Getting Know Your Muscle Supplements
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Sometime doing exercises to build your muscle is not enough. You also need some muscle supplements to build your muscle. However, there are many different products in the market. How can you choose the right muscle supplements to help you grow muscle fast? First, you need to know what those products used for. Here we will try to give you some simple explanation about those products.
First, there is a protein product. Protein is made of amino acids, which are the basic building block of muscle. You need about one to 2 grams of protein time your bodyweights in lbs per day. Several forms of protein are whey, soy, egg and casein.
Second, there is creatine. Creatine is naturally occurring in the body and works very well for increasing muscle mass. You can see a great result in four weeks, followed by 1 to 2 weeks off, if you taking creatine. Different types of creatine are pure creatine monohydrate, liquid creatine, micronized creatine and many more.
The other muscle supplements are glutamine and HMB. Glutamine helps prevent muscle wasting and it is the most abundant amino acid that faound in muscle tissue. Glutamine also helps you to recovery. Do not take glutamine and creatine at the same time. HMB is one of most popular muscle supplements these days. HMB has the ability to burn fat and built muscle. Some of the world’s champions and athletes are receiving dramatic results when using HMB.
The other product is ZMA. ZMA is anabolic mineral formula that designed scientifically and contains Zinc Monomethionine Aspartate, Magnesium Aspartate and vitamin B-6. This product can elevate testosterone levels and clinically proven could increase anabolic hormone levels and muscle strength in trained athletes.
There are still a lot of kinds of muscle supplements such as Growth Hormone, NO (Nitric Oxide), Anti-Estrogens, Protein Bars, Amino Acids and Methoxy, Ecdy. You can choose it based on your needs. However, you can also build your muscle without using muscle supplements by exercising continuously.
By: Wibowo Notosusanto