Here are the 4 supplements that I use daily:

100% Whey Protein Gold Standard. It tastes great. Not too sweet, which makes you wanna throw up after drinking for a while. When I say great taste, I don’t mean it tastes like milk shake. If you want something that tastes as good as milk shake (or even better), try Muscle Milk by CytoSport. I did love drinking muscle milk for a while, but before I finished the first bottle, I threw up (yes, throwing up) the whole thing because it was too sweet. That said, maybe you have a sweet tooth, and if so, get the muscle milk. You can check out the price per saving of different protein brands by clicking here. You will see that the 100% Whey Protein is very reasonable for such a big brand name. I have been drinking it for more than a year now. Works great for me. Note: You can buy it much at a much better price by subscribing to it on Amazon. You can cancel the shipment or change the shipping date anytime you want. No string attach. Basically you get a better price with no harm done.

100% Gold Standard Casein Protein. Same brand. This kind of protein is for drinking before going to bed. Sleeping 8 hours means that you will be fasting for 8 hours. No protein during that entire time?! That’s crazy. This protein is advertised to have slower digestion time, which will be great for these 8 hours fast. Honestly, I don’t know if this protein shake really takes longer to digest. But I have been using it for a year now, and I like to believe that it really works as expected. The taste is a bit weird at first. But after four or five times, it should be fine. What I love about the Optimum products is the fact that I can drink them for years without getting sick of them. I don’t care much if it tastes really good (remember my throw-up incident with muscle milk?). As long as I can keep drinking them without experiencing any negative feelings, it’s great for me.

Multi Pro 32X. Multi-vitamin for people like us. I have to say that I have only tried two multi-vitamin products so far. The first one I bought was Animal Pak. Everyday for Animal Pak you have to take one package of a dozen tablets the size of your eyes (a bit exaggeration, but they are huge to me). I could not swallow one tablet, not to mention the whole package. But if you can swallow all of that, then the consensus is that it is a great product. The multi pro is just one small tablet every night. Honestly, I don’t think anyone can tell the difference of taking the multi-vitamin or not. It is more a prevention act than anything else; you prevent yourself from getting sick by taking enough nutrition. You don’t have to buy this particular brand, but you HAVE to buy some multi-vitamin. Click here to check out different brands and their stats.

Serious Mass. This is a weight-gainer product. I think it is the best one in the market right now. Click here to check out different brands and their stats. The cheapest product is Ultimate Nutrition Muscle Juice, but it has a lot more sugar and fat in it than Serious Mass. Also, Serious Mass is only 4 cents more expensive per serving anyway. I have done enough research on weight-gainer products, and in terms of nutrition value and price, Serious Mass is the best one. I have been using it for 5 months; nothing to complain about so far. Note: do not consume the amount suggested on the package. That is just gonna make you fat. I normally consume 2.75 spoons (the spoon provided with the 100% whey protein bottle), which is about 150 grams, taken twice daily.

Those are all the supplements I am using now. You may have heard about many other types of supplements. But nothing is as essential as these 4 products. For us ectomorphs, to eat enough calories (protein/carbohydrates/fat) daily to get huge by consuming just normal food, it will take forever. Virtually IMPOSSIBLE! Especially proteins. That said, I think you should already know that supplements must not count for more than 1/3 of your calories intake daily. Even 1/3 is a bit excessive already. I personally take (2.75 scoops Serious mass with 1.5 scoop Whey protein)x2, 2 scoops Casein protein and 1 tablet of the multi-vitamin before bed.

Under special circumstances, you can take a bit more of these supplements to fulfill the calories (protein/carbohydrates/fat) daily requirement. But that should be REALLY RARE.

RECAP: As an ectomorph, you almost must take some supplements. But DO NOT overuse them.