Muscle recovery supplements consist of mixtures of ingredients designed to facilitate the regeneration of muscle fibers damaged following intense physical exertion. They are suitable for any strength and endurance sports activity (gym, cycling, bodybuilding etc.) and do not require special precautions before use.
They are characterized by thehigh nutritional power and for very quick times they come with digested, essential features for supporting anabolism at the most opportune moment of the delicate reconstituting process, vale to say the immediate post workout.
Muscle recovery after workout
Assuming that the combination of a varied diet and training is essential for a correct recovery and cool-down phase, the use of specific nutritional complexes can encourage the following mechanisms:
- supply the muscle tissues with plastic substrates (amino acids and proteins) essential to buffer proteolysis and stimulate anabolism;
- replenish energy stores of glycogen during or after a heavy workout; it is a glucose polymer involved in the synthesis of ATP which acts as a real energy "fuel" for our muscles.
- replenish the liquids lost with sweating in order to restore or maintain, unaltered, the electrolyte balance.
Muscle recovery and supplements
As we said previously, the recovery phases require a complete nutritional approach, based on plastic, energetic and mental recovery.
A supplement for muscle recovery considered effective cannot be separated from containing one or more ingredients than those listed:
Protein powder, as they are rich in essential and non-essential amino acids essential to recover and stimulate growth. It should be remembered that they are offered on the market three different types of powdered proteins: fast, gradual and slow release proteins.
The former are very useful close to and immediately after the training session in order to provide ready-to-use amino acids for the peaks of anabolism that occur in this phase. In contrast, slow and gradual release protein supplements such as powdered casein and the blends perform mostly "protective" anti-catabolic activity of the already acquired tissue, releasing amino acids for a prolonged period of time (up to 8 hours).
Furthermore, not to be overlooked the importance of vitamins and minerals. Muscle Nutrition proposes dehigh-dose multivitamin and mineral packs enriched in anabolic, detoxifying and carrier compounds (Lipoic Acid, Glutathione, Digestive enzymes, Plant extracts), specially designed for those who subject their body to continuous efforts and solicitations.
Last, but not least, the free amino acids in powder or tablet form. These are supplements for muscle recovery based on the peculiarities of substrates such as Glutamine, essential amino acids, carnosine (beta-alanine) and other substances with proven efficacy. These macronutrients protect lean muscle mass preserving it from psychophysical stress e participating, at the same time, to the hormonal and cellular proliferative processes that lead to muscle growth. Furthermore, substances such as Arginine Akg, B-Alanine, Ornithine AKG and others, help the body to neutralize the lactic acid accumulated during physical effort, thus favoring shorter and optimal recovery times.
