noob here looking for some advice

[99LS203]

hey guys trying to put on some weight i am currently

23 yrs
5"9
135lbs

i currently starting using gnc whey weight gainer 2200
and eating more and trying to eat better more healthy foods

what are some good products out there to help me put on some mass
and keep my muscles from getting fatigue?

thanks guys

[Machdiesel]

The main things are COUNT YOUR CALORIES. You cant just drink a weight gainer shake and expect to gain weight. Go check out the diet forum and make that your number one focus. Not sure your lifting experience but if you are a complete newbie I wouldn't use anything. Your going to see your best and most rapid gains in the first 1st year, save the supps for when you stall out. Multi vitamin, EFA's(flax,fish) good PWO shake is all you really need when it comes to supps

[**TOP**]

FOOD! Most of the weight gainer you see are loaded with garbage. You need to fix your diet like i stated earlier!!

[matt77]

As the others said, at your size quaility diet is the most important. As for supps, go ahead and use that gainer since you have it but after its gone don't buy anymore buy food. Use the gainer with food don't use it to replace food. The only other things Id recommend right now for you is a quality multi vit (I like Orange Triad), Fish oil 6g/day, and maybe some creatine mono if you've been training for a while.

I have a friend that was your size and had a hard time gaining weight but it can be done you just have to eat lots of good food and train the right way. My buddy seriously could eat 6000+ cals a day and not gain a pound of weight for long periods of time. But he was eating wrong and running for his fitness routine=FAIL.

[99LS203]

yeah i have been working out for past 6 months.. just realy hitting hard past 2 months .. i do see a little noticable change in my size def arms got bigger and more cut but still step on scale and weighin in the same.... .. now u guys are saying dont use the gainer .. i am not trying to replace a meal... i am simply using it just to give me the last fill up before i go to bed .. and also in my job i get brakes at 8am 12pm and 230 then im out at 330 .. but luckily my job i have now is assmebly and im sitting down 80% of my day if not more

[Machdiesel]

Gainers and shakes have their place but shouldn't be used as a crutch for not eating. You really only need 1 shake a day, and that's immediately after your workout. What ***TOP*** was referring to is most gainers have a bunch of junk added to them. Your Post Workout Shake(PWO) should consist of a quality whey protein and a quality carb source. It should be something like 75g carbs 35-40g protein and EFA's. The only other time a shake should be considered is before bed

[99LS203]

ok thanx mach for clearing that up .. and yes i usually have a protein drink b4 and after workout and a nice good shake b4 i go to bed .. .. i read somewhere else that when ur sleeping ur body feeds of your muscles so buy taking that shake right b4 bed should help with that ??

[A7X]

im new at this but i can tell u what i have learned form this site. Diet diet diet diet... wirte down what u eat and when u eat it. i am doing 8 meals a day. if i were u id read the diet section over and over again id write a diet try it out and than post it and see what everyone thinks about it. and when i comes to protien shakes this is what ive learned whey for ur PWO (i also like to mix in a scop with my oatmeal in the moring) and Casein Protien befor bed (has a different realse time or somthing like that im still reaserching but they suggested it to me and i picked a bottle up) hope that helped

[bjpennnn]

just eat everything 135 means you need to eat more.