At the end of the day successful working out is quite simple:
1) Lift hard on some compound workouts. Be consistent.
2) Eat a high protein diet. If you want to lose fat, you also need to restrict calories.
The amount of marketing science out their is astounding. You don't need x-branch amino acids, to eat within x amount of time after working out, 200 grams of protein a day, etc...It's also quite astounding that people can't see that all the spokesmen for these products are clearly using anabolic drugs. If you're on huge amounts of gear you can eat whatever you want and gain muscle/lose fat. Even the people pushing these products probably don't use them. They're stuffing their faces with Taco Bell and then sticking needles into their rear ends.
I know a guy who competes as a high level strongman. His facebook feed is filled with crap about his supposed supplements from his sponsors. Meanwhile, in reality, the guy eats whatever he wants and uses a ton of gear.
I've got nothing against people who use gear, and I'm not hating on them or their accomplishments. It still takes a ton of dedication to be a competitive lifter/body builder, even on gear. They just need to stop marketing products they know don't work, and the public needs to wise up and stop buying them.
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