[dlzp]

Hi I am 22 yrs old 5’11, 181lbs; I work out 5 times a week about 1.5 hours to 2 hours a day. I am trying to gain at least 20lbs more muscle mass and have been looking in to weight gainers, currently I am taking protein shake with l-glutamine right after my workout and before bed. I have a few concerns / questions about weight gainers. Will the weight gainer bloat me up (like creatine), will it help me put on muscle mass or just weight (i.e. make me fat and water weight), I have been reading and it looks like it uses a lot of complex carbs. Is it better to use the shake or just eat a meal with high amounts of complex carbs? What is a good weight gainer? Also if anyone knows a good method that will help me reach my goal please let me know thank you

[Evolution 2006]

a good weight gainer that is Ulitmate Nutrition Muscle Juice, or the Beverly International Muscle maker.......... i would say as far as putting on solid muscle mass if you train naturally you should shoot for trying to put on 10-12 pounds per year.. just monitor your waist line to make sure your not putting on any extra fat, the mirror is your best way to gauge your progress. make sure you eat 4-5 solid food meals for meal 1-breakfast -1-2 whole eggs 3-4 egg whites, 1 cup of oatmeal and some fruit.
meal 2- chicken, veggies, potato or rice
meal 3- MRP
Meal 4- post workout shake after you train
meal 5- lean steak or fish/ rice or potato/ salad
meal 6- chicken/ veggies
meal 7- 8 oz fat free cottage cheese, 1 tbsp natural peanut putter, 1/2 scoop of caesin protein and flax seed oil

supplement list-
Ultimate nutrition- muscle juice (weight gainer)
Beverly International- ultimate muscle protein (caesin night time protein)
Prolab- Creatine (phophocreatine)
Beverly International- Glutamine select With BCAAs
NOW- flax seed oil
Multi vitamin
Vitamin C & E

good luck i hope this was helpfull

[Spyder17]

Like evolution said.....weight gainers are used because they don't really fill you up, and you can add them between meals to increase your total caloric intake. You still want to be eating big meals- you'll be able to eat more and more as you go on.

[Dogg]

Hey,

Can you break down what exactly your 1.5 -2 hours a day consists of?
If you are lifting weights for that kind of time everyday then you are burning one hell of a lot of calories and are going to have a hard time putting on any mass at all.

[dlzp]

Thanks Evolution 2006 your info really helped....your awesome!!!!
My workout is a 5 day workout split body part one day cardio
Monday: chest and shoulders
Tuesday: back
Wednesday: legs
Thursday: arms
Friday cardio and abs
Everything is done to 3 sets of ten reps; each rep is slow and concentrated (about 3 seconds down 2 seconds up)

Chest: flat dumbbell press, incline bench, decline bench, cable crossovers (upper middle lower) and if my chest is not tired I do dips

Shoulders: shoulder press, front raises, side raises, bent over raises, shrugs, and upright barbell row

Back: superset pull-ups (wide grip and close grip) one arm row, pull downs, seated row (close grip, wide grip), dumbbell dead lifts, hyper back extensions

Legs: leg extensions, squat machine, hack squat, leg press, lying leg curl, seated leg curl, calf raises

Arms: standing barbell curl, alternating cable curl, alternating hammer curl, tricep pull downs, lying tricep extension, tricep kickback, wrist curls (palm down, palm up), and reverse barbell curl

Abs 50 crunches, 50 leg lifts, 50 dumbbell bends (50 each side)

Cardio is done on Fridays and is for 1 hour split on two different machines that I burn about 300 calories on each machine

[dlzp]

Also does anyone have an opinion on BSN NO-Xplode supplement http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/bsn/xplode.html
Sorry it’s a bb.com website but that’s the place where I found some good info on it
Let me know if you tried it and what you think about it thanks!