Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard BCAA Train + Sustain, Amino Acids Pre Workout Powder, Sports Drink with Vitamin C, Zinc, Magnesium and Electrolytes, Peach & Passionfruit Flavour, 28 Servings, 266 g

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However Vitamin C plays a big part in reducing lipid peroxidation — the damage done to fat cells by free radicals that result in the kind of cell-damage you don’t want from a workout. However, ON only provide us with 19mg, which is a shame. Electrolytes There’s also 15 percent of the RDI of vitamin C and magnesium (as magnesium oxide), and about 100mg each of sodium and potassium (roughly 4 percent of the RDI of each).

That means that although we know the separate ingredients, we don’t know exactly how much of each one is included in the product. Gold Standard BCAA promises improved energy, power, and performance along with enhanced immunity and reduction in muscular fatigue and recovery both during and after workouts. The most unusual ingredients are rhodiola, an herb used in traditional Chinese and Scandinavian medicine, and Wellmune®, which is beta glucans from baker’s yeast. I’ll discuss their effects in the next section. Gold Standard BCAA Train And Sustain is a fantastic choice if you’re looking for enhanced energy, strength, performance, recovery, and growth following your workouts.Fight poor memory, thinning hair, and fatigue with the best iron supplements to support a healthy lifestyle. What are the symptoms of low BCAAs? Some think it contains too many sweeteners and sugars…which probably means they just think it’s too sweet, they don’t make exactly what they are saying very clear. Amino Energy could perhaps be used as a post workout supplement (although you should be aware of the Caffeine content) as well as a pre workout, while Gold Standard is intended more as a ‘classic’ pre workout supplement. The Ingredients

The vitamin C in this formula helps to support growth and repair and also keeps testosterone levels up by lowering the amount of cortisol to testosterone. The energy boost you get from this will help you through even the most demanding workouts and not leave you feeling shattered afterwards. In fact don’t be surprised if you feel like you could do it all over again! I was less impressed by the taste. It tastes like straight cherry flavored syrup, and it’s pretty intensely sour — I’d recommend mixing it with a good two cups of water. The Takeaway In our opinion, BCAAs are almost certainly worth investing in, if not for the sheer fact that BCAAs are known to build muscle, promote repair, and reduce fatigue, then for the reassurance that you are getting sufficient BCAAs in your diet - a factor particularly important for vegans and vegetarians. Are there any side effects of BCAAs?This is entirely dependent on your goals with BCAA intake - if you live a very active lifestyle and are looking to gain considerable muscle mass, take between 4-20g per day, the higher the better. Optimum Nutrition is a large sports nutrition company that’s best known for their whey protein powder, Gold Standard Whey. But they sell a huge variety of workout products and while we recently tried out their Amino Energy pre-workout, we wanted to see if their Gold Standard BCAA could possibly measure up to the standards set by their whey protein.

This includes reading all of the warnings and directions, as well as the ingredients formulas. Note that the information below was accurate at the time of writing but may change from time to time.The boost in muscle protein synthesis during exercise also helps prevent muscle breakdown; the loss of muscle mass during rest days or even amidst exercise - helping you consistently gain muscle. Amino Energy does not use any Creatine in its formula and it also has a slightly lower dose of Caffeine (100mg) per serving, compared to Gold Standard Pre Workout (175mg per serving).

We recommend measuring out your servings according to the advice given in this article as scoops are very often inaccurate and can see you using considerably more than you need to. Effectiveness… If, however, you're looking to reduce muscle wasting and fatigue - a smaller 4g dose may be absolutely perfect for you. Are the best BCAAs worth it? If you don’t have a shaker cup at the moment, don’t worry it probably mixes just as well in a glass using a fork.With Gold Standard Pre Workout, you’re directed to mix one level scoop with into glass of water around 20 to 30 minutes before training. The bottom line here is that the only differences between these two products when it comes to the servings are the fact that you take two scoops with Amino Energy and one with Gold Standard. That being said, the actual scoop sizes are different.