Workout routine - 5 days/wk, M-F, minimum three days rest between body part workouts, heavy once, light/high reps other, diet consists of about .75 g protein/lb body weight, low carbs, mod/low fat, occasional MLO Protein with milk, multi-vitamin mineral supplement 2xday.

L-Arginine - promotes the release of growth hormone, decrease proteolysis (protein catabolism). I felt like I had much more energy, even on minimal sleep due to extremely busy schedule.

Creatine Monohydrate - cycled creatine for a 2-3 month period once, noted significant strength gains, cycling creatine once more for a similar period, experiencing gains again, small cramping once each time in right calf muscle - dosage ~5g/day only before workout days.

Silymarin (milk thistle) - helps strengthen kidneys, I was concerned about affects on kidneys from both the L-arginine and creatine and began supplementing with silymarin daily - even when not cycling creatine, no problems noted.

L-Glutamine - desire to increase cell volume, fluid retention - 3g/day, definite increase in size/weight and strength.

HMB - just started, 3g/day only on training days, good results first day.

Bottom line:
- do your homework and educate yourself, be sensible and realistic
- supplement one at a time to determine effects
- eat a balanced diet, high in protein
- don't expect huge increases in a short amount of time , in my opinion, these are just cases where the subjects weren't training to their full potential to begin with!
- an increase in 1 rep max of 25 lbs/year is good, more is rare
- train heavy and hard!