Q: What exactly do gainers do such as cyto-gainer ( http://www.a1nutritionproducts.com/buy/cytosport/cytogainer ) i know they pack on the pounds, but pounds in muscle or just pounds in fat?

A: Read my Protein Supp article -- it covers weight gainers as well. They are not the best way to pack on muscle. If you read their ingredient list, you'll see 'maltodextrins' in there with a bunch of other long words around it :) What they're trying to do is mask the fact that the carbs are basically maltodextrose which your body treat largely the same as sugar. These will lead to fat gains. Any time you see 'maltodextrowhatever' in an ingredient list, you can be sure that it's basically sugar in disguise. So unless you just absolutely have no time to eat real foods or you don't care about extra fat gains, you should follow good bulking diets like this or this to gain the most muscle with the least extra fat. Read my Nutrition article too if you haven't already.