at the gym I've been trying leusine as an anti-catabolic, can't say anything about it because I've used it for such a short time.

 

 

 

*Creatine can significantly boost your muscle mass, but it wont be as permanent, because all creatine really does is bind more water cells to your muscles, making them appear bigger. After 3+ months of use it's strongly encouraged to take at least a 1-month break from using this supplement because it becomes obsolete (i.e. it wont have any further effect)

 

 

 

Thats just hard for me to believe, that I shouldn't go jogging if I want muchle mass on my legs. It burns fat ofcourse but it also decreases your muchles? Nono, thats insane.

 

You won't find ripped marathon runnes because it's not logical for marathon runners to have muchle mass. Because theyd have to carry more weight weight running, making them to get excaushed (spelling?) more quickly. So they don't work out that much

 

 

 

If you don't do any strength training or eat the proper food, it will decrease your muscle mass. However it will greatly improve you muscle strength and endurance.

 

 

 

Cutting is what bodybuilders do after adding mass, which is just that, cardio. That's a pretty good article on BB.com

 

 

 

However, if you don't eat the proper food during the 'cutting' phase/season of training, you will lose muscle mass. That's why you try to hold on to the muscle mass as much as possible, but in extended cardio, some will be inevitably lost. I also do 'cutting' some 1-2 months a year, and only noticed slight decrease in mass.

Alternatively, you could spend that thousand on 5 years of membership at any local gym.

 

 

 

I see no point unless you live in the country side in a large farm house that will most likely be the place of several unfortunate axe murders, which then in turn are made into movies starring several no name actors while at the same time giving rise to one of the best series ever: "Dull, but Deadly".

 

 

 

1. A home gym is for a lifetime

 

2. The commute is discouraging for most people with busy lives. I bought a basic gym with a treadmill for myself

 

3. You're more motivated in the beginning because you just spent a TON of money and why not use it

 

4. It's just easier to work alone.

 

Thats just hard for me to believe, that I shouldn't go jogging if I want muchle mass on my legs. It burns fat ofcourse but it also decreases your muchles? Nono, thats insane.

 

You won't find ripped marathon runnes because it's not logical for marathon runners to have muchle mass. Because theyd have to carry more weight weight running, making them to get excaushed (spelling?) more quickly. So they don't work out that much

 

 

 

If you don't do any strength training or eat the proper food, it will decrease your muscle mass. However it will greatly improve you muscle strength and endurance.

 

 

 

Cutting is what bodybuilders do after adding mass, which is just that, cardio. That's a pretty good article on BB.com

 

 

 

However, if you don't eat the proper food during the 'cutting' phase/season of training, you will lose muscle mass. That's why you try to hold on to the muscle mass as much as possible, but in extended cardio, some will be inevitably lost. I also do 'cutting' some 1-2 months a year, and only noticed slight decrease in mass.

 

Thats not actually what i meant. Reading your post it seemt as thought you said that cardio decreases your muchle mass. Even if you do both, cardio and workout the cardio is bad for your muchle mass? That seemed funny to me.

 

*Creatine can significantly boost your muscle mass, but it wont be as permanent, because all creatine really does is bind more water cells to your muscles, making them appear bigger. After 3+ months of use it's strongly encouraged to take at least a 1-month break from using this supplement because it becomes obsolete (i.e. it wont have any further effect)

 

 

 

That's why you don't take pure creatine. I take a mixture called "Nos Super Blast" that has creatine, protein, glutamine, and other supplements in appropriate doses before I work out.

 

 

 

By the way, just taking creatine without lifting 3-5 times a week will not build you any muscles, it will just make you fat.

 

 

 

Make sure if you take protein supplements that you get some cardio in with your work out. Protein adds mass, so unless you want to gain some weight, I strongly suggest at least 15 minutes of cardio (get your heart rate to at least 70%).

 

By the way, just taking creatine without lifting 3-5 times a week will not build you any muscles, it will just make you fat.

 

 

 

 

Eating anything without lifting weights adds to your weight if you eat more calories than you consume. :lol: But yeah, it's good to mention that to rookies.. Supplements are only means for obtaining the end (physical fitness and increased body mass), workout and sleep have first priority.

 

 

 

If you want to get practical, glutamine, leusine and creatine+ every other supplement is actually trash. All you need is 2 to 3 grams of protein per 1 pound of weight, workout+proper sleep.

 

 

 

People like to speed up the process though, and especially anti-catabolic supplements like glutamine that speed up protein synthesis+prevent loss of mass are worth the few bucks it costs.

If anyone takes glutamine be careful of your dosage. My friend I work out with used to take 10,000 mg a day, which is way too much. Now he's trying to stop and is experiencing withdrawals to some degree.

^ My friend wants me to take a conditioning class. And I'm all like "Heh, no way..."

 

 

 

Not too good at the strength part. :(

 

 

 

You don't have to be strong to do conditioning, depending on the sport/class.

 

 

 

For instance, I do baseball conditioning, but I'm not very strong... We use mostly dumbells, so I use 10s, and some of the bigger kids use 15s, and one kid even uses 20s.

 

 

 

It depends on how the class is run though, if it's heavy lifting then it might not be for you.

 

High reps, my friend, high reps.

 

 

 

Not sure what you imply by that, but if you're talking about building mass, high reps is a guaranteed recipe for failure. On the contrary you should increase weights every few weeks/months and keep the reps low. For 'toning' excercises that's a totally different story though.

 

 

 

If he means high reps as in the 10's - 13's hes right. But if your doing 10 reps for your final set, WRONG. >.< But i guess if your really bulking for mass then keep it under 3-5 reps.

 

 

 

Yup, I was meaning just around 10 reps, because it seemed to me he was doing around 1-3 reps on the Bowflex.

 

 

 

1-3 on a Bowflex? As I said, those aren't worth the money. If I could only do 1-3 reps then I would still be building muscle with it and it wouldn't be worthless to me. When I lift free weights I make sure that -on my last set- if I go for a fifth rep, my spotter is going to be the one getting that bar off of me. If I can do 10 reps, I'm merely toning and not going for my goals.

The majority people in the conditioning class are mainly there for the heavy-lifting "urgh, grunt" type strength. :? :P