Conventional wisdom suggests that individuals should consume 1 to 1 1/2 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight to perpetuate muscle growth over extended periods of time. In addition, this advice tends to be accompanied by the high volume and intense training methodologies, which really require extensive prior experience. We're not done yet. Then you have the accepted tradition of consuming caloric amounts in vast excess of what the body's insulinogenic mechanism is able to handle. This is a surefire recipe for disaster, let alone long-term muscle breakdown and potential injury.
The body's natural state of survival must be properly understood and taken into account, before any consideration of aesthetic improvement takes place. For example, one of the primary purposes of natural growth hormone (GH) production and release in the body is to protect the existing amino acid pool, during periods of calorie restriction or famine. GH is also genetically programmed to move inversely with insulin, which is released by the pancreatic function, during consumption. Both of these inborn mechanisms with the right timing and relative positioning can be used to maintain the body's desired state of anabolism, paradoxically through anti-catabolic and repartitioning activity.
Growth cannot occur unless current amino acid protection takes place. If the nitrogen component of the amino group is constantly being excreted while the hydro-carbons (mostly from the carboxyl group) are spilling over into the bloodstream for gluconeogenesis (glucose conversion) or lipid conversion, then muscle cell infusion with more nitrogen sparing protein in excess of those amino acids exiting the cells must occur at an increased rate; otherwise, catabolism results. In other words, the core focus of post-workout activity, as it relates to training should be centered on recovery, which is a requisite for growth. Recovery can and does in many cases actually occur initially without visible signs of muscle mass growth, but never the other way around (that's correct; growth is impossible without recovery). Cells, skeletal muscle, joints, tendons, ligaments, and even internal organs require regeneration from stress-induced activity to maintain and improve levels of homeostasis. And this is before any muscle mass growth can take place.
The critical junctures relative to training are the pre-workout (anti-catabolics: HMB) and post-workout phases (anti-catabolics as well as a nutrient dense low-to-medium calorie post-workout macro-nutrient shake: ErgoPharm's Mass Meal). A significant portion of the body's recovery response is determined relative to what happens, within the above time spans, not in isolation, as cells are regenerating through amino acid absorption, Krebs cycle intermediate distribution, sodium potassium pump balancing, and lipid-based reconstruction of muscle cell membranes (again, this is in response to training and other stress induced activity). In sum, to create anabolism, first pursue anti-catabolism.
Recommended Product(s):
HMB
Mass Meal Lean Mass Gainer from ErgoPharm
No comments:
Post a Comment