I am a 22 year old college student working full time and currently taking a summer class. I'm pretty healthy and I eat fairly healthy. My question is this:

Should I use supplements? I've taken protein fairly consistently for the last 4 years, but I've never used anything else. I've never taken creatine or testosterone or muscle volumizers. I really don't like the idea of going past my "genetic potential." I have decent strength and I usually run 8 - 12 miles a week. I'm 5'11'' and ~13-15% body fat. What do you guys think? Should I start supplementing or not? I don't want to be much bigger than I am now. I'm about 200 lbs. My main concern is that I will throw my body out of chemical equilibrium. I don't want to develop any sort of condition, like gynechomastia.

My buddy is pushing me to start taking creatine, nitrix, n.o. xplode, and a test booster.

I personally wouldn't invest too heavily in supplements until I made sure my diet was in order. What's your nutrition like?

Sure, take all of the fish oil, protein powder, creatine, and BCAA's you want. Anything else just leave on the shelf:D

My diet is not necessarily what you'd call "healthy." I kind of just eat stuff at work right now and cereal in the morning with a mildly healthy dinner at night. I'm so busy right now it's hard to eat properly. I need to make my lazy ass prepare meals the night before. I think I'll do that before I start taking any supplements. I may never take supplements, but we'll see.

My biggest problem right now is getting on a "good" diet. I just don't feel like I have the drive to do it. It's also quite costly. Unfortunately, in our society, healthy food is outrageously expensive.

My diet is not necessarily what you'd call "healthy." I kind of just eat stuff at work right now and cereal in the morning with a mildly healthy dinner at night. I'm so busy right now it's hard to eat properly. I need to make my lazy ass prepare meals the night before. I think I'll do that before I start taking any supplements. I may never take supplements, but we'll see.

My biggest problem right now is getting on a "good" diet. I just don't feel like I have the drive to do it. It's also quite costly. Unfortunately, in our society, healthy food is outrageously expensive.

Healthy food is cheaper than you think. You get more bang for your buck with healthier food than you do junk. I'm not sure where you're shopping but where I shop, healthy food isn't even expensive. You might even be eating healthy food right now, I'm sure you are. You probably just need to plan your meals more effectively and organize things a bit. You can't put a price on your health, and when you finally start achieving your goals, you'll be looking back and laughing at your old self.

Actually its tons cheaper then eating out. Eating fast food consists of 5-10 bucks a day considering you only eat out for lunch just lunch itself would cost 140-200 dollars a month unless your cheapskating and eating the dollar menu of one double cheeseburger and water. 200 bucks a month lasts me about a month of all 6 meals a day.

Don't start supps until your progress stalls for a long period time then add in creatine, cycle it, if you can't progress try NO2, and so forth. You absolutely don't need any type of prohormones at your age.

My buddy is pushing me to start taking creatine, nitrix, n.o. xplode, and a test booster.

Instead of wasting money on these supplements, use that money to buy good quality healthy foods. You're the only one stopping yourself from succeeding.

My buddy is pushing me to start taking creatine, nitrix, n.o. xplode, and a test booster.

You should figure out what you want out of a supp before you start taking it. The ones you list all do different things.....