Amino Acids: Your Secret Weapon?

Many athlete's are discovering the benefits of taking amino acid supplements for targeting muscle growth and recovery.  Everyone from bodybuilder's, endurance athlete's, runner's, cyclist's, and average joe's, are realizing benefits from taking an amino acid, but not all amino acid's are equal.  There are 8 essential amino acid's to include L-Leucine, L-Valine, L-Isoleucine, L-Lysine hydrochloride, L-Phenylalanine, L-Threonine, L-Methionine, L-Tryptophan.  These are the key building blocks for muscle growth & repair.  It is difficult to find a full spectrum amino acid, so what you'll see a lot of in GNC and on many websites and advertisements are BCAA's (Branch Chain Amino Acids).  These are only three of the important 8 you should be using.  If you think of it as a car, you'll need wheels, doors, steering wheel, engine, transmission, windows, seats, and lights.  What good is a car going to do with only three of those components? 

You'll notice that protein powder's contain amino acids, as do protein foods, but it takes time for your body to digest and convert the proteins down into its usable source.  Eating a steak could take up to 2 days to get all the amino acids, protein powders could take up to 2-6 hours.  As an ultrarunner, I make sure to take 5 capsule's of MAP every morning 30 minutes before my run's to help prevent muscle breakdown.  I truly believe it is one of the reason's I maintain so much muscle mass even though I'm running over 100 miles a week in training.  This is my favorite amino acid supplement which is made by Body Health, and has a 99% NNU, which means nearly the entire capsule is used and almost nothing goes to waste unlike protein powders.  Check it out here: http://www.bodyhealth.com?ac=ultrafit and be sure your using the code UltraFit in order to get a awesome discount!