My boyfriend has been working out for about a year and hasn’t gotten any bigger. I told him he might want to try creatine powder so that his muscles can get bigger. ANy suggestions on which one you think is the best?
Pure Creatine monohydrate powder (Optimum Nutrition, Primaforce, Prolab) is the most popular, its practically tasteless and changes should be noticeable within the first week (load at 15g per day for the first 5-7 days spread throughout the day, then after the first week decrease to 5g a day).
However, I don’t think Creatine is the answer to him not getting bigger, its his diet.
Getting bigger and gaining weight is all about eating more calories than you are burning. Find out your maintenance calories (# calories that you eat to not gain or lose weight) and eat more calories. There are 3500 calories in a pound. If you eat 500 calories over maintenance you’ll gain 1lb per week.
I’ve seen people bulk at 15-20x their body weight. But work your way upwards in calories until you are satisfied with progress. If you think you are putting on too much fat slowly cut down calories or (if you are brave) add in some cardio sessions.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
NOExplode, it has argenine in it. Basically the chemical will open his blood cells and allow more blood to get to the mucsle. But you dont need creatine to get big. Try using weight gainer shakes after working out, this give you protien that your muscles crave after working out and rebuilds them. Second weight gainer has lots of calories and carbs which will add mass to the muscle too. I would go to the store and buy L-Arginine pills and take about 2 an hour before workout and 2 after with the weight gainer shakes.
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Working out for years
March 11th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Pure Creatine monohydrate powder (Optimum Nutrition, Primaforce, Prolab) is the most popular, its practically tasteless and changes should be noticeable within the first week (load at 15g per day for the first 5-7 days spread throughout the day, then after the first week decrease to 5g a day).
However, I don’t think Creatine is the answer to him not getting bigger, its his diet.
Getting bigger and gaining weight is all about eating more calories than you are burning. Find out your maintenance calories (# calories that you eat to not gain or lose weight) and eat more calories. There are 3500 calories in a pound. If you eat 500 calories over maintenance you’ll gain 1lb per week.
I’ve seen people bulk at 15-20x their body weight. But work your way upwards in calories until you are satisfied with progress. If you think you are putting on too much fat slowly cut down calories or (if you are brave) add in some cardio sessions.
References :