All of us at one time or another, (if we have the courage to admit it,) have wasted valuable dollars on worthless supplements. The supplements available today, are of course, light-years ahead of the supplements of yesteryear.
Indeed... Todays generation has it quite easy, not having to choke down protein powders that taste like a mix between gasoline, and baking soda, or swallow pills big enough to suffocate a Mule.
As I take a trip down memory lane, I will recall some of the more embarrassing items that were prevalent in the time that I started BBing.
The first entry into the Hall of Shame: "Joe Weider's MEGA MASS 4000!"
Yes... I remember the likes of Lou Ferrigno, Dennis Neuman, Achim Albrecht, and others pimping this crap... I saved up all the money that I made one year mowing lawns, to buy a box, (which I think was around $50.00 or so), only to wonder how I was going to keep choking it down, day after day... I think that the only thing it gave me was Mega amounts of intestinal damage!
More to Come! Feel free to add to this Hall of Supplement shame!
Actually, I'd take this out of the Hall of Shame. I used this and its predecessor, Mega Mass 2000, when I was in college. It helped me most in 1996, allowing me to bulk up from 189 lbs. to 210 lbs. by the end of the semester.
The way I used it, one serving was 10 oz. of powder with water, which came out to approx. 1100 calories: 210 grams of carbs, 55 grams of protein, and 3 grams of fat.
Three of those gave me 3300 calories with 165 grams of protein. I took one between classes in the morning, a second in between my afternoon classes, and the third about 30-45 minutes after training (depending on how long I felt like swimming or using the hot tub).
Mega Mass was hard on the stomach (way too much lactose). But, it was worth it, as far as I was concerned. I didn't care as much for the Giant Mega Mass 4000, because the protein content varied, based on the flavor. Actually, Giant Mega Mass has LESS protein, gram for gram, than (Super) Mega Mass did.
I still have the Muscle & Fitness Bodybuilding preview tape that came with a bag of regular Mega Mass 2000 that I bought. I lost, however, the one with Troy Zuccolotto, Flex Wheeler, Francis Benfatto, and Nasser El Sonbaty (Super Mega Mass 2000).
