Ingredient Focus- Beta Alanine. Why use it ? Any good pre-workout worth its money will contain Beta Alanine. You may recognize it as the tingling feeling you get on your scalp or the itchy ears or nose. See below why it is included in your pre-workout. Beta Alanine can also be purchased as a stand alone product. When we exercise, especially when it’s high intensity exercise, our bodies accumulate a large amount of hydrogen ions (H+), causing our muscles pH to drop and become more acidic ( referred to as lactic acid) . This causes the burning sensation you feel in your muscles when training. In a nutshell, H+ causes your muscles pH to drop, in tern decreasing your strength and causing you to fatigue faster. These limitations stop you from adequately overloading your muscles and forcing NEW muscle gains. Beta Alanine increases endurance and acts as a lactic acid buffer. Beta-alanine’s performance benefits are not direct but realized through its ability to boost the synthesis of carnosine. There are a handful of ways carnosine is thought to impact performance but its most studied function, and the focus of this post, is its role as an intracellular buffer. Carnosine helps stabilize muscular pH by soaking up hydrogen ions (H+) that are released at an accelerated rate during exercise. Our bodies work to keep our pH in balance by utilizing various buffering systems. Buffers largely work by soaking up H+ to maintain optimal pH balance, which we need to function most effectively. Our muscles function best in a specific pH range. When pH drops below that range, so does muscular performance. By helping to keep us in a more optimal pH range, our muscles can continue to contract forcibly for a longer time. in a nutshell- By boosting carnosine concentrations, with beta-alanine, our type 2 muscle fibers can soak up more H+ and stay in an optimal pH range. By keeping our type 2 muscle fibers in an optimal pH range, they are better able to maintain maximal strength and endurance throughout your workout session and bring on new muscle gains. Available in store now !!!!
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:52:04 +0000
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