Boxing

The rise of sports nutrition supplementation in amateur and professional athletics is a good thing, especially since the effects of anabolic steroids are being publicly exposed for their resulting health risk(s) and fatalities. But that doesn't mean that supplement application itself is genuinely safe. A word of caution definitely needs to be exercised, regarding the use of sports nutrition. Let's take boxing for example. Fighters tend to prefer energy-based supplements right off the cuff, obviously due to their immediate effects of central nervous system stimulation and adrenaline surge. About 9 times out of 10, the real issue is training recovery. The cumulative effects of boxing training can impair a fighter's optimal range of conditioning, even right up to a fight. The key concept is to address the recovery situation first, as it's the determining factor of performance, from a nutritional perspective. If a fighter can adequately recover from session to session, then the intensity level and overall quality of the training can be elevated, thus ensuring the required upward progression, necessary for peak performance come fight time. One of the conceptual errors that athletes make in supplement selection is to associate supplementation solely with conditioning, from a perspective that's too compartmentalized. The better conceptual view is to assess sports requirements first from a highly detailed perspective, then base supplement selection on the goal of targeted conditioning to meet the requirements of a particular sport. For example, a fighter may need to optimize his weight strategically against a certain opponent within 4 or 5 months, depending on the contracted and scheduled fight date, at a particular venue. The training camp may require that the fighter train for an inside strategy to possibility exploit the opponent's susceptibility to certain counters, by getting off on the inside with an initial overhand right (assumes the fighter's orthodox) or left hook, pivoting out, and finishing off with the jab (before escaping from the opponent's punching range). A nice combination of HMB, Mass Meal, and Sustain protein powder would suffice. The HMB would be used pre and post boxing training (glutamine can be stacked here, as well), and with the next 2 meals. Mass Meal would be positioned immediately post-training. Sustain can be used in the morning and at night for time-released amino acid accrual. This would slowly optimize a fighter's weight by allowing him to develop the necessary muscle and conditioning without unnecessary weight gain that can compromise performance. This stack is so effective that fighters can actually use it to develop muscle while going into a lower weight class, if they choose. In sum, place sports requirements first, and then focus on product selection, according to sport requirement criteria.


Recommended Product(s):

Pure Whey Protein Isolate

HMB

Mass Meal


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