most members don't get much from taking amino's becouse they play a guessing game,some take3,some take6,some take9,but is this realy how much they need?with most of them,it's definetly not.suppose you are having lunch and you need to ingest40grams of protien for that meal but your meal is only supllying you with 30grams of protien,in this case you are short 10 grams,if you have amino's that supply 2grams of protien per tablet,then you need 5 tablets for that meal,the same goes for every meal,know how much protien that meal is providing,if it is not supplying the desired percentage of protien then suplement with amino's acording to how much is needed.learn the food values.buy the book nutrition almanac.now if you don't want to bother,then stick with whey protin,start with 2scoops per day but increase as you progress in the sport.