supplements to try?

[Corwin]

I'm curious if anyone else has tried some of the newer supplements on the market? I'm always skeptical of the claims I read in the mags, but decided to try one. I thought "NO2" and "Myo-blast looked interesting, but each costs an arm-and-a-leg, so I picked "NO2".

So far, I think it seems to be doing something. I've noticed that I'm more pumped (they advertise a "perpetual pump"), and I think I've even put on 1/4 inch on my arms in the two weeks I've been using it. My endurance is up, and I think I'm even getting more ripped.

Am I just imaging things, or has anyone else had a similar experience? Has anyone tried Myo-blast?

Just curious,
Scott

[buffdoc]

You need only supplement--protein, preferably whey. Creatine is OK too but gains tend to be secondary to water retention. The rest is just overpriced hype.

[brent]

I also think it's descent to take a good multi-vitamin and mineral tablet at night since most of us probably don't eat as well as we should. These are also very inexpencive suplements to take, but I think that vitamins, amino-acids, and minerals are the basic requirements for muscle growth. Please correct me if I am wrong. I 'm very sceptical of any expencive miracle pills, but I think basic nutrients are vital.

[Corwin]

I get at least 1g protein for every pound of lean body mass. I take vitamins daily. I also work out and bike like a madman (200+ miles per week). I have 8% body fat, and considering I just turned 40, that ain't bad.

While I'm skeptical of claims by supplement manufacturers, I also believe there are ways of tricking the body into going beyond where it naturally wants to be. Roids do it, but there are risks. ECA stacks do it, but there are risks. I'd be happier if there were something that didn't have the risks.

I have to say, I think NO2 has increased my endurance and is making my workouts/biking more intense. I just know little about this, or the myo-blast product.

-S

[brent]

There may well be good stuff out there, it's just that some of this stuff is so damned expencive. I remember once a clerk a nutrition store suggested something called Vandyl Sulphatye, or something like that. He said that it would give me an incredable pumped feeling, way greater than any I'd ever experienced. It was under $2 a 60 tablet bottle, so I tried it. It totally worked, but I don't know if that was a placebo effect, or for real. So there probably are good suplements out there, I'd read the lable of the N2O, or Myoblast, or whatever and purchase them. I'll bet it'l a lot less expencive. If you think it's helping you then great! I just get suspicious of high prices.

[Corwin]

You're right, the prices suck. This stuff is like $70+ for about a 20-28 day supply. Can't tell what its doing, really (placebo, imagination or working). Chemically, it is something called arginine alpha-ketoglutarate (3000 mg). Some of my lifts are up, other's aren't. I'm pretty ripped, but I'd rather get bigger. Damned genetics

[polomuscle]

I am taking a double dose of "Mag-10" by Biotest, along with LOTS of eating and heavy lifting, and also creatine. I am fucking blowing up, dudes. I haven't felt this pumped in a long time. Maybe it's the placebo effect, but it feels like what I think being on roids must be like. I look a lot bigger and it's less than a week since I started the Mag-10, which is basically a legalized form of roids. Horny all the time too (again, maybe it's placebo). If I continue to get these pumps and gain weight, I will let you know. Maybe it's just the fact that I'm eating a lot and lifting a lot (have been REALLY hungry since going on Mag-10...some of the weight gain is belly, but a lot of it is chest/shoulders CLEARLY pumped).

[brent]

I hope you'll include before/ after pics of you blowing up w/ mass!
I think the hunger thing is your body's need for nuitrients to feed its quick growth. I had a friend that was put on some stuff by his doctor, to make him bulk-up (he's HIV+) and he was constantly hungery. I think you are having the same effect. If he had kept workingout, and stayed on it, he'd be huge now! But he got lazy... I hope it goes well for you Pdude!

[polomuscle]

well, i did the mag 10 cycle, and quit before i used both bottles. i was blowing up. but i didn't like the way i felt. tight, bloated. My pecs did get bigger fast. But i didn't know how to train properly at the time. i do believe that stuff has mild anabolic effects! but for me, it just made me NOT want to go to the gym. i ended up taking the summer off and doing only yoga. well now i am back in the gym and have help training properly. eating right. sleeping right. using proper form. and not taking any supplements except Healthy Food.
who knows what the side effects of that stuff were--probably the same negative effects of orals. what a waste of money. don't make training decisions on impulse (ie i got boned from the idea of taking something that worked like roids)--use your brain, do what's smart, and plan for the long term. i wish i had not bought that stuff. i could have simply done what cannot be gotten around--proper balance of training, diet, and rest.
(still--if you are doing all of that stuff--mag 10 might give you a little "boost")

[brent]

Too bad there is no magic pill. I'm glad your back in the gym. I'm trying to remotivate myself after a few lazy weeks.