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You are constantly using up energy at all times of the day. You will be using
energy t breathe, think, digest food and move around and be active etc.
Throughout the day you will be burning off large quantities of calories through
your everyday lifestyle and through regular and intense training sessions. It is
interesting to note that although protein is a primary source for muscle
recovery and repair, so is your energy levels. For your brain and every cell in
your body, including your highly important nervous and endocrine systems are in
constant needs of sufficient energy to make your training efforts effective.
The primary fuel source for both your brain and your muscles is of course
glycogen and glycogen (blood sugar) comes from ingesting carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are your primary fuel source at all times, other than on a
ketogenic/low to no carb diet. Carbohydrates can supply you with energy, fill
out your muscles so you look bigger and more pumped. Every gram of stored
carbohydrate in the muscle attracts with it stored water and so you may increase
cellular influx of proteins. During intense traninig or physically manual and
demanding jobs your body will be using up its stores of glycogen. Its is
essential that you replace your used up energy stores as soon as possible to
prevent energy dips and drops in strength.
Carbohydrates normally come in the form of flavoured drink mix powders that
are simple and easy to mix up with water. Drink them with plenty of water. They
taste sweet, almost like fruit juices. Carbohydrate powders are normally made up
of complex carbohydrate sources such as MaltoDextrins. To learn more about GI
and II of foods and indeed much more about carbohydrate please refer to the
nutrition section.
Alternatively you may be looking for the occasional artificial and beneficial
'pep' up energy boost normally supplied by the use of a nervous system stimulant
based nutritional supplement. Things as simple as caffeine which is a methyl
xanthine that releases blood sugar and adrenaline, waking you up and making you
stronger are often effective on their own for some individuals. However, these
days supplement companies have invested much time and energy themselves into
developing powerful stimulant based energy boosters that will sky rocket your
intensity, focus and mood and of course energy levels. These can be used regularly
for intensifying your workout efforts. Too much usage or too
frequent dosing may result in a down regulation of the effectiveness of the
supplement. Therefore you should cycle your use or simply only use when you
really need an energy boost top up.
Along with the recent surge in popularity of stimulant based energy
releasers, companies have been working hard to meet the needs of their customers
whom desire the same boosts of energy without the down regulation or the
negative side effects of nervous system stimulants. In order to meet the needs
of the consumer, researchers and companies have formulated some very, highly
effective products such as Power Drive. These are combinations of brain chemical
enhancing substances and elements that stimulate the production or effectiveness
of neurotransmitters. These products will give you all of the boosts in
concentration, steadiness, strength and energy of any other product without any
side effects whatsoever and may even be of benefit to the whole autonomic
nervous system as it recuperates from strenuous exercise. Many use these
products not even for training, but for concentration, study or any time where
one needs to focus intently on a task at hand, both mentally and physically.
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