Spec me some supplements for muscle growth?

[Helen Barber]

Y husband is Joining the gym tomorrow.. He wants to loose around 18lb so going to do lots of cardio and will do some weights

I have some low calorie protein powder

Should I buy some creatine? For muscle growth/repair for him

Thanks

 

[Dis86]

Buy some steak.

 

[Johno please?]

Creatine? If you're just starting out in the gym I wouldnt bother, find your feet first.

Whats your husbands diet like? Going to the gym is pointless unless you're also eating well.

 

[jsmoke]

I'd recommend cod liver oil and omega 3 fish oil, they are good for your joints.

Other than that it's all a bit gimmicky unless your taking steroids or say EPO.

From my own experience creatine does something, for starters it makes you very thirsty as it retains fluid in the muscles, but not really sure if it helps, I'd say it probably does a small amount.

 

[Chris Wilson]

A garden spade and the current hard, dry ground would be productive as well as muscle building and flab reducing.

 

[tom_nieto]

Lots of good advice in the sports forum on here from workout routines to supplements. I’ve found it very helpful.

 

[dowie]

He’s probs not going to grow much muscle (or at least not in the bodybuilder, bulk up sense).

If you do lots of running, cycling etc.. then your leg muscles will of course build up a bit, become more defined. No doubt you lose some weight from it too but diet (or rather just not over eating) is important still though.

If he’s going to use weights etc.. then quite possibly arms will get a bit defined or to use a vague term “toned”, but he’s probs not going to build much muscle unless using heavy weights. Even then it’s not going to cause him to bulk up, bodybuilders tend to eat additional calories whereas for weight loss you often want to reduce calories andof course burning additional calories via cardio is also thrown into the mix here.

 

[Tom_ed1987]

He just wants to lose 18lbs?
Ditch the gym membership, forget about creatine or supplements or finely honed exercise routines or any of that stuff.

Take what he currently eats, reduce it in quantity by x%, eat that amount.
There are very few things in life where not doing something' gets you results - embrace it

 

[glenimp617]

Creatine is a waste of money for most people.

If the primary goal is to burn fat then as with any goal, diet is key. Walking and swimming will help speed up the process.

Muscle building requires weights, using the right technique, tempo, eating lots and sleeping. You can't just go to the gym once a week and have a protein shake. It's more like four times a week and eating five or six meals a day.

I did this over a year ago. Stopped eating junk, walked five miles three or four times a week till I got the fat off, then joined the gym and was told I needed to eat 3500 calories a day lol

Six months later I started to look great, then covid.

You can't really lose fat without losing muscle, and you can't gain muscle without gaining a little fat.

Best thing is to get some stats up. Weight, height, age and body fat percentage if possible.

Remember, if you want to gain muscle you want your weight to go up not down.

 

[Maccapacca]

A garden spade and the current hard, dry ground would be productive as well as muscle building and flab reducing.

As well as funding the local physio. One repetitive movement all day? Great for your back.

 

[dowie]

You can't really lose fat without losing muscle, and you can't gain muscle without gaining a little fat.

^^^^ this, albeit conditional on the goal being some sort of bodybuilding, gym stuff etc..

It's not a completely hard and fast rule though - like someone taking up running seriously, joining an amature running club* won't necessarily lose mussle and quite likely will gain muscle(in the legs at least) & reduce bodyfat - just look at how most runner's legs look! A competitive amature swimmer will often gain (some) muscle all over and lose a bit of body fat too, granted they won't bulk up like a bodybuilder might aim to.

Likewsie cross fit etc.. or just the type of physical training plenty of members of the armed forces go through will lead to a lean, muscular shape... often building muscle in the legs too (in addition to core strenght, being able to carry heavy loads over distance, build the shoulders a bit etc..)... though there is a bit of a trend for some squaddies to become gym queens too these days and bulk up the arms, get into the protein shakes etc..

* a friend of mine did this and completely transformed him, looks very much like a runner these days... it's a bit different to just going for a jog because it's your scheduled exercise... when it becomes a social activity where you run with a group of people and then compete in events there is potentially way more benefit to be derived from it that way

 

[McstylisT]

Slow down.

start by eating clean.
Train hard.
Sleep well.
Make sure the technique is spot on, full range reps.
Protein shake Is fine.

see how he goes in 8weeks.

 

[booyaka]

You can't out train a bad diet - Sort the food/diet first, worry about the training after.
Sleep/recovery

 

[Ayahuasca]

Eat clen, tren hard anavar give up

 

[r2d2]

Sterons

 

[AndyCr15]

You can't really lose fat without losing muscle, and you can't gain muscle without gaining a little fat.

This was my realisation from my big weight loss last year. I kept lifting all through the weight loss, but losing muscle mass is going to happen because to lose the fat you limit your calories. Your muscles can't grow, because the fuel isn't there. As said, lose weight or build muscle, not both.

 

[Somnambulist]

You won't lose much lean tissue if you train properly and get sufficient dietary protein while dieting, there's plenty of evidence for this and it's only a risk when you get to stage-lean body fat levels, but even then it can be minimised, otherwise bodybuilding shows wouldn't be a thing. What you will lose in fat-free mass terms is intramuscular glycogen and water, but these will be restored once the diet ends. If you lose a lot of skeletal muscle tissue dieting, you're doing it wrong.

There are also certain scenarios where you can experience some recomposition, but given you can't maximise fat loss or muscle gain at the same time, it's best to approach it cyclically and bulk/cut at a sensible ratio (3:1 or 4:1 is ideal - so something like 6-8 months bulking, 2 months dieting, staying between 10%-high teens % bf).