What does a Pre-Workout do?
Pre-workout complexes are indispensable for those who want to get the most out of the training process. The use of pre-workout before exercise brings the body to maximum resistance. You will feel an increase in physical strength and train in training as efficiently as possible. A pre-workout regimen is especially necessary for those who go to the gym after work, when, frankly, they do not have the strength to play sports.
What are pre-workout supplements and what are they for?
A pre-workout or pre-workout supplement is a form of sports nutrition that combines several or more ingredients to make your workout more productive. The definition of a pre-workout complex makes it clear why they are needed. But why is training not always productive? It often happens that many pupils have the opportunity to go in for sports only in the evening, after work. Or vice versa – early in the morning. In the end, the body simply does not have enough resources for sports. And in the morning the body may not wake up.
In such cases, pre-workout complexes come to the rescue. They provide the body with the missing resources to work in the gym. And after its completion, they help to recover. It is worth noting that such complexes will be of interest not only to those who are engaged in bodybuilding but also to everyone who is involved in sports in one way or another – amateur or professional.
It is worth noting that such complexes will be of interest not only to those who are engaged in bodybuilding but also to everyone who is involved in sports in one way or another – amateur or professional.
Types of pre-workout complexes
Conventionally, pre-workouts can be divided into regular and aggressive. Each pre-workout program contains components that provide a real resource that the body will work on only if it lacks strength. and stimulating ingredients. They create the amazing effect that athletes want to get from pre-workout. When you have a lot of strength and just want to work, work and work.
Resource components of pre-workout complexes
- Vitamins and minerals
- Electrolytes.
- Amino acids
- Including BCAAs
- Creatine
Creatine is an ergogenic agent that increases energy levels during strenuous exercise. Individual amino acids such as arginine, citrulline, and beta-alanine contribute to a variety of effects. These are the most popular pre-workout amino acid supplements in sports nutrition.
Creatine is effective for both short- and long-term muscle growth (Study & Research Link)
Arginine dilates blood vessels, creating a pumping and filling effect on muscle blood. It feels like the muscle bursts after a workout. Beta-alanine promotes the rapid removal of lactic acid from working muscles, which helps delay the onset of muscle fatigue as non-acidified muscles work longer and more efficiently. Citrulline (most commonly in the form of malate) is involved in many reactions, including arginine synthesis, post-workout recovery, and BCAA absorption, which in turn also promotes recovery.
L-arginine Arginine is a semi-essential or conditionally essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form (L-arginine). Arginine is an essential amino acid in infants because infants are unable to effectively synthesize arginine, making it nutritionally essential for infants, so infants must get arginine from their diet (see Table 1 below). However, adults are able to synthesize arginine in the urea cycle. L-arginine is an amino acid that is obtained from the diet and is necessary for the body to make proteins. Arginine is found in plant and animal proteins, such as dairy products, meat, poultry, fish, and nuts. The ratio of L-arginine to lysine is also important: soy and other plant proteins have more L-arginine than animal sources of protein. L-arginine can also be made in a laboratory and used as medicine.
Although there are many claims about the benefits of L-arginine, not all of them have support from scientific studies.
Vitamins/minerals and electrolytes are common pre-workout ingredients, though not required. Electrolytes are involved in maintaining water-salt balance, which is disturbed during exercise. Vitamins and minerals are necessary for the normal course of all reactions in the body.
Stimulating components of pre-workout complexes The most popular pre-workout stimulants are:
- Ephedra
- geranium (gradually removed from the composition of all sports nutrition products and replaced by octodrine (aminoisoheptane)
- guarana yohimbine
- caffeine,
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