In my last post, I reminded you that it's Gold Card Week at GNC and I briefly mentioned that you would really want to read my next post (this one) because I was going to reveal to you the 5 supplements you need for building muscle. I've been in this game a long time and I'm here to tell you that most of the stuff you can buy in GNC or at Bodybuilding.com is ineffective at best and some of it is downright dangerous.

I'll talk about the dangerous stuff in a future post. Just note that it has to do with the so-called "fat burners" for the most part.

I will also share with you the ineffective ones right now. In short, they're the ones that I don't mention in this post!

In summary, I'm going to not only tell you the 5 supplements you need for building muscle, but I'm going to share with you my "layered" supplementation plan. At least I'll give you a glimpse of it.

My email subscribers will get the full lowdown on how I "layer" my supplement use to get maximum effectiveness for my chosen goal at the time. In short, there's a different program for maximum mass building, fat burning, maintenance, and power & strength. You can figure this out on your own, or you can subscribe to get the details "done for you."

Now, the reason you're here

5 Supplements You Need for Building Muscle

These are the 5 supplements you need to be taking when you are trying to build maximum lean muscle mass:

1. Creatine Monohydrate
   
2. Whey protein powder
3. Desiccated liver tablets
4. Branch-chain amino acids or BCAA
5. Other "aminos" – ornithine, arginine, glutamine

I won't go through the "whys" or "how much" in this post. I'll be dedicating future emails to subscribers on these topics. For now, suffice it to say that these are your "top 5 muscle-building supplements."

If you want to save a LOT of cash, pick up a copy of Homemade Supplements, where you'll be shown how and where to source those supplements above as well as a whole host of others.

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