by Chris Bohlmann, manager, Nutri-Sport Altoona
and Certified Sports Nutritionist
For those of you who are exercising regularly, I imagine one of your aims is to become stronger, recover faster and gain a little muscle while you’re at it. Improving performance during training is of utmost importance no matter what your fitness goals are, whether you’re an athlete, bodybuilder, or involved in some form of intense exercise. The benefits of supplementing with BCAAs (Branched Chain Amino Acids) are vast. When your body is under stress, you’re at risk of losing lean muscle to some extent.
In the study linked here, you’ll see that using BCAAs before and after workouts could help with muscle soreness and help push your workouts to another level.
The study shows that BCAAs administered before and following damaging resistance exercise reduces muscle damage and accelerates recovery. It seems likely that BCAAs also work to improve protein synthesis and thereby the extent of secondary muscle damage associated with strenuous resistance exercise.
Dr. Layne Norton says in a recent article on BCAAs, “Working out compounds the metabolic effects of dieting. The leaner one becomes, the more lethargic one can become. Decreased energy intake and decreased glycogen storage make for some rough training sessions. If you’re too tired or weak to lift as heavy as your body was getting used to, your muscles will adapt, and they won’t use as much energy to get the work done.” To read the entire article, click here.
Have a question for Chris “the Truth” Bohlmann? Email him at chris@nutrisportfpt.com or call (515) 266-2225.
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