Don't Waste Your Money on These 11 'Muscle Building' Supplements

These supplements do nothing or offer no big muscle building advantage over these 7 foods & supplements that actually build muscle

1. BCAAs

Muscle is made up of protein. Protein is made up of amino acids. BCAAs stands for Branch Chained Amino Acids. If you're getting enough protein in your diet = You're already getting enough BCAAs to build muscle.

2. Creatine?

Creatine Monohydrate works but other forms of creatine like ethyl ester, citrate, malate & especially liquid creatine have little or no scientific proof saying it actually helps you build muscle → How to take creatine to build muscle

3. Testosterone Boosters

Some testosterone boosters work because they contain proven t-boosters like Zinc & Vitamin D but t-boosters are not going to raise your testosterone to abnormally high levels like steroids do.

Testosterone supplements that DO NOT Work

• Velvet Antler
• Tribulus terrestris
• Chrysin
• Horny Goat Weed
• Fenugreek
• Stinging Nettle
• Maca
• Saw Palmetto
• D-aspartic acid
• Boron

4. Protein Scams

Supplement companies will do whatever they can to make you spend more money than you have to on protein - for example,

• They'll try to make you buy separate pre-workout, post-workout & nighttime protein products. Studies show there is no magic time to take protein for better results.
• They'll say you need over 1 gram of protein per lb. in an attempt to make you buy too much protein. Studies show you can build muscle with only .64 grams per lb.
• They'll say their brand or type of protein is superior. Studies like this & this show that PROTEIN is PROTEIN! As long as get enough protein, you'll build muscle.

5. HGH Supplements

Any supplement claiming to increase your Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is usually a scam → 4 supplements that don't increase HGH

6. HMB

HMB is more likely to prevent you from losing muscle rather than helping you build muscle. You can simply prevent muscle loss with enough protein in your diet

7. Glutamine

Glutamine is another amino acid you can get (Like BCAAs) by having enough protein in your diet

8. Beta-Alanine

Beta-Alanine is only helpful when you're doing at least 8 reps per set but its only going to help you do 2.85% more reps. That means,

Instead of 8 reps you'll be able to do 8.2 reps, instead of 20 reps you'll be able to do 20½ reps and you'll have to reach 35 reps before you get the benefit of doing ONE extra rep.

9.Pre Workout Supplements?

Don't waste your money on any pre-workout supplement that does not contain caffeine for an energy boost

Pre-Workout creatine? Creatine is found in a lot of pre-workout supplements but,

Creatine isn't something you can take before a workout to get instant results. Creatine needs to be taken for a certain period of time before you get any muscle building benefits from it → How to take creatine to build muscle

10. Nitric Oxide Boosters

Nitric Oxide does nothing long-term to build muscle.

Nitric Oxide may increase blood flow giving you a pump making your muscles look bigger. Nitric Oxide is probably best if you need to temporarily look good for a photo shoot or special event.

11. Myostatin Inhibitors

Myostatin occurs naturally in your body but it prevents you from building too much muscle.

Myostatin Inhibitors work but the only problem is they don't exist yet in a supplement. They only work when you inject it. Any supplement or so called 'Myostatin Inhibitor' that you'd have to take orally will not work.

This Belgian Blue Bull has a natural mutation in their myostatin gene which explains their abnormal muscle growth.

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