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What suplements do you recommend for me to gain muscle mass, i am 5"11 188lbs 13% body fat, i wanna go to 200 7% bfat to summer, any suggestion?

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See details: Supplements are worthless for this purpose. You need to lose fat by minimizing carbohydrate intake and control calories and portion size. Then you need to begin a regularly exercise problem and aerobic activity and strength or resistance training. There are no shortcuts.

Answered 9/28/2016

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