In today’s post I will be discussing which muscle building supplements I was taking and I will also reveal which ones are useful and which ones are useless. Before I get started I would like to say something that will be a reoccurring theme throughout this video. Can supplements help? Yes. Do you need them to look the way you want to look? No. Supplements are just there to save time and maybe account for 5% of your results…Maybe…Probably not. On that note…here we go

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First up in the list of muscle building supplements is protein powder. So many times, I’ve been asked by people that don’t know about what it takes to build muscle if I take protein shakes. As if it’s so important that if you drink a couple shakes your muscles will swell and get enormous. This is obviously far from the truth.

The truth is that the most common type of protein powder used is whey protein powder. And whey protein is derived mostly from cow’s milk. So, if you know that you’re not going to get huge muscles from drinking cow’s milk and eating cheese all day then what makes you think that you’re going to get huge muscles from drinking protein shakes?

Also, this brings about another point. There are people out there that think that protein shakes are unhealthy, but those same people are drinking milk and eating dairy products. Which means that you’re getting your dose of whey protein anyway. If you hate whey protein so much then you can get egg protein, plant protein, and many more. But I promise you that whey protein is not that bad.

I always liked 100% gold standard whey protein by optimum nutrition. And by the way I’m not sponsored by any supplement company. The gold standard protein has been voted number one by meat-heads everywhere so I tried it, liked it, and it worked well for me. But honestly any other protein powder would’ve have probably served fine as a meal replacement.

BCAA’s or branch chain amino acids another muscle building supplements are really great at keeping your body anabolic which means building muscle. The opposite of that would be catabolic which means breaking down muscle. It’s great to take some BCAA’s pre or post workout and before bed would be a really great time to take some. Taking branch chain amino acids can help increase protein synthesis.

Creatine is also one of the great muscle building supplements to boost your strength and break through plateaus. Many times, it does give you a bloated appearance because it will cause you to retain more water. However, this will give you a boost of energy and strength and get you working out harder.

Check out my client Alex’s transformation where he put on a whole bunch of muscle.

There’s different types of creatine. Creatine Monohydrate is the basic kind that has been researched the longest and has had great effects on me. Kre alkalyn is another type of creatine that you don’t have to cycle. Kre alkalyn never worked for me, but I know some people that love it because it’s supposed to give you all the benefits without the water retention. If you want to get huge and don’t care about bloat get some cell tech hardcore. Always made me gain like 10lbs. Cell tech hardcore is probably not the healthiest, but bodybuilding is hardly about health anymore, it’s about the gains right!

Next take a multi-vitamin/multi mineral supplement. Because if you’re American chances are you’re not getting your vitamins from fruits and veggies. Fish Oil is great for the joints and prevents heart attacks. So, take it. Beta alenine and L arginine are all you really need for a pre-workout.

Occasionally you should throw in a pre-workout or nitric oxide supplement to do an intense workout, but if you take pre-workouts all the time they lose their effectiveness in amping you up. L Arginine will help give you a huge pump and beta alenine will lower lactic acid buildup in the muscles. Which is pretty much all you need.

List of things you shouldn’t be taking:

• Fat burners joke industry and dangerous
• Pre-workouts with dosages way over what you need for the day. Trainer story.
• And pretty much anything else I didn’t mention today.