Not totally necessary but good to have. Though glutamine has mixed reviews.

Good supplement for strength and some size due to more water retention.

Both Dymatize's Super Mass Gainer and ON's Serious Mass did their job for me. Gained a decent ~10-12kg after both packs (took them consequently), BF went up only by a bit.

You b****. -__- LOL

Why do you wanna put on fat anyway? Getting too cold in the hospital?

This post has been edited by -Dan: Jan 3 2012, 03:29 PM

I hear you, man. My college is freezing as well.

It's meant for individuals who are routinely training intensely. If you're a regular person, an average multivit will do.

Which is true, BTW, especially so for bodybuilding supps. Only time it's worth mentioning GNC is when they have their big discount promotions like 40% off.

My thoughts exactly.

I don't mean to put you down, but most of that will be fat. Building muscle is a very slow process.

You're not drinking enough water, my friend, even more so if you're working out regularly. Water is a crucial ingredient in many chemical reactions in the body, go figure.

Using that extra money to buy more food. I'm serious. Supps are convenient and all, but don't do jack shit if you're not eating properly to begin with.

BUT, if your diet is in check, creatine is an option. It helps to produce more ATP, meaning more strength and endurance, and with heavier loads comes growth.

Any brand of creatine is fine. I personally prefer EGOnutrition's since it is what it is, a tub of creatine. No need to pay extra for 'proprietary blends' and all that funny stuff.

There's a 5g scoop with it.

Cheers, man. Keep making progress.

Seriously? Why does nobody want to learn how to walk before trying to run? Basic nutrition (in other words, a 'proper diet') is the basis of being healthy and bodybuilding, without it, you'll get no progress.

Were these 'nutritionists' staff at the store you bought the supplements, or nutritionists in an independent company?

Right now, see here. The thing about supplements is that they're meant to supplement your diet (which needs to be solid in the first place). They will do you no good if you aren't eating enough as mike said. I personally have made gains on a bag of serious mass but that's because I had the rest of my stuff in check (diet, training and rest). These factors need each other to work and give you improvements, take out one and you don't get progress.

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Added on February 26, 2012, 9:35 pmThat says it all. Nutritionists or not, at the end of the day they want you to buy their products. And GNC's way overpriced, man. Getting your supps online is much cheaper, just sayin'.

This post has been edited by -Dan: Feb 26 2012, 09:35 PM

Yep. You can't outtrain a bad diet, my friend.

Cheers, man. YNWA

12mg is barely anything. 8 ounces of green tea (which is about 240ml) contains approx. 35mg of caffeine. That same volume of coffee contains 100-200mg. Go figure, man.

Caffeine's meant to be a pre-workout supplement, so you can benefit from its effects WHILE you're working out. Taking it intra workout, is not going to be as good since most probably you'll only get the energy after you're done, which needless to say is quite pointless. A cup or two of coffee can give you that amount of caffeine, at a fifth/third of the volume. Plus, drinking water during your workout is a whole lot more important than chugging down Pepsi.

EGOnutritions, or online sellers.

^This. Like DL keeps saying, just down a cup or two of coffee, no sugar or milk, pre-WO.

Or if you really want a supplement, SPMax and Jack3d have worked well for me. Though I got used to SPMax quite fast and had to up the servings to get the energy boosts again.

Never tried N.O. Xplode before but between the other two, Jack3d is my pick.