Supplementation

Sometimes there are a few cracks in your nutrition and training regiment. These cracks can be filled with some good supplementation tactics. Supplements have been around for a long time in the world of fitness and for good reason, when used correctly they can take your body to the next level. For example, when following a good cutting/fat loss diet and training routine, adding green tea extract, L-carnitine and a whey protein may increase your fat loss and muscle gains. Green tea extract is exactly what is sounds like, it is taken from green tea leaves full of anti-oxidants, powerful ingredients that rev up your metabolism after ingesting and is an anti-cancer ingredient. L-Carnitine is an amino acid which helps increase the efficiency of fat transportation to mitochondria (Energy producing cells) so it can help use more fat for energy throughout the day. Protein is an effective way to help burn more fat since adding muscle (protein helps with repair) helps increase metabolism speeds.

When supplementing a weight gain/muscle gain diet and training routine, people commonly supplement with a mass gainer, BCAA's and creatine. Mass gainer again is self explanitory, it packs a large amount of calories, protein, complex and simple carbs and good fats for effective muscle recovery when training hard. BCAA's are branched chain amino acids which help aid in recovery and are some building blocks of muscle. Creatine is proven to be one of the most effective strength and size producers (natural) and is used by almost every fitness enthusiast or bodybuilder.