Gain Muscles Supplements

Question: How to gain weight and muscles without supplements? I have quite a skinny build and no matter what I eat I cannot gain weight, I have been trying supplements for a few weeks however its too expensive to keep going. I can eat as much chocolate and cakes etc and I just dont seem to be filling out. Any ideas of good excerices or foods to eat? Thanks

Answer: Try nutritional supplements definatly, along with consumeing more dense foods! - Ensure Plus/ Boost Plus are great nutritional weight- gain supplements and are healthy with the benefit of probiotics/ omega 3's/ 8+ essential nutrients/ a source of calcium and protein! Consume either Ensure Plus, or Boost Plus twice per day, ontop of dailey regimes/ eatting- do not decrease. (Chocolate flavours taste best heated in a mug in the microwave- tastes like hot chocolate, other flavours taste best chille) Also try these dense food's! Whole dairy - 3%- Whole milk - Cottage cheese - Greek/ full fat yoghurts - Added Cheese (sliced/ grated/ shredded/ diced) - crackers, sandwhiches, salads, cassaroles, homemade meals, pastas, etc .. - Added powdered milk to cassaroles/ oatmeals/ mashed potatoes - Cream based soups/ sauces instead of broth/ vegetable based Complex wholegrains - Wholewheat pasta (with pesto/ cream sauce, added cheese/ extra vegetables/ optional lean protein- turkey/ lean beef- soy meatballs, chicken, shrimp/ scallops, ground lean turkey/ beef, etc ..) - Brown/ long grain rice - Couscous/ quinoa - Thick- cut wholewheat bread/ bagels/ wraps/ pitas/ english muffins/ waffles/ flatbread - Bran muffins - Wholegrain crackers/ flatbread crackers (with cheese, hummus, peanut butter, or canned white tuna) - Granola/ musili - Wholegrain/ fiber granola bars (Nature Valley) - Oat/ hot oatmeal made with milk/ added natural crunchy peanut butter stirred in - Yams/ potatoes (mashed/ roasted/ baked) with olive oil/ margerine, milks/ cheeses, sour creams, herbs, cinnamain/ nutmegs, etc ..) - Added whreatgerm/ bran to cereals/ oatmeals - Added margerine/ olive oils to cooked vegetables/ startches/ pastas/ breads Dense fruits/ vegetables - Dried fruits (added to yoghurts, cereals, oatmeals, salads, trail mix, etc ..) - Canned fruits in syrups/ added custard on fruits - Fruit juices (Odwalla juices) - Bananas/ avacados - Apples/ celery/ bananas with crunchy/ smooth natural peanut butter - Steamed/ cooked vegetables with added margerine/ olive oil/ grated- melted cream cheese) - Canned vegetables (added margerine/ olive oil) - Regular salad dressings - Vegetable juice - Crunchy vegetables and hummus/ bean dip - Black olives Lean meats/ meat alternatives - Salmon/ fish- seafoods - Canned white albacore tuna (in olive oil) - Breaded chicken/ turkey breasts- fillets, halibit/ cod/ etc.. - Lean steak/ pork tenderlions - Lean beef/ pork pot roasts - Ham steaks - Lean ground turkey/ beef - Nuts/ seeds - Natural smooth/ crunchy peanut butters (sandwhiches, oatmeals, crackers, fruits- vegetables, milkshakes, etc..) - Egg's - Quorn/ tofu/ soy - Baked beans/ refried beans - Chickpeas/ hummus - Lentils - Olives - Red wine/ coolers/ beers/ alcohols - Dark chocolates - Gatoraides/ poweraids (instead of water- to refuel in sports) - Etc .. Fast foods/ dessert based foods (chocolates/ icecreams/ donuts- cakes/ etc ..) wouldn't hurt in the weight- gain process. Hope i'v helped, goodluck! LIMIT THE EXERCIZE- NO CARDIO. STICK TO WEIGHT LIFTING/ STRENGTHING EXERCIZINGS AND EQUIPTMENT.

Question: What is the best protein supplement to gain muscles? currently residing in uk, i want to lose some bad fat and gain muscles in the same time. what supplements will do these works best for me? please. thanks. p/s: just to be sure that these products can be found in uk.

Answer: I would stick to a natural chemical free whey product minus the fillers and additives. Try http://www.buybulkwhey.com as they are international friendly and have great products.

Question: How do i gain muscles? what supplements to take? im a 19 yr old male who is 5'6 and weigh 110lbs. i have recently started going to the gym and lifting weights, running tread mill. i have always been a very active person, love to play soccer, basketball, baseball. but now i am trying to build some muscles since i have slim build and have always had skinny body. i havent gained any pounds since joining the gym, but i dont know what to take to gain muscle. What should i take that is safe as in supplements? what should i eat as in my diet? also, what kind of gym routines should i take on to increase muscle and weight?

Answer: Fred's answer is pretty good. I'd like to add one thing: it's not necessary to breathe during reps. In fact, for heavy lifts you want to hold your breath during the lift. Do you really think someone squatting 300 for a heavy set of 5 is going to calmly breathe out on the way up? No, they'll lose tension in their midsection. Check out the valsalva maneuver. This is also why people grunt -- it stabilizes their midsection. Other than that, stick to heavy compound exercises that use barbells. Stay away from the machines, stay away from long cardio sessions. Check out the book Starting Strength, drink a lot of milk and don't worry about supplements. You'll be amazed how far you can go.

Question: supplements gain muscles? some very expensive, and taste awful, can you recommend any? I workout hard and need to gain muscles.

Answer: alot of men i know take Creatine. Its some powder that tastes like mudd. You can buy it at any GNC or nutritional store. You can also get those protein power bars. The problem with something like creatine is that once you stop taking it...your body has already become so dependent on it, so you wont be able to gain muscle like that again and the muscle you did gain with it..may be harder to mantain. Gaining muscle too quickly puts a big strain on your heart. Your heart has to pump extra hard to circulate blood. It may enlarge your heart and you could have a stroke, heart attack or go into cardiac arrest. If you are into hip-hop look at someone like Timbaland or Busta Ryhmes. They gained a huge amount of muscle, but clearly couldnt keep working out-- so now they look fat. Now, muscle DOES NOT turn into fat if you stop working out. anyone who says that is in idiot. But what does happen is that it loses its tightness and firmness and becomes mushy..so it looks and feels like fat..but now you have just gained all that heavy weight (muscle is heavier than fat) which is bad for your heart also. Or look at old wrestlers. Once they stop working out..they are still huge..but they just look mushy and fat. Hulk Hogan can't mantain his muscle anymore. He looks mushy and flabby. Try sticking to eating properly eat lots of proteins and do more strength training than cardio. Weight training and muscle strength work outs will help you gain muscle mass naturally.

Question: Do weight and muscle gain supplements also make your bum bigger? I need to know this because I am thinking about taking nutritional supplements but I am a bit worried that they make my bum bigger too.

Answer: Your Bum is one of the biggest 'muscles' in your body, and unfortunately in women, it is also a favoured 'fat store' area... so if the suplements 'do exectly as they say on the tin', and you are a woman, then your luck has doubly 'bummed' out, LOL!

Question: what is the best food and supplements to gain muscle mass? My goal is to gain about 20 pounds of muscle in 6 months. What kind of food and supplements should i take for the best results? Also I would like to try not to spend too much money but if i have to then well be it.

Answer: Take protein milkshake 2 h before workout No Explode creatine suplement half hour before. Protein milkshake after workout. Works 4 me , good luck.

Question: Will protein supplements make you gain muscle quicker than without any? Im 15 i lift weights three times a week and i am mad about getting bigger but will protein supplements gain muscle quicker than without any at all??

Answer: No, not necessarily. Taking a protein powder is no different than eating a steak or some tuna or milk after a workout. They're basically just a convenience...quick and easy, and relatively cheap. Whey is particularly beneficial because it is one of the quickest absorbing proteins on the market (around 30 minutes), which is important immediately post workout as you want to deliver your rebuilding muscles some good amino acids to rebuild with. Take it only with water though, to maintain its quick absorbing properties. Of course, you can get the same results from whole foods...but at less convenience. So it's really up to you. Some protein after a workout is certainly better than no protein. 20-30g is plenty unless you're a hardcore bodybuilder supplementing with anabolic steroids or HGH as well.

Question: What is the best/cheapest supplements for muscle gain? Im looking to gain muscle faster than normal. I do not have a lot of money to spend on expensive products, so I would like to know what items would work best on a low budget. I am looking for supplements that do not have weird and annoying side effects such as acne or other things as well. If you have any good suggestions please let me know. Thanks. Also if you have any personal experience with certain products, please let me know why or if you liked using them.

Answer: Have you heard of GlycoCarn? One of their products NO- PUMP increases the tightness felt in a working muscle due to an increase in blood flow essential to delivering oxygen and nutrients to working muscles. PUMP is good for people looking to gain musle.

Question: How can I gain muscle without supplements? A good workout plan for a football player? I play football and wrestling in high school and I am looking to get bigger without getting fatter. I have access to a gym 5 days a week, but I can not use any supplements. Any workout plans or diets that may help???

Answer: First of all congrats on managing two high school sports at once. That is quite a task. If your playing football you can forget and body specific workouts. What I mean by that is you can forget any isolated movement workouts. You are straining for strength and muscle, you are training to be a bodybuilding and the difference in training is significant. You will stick only to compound movements such as the Bench Press, Squats, Dips ext.. Football is an explosive sport so you will perform your movements in an explosive fashion. ie, when you are doing bench presses, bring the bar down slowly and explode up just as if you were pushing a player out of bounce in football. Your workout will be set up around main lifts and having other lifts formed around these. You will lift 4 times a week and have a day off after two, so it will be set up as follows. 2 on, 1 off and then 2 on. Your intensity will change however. On Monday and Tuesday you will hit the core exercises hard and then when you hit them again for a second time you will hit them a little lighter (the 2 steps forward and 1 step back power lifter mentality). MONDAY: * Bench press 3x10 * Incline 4x3 * Barbell curl 3x10 * Shrugs 3x10 * Lat Pull down 3x10 * Close-grip bench 3x5 * Dumbbell rows 3x10 * T-bar rows 3x5 * 3-way dumbbell raises 3x10 * Wrist curls 3x10 This would be the heavy day for bench and the light day for incline. The bench should start off with a weight you can handle for 10 good reps(but you should feel like you can get more). The second set should be harder after you add more weight and the last set add even more weight and fail at ten. The key is to add weight ever time. The Incline is the same but on this day you do not want to go to total failure. Switch it up on Thursday so that on incline you will fail on your last set and bench should be done with lighter weights. All the exercises are the same on Thursday. TUESDAY: * Squat 5x3 * Power Clean 4x3 * Snatch 3x5 * Ground Base Jammier 3x5 * Stiff Legged dead lifts 3x5 * Leg extensions 3x10 * Leg curl 3x10 * Calf Raises 3x10 * 4-way neck 4x15 On this day and Friday you will perform the core lifts, however, on Friday you will want to substitute squats with box squats and power clean with hang clean. The squats should be your really heavy core lift on Tuesday and on Friday your box squats should be about 60% of your max moving up to 80% by the last set. The rest of the lifts are the same. This system will go on for 6 weeks and during that time your sets and rep will change for your core lifts and the rest of your lifts will stay the same. The changes will look like this. The box squats and the hang clean follow the reps that the exercises they are substituting for hold. As you can see this is very different from a bodybuilding workout. You basically do a full-body workout everyday. http://www.myonlinesupplements.com/Videos Has videos that will help you out with many of these exercise

Question: How does my friend gain muscles if he is very skinny, please tell me some tips and supplements? My friend is 5'7" 14 years old, and 110 pounds, my friend wants to gain muscles, he beleives that he needs to gain weight first to be able to gain musles Give me soem advice on how he can make muslces Does he need to get fat to gain musles or can he just start weight lifting immediatly to get the musles What supplements does he need Ps. he is boney

Answer: ok man, we are gonna cut straight to the point here. Just change your mindset for a moment and bare with me. Ok, in order to build muscle you must apply basic fundamentals. No matter how complex you think it is, it is very, very simple. Let me explain. First off, in an additional study, researchers say that with an increase in testosterone in the average male, he could gain up to 17 pounds of muscle with no effort toward weightlifting. But thats with anabolic steroids. You dont really need those.You can naturally increase your testosterone, only up to your genetics maximum ability. For example, Johns dad Fred was a boxer, he was very built and strong, his mom just did lots of cardio and stayed slim. Most likely John will be a very fit and healthy young man. Because of his genetics, he has been gifted with a good potential capacity to easily build muscle because his genetic card that has been dealt. His testosterone is naturally high. (i know youve seen them before) The ones who never look at a weight, is cut, has ripped abs and is swole like crazy (i know it sucks). Fortunately, if you just apply these principles (they are free, just read it). Along with this website and use your head, you will realize how easy it is. To cut it short ill just say them A. Stimulation – Training (load, density, volume etc) B. Supply (nutrient and protein intake) C. Signaling (anabolic hormones, testosterone, insulin etc.) Now, you follow something simple, and then you get technical, i see your friend has a genetic card that was dealt poorly unfortunately. But he still can gain muscle to his maximum ability. And an average male can gain atleast up to 20 to 30 more pounds of mass regardless of his genetics. Just check out the website, you may be familiar with him. Hes a genius, his name is Kelly Bagget.

Question: How to fill out and gain more muscle without supplements? Okay, I'm in shape, I run, play sports, lift, eat right, and the whole nine yards. I weigh 180 and am 6 foot 2. My body is still a little on the slim side and I'm now trying to fill out and gain more muscle mass. I know supplements or protein powders would help, but I'm trying to do this without them.. I just want to know how to fill out and get bigger without supplements because what I'm doing is not helping. Any advice, work out regiments, or diets?

Answer: ok this is pretty simple you want to gain more muscle without using supplements. first thing any fatty food you eat have to go, only lean meats with vegetables for a few weeks so u can get the proper protein you need to build muscle.. second when using weights you must only train at youre absolute max every day several times a day. third and foremost the most important when training you must never quit push yourself to your limits every time, and drink ample amounts of water. do this and youll notice dramatic results in just days

Question: what is the best way to gain muscle fast using supplements? what supplements are the best? and what kind of workouts would be best for gaining muscle and weight for football?

Answer: The number one supplement for gaining weight is food. It you are not eating a lot, don't expect anything else to help much.

Question: People who use weight-gainers or supplements (Kreatine) to gain muscle or to get buff cheat? Almost everyone in my school uses some sort of supplements to help them get buff and to gain muscles; Protein Shakes, etc. I believe that doing this is basically cheating and I do not consider this real strength or real success. I started lifting last (no supplements, just straight, dedicated lifting) summer and at the end of the summer, I had gained 20lbs. of all muscle; I used to be skinny. They use the supplements to gain their muscle and then show off. I just find it funny that they all have to use supplements to become stronger and more defined, while I can just lift normally and for real, and have better results...yet they still show off. I think my one friend used to use steroids, but he stopped. Now he used weight gainers and weird shakes and eats enormous amounts of foods to keep up his size. He lost some of his definition and never really gets stronger, but still shows off. Can you say idiot? What do you think of these methods? That friend of mine has been lifting weights since the 7th grade and can lift 60lbs. in each bicep (12th grade now). I started weight lifting in the summer of 10th grade and by the middle of my junior year, I could lift 45lbs. in each bicep, yet he would still talk trash. I find that funny, don't you? The only thing that he has over me, is that he can bench 250lbs., whereas I can only bench about 130lbs. He only uses machines, which I think takes off some weight compared to free weights. What do you think?

Answer: Good for you for building muscle the right way! I also think that these guys who take protein shakes/pills/steroids etc. are going to be met with some rather unpleasant side-effects. For example steroids can cause (in males): shrinking of the testicles, infertility, baldness, development of breasts, increased risk for prostate cancer. Teenagers also risk stunting their growth. My health teacher took supplements (Creatine I think), when he was younger, not realizing that it would have lasting effects on his health. He's now balding in his early twenties and blames the Creatine.

Question: Weight loss and Muscle gain supplements? Are there any weight loss supplements that actually help/work, as well as any muscle gaining supplements? I'll be working out but are there any that will actually help?

Answer: If your looking for a shortcut, then go ahead with roids. However, if your looking for a slight boost while working out, drink protein drinks (whey protein powders) 30 minutes before you work out and right after to give your muscle optimal rebuildage. Creatine can also help slightly with your lift but has been known to add water to your muscle. Of weightloss pills, there is nothin I reccomend, but hoodia has been shown to be effective in managing hunger. Anyways, if you put in the work, you will get where you want to be, supplements can only help, and not phenomenally at that

Question: Whats the quickest way to gain muscle without supplements? need help.have been trying to bulk up a bit for awhile but have little success.im male.16 years old if that helps

Answer: At 16 your going to struggle to put muscle on because all your muscle mass hasnt developed yet but that doesnt mean you shouldnt workout. It will just be a little harder to put on and results wont bee seen as much or as quick. It will certainly take time to see decent results. To gain muscle...its easy you lift heavy weights to bulk up but you dont lift it alot (only a few reps). to tone you lift lighter weights and do many reps. My suggestion is do upper body workout one day and lower body workout the next. it takes less time and leaves you with a little bit more energy after your done. As for nutrition, PROTEIN will be your best friend so eat foods like nuts, fishes, chicken, vegetables, fruit, etc. Protein builds muscle so the more you eat the better but watch calories, the more calories you eat, the fatter you will get which is just a waste of time working out then. Also drink up on your chocolate milk. thats been proven to be just as effctive as those supplements that cost $45 more than the choclate milk Make sure to have complete meals too. eat about 4-6 well balanced meals a day and most importantly stick with the weight lifting. you wont see results at all if you rarely workout or never workout. Results come from hard work and dedication and the motivation to change yourself for the better

Question: Is it good to take any supplements to gain muscle? So i know some people take these supplements the powder type that you mix. Anyway one of my friends who use to play baseball take them and he seems fit. So is it a good idea to take them i know that i have to exercise if you take them. If they are good can you reccomend me ones that are actually good that you have tried i don't want to get links to products people havent use or are trying to sell to people.

Answer: Hey C, To get tone is always a combination of working out and eating right, keep pushing those weights to work those muscles. Remember that muscle also burns fat. I like to take a protein shake after my workouts to fuel my body and muscles, I've seen some great results. Remember to take your shake within 30 min of working out for best results. it is also important to get whey protein without fillers and additives, there is a lot of high price junk out on the market. I get my protein from the link below, as far as I'm concerned it is the best price, and best quality I have found. I have easily tired a dozen different products. They also have a forum page on their site with some good workout discussions and great recipes. Good luck. The choc flavor is the best.