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To be honest, I have yet to find a quality mass gainer on the market. The problem with most mass gainers is that they are loaded with cheap sugars as a carb source. Not only can this lead to greater fat gain, it can make drinking them several times a day unhealthy.
Of course, many supplement companies try to trick the consumer by using ingredients like maltodextrin instead. While maltodextrin is technically a complex carb, it breaks apart very rapidly in the body and spikes blood sugar and insulin levels even faster and higher than sugar does. This allows manufacturers to list less sugar—or even no sugar—on the product label. The unsuspecting consumer has no idea that the carbs in that product are sugar in disguise.
A mass gainer is not some magical formula that will build muscle better than a regular protein blend. A mass gainer is designed for people who cannot eat enough calories, protein, carbs, and fat to build adequate muscle. This is typically teenage males and males in their early 20s. Instead of buying jugs of product that promise to free you from your ectomorphic ways, I recommend that you make your own with the recipe below.
For those of you who are truly hardgainers, and can't gain an ounce no matter how much you eat, this homemade mass gainer is just for you. Drink this mass gainer with breakfast, around workouts (consider making it before workouts and sipping on it before, during and after workouts like I do in this video), and before bed. Having three of these shakes per day will add more than 2,800 calories, 225 grams of protein, 270 grams of carbs, and 90 grams of fat to your daily totals. That should be enough to put some size on the hardest of hardgainers!
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How many ounces a shake is this?
Very useful
The protein powder you recommend has Corn Syrup Solids, that is basically maltodextrins. Why do you find Corn Syrup Solids superior?
does that entire shake make one serving???
this is my fev
Jim you mention that Mass Gainers are geared more for the young hard gainers, and I fully understand as I too use to have a problem gaining weight. However, now at 54 I want to add some muscle and find it difficult to get in 3000+ calories a day for the necessary muscle fuel. Would this recipe be a suggestion for someone like me that has Hypothyroidism? Thanks for your help... and as always thanks for the great articles!
Thank you!! This is delicious and very easy to drink... Thank you very much you save me money and made me have more bigger muscle thank you!!!
Attempting to get back into exercising again. Need to gain weight, so I might as well get the health benefits of exercising while I'm at it! Anyway, several years ago when I was serious about lifting, I bought commercial weight gainers--blech! I mean, they could taste worse, but I didn't find them very good. Plus, $60-70 for 3 weeks worth? But I had (and still have) a hard time packing on weight, so I caved.
This time around, I'm hoping I won't have to deal with that. So I found your recipe! Gotta say, so far, I'm really satisfied with it. I can't speak for the health benefits yet, but it tastes soooo much better to me. It's pretty rich, but hey; what d'you expect for something that has ~1000 calories? Haha. Thank you for the recipe!
Pro JYM tastes the best !! Hands down. Taking it along with peanut butter and banana makes it an awesome mass gainer...Must try for everyone