shamrock10 said:
i did make gains...about 10lbs in the first month and then from there it was just water weight... ill be 145 one night and the next morning ill be 138.5lbs. sorry about the complaints....but i keep hearing about most of this shit being on the black market is fake so...makes u question things you know?
from the weight range you are talking about and without having your stats in front of me i would have to surmise that diet was the biggest problem. if you only weigh in the 135-150lb range then it would be an educated guess on my part that you havent discovered quite how to eat to gain. gaining weight whether its naturally or on gear is best accomplished when you are force feeding yourself. what i mean by that is if you wait till you are hungry to eat it is generally to late and your muscles have already been starving for food for to long. the guys who gain consistantly and get to be the biggest guys out there, learn how to eat every 2 hours even if they are not hungry when that time comes to eat the next meal.
with the amount of people i have helped out in this sport, and it has been quite a few, the #1 problem is that most people tend to think they are eating enough food when in reality they are only consuming what i would consider to be a maintanence amount and not a gainers amount.
if you are at 145lbs and want to gain 20lbs on a cycle you must first plan out how much you MUST eat to acheive that goal. take your GOAL weight and multiple it x20 and that is the calorie amount and multiple goal weight by x2 and that will be your protein minumums. in your instance if starting at 145 with a goal of a 20lb gain then your finishing weight will be 165 so 20x that will be a minimum caloric intake of 3300cals and a protein minimum of 330 grams. this food requirement must be spread out over a minimum of 6 meals and preferably 7-8. this will ensure that your body is getting the nutrients it needs in the timeframe neseccary to grow muscle.
get yourself a good calorie counter book like " corinne nesters book of food counts" it lists not only calories but also proteins, fats, & carbs.
