what sort of training are you doing? IMO from what you have stated, it sounds as though you do not have a long enough background to be turning to AS.
if your having trouble gaining muscle, then you can easily change around your diet and training. an hour of cardio a day is NOT going to help produce any significant lean mass gains, it will actaully hinder it. it sounds as though you may be over training as well. 7 days with no rest is too much.. alot of stress on the body. your not giving proper time for your muscles to recoperate and grow! you grow out of the gym, not in it.
can you give us an exact example of your diet for a day..times, amounts etc. 4 shakes a day is overboard! I would not go beyond 2. whole food sources are much better choices, you body actaully works to digest food(thermogenesis!). you also need carbs in your diet to grow, good complex carbs that is. and plenty of fiberous veggies. do you get any form of EFAs? (essential fatty acids?). they are your friend, and very beneficial to your health and any diet! again, lets see a sample menu and perhaps a training schedule. it really sounds as though we could work on it from there..theres certainly no need to be going on AS as of yet!!
