Prime Your Pre-Workout

When most people think of pre-workout nutrition they think of fluorescent chemicals that get you charging.

But a good quality pre-workout is not about that.

If you are eating a nutrient dense diet of wholefoods you shouldn’t need to rely on stimulants to get you psyched up pre-workout.

Instead your Pre-workout should be determined by your workout goals.

One basic principle that applies to all trainers is to always eat before working out, otherwise the body is likely to hack into your hard earned muscle stores for emergency energy.

Eating some type of protein before training will benefit all trainers because we want to have the bloodstream loaded with amino acids when we get to the gym.

It is most optimal to have this protein based meal at least an hour before your workout so that your body has time to properly digest the food and you can direct maximum blood-flow to your muscles where you need it, you don’t want blood being diverted to the stomach for digestion during a workout.

It is also important when we are training to have a specific goal in mind so that we can be consciously working towards it and know when we are making progress.

Training without a specific goal in mind is like driving your car without a specific destination, we can’t concentrate our effort on getting anywhere and the end result is time wasting and frustration.

For this reason your pre-workout nutrition should be targeted to assist you in what you are trying to achieve in the session.

For example if you are training to lose body fat it would be advantageous to take a fat-mobilising supplement before your workout and if you are training for strength you might benefit from a neural enhancing supplement to improve neural connections.

In this article we will look at just a few of the supplements available for your specific training goal.

PRE WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS FOR FAT LOSS

Supplements that promote fat mobilization will improve your body’s ability to use stored body fat to fuel your workout.

CARNITINE AND FISH OIL

My number one tip if you are serious about fat loss is to combine carnitine with a quality fish oil supplement.

Carnitine is an amino acid composite made up of lysine and methionine. It is great for fat loss because its role in the body is to transport fatty acids into cells for energy production.

Increasing the amount of carnitine stored in your body will increase the body’s capacity to burn fat for fuel, giving you more energy.

Combined with fish oil, these two supplements together will improve the rate at which you burn fat.

The fish oil will make your cells more insulin sensitive so that they can more easily receive molecules into the cell.

The carnitine will increase the amount of fats being transported into the cell so using them together will result in a high absorption rate of fats into the cell to be used to burn for energy.

We recommend the Designs for Health fish oil range for it's quality

We recommend the Designs for Health fish oil range for it’s quality

PRE WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS FOR STRENGTH TRAINING

The best pre workout for strength training is a supplement that will boost the activation of your central nervous system.

ACETYL L-CARNITINE

Great for increasing your work capacity, having elevated levels of acetyl L-carnitine in your body will help you to lift more weight and complete more reps without it feeling as difficult.

L-Carnitine will also improve your brain function and increase your motivation to workout.

CAFFEINE

Caffeine attaches to neural receptors in the brain that are normally used by adenosine, a compound that makes you feel tired and sleepy. Instead when caffeine attaches itself to these receptors it causes your neurons to fire more rapidly.

PRE WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS FOR HYPERTROPHY (MUSCLE BUILDING)

These pre-workout supplements contribute to cell swelling and can be used to assist training for muscle building.

ARGININE

Can assist in transporting oxygen into the muscle cells, helps to achieve a greater ‘pump’ in muscles being trained. Getting more blood into the muscle is the goal with hypertrophy, we want your muscles to swell and then grow larger.

CREATINE

Helps to increase strength, muscle volume and improve power output. Creatine restores the resources needed to produce ATP energy. The more creatine you have in your muscle the longer you can keep up a high energy gym session.

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