Week 125 :: What Are The Best Supplements For Recovery?
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TOPIC: What Are The Best Supplements For Recovery?
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When training you are beating your body up so it will adapt and become stronger. However during this process the body starts to break down especially if a recovery plan is not in place.
What are the best supplements for recovery?
What are the worst supplements for recovery?
What is a good daily/weekly plan for including those recovery products?
Bonus: Have you used this plan in the past/present and what success did you have with it? Would you have changed anything?
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Week 125 :: What Are The Best Supplements For Recovery?
Week 125 :: What Are The Best Supplements For Recovery?
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It's a fact people get tired, everyone including professional athletes to the average joe. Your body takes a brutal beating after every workout and your body is depleted of nutrients. Supplements greatly help your body recover from the grueling workouts and avoid overtraining. Some supplements which I recomend that anyone can take for recover are:
Whey Protein- Protein overall is a building block of muscle. Whey Protein is a perfect supplement after workouts and to recover, It is stocked with a good source of protein and key amino acids. It absorbs into the body quickly and fuels your body with protein which your body yearns for after workouts.
Protein- Whey Protein listed above is an excellent source of recovery supplementation, however any protein source will help your recover. Protein comes from many sources such as soy protein, casein protein, whey protein, animal products, or from many different sources. Protein can be found in many foods, try to consume atleast 1 gram of protein for each lb of bodyweight.
Carbohydrates- Consuming alot of carbohydrates after a grueling workout can restore your body's fuel. It is also stated that simple carbohydrates such as dextrose can spike your insulin for more effective absorbtion of nutrients in your body.
Creatine- A excellent supplement which your body could use to refuel in creatine stores in a quick way by supplementation. Be sure to drink alot of fluids to prevent dehydration. Hydration is also key with or without the use of creatine. Your body needs to replace the fluids that it loses in tough workouts.
Multivitamins- Multivitamins provide your body with key vitamins which help your body function.
Rest- The stage where your body can recover. It is crucial that every athlete has enough rest. Avoid training the same body parts twice in a row which may cause overtraining.
The Worst Supplements for recovery?
Steroids - Steroids do provide good recover processes, the benefits of steroids are almost unacievable using natural products. This benefit does come with a con though. Steroids have numerous side-effects which can mess up your body mechanics forever.
Caffiene- Caffiene provides the quick energy boost for workouts, but it does not benefit recovery. Many people confuse this fact. Caffiene can also tamper with the ability to sleep which will cut the amount of rest you can get.
What is a good daily/weekly plan for including those recovery products?
Eat six healthy meals, be sure to include some sort of protein source. Vegetables and carbohydrates along with the protein source is a fine complementation.
Drink atleast a gallon of water everyday. Your body needs those fluids it loses, and if you take creatine, it helps your keep hydrated.
Take your multivitamin everyday in the morning or before you workout. If you take creatine take your creatine in the morning on off-days or when you wake up.
After you workout, Take your creatine supplement, and wait 15-30 minutes later to take your whey protein. If you have a protein/creatine mixture you can consume your mixture in one sitting. Consume dextrose mixed with creatine for an extra absorbtion process.
Before your sleep be sure to consume a casein protein source. It is a slow breaking down protein which is excellent for when you sleep.
Be sure to catch atleast 8 hours of sleep, your body needs the time and rest to recover and rebuild your fatigued muscles.
Bonus: Have you used this plan in the past/present and what success did you have with it? Would you have changed anything?
I have used this plan and I still use this plan. It has incredibly sped up my recovery process compared from before i have used this plan. It let my muscles recovery at a quick pace and made my body ready for the next workout. I have worked out for a little more than a year, and have gained over 40 lbs although it is not all muscle. I am pleased with the results and I have improved in my athletics and my lifting numbers have improved considerably. I would not change anything in this plan, it was successful on my part and it has worked for many others.
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Topic of the week 125 answers
The Best Supplements for Recovery
The best for recovery for me is protein, glutamine, creatine, amd bcaa or amino acids. Any combo of would work well.
what are the best supplements for recovery
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TOPIC: What Are The Best Supplements For Recovery?
1 carbohydrates - you need them more than anything else to recover your muscles and system after a hard workout.
2 whey protein- easily and quickly digest in muscles give your Hungary muscles instance food to help the grow
3 glutamine- best for recovery and growth, help you in boosting your growth hormone.
4 Beta-Alanine - amazing supplement for resistance and recovery. Beta-Alanine provides the stimulus to increase anaerobic and aerobic endurance and delays in muscular fatigue
5 Bcaa increase muscle synthesis help them grow quicker jump start recovery.
6 L Arginine-Arginine is considered to be key to efficient muscle metabolism because of its role in the transport, storage, and elimination of nitrogen.and help in transporting food to your muscles quicker
7 creatine only 5 grams a day will help your muscles need to grow and recover from stertorous exercise
8 Multivitamin your muscles need all the essential nutrients and mineral to recover and growth
9 casein- long lasting slow digesting protein rich in amino acid and glutamine must have supplements for recovery and growth
10 water- stay rehydrate all day, water is essential for living .
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What are the worst supplements for recovery?
caffeine not good as a post workout recovery stack as it helps in reducing fat. it wont do any good in recovery
steroids- well it does help in recovery and help in producing raw muscles but it has a way more side effects. liver problems toxic acnes and many more not worth jumping on juice
What is a good daily/weekly plan for including those recovery products?
1 take your supplements stack 1 thing in the morning with a good multivitamin
20g whey,10g casein,2g creatine,4g glutamine,4g bcaa,3g L arginine,40 carbo
mix all together and skull it lol
2 pre work out stack so you keep your recovery and energy on fingertips
1 4g Beta-Alanine,120mg caffeine,20g whey,3g creatine,4g bcaa,3g L arginine,20g dextrose
4g glutamine
3 post work out stack
1 4g Beta-Alanine,20g whey,3g creatine,4g bcaa,3g L arginine,20g dextrose
4g glutamine
4 night time stack..
20g whey,20g casein,4g glutamine,4g bcaa,3g L arginine,40 carbo
mix all together and skull it lol
Bonus: Have you used this plan in the past/present and what success did you have with it? Would you have changed anything?
I have been using this stack for last 6weeks amazing results and recovery hay..
i have put 3kilos of muscles on .
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Week 125 :: What are the best supplements for recovery?
It has been a wonderful contest. May I know there is more of this for present scenario. I would like this.
Don't we all get enough protein
So I used to take protein mixed with creatine and all those other supps when I first started to workout and lift weights. I used Body Fortress with Creatine that was included in it.
I stopped using it and tried out Myofusion and I hated the taste of that plus made me gain a bit of weight.
So I went into Target and picked up EAS protein and cut out creatine and other stuff but still took glutamine.
After realizing that I get enough protein already and the glutamine stopped working, even if it did. I tried something I am sure we all have used before.
A 5 dollar small tub of Gatoraide from Target. Yep thats right. Half if not more than half the calories found in protein and gives you what your muscles and body needs. Take 3/4 of a scoop with 8 oz of water after working out. I feel great and am not gaining the weight or needing to cut the calories caused from taking protein.
So I would say Gatoraide after or even during workout!!!