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1. What Are BCAA
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2. Agenda
• BCAA
• Products
• Energie Needs
• Oxidation
• Supplement Facts
• Benefits
• Dosage
• Timing
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3. BCAA
• Branched-chain amino acids
– Lots of products
– Different supplementation
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4. Products
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5. Energie Needs
• 80-100% of the body's energy
– supplied by fats and carbohydrates
• normal conditions
– amino acids can provide up to 20% of your energy
• muscle proteins
– a rich source of BCAAs
– muscles can use the BCAAs directly
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6. BCAA Oxidation
• BCAA oxidation during exercise
period
– 240% above baseline
• total BCAA oxidation during a
ride
– 90% of the total requirement for
various BCAAs
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7. BCAA Oxidation Conclusion
• Not consumimg enough protein
– to make up for that protein by a workout
– body will strip aminos & BCAA
• from muscles
• This is obviously not something you want to happen
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8. Supplement Facts
• Leucine
• Isoleucine
• Valine
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9. BCAA Benefits
• Boosting Immune Function
• Stimulate Fat Loss
• Increased Recovery
• Anti-Catabolic Effects
• Endurance
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10. Results
• The combination of glutamine and BCAA's
– improve nitrogen balance
– slow down muscle wasting
• low dose combination
– BCAA (3 grams)
– glutamine (5 grams)
– greater gain in muscle mass
– greater gains in strength
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11. BCAA Dosage
• maximize the various anabolic effects
– approximately 9 grams per 100 pounds lean
bodyweight per day.
– BCAA dosages as high as .44 g BCAA per kg of lean
bodyweight
• 220 lbs (total weight) - 20 lbs (body fat in lbs)=
200 lbs / 2.2= 90.91 kg (weight in kg) X .44g =
40 grams BCAA per day.
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12. BCAA Timing
• splitting the dosage in half
– consuming half 30 minutes prior
– other half immediately after the workout
• periods of dieting
– supplemental levels of 2-5 grams BCAA and
glutamine between meals
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