Good afternoon, my dear readers! I was always very interested in how very, very pumped up guys turned out with just huge muscles and a pronounced relief on the body. Can this result be achieved only by training, a special low-carb diet and protein shakes?

After talking with them, it turned out that they all take certain pills for muscle growth. I treat them with caution. Therefore, I decided to devote this article to this topic, having studied various information sources.

What are the pills for muscle growth?

To accelerate muscle growth, bodybuilders take various drugs, among which there are safer ones, but they do not work so quickly. And, of course, there are more aggressive drugs that, having a quick effect, can harm the health of an athlete.

All drugs for increasing muscle mass can be divided into the following groups:

1. Gainers are protein-carbohydrate complexes that are widely used in sports. This drug is perfect for athletes with an asthenic body type with a high metabolic rate. Weight gainers are high in calories and are not suitable for people who are overweight.
2. Protein supplements are the most commonly used sports supplements as they are the optimal building blocks for building muscle.
3. Creatine is used not only for muscle growth, but also to increase strength and endurance, and is involved in energy metabolism.
4. Amino acid complexes are the components from which protein is built. Drugs in this group prevent muscle breakdown after exercise, and also help to increase it. The most popular among athletes has earned a complex of three BCAA amino acids (valine, leucine and isoleucine). The importance of these amino acids lies in the fact that their proportion in the muscle is 35%. This drug is recommended for girls and guys who want to lose weight without significant loss of muscle tissue.
5. Hormones or anabolic drugs. Their action is similar to that of testosterone (the male sex hormone). It is known that they help to gain muscle mass faster than others, but they also have much more side effects than other stimulants of muscle fiber growth (masculinization, testicular atrophy and prostate hypertrophy).

Characteristics of muscle growth pills

Consider some tablet forms of drugs that can be bought at the pharmacy:

I introduced you in this list to the most common drugs for mass gain. If you opted for anabolic steroids, then study their side effects and take under the supervision of a sports doctor.

And now it's time to say goodbye and wait for our new meeting on my sports pages. We may come back to the topic of muscle growth pills for more details.