Which supplements are a MUST?

[dec11]

Jesus guys, can anyone say hijack??!! LoL, actually I don't care - your arguments are informative and just a bit entertaining to be honest!

Since I'm the OP, I'd like to add my .02 on all of this. It sounds to me like you guys are splitting hairs. At the end of the day, 95% of this 'sport' or whatever you want to call it is proper training, diet, and rest. The other 5% (supps, the latest trends, etc.) aren't going to make or break anybody IMO. One person isn't going to be the next Mr. Olympia because he took supps. vs. the other guy who did everything exactly the same except for the supps.

I think certain supps are useful, but as Iron Maiden (or was is Swifto?) pointed out - they are SUPPS - not the 'meat and potatoes' of anybody's regimen.

And for what it's worth, I think personal experience counts for a HELLUVA lot - after all, that is how we evolved over all of these years - trial and error. Scientific experiments are nothing more than trial and error in themselves, and you often find years down the road new data that debunks what people went on believing for decades. Christ, people thought the world was flat! A few years ago, Pluto was considered a planet! Science is PROGRESSIVE - and many things that we consider PROVEN today will change in years to come....

Please don't flame me for what I have stated above which is nothing more than MY OPINION. I am by no means any kind of expert or anything close to that; my body is testament to that. So let's get back to what we're all here for, kick @ss in the gym and push ourselves beyond the limits!

sorry for the hijack mate lol, good input from you aswell

[gbrice75]

sorry for the hijack mate lol, good input from you aswell

lol no worries, thanks!

[gunslinger2]

And for what it's worth, I think personal experience counts for a HELLUVA lot - after all, that is how we evolved over all of these years - trial and error. Scientific experiments are nothing more than trial and error in themselves, and you often find years down the road new data that debunks what people went on believing for decades. Christ, people thought the world was flat! A few years ago, Pluto was considered a planet! Science is PROGRESSIVE - and many things that we consider PROVEN today will change in years to come....

Thanks you for this input! I'm also sorry for the hijack but I do get rather pissed off when someone thinks they know everything about bodybuilding, especially at 19. I have said at least 3 times in this thread that I do think you need BCAA's, that was never in question. The question was Which supplements are a MUST? and they don't even break the top 10. Your money would be much better spent elsewhere.