Since so many of you guys are stacking together ridiculously huge amounts and megadosing non-hormonal supplements all together in one cycle, I figured I'd take this time to remind you how we make gains.
We can sum it all up in this incredibly simple equation called the first law of thermodynamics:
[Mass gained] = [Energy Stored] = [Energy Taken In] - [Energy Expended]
Sounds simple enough. Notice anything missing from this equation? SUPPLEMENTS!!!! The amount of weight you gain is limited to the amount of energy (or food) you take in.
So why take anabolic supplements?
Anabolics will create a shift in the body's anabolic metabolism towards muscle growth by means of some mechanism. This means that more calories will be stored as muscle rather than fat.
However, [mass gained] = [energy taken in] - [energy expended] so, we now increase our calories to get more bang for your buck while we are in this anabolic shift. Do these supplements increase appetite? Read the label. Chance are they probably do not. With the stacking of more and more supplements, the anabolic shift will become greater and greater. And the only way to get any worth of this overly high anabolic shift is to eat more that you are going to want (be able to) eat.
For this reason, I highly recommend you split up, and spread out your supplement 'stacks', and enjoy an increased anabolic shift, through different mechanisms, over a longer period of time (instead of all at once). Besides, steady gains are much easier to maintain that rapid ones.
We can sum it all up in this incredibly simple equation called the first law of thermodynamics:
[Mass gained] = [Energy Stored] = [Energy Taken In] - [Energy Expended]
Sounds simple enough. Notice anything missing from this equation? SUPPLEMENTS!!!! The amount of weight you gain is limited to the amount of energy (or food) you take in.
So why take anabolic supplements?
Anabolics will create a shift in the body's anabolic metabolism towards muscle growth by means of some mechanism. This means that more calories will be stored as muscle rather than fat.
However, [mass gained] = [energy taken in] - [energy expended] so, we now increase our calories to get more bang for your buck while we are in this anabolic shift. Do these supplements increase appetite? Read the label. Chance are they probably do not. With the stacking of more and more supplements, the anabolic shift will become greater and greater. And the only way to get any worth of this overly high anabolic shift is to eat more that you are going to want (be able to) eat.
For this reason, I highly recommend you split up, and spread out your supplement 'stacks', and enjoy an increased anabolic shift, through different mechanisms, over a longer period of time (instead of all at once). Besides, steady gains are much easier to maintain that rapid ones.