I'm not really sure where I can get them at this point, or which type I even have access to. I need to do more research on the different types and won't start taking them until I am fully educated on this subject.
However, I am curious. I've been attempting to put on muscle since I was 17. I started on my own for about 2 months and then was with a trainer well past my 18th birthday. During this time I was taking creatine, whey, and mass gainer all from GNC. I gained weight, not muscle. Though I was able to bench 200 lbs. I was built like a linebacker, I suppose, but I didn't look cut. This was a drastic turn from my 150 lb frame which shot up to 210 in the span of 3-4 months.
I gave up when I felt like I was fat, not putting on muscle. I lost the weight in about a month and a half and settled at around 170. I tried to keep working out, sans trainer.
I had another trainer about a year later, which really just put on weight with little muscle retention. I jumped to 190. I gave up again.
Facts about me: 21 year old male, vegetarian, 6'5, 190 lbs (I think). I'm weak at the gym. This is a fact. I'm not sure why because it certainly is not that I don't try. I want to change this. All I eat is protein---it's a running joke amongst everyone who knows me. Open my fridge or cupboards and all you will see is protein packed vegetarian friendly foods---cliff bars, various bottled protein shakes, beans, faux meats, etc. I take ON whey and creatine capsules. I live in Indiana, and I am a college student.
I need a little boost. I don't have an addictive personality. I'm not a drug person. I don't drink too often. I'm very level headed. Obviously I won't know how they effect me until I use them, but I would like to try.
Any advice on which ones I should take? If you think I shouldn't take them, feel free to post reasons.
I'd appreciate any, and I mean any advice at this point because this has been next to impossible.