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<blockquote data-quote="joshpoints" data-source="post: 429354" data-attributes="member: 546465">There&#039;s a problem with your way of getting strong.&nbsp; It takes time.&nbsp; Also usually when you&#039;re a beginner lifter you see drastic results quickly and then you stop.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you continued at this strength gain rate all I can say is you have good genetics for strength.When it&#039;s hard for someone to put on weight like me (miss a meal and lose 3-5 pounds) and you have a busy schedule you don&#039;t have time to eat large meals.&nbsp; When I was lifting I was eating 5-6 meals a day.&nbsp; Now I didn&#039;t have enough time to eat this many meals so I used a meal replacement protein drink.&nbsp; The other advantage to the protein drinks is they are healthy.&nbsp; If you get a good one, you will get an amazing meal that would be hard to top with real food.&nbsp; But even when I was eating 5-6 meals I wasn&#039;t putting on weight and was stuck at 185 pounds.&nbsp; Once my back heals and I get back into lifting I&#039;m going to attempt eating 6-7 meals a day and see if this does anything for me.Also protein supplements and amino acids don&#039;t make you stronger when lifting, they feed your muscles so that muscle recovery is increased and so that muscle isn&#039;t burned for energy due to lack of proper nutrition.&nbsp; So yes for those that don&#039;t have time to cook 6 meals a day, it does help them in lifting afterall if they weren&#039;t taking the meal replacement drinks their body would be underfed which hurts your strength because your body will burn muscle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joshpoints, post: 429354, member: 546465"] There's a problem with your way of getting strong. It takes time. Also usually when you're a beginner lifter you see drastic results quickly and then you stop. If you continued at this strength gain rate all I can say is you have good genetics for strength. When it's hard for someone to put on weight like me (miss a meal and lose 3-5 pounds) and you have a busy schedule you don't have time to eat large meals. When I was lifting I was eating 5-6 meals a day. Now I didn't have enough time to eat this many meals so I used a meal replacement protein drink. The other advantage to the protein drinks is they are healthy. If you get a good one, you will get an amazing meal that would be hard to top with real food. But even when I was eating 5-6 meals I wasn't putting on weight and was stuck at 185 pounds. Once my back heals and I get back into lifting I'm going to attempt eating 6-7 meals a day and see if this does anything for me. Also protein supplements and amino acids don't make you stronger when lifting, they feed your muscles so that muscle recovery is increased and so that muscle isn't burned for energy due to lack of proper nutrition. So yes for those that don't have time to cook 6 meals a day, it does help them in lifting afterall if they weren't taking the meal replacement drinks their body would be underfed which hurts your strength because your body will burn muscle. [/QUOTE]

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