BCAAs women lifters

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  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    EmmaCaz4 wrote: »
    mmapags wrote: »
    EmmaCaz4 wrote: »
    mmapags wrote: »
    EmmaCaz4 wrote: »
    I always take my BCAAs. Maxi muscle Apple and pear ones. They're beauty!

    I find taking them during sessions (especially leg day) helps me to stop cramping up or throwing up... but I also rake them on a morning as that's when I get my least amount of protein.

    They give me that extra something I need. I'm 4 months pregnant at the minute and I'm still taking them and still training and I find they help. My personal preference really :)

    Did you read any of the research in the post by middlehaitch?

    Nope. As I said, my personal preference and I find they work :)

    Work in what sense? You don't cramp (more to do with hydration than anything)? Placebo effect? If you did bother to look at the research you would have seen they do absolutely nothing. But hey, if you enjoy spending money flavoring your water, feel free. Don't allow yourself to be encumbered by facts.

    It may be a placebo effect. Same as a lot of other things are, but who are you to say they 'do not work for me?' How do you know that research is accurate? I do stay hydrated throughout all of my workouts but have found I am less sore and cramp less during leg day if I take BCAAs aswell as other fluids. Again, my personal preference. How about you focus more on your own gains and what you're doing and less on criticising others on what they feel works for them! Everybody is different.

    Well, I am not the one who is saying. Researchers are. And not just a couple. As for why your concoction would help with cramping, I couldn't even begin to imagine. The original claims around BCAAs, since disproven, is that the increase in leucine drove increased MPS (Muscle Protein Sythesis). Turns out they do not, based on study results. And can even have a negative effect according to the Wolfe study listed above. Electrolytes can have an impact on cramping. BCAAs, not so much.

    As far as your last statement that I bolded, I'll just leave this here:
    https://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html/
  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    mmapags wrote: »
    ars1300 wrote: »
    I agree you don’t really need to have them. I try to lift hard and heavy and have been for years. I felt I got results by adding 5grams creatine monohydrate.

    Creatine is a substances that actually has lot's of research that demonstrates it's effectiveness.

    Interesting! I looked into it a bit and may switch to that and see how i feel.
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