If it is one thing people want to know about more than anything when it comes to adding lean muscle to their frames, it is this—what are the best supplements for gaining muscle?

When you think about it, this really comes as no big surprise, after all if you simply flip though one of the popular bodybuilding magazines—you will see page after page of ads.

One promising more benefits than the next.

A TRUE BODYBUILDING SECRET

If there is one thing that gets underplayed in the magazines and online, it is this.

Plenty of rock hard muscle has been built over the decades with nothing more that good wholesome food.

This is how they did it back in the sixties—good food and hard and heavy training.

No exotic supplements or anything like that.

And lo-and-behold, they all gained muscle—they did not shrink because they did not have some scientifically designed supplement that you must take right after your workout.

O.K. I am being funny there, but the truth is if you work hard on the basics and consume plenty of good food like, whole eggs, lean beef, chicken and turkey.

Along with good carb sources like oatmeal (if you like it, I don’t), yams, brow rice, beans, etc.

And healthy fats from all kinds of nuts and seeds and fatty fish like sardines—you will be good.

BUT COME ON WHAT ABOUT SUPPLEMENTS

O.K. O.K.

I know, I said in the title the best supplements for gaining muscle, so if I was pressed I would say this.

First and foremost would be a hood quality, and I MUST  STRESS GOOD QUALITY multi vitamin multi mineral supplement.

Then…

Get a good whey protein isolate to have post workout (you don’t REALLY need to add in any carbs into this if you do not want to) and a good mixed blend powder to take when you cannot grab a good meal.

That is it, that is all you need.

A WORD ON MEALS

A mistake too many beginning bodybuilders make is thinking that when they read that they should eat six times a day they have to be massive meals—NO!

A couple of boiled chicken breasts and a piece of fruit is a meal—it does not have to be fancy.

As long as you are eating, SOME, good quality protein and carbs or fat every two to three hours—it is good.

Do not make things more complicated than they need to be.

CONCLUSION

Yes, all of the fancy supplements look nice, but the truth is, if you are looking to pack on pounds of muscle, all you really need is good quality food.

This is how all of the past champions of yore did it—and you can do it too.

WORK HARD