CLA bad while bulking?

USMC_EvErLaSt · 09-27-2009, 04:22 PM

I'm trying to gain a lot of muscle mass right now so i'm eating a ton o calories and i know CLA helps u get looking more ripped but will it effect my muscle gains negatively?

kknecht1 · 09-27-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by USMC_EvErLaSt

I'm trying to gain a lot of muscle mass right now so i'm eating a ton o calories and i know CLA helps u get looking more ripped but will it effect my muscle gains negatively?

It shouldn't affect your gains negatively at all. It should actually help keep your gains leaner.

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Originally Posted by Primordial Performance CLA Write-up

How exactly does CLA burn fat & increase lean muscle?

CLA alters your metabolic equilibrium for steady fat loss, rather than fat gain. It appears to accomplish this by three main mechanisms ?

Decreases fat cells by encouraging adipocyte apoptosis through TNF-a stimulation in white adipose tissue (increases fat cell death). (11,12)
Prevents adipocyte differentiation by suppressing C/EBPa (reduces fat cell creation). (13)
Reduces accumulation of fat in adipose tissue by inhibiting GLUT-4 (prevents glucose conversion to fat). (13,14)

The mechanism by which CLA increases lean muscle seems to be from its repartitioning of insulin-responsive glucose transporter 4 (GLUT-4). More specifically, CLA causes a simultaneous decrease of GLUT-4 in adipose tissue, while increasing its concentration in skeletal muscle tissue. (13,14) This increased concentration of GLUT-4 in muscle tissue allows more glycogen to be used for fueling and repairing your muscles, while allowing less glycogen to be stored as fat in adipose tissue. (15)

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/prim/cla.html

bassinyoface · 09-27-2009, 05:27 PM

isn't CLA a supplement like Trib and ZMA that doesn't actually live up to its claims?

rhizome · 09-27-2009, 05:30 PM

CLA is a scam. Good bros just love to cite IRRELEVANT data and NOT VALID data on healthy non-obese exercising HUMANS!

Oh and don't try to sell me on the latest studies. Design issues and clinical insignificance FTW!!!

USMC_EvErLaSt · 09-27-2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rhizome

CLA is a scam. Good bros just love to cite IRRELEVANT data and NOT VALID data on healthy non-obese exercising HUMANS!

Oh and don't try to sell me on the latest studies. Design issues and clinical insignificance FTW!!!

Dude calm down.