Knowing all about BCAA supplements

All about BCAA proteins

BCAA are amino acids, chemical compounds coming from deconstrcution of proteins by your organism. BCAA are essential given that they are not synthesized by your body. Therefore, you must bring them thanks to food. Bcaa supplements are blend of 3 different compounds: leucine, isoleucine and valine.

This supplements are popular among sportsmen notably bodybuilders who take BCAA in addition to whey shakers. But BCAA supplements are also interesting for endurance sportsmen (running...).

What's the use of BCAA ?

• BCAA help to trigger anabolsim, a constructive metabolism to build muscles following a workout. Therefore, they are important in order to gain mass but also to help recovery.

• They also figth against catabolism that is to say muscle destruction. For exemple, stiff pains are the results of this process. When you workout, your muscles sufer from shocks and are injured. Moreover, your organism starts to destroy muscles to get the energy required for your workout. However, catabolism is essential given that without catabolism no anabolism / muscle contruction but shorter the catabolism is more is good for your muscles. Bcaa will help to reduce catabolism and to start anabolism earlier, so more contruction and less destruction.

• BCAA have also a great impact on recovery with a side effect on endurance, hence These kinds of supplement are also interesting for runners not only for bodybuilders.

BCAA, when to take them ?

It's better to take them around workout (before, during, after).

5 gr (0.175 ounces) before and the same quantity after. It's more interesting to take them after workout combined with whey protein to trigger a better anabolism.

What kind of BCAA (2:1:1 or 4:1:1) to take ?

BCAA have usually the following shapes : capsule, caps, pill or powder. Powder is usually cheaper.

You can find 2 kinds of BCAA : 2:1:1 bcaa and 4:1:1 bcaa. What's the difference bweteen these 2 products ?

It's all about proportion of ingredients inside the supplement : leucine, isoleucine and valine. Hence for BCAA 211 : 2 measures of Leucine, 1 of isoleucine and 1 of valine which is appreximatively the natural composition inside our muscles.

Where to find BCAA at good price ? 

 As usual, at Myprotein: BCAA 4:1:1 Myprotein (11.89£ - 120 caps)

BCAA 2:1:1 (powder - 250gr for 11.29£)