Athletes Diet - Reason For PreWorkout Nutrition

REASON FOR PRE-WORKOUT NUTRITION

There are two basic functions nutrition provides prior to training that can assist in:

1. During intense training for short time periods, testosterone levels are raised. This process can be assisted by:
a) Prohormone products (such as 4-AD, 1-AE, or combination products).
b) Natural testosterone boosters, such as products containing the active ingredients from Tribulus.

2. Minimising muscle tissue damage caused by the body breaking itself down to free up BCAA's and Glutamine.
a) Take some simple carbohydrates and a few BCAA tablets, or a drink containing carbs and BCAA's
b) Take about 10gm whey protein in water or simple carbohydrates.

So what are you doing here? Well essentially, you are preparing for the damage and trauma of regular training. Don't be fooled into thinking that intense weight training is not a stress upon your system. It is. Intensive weight training, and often high endurance activities are going to be a stress and cause oxidative damage. This is why too much exercise, or too frequent exercise has negative effects as apposed to positive benefits. So armed with this information, you are looking to improve your bodies ability to recover from strenuous activity and maximise the repair process and growth mechanisms.

Now, testosterone, is a primary anabolic hormone along with the storage hormone, insulin. These two combining factors are going to help shuttle the vital muscle building nutrients directly into the site of the muscle cell that you are training and hopefully stimulating to grow bigger and stronger. When your training naturally elevates testosterone levels, you can take full advantage and raise it through the roof thus improving the recovery ability of your body post exercise. Don't forget, this is essentially what steroids do - improve nutrient uptake and anabolism (protein buildup) within the muscle, only here you are using a method to just raise your own bodies natural testosterone levels.

Drinking a whey and simple carb mixture is an excellent way to drive amino acids into the amino acid pool very quickly and efficiently just prior to your training session so that your body has firstly ample energy reserves, and secondly, all of the most perfect amino acid profile and quantity ready in waiting to be assimilated and used to repair the damage of your training session. BCAA's are the essential building blocks vital for growth. They are the branched chain amino's that assist in overall muscle regeneration and recovery.