You just finished killing it in the gym
You gave it all your all
But it is what happens next 45 minutes that determines the ultimate success from that
workout that you just had.
It's all about your post-workout nutrition.
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Hey Guys- Jeff Cavaliere AthleanX.com
Here we are Part 2 of our supplement series.
And you can see I am back in the gym, which hopefully means I just finished a hard Athlean-X
workout.
And we have all heard that after your workout is the most important time to get in the right
stuff for your muscles.
That will quick start that repair process.
And you are right, it is actually true.
That window of opportunity- 30 to 45 minutes after your workout.
Again, very, very true.
What about what it is you need to take?
We have heard about whey protein and glutamine, creatine.
Should it be taken before or after your workout?
All this stuff is true and these are really good questions
But the fact of the matter is you have a lot of options out there.
Unfortunately a lot of guys rely on trying to buy many different separate things.
So they will buy the creatine, the glutamine, the whey protein.
It is going to wind up running you up a pretty hefty bill at the end of the month.
You know, a few cell phone bills at least.
But is it necessary, is it necessary to buy it that way?
And I say absolutely 100 percent not, no.
Because what you have to do is
You can take everything all at one shot
And get it to your muscles exactly when you need it.
Which is what Athlean-X is all about.
So my favorite which is Athlean Accelerate, which is in the Athlean Rx series 1,2,and
3.
So guys, when you see this, you are going to know right away.
This is exactly what you need to be taking, because there is nothing else.
No fillers and no other garbage that you don't need.
So let me show you exactly what it is and why.
Guys, you can always question what it is I do.
I have thick skin, I can take it.
I feel it is my responsibility to explain to you why I put something in here.
Why I feel you should take something as part of your post-workout.
And so that is what I want to do, explain this.
So if it gets a little bit long, or scientific at times, just understand where it is coming
from.
It is coming from me wanting to make sure you are informed.
So in Athlean Rx2 we have whey isolates-I will go back over these with you.
Whey isolate protein, I think you can see that- 20 grams.
5 grams of BCAAs, again we have it in pre-workout.
We are going to get it kick-started
Now we are going to follow it up with another 5 grams of BCAAs.
We have 5 grams of glutamine in here.
Which again, at night we are going to follow it up with another 5 grams.
You will see that again in the next part of the video series.
Kre-alkalyn, which sounds like creatine but it is very, very different.
I have actually had a bit of an epiphany when it comes to creatine.
And I am going to explain why here.
HMB which is another metabolic which is going to help you post-workout.
And ALA, which is an absorption aid.
So let me go back over this real quick.
The whey isolate-we know that there are many, many different types of proteins.
We have branched chain amino acids that are already broken down into the fully metabolized
form.
you have whey isolate, whey concentrate, casein protein.
People get confused of when it is good to take the different forms.
Or should they take anything different?
Should they just take whey proteins?
Well whey is a really highly absorbable form of protein.
And it is very, very concentrated.
Again, if you get the isolated form, it is very very pure.
It is very, very effective.
The muscles will absorb that quickly and readily.
And that's why you want to take that right now after your workout.
Protein is going to help you to kick-start that recovery, to get your muscles back into
that anabolic mode, right away, which will sustain you throughout the night.
As you will see in Part 3 with our Reconstruction, with our Nighttime Recovery.
Branched chain amino acids.
Again, we talked about them as well.
They are another form of highly absorbable protein which we can use in our muscles.
To repair them, get them back, rebound, recovery.
Remember, Athlean-X is all about recovery.
You have to be able to recover from your workouts.
To come back the next day, apply another stress to it,
The body lifting the heavy weights.
And then, providing the stimulus with the bar, but then providing the recovery with
what it is that you take.
Right here, with Athlean-Rx.
Glutamine, 5 grams of glutamine.
We actually put that in there.
The most abundant amino acid in the body.
You deplete it as you work out.
Especially if you work out hard.
So we want to replenish that.
And we have done that by putting it right in this post-workout.
Right when you need it.
Remember guys, your supplementation is all about what you take, and also WHEN you need
it.
Glutamine, after a workout-you take it then.
Which leads us right into the next point here, creatine.
Creatine, guys, post-workout supplement for me.
I am not into the believability of creatine as an energy precursor.
So guys that take it before their workout.
I think if you just get your levels topped off.
Which is why, when we get to our maintenance dose, we are good there.
I think it is more the anabolic effects that creatine can have
By keeping your muscle cells hydrated.
By keeping that environment hydrated.
So that we know that a hydrated environment is more anabolic.
It is like a flower in the desert, you know.
The likelihood of it staying alive for very long is not very high.
But you put that in a pot of water and you pay attention to it.
That plant is going to thrive and grow
And that is what happens with your muscles.
You have got to have a hydrated environment for that to happen.
So creatine is a great source for that
But the source of creatine, creatine monohydrate, which I have been on record here.
I have talked about the great benefit of creatine monohydrate.
It wasn't until I actually talked to a scientist-
when I was going through the development of the Athlean Rx supplements.
About the benefits of Kre-alkalyn.
And I am very open-minded guys.
I like to hear what it is, what are the benefits.
And I became very convinced that Kre-alkalyn is the form of creatine that you want to take.
Why?
Because it is an alkyl, it is an alkaline form-
Which means it is more basic versus acidic.
So on this Ph scale that we have in chemistry.
Anything that is lower in Ph is going to be more acidic.
And something that is higher is going to be called more alkaline.
Well anything that is higher, more alkaline is going to be better received by the body.
So when you can the Ph of your body, right where it needs to be-
You have a better chance to absorb what it is.
Not just the creatine in this supplement.
But everything that you are taking throughout the rest of the day.
Kre-alkalyn because of that, because it is more absorbed by the muscles, allows us to
take lower dosages every day actually, too.
We are looking at maintenance dosages of only 2 to 3 grams of Kre-alkalyn versus the 5 grams
that you need of creatine monohydrate.
So you will also not see any creatine build-up, usually from taking Kre-alkalyn.
Which you could see as a by-product of the creatine monohydrate.
So all the advantages in my sense, Kre-alkalyn is more expensive.
But guys, it is worth every single penny.
So I would switch to the Kre-alkalyn from if I were you.
And I would also take it in the post-workout.
And that is why I have included it in Athlean-Rx2.
Then again, at the bottom here, HMB, shown to be a help in recovery.
We have burn patients.
They did many, many studies on humans.
Burn patients took HMB, it actually helped to preserve proteins, conserve them and not
utilize them as much.
So you can use them more in an anabolic sense.
And ALA which I will talk about a little more in Part 3.
But it is an absorption aid.
It is what you take to actually help you keep the dollars that you are spending on your
supplements.
Going to what they are being spent on, on what they are actually being used.
Instead of buying your supplements, and pissing away half of what you take, because you are
not absorbing it.
ALA will help you absorb it.
Again, when it is a post-workout, when it is all about absorption-
How much you can get into your muscle cells after a workout.
That's why you want to take it.
That is why it is in Athlean-Rx2.
Guys, stay tuned.
Part 3 of the series coming very, very soon.
We are going to talk about night time recovery.
The most important time in the whole day, I think, in getting your recovery supplementation
right.
You are going to see exactly how to do it.
In the meantime, head over to Athleanrx.com.
If you don't even want to wait to complete the series.
And grab your 3 part kit: Athlean-Rx 1,2, and 3.
Everything you need, exactly when you need it.
In a simple 3 step formula, that's how we do it here at Athlean-X.
Guys, I will be back here again with Part 3.
See ya.