Catabolism

Your body is constantly using its available resources as fuel. We all know this. So what happens when you exercise on an empty stomach? When you exercise the fuel demand sky rockets! With such high demand and no fuel you enter a Catabolic state, where muscle growth stops and muscles actually start being used for fuel along with available glycogen, and fat. Luckily for us there are many ways to prevent and reduce muscle Catabolism. Simply eat! The quantity and quality of the food make a big difference in length of time you are protected for. Simple carbs, not good... Complex carbs ok... Fat, needs more study i believe but... Protein is the way to go. Specifically simple pure protein. There have been many studies and test's showing the benefits of supplementing with specific amino acids (the building blocks of protein) Luecine, IsoLuecine and Valine are referred to as branch chain amino acids or "BCAA'S" and are excellent anti-Catabolic's, studies show many benefits to supplementing with bcaa's. I'll post results and cite some studies as soon as i figure out what i can post with or without permissions. Now if your sitting there wondering if you should care enough to go buy some, do your self a favor and think about how hard it is to put on lean muscle... When is the last time you just put on a few pounds of clean weight? Now what if it were as easy as just saving a little bit of muscle every time you exercised? How many times do you exercise a year? How much muscle could you save yourself from having to rebuild? Quite a bit, honestly. Give it a try. You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. This subject could get very deep very fast. I'll try to keep it light and go more in depth in more posts.