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Most people don't realize, they go into the gym, and sometimes their goal is just to work
out as long and as hard as they possible could, and in most cases you're doing more damage
than good if your goal is to put on lean muscle tissue. So what you put in your system prior
to that workout is going to make all the difference in the world, and that's why it's good to
make sure you've given yourself some quick, fast acting nutrients that your body's going
to use during the workout. That's going to one- not only make your body more anabolic
to put on muscle tissue, but also as well it's going to protect the muscle tissue while
you work out. I would say I like to call it a wash, one thing I would say this is is a
shake, this is a drink. You do not want to be eating at least one hour, an hour and a
half before you exercise. You want the blood in your body to be working towards your muscles
and body parts that you're trying to change and alter and restructure and redefine rather
than working towards your digestion in your stomach. So you want to make sure this is
a drink, this is a shake, and I would say have it anywhere from thirty minutes to thirty-five
minutes before you work out. Even back a little bit further than that is fine; forty-five
minutes is okay. But, it only takes a liquid about thirty, thirty-five minutes to digest.
In that drink, you want to add something possibly to give you a little bit of extra jolt or
energy, a little bit of a stimulant, if possible maybe some green tea extract, there's a world,
a wealth of benefits from taking green tea extract, but one of them is that it will give
you some extra energy. If not green tea extract, which also has naturally occuring caffeine,
you can get the caffeine free, you might want to go with straight caffeine. If you don't
have adverse reactions to caffeine, caffeine is one of the most proven tried-and-true supplements
period to back up its effectiveness for a host of things- not only just fat loss and
stimulation, but even muscle contraction and endurance and so on. So the next thing you
want to have in your pre-workout drink or cocktail is you want to have some protein.
You don't need a whole lot of protein, you want it to be fast-acting, easily digestible
protein- preferably egg or whey protein powder. Anywhere from fifteen to twenty grams is enough.
Aside from your protein powder the next thing you might want to do is add in some free-form,
or just some concentrate of amino acids. This is going to saturate the muscle tissue, prevent
muscle degradation and help to keep the muscle cells anabolic. And I would recommend throwing
in some branch chain amino acids, some BCAA's (a few grams in powder form work out great),
and then a fast acting simple carbohydrate supplementation powder, you can even use grape
juice or a high-glycemic carbohydrate juice. And mix that all together, shake it up, drink
it down thirty, thirty-five minutes before you workout, and your body will be primed,
prepped, and ready to do some serious damage, which is give you bigger output in your workout-
more strength, more energy. More energy you have, the more weight you're going to be able
to lift; the more weight you're going to lift, the more muscle you're going to be able to
make.