Is Muscletech a joke?

[Pumpupthejam]

I've been reading /watching the reviews for Muscletech ANABOLIC HALO.....and its just ridiculous.....I've heard they spend more on advertising hyping this product up than the ingredients themselves.

I've been told not to trust Muscletech....what do you guys think?

[lazyeye]

personally all supplement companies are a joke

a multi vit

creatine

fish oil

is all thats needed, if these supplements actually provided "mega blast ultra growth factors extreme" like they claimed, which boosts muscle growth 433.2% over "standard"

then why hasn't it been researched and proven to do so? its pretty easy and cheap to set up a independent study on the effectiveness of a supplement on weight training vs just weight training

the reason they haven't done so, and set the world on fire with the next big thing...........is...........that they are all filled with shit

spend your money on food instead

[Android]

no comment really, you're a bit short-sighted in your list, can you build a competitive body from supplementing just those 3?

ZMA stands up to scrutiny, as does Beta-alanine and L-Arginine in various forms.

You have to read past the marketing hype and just purchase on recommendation, or ingredients if you know what you are after.

[gazza]

and what about whey protein and glutamine?

[teamfatboy]

There's more to bodybuilding than a multi-vit, creatine and fish-oil... that might hold true for someone in their late teens or twenties, but for masters-class folks there is a compelling, research-backed case to be made for some additional supplementation - leucine, for instance.

I tend to agree with Android tho, that you have to read the labels carefully, understand what ingredients, in which amounts, are going to achieve what you need them to achieve.

It's naive to simply go by the hooplah and razzamattaz that surrounds a particular brand or product - and if they won't tell you what their secret ingredient is, or come up with a scientifically defensible new name for an old ingredient, the chances are you may be buying into that hype.

[goinhard]

yes, on most forums.

Especially cell tech.

[lazyeye]

and what about whey protein and glutamine?

glutamine might help gut health, and possibly improve the immune system (some studies say yes, some say no)

cant really hurt i guess, but probably wont help much either

[fudoc5]

and what about whey protein and glutamine?

glutamine might help gut health, and possibly improve the immune system (some studies say yes, some say no)

cant really hurt i guess, but probably wont help much either

personally i find glutamine to be one of the importsnt supplement for recovery.along with whey,other bcaas,multi's,and creatine,to an extent.

[Android]

oh yeah forgot the most compelling one - Glutamine

I think this supplement goes beyond gut health.

Whenever you may be catabolic (it happens when you enter the gym, or wake-up, just completed a cardio session, or feeling stressed, immune system low .. and more) your body can use protein for energy. Not just any amino acid but glutamine, the most abundant amino acid of them all. So supplementing with this is worth every penny.

Interestingly (to me) Your body can convert BCAAs to alot of different amino acids if one is lacking (this is way cool), glutamine included...but glutamine is probably the cheaper option :-)

To answer the original question, I've brought Anabollic Halo once ... once Didn't think much of it and wouldn't recommend it based on my experience which was non-eventful, didn't notice a thing.

[gazza]

thanks android, as mentioned somewhere else on here and in many studies glutamine is the most abundant amino in skeletal muscle and is utilised when the body is under stress i.e. precontest dieting. last time i checked bodybuilding/weightlifting is very stressful on the body.

[Pumpupthejam]

Cheers for the replies guys.

so should I just get these:

omega 3/fish oil

Creatine

L-glutamine

vitamin D

Weight gainer (I know which one to get)

What you think?

[Lamborghinilova]

Cheers for the replies guys.

so should I just get these:

omega 3/fish oil

Creatine

L-glutamine

vitamin D

Weight gainer (I know which one to get)

What you think?

If you get the right weight gainer, it should have added L-Glutamine in it. what gainer are you looking at?

Also, some gainers also include a maintenance dose of creatine...

[Android]

Cheers for the replies guys.

so should I just get these:

omega 3/fish oil

Creatine

L-glutamine

vitamin D

Weight gainer (I know which one to get)

What you think?

sorry i don't know you or your goals, what you currently look like body shape wise etc.

but I would say weight-gainers for people under 100kg+ are a waste of money, white rice is about $1 a day to eat all day for gaining weght and get a good quality protein powder instead. For $100 you can have 12 days of weight gainer or 30 days of protein powder + all the rice you can eat.

don't buy carbs in powder form unless you are bigger than 100kg and have to consume more than 5000 calories a day which can be alot to eat.

but buy weight gainer if you can't be bothered eating food though

like i said I don't know you or your goals....if this advice sucks...then it sucks it's just my experience...I reckon you'll regret buying $100 weight gainer every 2 weeks and likely to give up at some point thus wasting the opportunity to gain weight

[Hennie]

Cheers for the replies guys.

so should I just get these:

omega 3/fish oil

Creatine

L-glutamine

vitamin D

Weight gainer (I know which one to get)

What you think?

Weight gainers have no magic ingredients, boils down to Protein and carbs, I you have extra money buy protein, carbs can be real cheap and whole foods reign king if you have time to cook

[boostinggtir]

no it's not a joke, both me an Jay Culter have increased our mass buy 660% using celltech.

[Pumpupthejam]

Cheers for the replies guys.

so should I just get these:

omega 3/fish oil

Creatine

L-glutamine

vitamin D

Weight gainer (I know which one to get)

What you think?

If you get the right weight gainer, it should have added L-Glutamine in it. what gainer are you looking at?

Also, some gainers also include a maintenance dose of creatine...

I was buying Mutant Mass before but didnt take it long enough to notice any difference size wise. It did give me that extra bit of 'umpf' that I needed tho while lifting. It has some L-glutamine in it as well.

[Pumpupthejam]

Cheers for the replies guys.

so should I just get these:

omega 3/fish oil

Creatine

L-glutamine

vitamin D

Weight gainer (I know which one to get)

What you think?

sorry i don't know you or your goals, what you currently look like body shape wise etc.

but I would say weight-gainers for people under 100kg+ are a waste of money, white rice is about $1 a day to eat all day for gaining weght and get a good quality protein powder instead. For $100 you can have 12 days of weight gainer or 30 days of protein powder + all the rice you can eat.

don't buy carbs in powder form unless you are bigger than 100kg and have to consume more than 5000 calories a day which can be alot to eat.

but buy weight gainer if you can't be bothered eating food though

like i said I don't know you or your goals....if this advice sucks...then it sucks it's just my experience...I reckon you'll regret buying $100 weight gainer every 2 weeks and likely to give up at some point thus wasting the opportunity to gain weight

I thought you didnt put much weight on with rice? I was going to buy Mutant Mass as that seemed to give me that extra push I needed. So what powder works for you?

[SamWelly]

White rice buddy. Pretty high GI, similar to white bread.

Weight gainers a waste of money. The protein is generally low quality, and the carbs are all sugars - dextrose etc. Buy a WPI/Concentrate/Cassien blend and add some oats and a couple of spoons of olive oil. Same calories just a lot lower GI and healthier too.

Mutant mass makes me puke and the insulin response is crazy. You need to be one big ass mofo for it not to turn into fat over night or a really hard gainer.