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Ultimate Nutrition BCAA 12000 Powder, Blue Raspberry, 457 Gram Overviews
One of the challenges in maintaining focus while intense training and corporeal exercise is thinking fatigue. Whereas most athletes worry about and take healthful action to ward against muscle fatigue, thinking fatigue must be combated as well. This thinking fatigue is generally referred to as central fatigue because of the involvement of the central nervous system. While central fatigue does not work on muscles, it can reduce the capacity to accomplish optimally. There is a correlation between the amino acid tryptophan in the brain and the degree of thinking fatigue. Upon entry into the brain, tryptophan has the potential to "calm" the central nervous system, causing sleep and drowsiness. Normally, there are adequate amounts of branched-chain amino acids (Bcaas) circulating in the bloodstream to operate the entry of tryptophan into the brain. while long-term and sustained exercise, however, muscles use large amounts of amino acids as a source for energy. The body prefers to use Bcaas for energy, since they easily replace glucose in the energy yield pathways. As muscles begin to use Bcaas, the amounts of these amino acids drop, which allows tryptophan to enter the brain, inducing fatigue and tiredness. Research shows that supplementation with Bcaas can reduce central fatigue by tightly regulating the influx of tryptophan to the brain. Bcaas include leucine, isoleucine and valine. These amino acids are needed for the maintenance of muscle tissue while corporeal stress and intense exercise. Bcaas function as anabolic agents and induce sparing, which helps the body not to burn muscle. Nutrient needs often increase faster than calorie needs in athletes. Ultimate food is committed to providing athletes with the best products to fulfill exactly those needs. Ultimate nutrition's 100% crystalline Bcaa 12,000 powder is one product designed to increase endurance, lengthen the time to fatigue and improve performance.Ultimate Nutrition BCAA 12000 Powder, Blue Raspberry, 457 Gram Features
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- Promotes protein synthesis
- Spares muscle tissue from being broken down for power while intense training
A wise man once told me that when a person won't do something, it's for one of 3 reasons. 1. They either don't know how to do it, 2. Don't know why they should do it, or 3. They simply just don't care. I'm going to assume that you don't know how, or you would already be ripped to shreds. Be it to get the chicks, personal satisfaction, a reunion... everyone has their own reason why. But if your reason is the last one, you should just stop reading this right now. Because if you simply don't care enough, you aren't going to get anywhere. And there's nothing I, or anyone else for that matter, can do to help!
I'm going to tell you how to Get Shredded Fast and explain why these 5 steps work! What you are about to read may or may not be news to you... I don't know. But I do know this, if you follow these 5 steps... you won't be disappointed!
Ultimate Nutrition BCAA 12000 Powder
1) Diet for metabolism!
I put this first on the list for a reason. It is the absolute most important part of any successfully shredded man or woman's lifestyle. Your diet directly affects your metabolism and through it alone, you can totally change your physical appearance! But, whether you are a bodybuilder, a swimmer, a football player, or an every day average overweight American, keeping a consistently clean diet is as hard as it gets... and I'm sure we all can attest to that.
Eat 5-6 Meals per day:
It's funny... I have this friend who swears this 5 or 6 meal-a-day rule is the "Catch" that all the diet companies are throwing out there. He says that no one can consistently eat 5 small meals a day and the nutrition companies know this - so they put this rule out there as a fail-safe to ensure that, if their diet program doesn't work, they can blame its failure on the customer! The ironic thing about it is if the customer had followed the rules of their diet program, they would have succeeded! And the reason they would have succeeded is because the "eat 5 small meals a day" rule works... just probably not in the way you think.
You see, it's not really the 5 meals that does it... it's the fact that you aren't relying on 2 or 3 meals to fuel your body for a full 24-hour period. Think about it; your body uses a fairly steady stream of energy all day, so when you feed it in spurts, your body adjusts and begins to store energy instead of using it. Eating 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day ultimately conditions your body to use the energy you provide it - and use it now - because it knows that more is coming soon. There is no need to store the energy (fat) for later... make sense?
Eat Low Glycemic Carbs:
Eating 5-6 small meals per day is a great start. But (there's always a 'but' isn't there?) that's not the only thing you have to do. Something else you've probably heard before but hasn't been explained fully, is the benefit of low GI carbohydrates. Low GI carbs being carbs low on the Glycemic Index (GI). People usually confuse low GI Carbs with an ultra-low carb diet but its not! All you need to do is control the types of carbs you eat... not lose them altogether! Approximately 40% of your total calories should come from low GI carbs. A low GI carb diet will regulate the insulin levels in your body.
This is important because your body uses insulin to burn the food you have for immediate energy. To explain it further, when you eat carbs, your body digests them and turns them into glucose. Then insulin is released to metabolize the glucose for energy. High GI carbs have a very fast glucose response, which tells your body to release a lot of insulin quickly. The result is, you digest your food very fast... a bad thing! You want your food to digest slowly! And you can control this by eating low GI carbs. Knowing which carbs are low and high GI is pretty easy too. As a general rule, the more processed it is, the higher it is and the more natural (unprocessed) it is, the lower it is.
There is, however, one time when you want to digest your food fast! Immediately following a workout, your body is goes into a "need food now!" state and requires a lot of nutrients to begin repairing the muscle that has been broken down. This is the perfect time to ingest 40-50 grams of high GI carbs. Actually, if you don't, you are taking a risk that your body will go into a catabolic state and start breaking down muscle for energy instead of fat. Timing is important!
Increase Protein Intake:
The final part of the diet is to increase your protein intake. Again this is something we have all heard before... but do we really know why? First of all, we all know protein is a crucial part of muscle growth. But what we all don't know is that protein is a good fat burner too! Protein digestion takes a lot of time and a lot of energy! You might be doing this already and if you are... don't stop. A good rule of thumb is to consume 1 gram of protein for each pound of bodyweight. So if you are 200 pounds, you need 200 grams of protein.
2) Workout!
More cardio!
Increasing the number and intensity of your cardiovascular workouts will no doubt make a vast impact on your fat burning productivity. When it comes to burning fat, the more cardio the better. A lot of fitness trainers and other self proclaimed fitness guru's will tell you to be careful not to over do the cardio. While there is no doubt that there is a point of diminishing returns, if you have your diet and supplementation in place, the chances of hitting cardio too hard are very low! But that's just it... there isn't one magic way to get shredded fast!
It's not like you can just increase your cardio from 2 days a week to 4 days a week and expect to get shredded without adjusting your diet and the rest of your workout regimen too. Of course you will burn more calories and lose more weight, but burning fat to get shredded and losing more overall weight are two different things! Where should your cardio be? I think 4 days a week at 45minutes at 75-80% max heart rate is a good start. If you have a super high metabolism, start with less, if you have a super low metabolism, start higher. Adjust from there and remember, when it comes to cardio, more is better!
Intensify Your Resistance Training
Believe it or not... weight training actually burns more fat than strict cardio work! In fact there have been numerous studies to prove it. This doesn't mean you should just drop cardio work altogether, but that you should have a balance between cardio and weight training. Hopefully you are working out already. If you are... great! If you aren't you really need to. Weight training is the only way to permanently raise your metabolism! You see... muscle burns fat. Not just when you are working out, but all the time - every day! One pound of muscle alone can burn up to 500 calories per week - that's without doing anything! Lets put it this
way: Without resistance training, the best you will ever be is "skinny fat."
3) Get more sleep!
Sleep is probably the most overlooked factor in the quest to get shredded. Everyone knows the importance of getting a good night's sleep but not many of us go out of our way to be sure we get it. I read somewhere that the average adult gets approximately 7 hours of sleep each night! Not bad... but if you're anything like me; 7 hours of sleep would be a blessing!
And 7 hours is fine for the average adult, but if you're an athlete you need more than normal! How much do you need? Well... that's something you'll have to experiment with and find out on your own. 7 hours of sleep might be enough for you - but it likely isn't! I do know this - if you don't get enough sleep, you are limiting your potential to build muscle. Sleep is very anabolic and you need it in order to efficiently recover from grueling workouts and stressful days! Be sure you get enough... it could be the difference maker.
4) Supplements!
Getting Ripped To Shreds is not an easy task for most people. If it was easy then everyone would be ripped don't you think? I know for sure that, at least for me, it would be virtually impossible without the benefit of supplements. There's no denying that genetics plays a huge role in who is shredded and who isn't, but that's not the only thing. If you could take a behind-the-scenes look at just about any professional athletes' supplement regimen, I guarantee they would be taking more than you could imagine!
Everyone who saw the Super Bowl got a good idea of what Bill Romanowski takes on a daily basis. He probably spends a good ,000.00 a month on vitamins alone! And don't forget that he almost certainly takes 2-3 MRP's a day too! Getting ripped in 6 weeks without the benefit of great genetics is - for most - an unthinkable task. Shoot... staying motivated for 6 weeks straight can be hard as hell! Then, not only do you have to stay motivated, you have to be dedicated too! You can't be making excuses for missing workouts and cheating on your diet... if you find yourself doing that you're on the way down that road to the same old "before picture".
Back to the supplements... Getting "shredded" involves keeping (or gaining) muscle mass and losing fat at the same time, two things that are best done separately! So right off the bat the odds are against you. And if you're anything like me, you're going to need all the help you can get! I'm going to recommend 3 separate base supplements and 3 will-do-whatever-it-takes-to-get-there supplements.
Base Supplements:
1. A balanced Meal Replacement (MRP)
An MRP is important for the obvious reasons. Diet is the number one key and with the way life is now, it's pretty difficult to get 6 good meals in a day. However, if you alternate 3 small meals and 3 MRP's throughout the day, you'll be indeed setting yourself up for success. The reason I say "balanced" MRP is because too much protein is a waste, too little carbs will leave you energy-less, and you need to get your vitamins somewhere. Check the label and be sure it has around 30g of protein, 20g carbs, L-Glutamine, BCAA's, EFA's, and an array of multi vitamins.
2. Creatine
No matter what you think about creatine, you can't deny the facts. Creatine promotes muscle growth and muscle contraction energy. And even though it is thought of as a staple to only muscle building programs, it's an effective addition to almost any program... no matter what the goal is! Just get some and take it as directed.
3. ZMA
ZMA is a formula of Zinc and Magnesium Aspartate that has been proven to increase muscle strength, stamina, and recovery. But the main reason I added it to the list is because it will help you relax and sleep better. Like I said before, sleep could be the difference maker. And ZMA's a lot less damaging than taking a shot of tequila or cough medicine!
Will-Do-Whatever-It-Takes-To-Get-There Supplements:
1. An ephedrine based fat burner (ECA)
Even with all the bad things reported about using ephedrine-based products, they continue to reign in the fat loss supplement world. Why? Because they work! Believe me when I say this. No non-ephedrine based supplement will ever be able to take the fat off like a high quality ECA... ever! Not that there aren't any effective non-ephedrine fat burners... just none that are as effective as an ECA. Another cool thing about ECA's is that they are great pre-workout stimulants. You get up in the morning and you are feeling groggy on the way to the gym... pop an ECA and you'll be churning out reps with ease! Just be careful to not become dependent on them. If you find yourself taking over 50mg of ephedrine before you 'feel' it kick in, you are taking it too often. Take some time off.
2. Anabolic Hardening Agent:
By anabolic hardening agent I mean - a pro-hormone. Pro-hormones are precursors to anabolic steroids and can be a huge benefit in more ways than one. First of all, they can be very anabolic and promote muscle growth. Second of all, they can be very androgenic and promote a harder more vascular muscle that is indicative of the word shredded! Third, they can be very anti-catabolic! This means that they help prevent the breakdown of lean muscle tissue; an important feature to anyone who is putting their body through a 6-week "Try To Get Ripped As Fast As I Can" schedule. You want to lose fat, remember... not muscle!
3. Site Specific Fat Loss:
Yes. I'm talking about fat loss creams. Say what you will, but just as creatine, pro-hormones, and ephedrine have their clinical studies, so do topical fat loss creams. The difference is the expectation. You cant rub in a dime sized drop of fat loss cream once a day and lose 10 pounds a week without doing some serious exercise and dieting! On the other hand, when used correctly, in a calculated program, fat loss creams can produce some substantial results! Call me crazy but it's true. The reason I put them in the "Will-Do-Whatever-It-Takes-To-Get-There Supplement" section is because they can be expensive! It's not uncommon for people to spend 0.00 a month just on an effective fat loss cream! They have their benefits though. Being able to target a specific spot for fat loss can go along way!
4) Know what not to do!
Now that I have explained all the tools you need to get ripped in 6 weeks, I feel obligated to address some of the most common mistakes people make when trying to lose fat fast! First of all you have to steer clear of the "Fab Diets" that claim you can drop 10 pounds in 48 hours. Even though these claims are true, you don't want to do it. The weight you lose will be temporary at best! And because these diets help you lose weight, not fat, they wont get you shredded.
Fasting is another common mistake. You have to eat and eat consistently. As I pointed out before, it's imperative that you don't put your body in a "lets save the food for later" state. Remember, even though you are reducing your overall calories, your body will store more fat!
Oh... one more thing. No matter what else you do over the course of the next 6-weeks... even if you mess up 10 times... even if it looks like you aren't going to make it... no matter what... DO NOT GIVE UP!!! During the first 4 weeks you might not see one single change in your body composition. But that last 2 weeks could completely change it around! I like to think of it like coming back in the 4th quarter! Never give up because all that hard work will not go to waste! Remember what I said? People don't do things for one of three reasons... don't let your reason be that you simply don't care!
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Low GI Carbohydrates
FRUITS:
Berries Apples BarleyPears
VEGETABLES:
Asparagus Black beans All lettuces
GRAINS:
All bran cereals Whole grain breads Whole grain pastas Wild rice
DAIRY:
Organic milk Organic plain yogurt Low-fat cottage cheese
BEVERAGES:
Fresh vegetable juice Grapefruit juice Green tea Water
SWEETENERS:
Fructose Stevia
Moderate GI Carbohydrates
FRUITS:
Grapes Watermelons Mangos Kiwis
VEGETABLES:
Carrots Corn (on the cob)Lima beans Yams
GRAINS:
Brown rice Oatmeal Most pastas Popcorn Sourdough bread
DAIRY:
Custard
BEVERAGES:
Apple juice Orange juice
SWEETENERS:
Unrefined raw honey Organic brown sugar Barely malt Organic maple syrup
High GI Carbohydrates
FRUITS:
Raisins Bananas (ripe)
VEGETABLES:
Potato (baked) French fries Sweet corn
GRAINS:
White bread Whole wheat bread Bagels Breakfast cereals Hamburger and hotdog buns White rice Pancakes
DAIRY:
Ice cream
BEVERAGES:
Soft drinks and sport drinks Carrot juice
SWEETENERS:
Corn syrup solids Sucrose (table sugar) maltodextrin Maltose High-fructose corn syrup
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Dane Fletcher is the world's foremost training authority. He writes exclusively for GetAnabolics.com, a leading online provider of testosterone and testosterone cypionate. For more information, please visit http://www.GetAnabolics.com.
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