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    Please provide advice for a Newbie

    Greetings all - I am a newbie to this forum and I am seeking your advice. I am 43 years old and relaively in good shape after I lost nearly 35 pounds of FAT following a decent diet and excersise regiment. Although I am tonned but I would like to bulk up a little (nothing freaky). I am 6' and currently weigh 190 lbs. What supplements do you recommend for me to increase my strength and subsequently add more muscle mass.

    I currently do take ON Whey, CLA, L-Glutamine, MultiV and EFAs.

    You feedback is appreciated.

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    Creatine and fish oil.

    Stop taking CLA and glutamine (neither are worth your money).
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    Originally Posted by Lok7y
    Creatine and fish oil.

    Stop taking CLA and glutamine (neither are worth your money).
    Werd ! ^^^ Listen to this guy.

    Since your main goal is to bulk up, your total daily calorie intake will be important, as well as total daily protein intake. At 190lbs, I would aim for between 250g-350g of protein per day (TOTAL protein from food and whey).

    I found that healthy, calorie dense foods like Oats seem to be ideal for bulking.
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    Thank you guys!! How about improving my strength? considering my age do you recommend any test improvement supplement?

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    Yup. You don't need much more in the way of supps, your diet is the key. As mentioned, the Glutamine probably does nothing for you, but there is no harm in finishing what you already have on the small chance that it might have some benefit. Either way it's not worth buying again. High protein, healthy fats like fish and flax oil are good to supp with, but make sure to get the oils because it's almost impossible to get enough from pills. You should post your diet and exercise routine as well.

    And to bulk, your going to have to cut down on cardio and accept that you might gain a little fat. Check out the nutrition forum also. Lot's of good tips in there, and your diet will benefit you much more than any supps will.

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    Originally Posted by BrotherMaX
    Thank you guys!! How about improving my strength? considering my age do you recommend any test improvement supplement?

    MaX
    If you think you have low test levels, tell your doctor you want to get bloodwork done. Do this before trying any test-enhancer products (such as Avena Sativa, Tribulus, Vitex, etc..).

    For strength, a solid routine with a emphasis on the big 3 (Squats, Deadlifts, Benchpress) will go a long way.
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    If you think you have low test levels, tell your doctor you want to get bloodwork done. Do this before trying any test-enhancer products (such as Avena Sativa, Tribulus, Vitex, etc..).

    For strength, a solid routine with a emphasis on the big 3 (Squats, Deadlifts, Benchpress) will go a long way.
    Forgive my ignorance but what is Vitex?

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    consider all of the above. however, you must also look at your diet. if you are still eating to lose weight, then you will never be able to bulk. you must go hyper caloric in order to gain, but considering where your comin from, you want those to be very very clean calories.
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    clean indeed.
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    Originally Posted by BrotherMaX
    Forgive my ignorance but what is Vitex?

    MaX

    Vitex agnus castus (Chasteberry)

    KEY CONSTITUENTS

    Volatile oils: 1,8-cineol, limes, alpha-pinenes and beta-pinenes.
    Iridoid glycosides: agnoside, aucubin, eurostoside.
    Flavonoids: casticin, 3,6,7,4'-tetramethylether of 6-hydroxy-camphor oil.
    Alkaloids: viticine.
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    Originally Posted by laminatedworm
    clean indeed.
    I do follow a very clean diet that is full of good protein, vegetables and low GI carbs but maybe I am not consuming enough. Again is the fear of becoming fat is what's stopping me. I do 3 days of weight lifting and 3 days of cardio per week and it sounds like you guys are recommending to reduce the amount of cardio. Is that correct?
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    Originally Posted by BrotherMaX
    I do follow a very clean diet that is full of good protein, vegetables and low GI carbs but maybe I am not consuming enough. Again is the fear of becoming fat is what's stopping me. I do 3 days of weight lifting and 3 days of cardio per week and it sounds like you guys are recommending to reduce the amount of cardio. Is that correct?
    in order to gain, you must intake a higher number of cals than your body expends. now, doing cardio would simply burn off the extra cals, rendering what you would be attempting useless. hence why most wont do cardio when bulking. up your cals, drop the cardio, just make sure the cals you are intaking are quality, cals that your body needs.
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