Bodyweight muscle builders need to take supplements just like any other bodybuilder. Your body really doesn't care, or even know, if your reserves of nutrients were used because you were lifting weights or doing decline push ups.
If you are intensely working your body you need to take supplements. But you do not need the latest muscle building supplement guaranteed to pack on 30 pounds of muscle in the first month. No matter how good this sounds these types of supplements have only one purpose. That is to lighten your wallet - not to make lean muscle tissue.
You also do not need HGH, steroids or any other chemical hormone supplement. If you nourish your body properly and exercise with the correct routines, your body will manufacture all …show more content…
Multivitamins
When it comes to muscle building supplements, multivitamins are not the first thing that usually pops to mind. They should be because vitamins are the behind the scenes directors for the nutrients you consume. Without an adequate supply of multivitamins, any other supplement you take will be working below its potential.
BCAA's (Branched Chain Amino Acids)
Branched chain amino acids are critical. They function in promoting protein synthesis and helping transport other amino acids into the muscles for growth and repair.
Our bodies cannot produce BCAA's so we must take them into our bodies. The usual source for them is dietary protein. Intense workouts require supplementation of the diet.
Glutamine
Glutamine boosts your immunity and also assists in the release of Growth Hormone. Intense training quickly depletes the bodies reserves of glutamine and strength and recovery ability is decreased. There is some discussion about its efficacy for bodybuilders, but many have shown that it does work and would not delete it from their diet.
Creatine
If you are intensely working your body you need to take supplements. But you do not need the latest muscle building supplement guaranteed to pack on 30 pounds of muscle in the first month. No matter how good this sounds these types of supplements have only one purpose. That is to lighten your wallet - not to make lean muscle tissue.
You also do not need HGH, steroids or any other chemical hormone supplement. If you nourish your body properly and exercise with the correct routines, your body will manufacture all …show more content…
Multivitamins
When it comes to muscle building supplements, multivitamins are not the first thing that usually pops to mind. They should be because vitamins are the behind the scenes directors for the nutrients you consume. Without an adequate supply of multivitamins, any other supplement you take will be working below its potential.
BCAA's (Branched Chain Amino Acids)
Branched chain amino acids are critical. They function in promoting protein synthesis and helping transport other amino acids into the muscles for growth and repair.
Our bodies cannot produce BCAA's so we must take them into our bodies. The usual source for them is dietary protein. Intense workouts require supplementation of the diet.
Glutamine
Glutamine boosts your immunity and also assists in the release of Growth Hormone. Intense training quickly depletes the bodies reserves of glutamine and strength and recovery ability is decreased. There is some discussion about its efficacy for bodybuilders, but many have shown that it does work and would not delete it from their diet.
Creatine