Not exact matches
• Essential for athletes and sports - active people • Persons requiring
additional protein and energy • Persons on a low carbohydrate weight management plan • Surfers, footballers, swimmers, joggers, cyclists • Bodybuilders, crossfitters, weight lifters • For gaining
lean muscle
mass; shedding weight and bodyfat.
Your body has genetic limits in place to prevent you from gaining too much
additional lean mass, since muscle is metabolically «expensive» tissue that requires a lot of resources to build and maintain.
Creatine also allows you to do more sets and reps in one training session and this
additional work translates into increased
lean muscle
mass over time.
As the above equation is intended for bodybuilders in a steady, maintainable state, special adjustments should be made for «bulking» off - season bodybuilders who, due to heavy food and liquid intake, often carry
additional pounds of «
lean body
mass» in the form of fluid retention, labile proteins and contents in the digestive tract.
Unfortunately, this
additional «
lean body
mass» was actually a combination of food still in my intestines, fluid retention, glycogen storage and labile proteins - in a few days my
lean body
mass was back to «normal».
While there is no
additional benefit as far as muscle retention to eating more than 1 gram of protein per pound of
lean body
mass, as soon as you begin to dip below that number, your muscle will begin to be stripped.
We know how the metabolic rate increases with
additional lean body
mass, and will decrease with a drop in
lean body
mass.
You'll get a much fuller body with
additional muscle weight and high quality,
lean mass.
There are some
additional things you may want to consider in your training if you are trying to gain
lean muscle
mass.
Whether you are looking to put on some
additional muscle
mass or cut down the extra pounds and concentrate on
lean muscle, or maybe just looking for workouts for skinny guys, you have come to the right place.
Based on the current evidence, it is clear BCAA's stimulate protein synthesis acutely and one study [173] has indicated that BCAA's may be able to increase
lean mass and strength when added to a strength training routine; however,
additional long - term studies are needed to determine the effects of BCAA's on
lean mass and strength in trained athletes.