what is the best protein supplement for gaining muscle mass?
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Creatine for mass & Hydroxycut for definition. Combine for best results.
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well u wanna gain nice sexy muscle mass...it makes u look alot curvier...you would do something like this\ndiet: 5 to 6 meals a day, drink lotz of water, take 2 protein shakes a day, after workout is a must with a banana!\nprotein: egg whites, chicken, tuna, fish, steak\ncomplex carbs: brown rice, yams, whole wheat breads\nveggies: asparagus, green beans, broccolie, other green veggies\nhealthy fats: olive oil, peanut butter, any type of nuts, omega 3's (fats from salmone is really good).\nworkout: maybe u can work out 5 times a week! ur workout plan would go soemthing like this:\nmonday: chest, back, shoulders\ntuesday: full body circuit workout\nwednesday: biceps, triceps\nthursday: full body circuit workout\nfriday: quads, hamstrings, calves, and glutes\nsat and sunday: rest  ......abs every other day\nemail me if u need any help...goodluck babe!
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If you are trying to gain muscles mass, the answer is both, but more so, one in the morning, one after your workout and one 30 min before bed. If your workout is in the evening, take one mid afternoon.\n\nWithout doing much, you could start by reading Mens Health and Muscle & Fitness Magazines. Both are published by Joe Weider Inc. Both have great workout routines in them and advice on diet, fitness, health, supplementation.\n\nI would reccomend that you start by hitting the weight room, 4-5 times per week. Lifting with Compund exercies first, then isolation exercises. 4-5 sets of each, with 1-2 of them being warm up exercises. 9-12 rep range is good for muscle mass, and definition and stamina. Rest each body part 4-7 days. So if you do Chest on monday, dont do it till at least friday.\n\nWhen it comes to supplementation you will use the minimum:\n1 multi vitamin pill per day\ntribulus\nWhey protein or whey protein isolate. Depending on allergies, you may want to use a Soy protein. you should use 2-3 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight in your daily diet to gain muscle (you still need to lift weights though and stick with it. It takes a long long time. It took me 2 years to put on 35 pounds of muscle.) Take some in the morning when you wake up, mid day, and as part of your post workout drink.\nI would also reccomend taking L-Glutamine as part of your post workout routine.\nTake something with creatine. This stuff is well documented. I would reccomend BSN Nutrition NOxplode. IT has creatine, arginine, and others as well as nitric oxide. Take this for your pre workout routine, about 30-45 minutes before your workout. It takes awhile for your body to absorb the creatine.\n\nThat should be the core of your supplement routine. Do not rely on the protein powder to get you all of your protein in a day.\n\nRemember to do cardio at least 3 times a week 60-75% of your max heart rate (MHR) which is 220-your age. for about 30 min each session. If i do legs, I do cardio after. Sometimes I will split it, 15-20 min before, 15-20 min after. You have to burn the fat to show your hard work!!\n\nDo abs at least 3 times a week. focus more on form and crunching the muscle, than how many reps you do.\n\nTHis should help.\n\nIf you need more advice, feel free to email me, I would be glad to help you out.
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I'm assuming you are looking to bulk up and add muscle... If so simply consuming protein powder is not going to do it alone.  Protein helps to rebuild muscle that has been broken down but to gain weight you need to consume carbs (lots) and fats as well.  Try this:  5-6 meals a day consisting of 50 grams of protein, 150 grams of complex carbs, and 15-20 grams of fats (ie. canola oil).  Get a food scale and a book that explains food counts.  \nDon't eat junk and work your muscles so that you experience muscle fatigue (the burn) and soreness (a good sore not injured) after each training session - if you are not sore you have not worked hard enough!  In addition, look to a protein powder that also contains carbs for the extra calories.  You can use a shake to supplement or replace a meal.  Hope this helps...don't give up it can take a lot of hard work and comes easier for some people...I personally was very lean but it works - I went from 160 to 210 lbs and still lean over several years naturally.\nAs for the powder...most of the brand names are ok...
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I used to be a personal trainer.  Start working with weights to build muscle.  You don't want to be the HULK but just trust me on this.  Increase protein, wheat bread, some more fats (but good fats).  Try jelly on toast, extra virgin olive oil will be good for you.  Egg whites.  Please don't eat right before you go to bed like the other person told you.  Big breakfast is important.
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If you aren't already, start weight training.  You should also supplement with protein, creatine, BCAAs, and L-glutamine. Eat plenty of complex carbs (veggies, oatmeal, whole-wheat). \n\nReduce your cardio if you're having trouble holding on to muscle mass.\n\nFeel free to contact me if you have more questions.
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Your trying to compare apples and oranges.  They're two very different supplements with very different mechanisms in the human body.  \n\nWhey protein is loaded with both essential and non-essential amino acids and is primarily used to accelerate muscle development and aid in recovery.\n\nCreatine is designed to increase the production and availability of ATP, specifically for the first few seconds of intense activity.\n\nIt is probably the only supplement on the market that can actually help you increase your loads, power and size in a realtively short period of time. \n\nPROS\n- Increases the availability of energy for first 6-10s of power related movements\n- It increases muscle strength and power\n- May improve some endurance and delay fatigue. \n- Forces water into your muscles (cell volumization), making muscles bigger and firmer. Do not confuse this with water retention that happens outside the muscle cells, making the muscles look smooth. \n- Gain weight quickly (if that is a desired goal) 4-8 pounds is common in the first three (mostly due to increase of body fluids in the muscles). \n- Gain muscle faster since your able to lift greater loads longer due to reduced fatigue and leverage.\n\nCONS\n- Weight, strength and power gain are quickly lost approx 2-3 weeks after termination of last cycle\n- There have been some outrageous claims of Creatine causing everything from high blood pressure to cancer, but these have never been proven. There are no scientifically proven side effects from moderate Creatine supplementation.\n\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/creatine_and_teens.shtml\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/creatine_boosts_brain_power.shtml\n.\n.
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If you are doing strength training, you should try to get 1.5 to 2 grams of protein per pound of body weight. Your body uses protein to build the muscles. \n\nSoy and legumes are good sources of protein. If your diet includes dairy products, these are another good source of protein. You should try to get as much of your protein from your diet, and then use powders to supplement (soy powder or whey protein powder).
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Whey is a good source of protein, protein is necessary for healthy muscles and is particularly benificial if you regularly work out.  It is estimated that most people need about 1-1.5 grammes of protein per pound of body weight each day, if you don't think that you are getting this from your normal diet then supplementing with whey protein shakes will be beneficial.
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Get fat.\nOnly exercise mixed with the protein produces muscle.
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I am not going to recommend a particular brand but just give you some things to think about. Not all protien is the same. The best protien for muscle buildling is milk related "whey" protien. Soy protiens are protiens and will help, but the "whey" protiens are more easily used by the body, so look for something with with whey. You might also look for "biological protien rating." The higher the rating the better--this means how much of the protien in that product is going to be used by your body to build muscle. Finally, consider calories. Many protien supplements assume that the user also wants to "gain weight," so they add in calories.  I prefer to get calories from more nutritional foods--fruits and vegetables for example, so I look for a fairly low calorie protien supplement--what I want there is just protien. \n\nYou should take in protien within three hours of your workout--the sooner the better. This will aid in muscle repair and slow the breakdown of muscle fibers.
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do not take any growth hormones they really mess u up!!!! the only thing u should be taking is whey protein, casein protein at night, multivitamine (animalpac), flaxseed oil, and creatine ( drink more water though, it dehydrates u)....all of these things cobined with a good ass heavy lifting weight program and ur 5 to 6 meals a day and u will build quality muscles that will last u forever!!!!email me i u need anything else!!!
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well, if you don't mind putting out effort, http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html that site will tell you how to get in shape and what to eat and all to build up muscle mass
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it seems to be that you should at least be over 100 lbs. you should try to build muscle by lifting weight and definately eat more protein and fat. Try protein shakes, they are good if you add peanut butter to them. mmmmm...
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If your goal is to put on as much mass as your genetics will allow, consider the following. First off, in order to gain muscle you may also need to gain some fat. This may sound discouraging but there are ways to keep the fat weight to a minimum. Get yourself in tune to eating about 500 calories more each day, and be sure to spread meals out to 5 or 6 daily. Be careful though, most athletes try to get these extra calories through fat sources. \n\nIt's best to get these calories predominantly from lean sources of protein (e.g. chicken, whey protein, etc.), with some complex carbohydrate and essential fats thrown in the mix. Make sure the extra calories are coming from the recommended percentages of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. An increase in body weight of roughly 0.5 to 1.0lbs. per week is a reasonable goal. Anymore weight gain than that and you're risking the dreaded spare tire. \n\n For maximal gains in muscle mass, keep your reps between 5 and 12 and switch reps schemes every 3 to 4 weeks. This will keep the muscle guessing on what you're doing to it and keep you from overtraining. Now, here's the part that is guaranteed to get some of you hopping mad. DON'T TRAIN HEAVY ALL THE TIME. In other words, if you're training with reps of 10, don't train till failure every time you lift. And I don't care if you're natural or not. Your body will increase faster if you switch training intensity between light, medium, or heavy. \n\nTrust me, it works. You'll feel better, stay hungry for the gym, and you'll keep injuries to a minimum. If your main goal is mass, mass, mass, then I would keep aerobic training to a minimum. In fact, you may just want to keep aerobic training out of your training completely. I wouldn't do anymore than 20 minutes, 2 to 3 times per week. \n\nHere's an example of what a training program might look like. Now remember, this is not the magic program that you stick with for the rest of your life. In fact, I wouldn't stay on it any longer than 4 weeks. It's just an example. You need to switch things up every couple of weeks. \n\nNOTE: Click the exercise name to view the exercise and learn the correct form! \n\nMonday \n\n\nBench press 1x12, 10, 10 \nIncline press 1x12, 10, 10 \nMilitary press 1x12, 10, 10 \nSide-raise 3x12 \nTricep ext 3x12 \nKickback 3x12 \n\n Click Here For A Printable Log Of Monday! \n\nTuesday \n\n\nPull down 1x12, 10, 10 \nSeated Row 1x12, 10, 10 \nBent-over-raise 1x12, 10, 10 \nShrugs 3x12 \nBarbell Curl 3x12 \nDB Curl  3x12 \n\n Click Here For A Printable Log Of Tuesday! \n\nWednesday \n\n\nTake a day off. Eat plenty and sleep.\nThursday \n\n\nSquat 1x12, 10, 10 \nLunges 3x12 \nStiff-Legged Dead lift 3x12 \nLeg Curl 3x12 \nCalf-raise 5x12 \n\n Click Here For A Printable Log Of Thursday! \n\nFriday \n\n\nStart rotation over. Workout Saturday if you feel like it. If not, wait till Monday for another workout.
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Hmm. I thought protein shakes are used to gain weight. But I could be wrong.
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Hey, if you need to put on some healthy weight, you should consider eating 5 times a day of foods that consist of high protein. 5 meals sounds like a lot but you can substitute 2 of them #2 & #4 with a protein shake. I would also go to the nearest nutri-shop and look into purchasing some weight builder shakes. Those combined with working out should make you gain mass and muscle.