BSN True mass, side affects?

[Anonymous]

Hey everyone.

I just started taking BSN True Mass about 3-4 weeks ago.

I've gained a bunch of weight and I'm a lot bigger in muscle size.

I work out 4x a week min, by working out I mean weight lifting.

As of a couple days ago I've noticed that my abs are as prevelent as they used to be. My stomach size has increased, along with my muscles of course.

I current do not do cardio, I know I know I should. I only take the True Mass when I work out because its packed full of calories.

Down to my point here...how can I get my abs back? I only take the true mass when I work out so its not like I'm taking it daily or more than once a day...i work out my abs every singl eday and do about 100 crunches/sit ups...why aren't my abs growning, well mroe so why is my stomach getting fatter? Is it because of my lack of cardio?

what can I do to not get fat in teh stomach and get my abs back...lay off hte ture mass for a while?

Any suggestion would be great...thanks!

[AnAnonymousPerson]

Here's the deal you're using a straight up mass gainer which is exactly what it says it is. You'll just gain mass of all kinds (muscle and fat). I'm sure you're lack of cardio isn't helping with your situation, but in order to do a proper ab workout you need much more than just sit-ups and crunches. Do some research and find full ab workouts that go through upper, lower and obliques to ensure that you're truly getting an ab workout.

My football coach (I graduated but we still talk about lifting and stuff but have different lifting schedules now) who is an avid weightlifter and was my lifting partner for a long time really encouraged me to stay away from the mass gainer because I was already pretty big so he suggested 100% whey protein which I will recommend till I die because it is what it says it is just protein, so it will speed up protein synthesis or whatever (he explained it to me but I've forgotten a little bit) which will lead to more gain in muscle without all of the mass gain and side effects of a creatine or mass gainer would have. It just all depends on what you're looking for in terms of size and strength. Changing in sets and reps can also help to make you cut or just get bigger and stronger depending on what you want.

Hope this helped a bit, let me know if you need anymore suggestions and whatnot.