What techniques other than using appetite suppressants would help for blunting hunger? Thanks!

Mark,

I'm 1 year into training (if you count 6 months of P90x). I'm finding that using increased load for progressive overload is easier for some body parts than others. I do a body part split routine currently and I can do this load strategy well for back, chest and legs, but I have difficulty increasing loads of 5 lbs on smaller parts like arms and shoulders. Is this a common problem? Should I incorporate other forms of progressive overload? Do certain body parts respond better to those forms than others?

Hey Marc,

I've heard that it becomes harder to put on mass as you get larger and more muscular over time, but to what extent is this true? I'm 21 now and have been lifting/bodybuilding since I was about 17. I'm 5"9.5 and started out around 165lbs lean and got up to 195lbs lean within the first 3 years. In the last year I've only managed to put on about 2-3lbs of solid muscle, but my diet and training hasn't gotten any worse - if anything it's gotten better. Am I simply hitting a natural plateau? Or should I be expecting slower muscle growth like this going forward? 

Thanks for answering my question.

I've been reading x protein is good for fat loss and y is good for muscle gain, and z is good for meal replacement etc etc. My questions is does it really matter what type of protein you supplement with for any goal your aiming for?