What should I be taking?

[knucklez02]

I weigh about 165lbs and height 5'6" and age 26. I'm not interested in how much I can lift I am more concerned about body sculpting. I lift everyday rotating 1hr to 2hrs daily.

I'm looking for a supplement(s) that will help me build more muscle mass faster and stay cut w/ the work out time I use.

Any advice?

[anonymous1]

Microlactin. Protein shakes and MRP's to help meet calories requirements.

[knucklez02]

Where is the best place to buy online?

[king8329]

I weigh about 165lbs and height 5'6" and age 26. I'm not interested in how much I can lift I am more concerned about body sculpting. I lift everyday rotating 1hr to 2hrs daily.

I'm looking for a supplement(s) that will help me build more muscle mass faster and stay cut w/ the work out time I use.

Any advice?

First off, although I admire your tenacity, you're going about it in the wrong way. You should really only weight train 4 days a week, 5 max. But definitely not every day. Your body needs rest and recuperation time or it will never grow.
Second you need to know your current objective - cut or bulk, etc. Once you decide the direction that you want to take you then need to put together a diet that is conducive to your goal. IE- caloric intake and prot, carb, fat, %.
Lastly is supplements. Supplements are just meant to SUPPLEMENT the work out and diet. Supplements alone will get you nowhere. Once you get the first two categories you can concentrate on supplements and as a beginner they should basically consist of a multi vitamin, protein powder (to supplement diet to ensure proper protein consumption), and maybe a creatine (preferably basic monohydrate/creapure) if you want.
This should be more than enough to get you started. If you need more help putting together a routine or diet, feel free to pm me and I'll help you any way I can.

[knucklez02]

First off, although I admire your tenacity, you're going about it in the wrong way. You should really only weight train 4 days a week, 5 max. But definitely not every day. Your body needs rest and recuperation time or it will never grow.
Second you need to know your current objective - cut or bulk, etc. Once you decide the direction that you want to take you then need to put together a diet that is conducive to your goal. IE- caloric intake and prot, carb, fat, %.
Lastly is supplements. Supplements are just meant to SUPPLEMENT the work out and diet. Supplements alone will get you nowhere. Once you get the first two categories you can concentrate on supplements and as a beginner they should basically consist of a multi vitamin, protein powder (to supplement diet to ensure proper protein consumption), and maybe a creatine (preferably basic monohydrate/creapure) if you want.
This should be more than enough to get you started. If you need more help putting together a routine or diet, feel free to pm me and I'll help you any way I can.

What is the difference if I work on my upper body 1 day then my lower body the next? I'm not focusing on the same muscles every day. Shouldn't I be alright doing that?

[king8329]

What is the difference if I work on my upper body 1 day then my lower body the next? I'm not focusing on the same muscles every day. Shouldn't I be alright doing that?

Nah, your body needs time to repair. Upper/lower splits are best for you so keep that up but try something like Mon=upper, Tues-lower, wed-off,Thur-upper,Fri-lower, Sat&sun-off.Or something like that. Your bodies growth comes from tear down and repair (in its most simplistic form) and if your working out 7 days a week, your tearing down 7 days a week .... even if its not the same muscle..... and you have no repair time. You'll just end up over training in which case the muscles will actually begin to eat themselves (again in its most simplistic form). A basic rule of thumb is to train a muscle only twice a week at most.

[aaronm]

what everyone has said about overtraining here is definately right. i overtrained to ridicilous levels for a year cause i was ignorant. id literally workout 5 days a week for 2 hours at a time, because i genuinely loved working out and didnt want to stop. now its like a chore to me so I only go 3 days a week for an hour at a time and I get 10,000 times better than results.

Most important thing to realize- your body grows inbetween your workouts, not during.

took me 12 months to buy into that.

for supplements all you need is protein/multivitamin, and creatine if you want.

[knucklez02]

what everyone has said about overtraining here is definately right. i overtrained to ridicilous levels for a year cause i was ignorant. id literally workout 5 days a week for 2 hours at a time, because i genuinely loved working out and didnt want to stop. now its like a chore to me so I only go 3 days a week for an hour at a time and I get 10,000 times better than results.

Most important thing to realize- your body grows inbetween your workouts, not during.

took me 12 months to buy into that.

for supplements all you need is protein/multivitamin, and creatine if you want.

I'm the same way, I love to lift and work out. Haven't really done it since high school but I was the same way in high school but we had to have a break day between workouts. I guess I'm just going to have to force myself to stay away from the gym every other day.

[platypus]

I'm the same way, I love to lift and work out. Haven't really done it since high school but I was the same way in high school but we had to have a break day between workouts. I guess I'm just going to have to force myself to stay away from the gym every other day.

enjoy the soreness on your off days :)

[knucklez02]

I was super sore Friday (break day) and went back to the gym Saturday and was weak as hell, so Sunday I'll do about 1hr-1.5hr of cardio. Gonna start a lifted schedule On Monday that a read in a "Muscle & Fitness" mag. Hope it works.

[Tom Mutaffis]

Muscle and Fitness is not the best place to find routines; many of those are geared toward athletes who have been training for 10+ years and therefore include far too much volume for someone who is not at that level yet.

A lot of the routines posted on here are designed for strength or athletic performance but I can help you with a bodybuilding routine - if you are interested?

For supplements I would just stick to a good quality creatine supplement and also a MRP/post-workout shake. For this I use Results and Opticen by AtLarge Nutrition and have made great progress with these products, up about 10 lbs in 4 months and have hit numerous strength PR's as well. Opticen should be taken immediately after each training sessions and results works best when taken daily.

[knucklez02]

Well the workout in Muscle & Fitness was named "workout for beginners" seemed pretty good, but if you think you've got something that might be better for me then let me know and I'll give it a try.

[Tom Mutaffis]

Well the workout in Muscle & Fitness was named "workout for beginners" seemed pretty good, but if you think you've got something that might be better for me then let me know and I'll give it a try.

Can you post up the routine? Then I can give you some feedback on it.

Generally all of the routines in the Muscle & Fitness and Flex Magazines are garbage. Sometimes Men's Health has some good columns, but I haven't read any recently so can't really say one way or the other.