When it comes to supplements we all know you have got a lot of options.
But I am going to show you today why these 3 are the best options that you can make when
it comes to supplementing around your workout schedule.
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What's up guys?
Jeff Cavaliere AthleanX.com
Now I should say Athlean-Rx.
I promised you last week we would be taking a look into supplements.
And the importance of making right decisions when it comes to what you put in your body.
We all know like I said in the intro.
There are a lot of choices when it comes to supplements these days.
Unfortunately, we have to deal with a lot of bad choices.
I think we have to deal with a lot of confusion, too, as to what do we actually need,- and
what don't we need.
And I think a step further is, when do we actually need this stuff?
Because there are very particular times when you should take certain supplements, that
are actually going to have an effect.
That if you take it later in the day, or too far removed from your workout, or not too
close to the workout beforehand-
You are not going to get any results, whereas you would have, had you taken it at the right
time.
So thinking about all this stuff
We know there's a lot of ways we can take our supplements.
We can take them individually.
We know that creatine is a good supplement.
We know glutamine is good.
We know whey protein, branched chain amino acids...
We have pre-workout stimulants.
We have lots and lots of choices.
But again, there is confusion, because at the end of the day
We line up with 20 or 30 bottles in front of you on the counter.
And you are not sure when you should be taking them.
So that brings me to Athlean-Rx.
And I want to tell you guys exactly what went into this.
Months and months-you probably remember if you were following me here on YouTube, or
even on Facebook
Even my blog-the updates were on a descending path for a long time.
That is because I was so wrapped up and busy in creating my own supplement line.
Because I was really fed up with what I had as options out there.
We have covered this whole pre-workout video before
About how I absolutely hate 1,3-Dimeth
And how it is in actually every single supplement these days.
I am telling you it is going to be banned.
And you don't need to be putting it in your body.
That was kind of the jump off point, in me saying that I have to get something better
out there that you guys can take reliably.
So I went and basically wrapped myself up in what can I produce can I do to produce
the best supplement line out there.
And I really believe that I did.
1-2- and 3 that's it.
Now you are going to notice that all the other supplements are in here.
I was actually able to get everything that you need, exactly when you need it.
So I want to show you here, in the pieces, exactly what goes in Rx-1, Rx-2 and Rx-3,
what makes them different, and when you should take them.
So let's first start taking a look at Athlean Rx-1.
So we are talking about pre-workout here and Athlean Rx-1.
I have already talked about, again, the other stuff that I don't like.
Every single workout these days now is including 1,3-dimethylamylamine, which I have talked
about in a separate video, if you haven't seen it.
Actually I will probably just link it up here.
You can go watch that video if you are.
If you have taken that supplement, watch that video
Then come back and watch this one.
I think it is very important for me to get that message out to you.
I don't think you should be taking it.
But as far as Athlean Rx-1, now this video might be a little bit more of the extended
version here.
Like that 13 tips video that I did a while back for abs.
But you guy said you liked it.
I want to get into the details that you understand, what it is that you are putting in your body.
With Athlean Rx-1, I kind of broke it down just a little bit here, a little bit of a
cheat sheet.
We have different areas of focus.
Now we are talking about pre-workout.
What is the goal?
The goal is to have an ability to generate energy to get you to the workout.
And you have to have the energy to be able to sustain it.
So you can through the work without a drop-off
Because again, if this is for performance, for with my athletes.
We don't want to have a good burst of energy for the start of the game, but a tail-off
in performance by the end of the game.
So we want to get the energy, and be able to sustain it.
And we also want to do this without dehydrating you.
Because we know a lot of the pre-workout stimulants, are dehydrators.
So if you look at what we did here in Athlean Rx-1.
For our energy component we have both the natural and herbal form of caffeine.
So caffeine anhydrous would be the clinical version of caffeine.
And we have guarana
Which is our herbal version of caffeine.
Now why would I use caffeine?
Because it is the most researched, safe, pre-workout stimulus that you can put in your body.
It is approved also by all organizations: the National Anti-Doping Agency.
Everything is approved with caffeine.
So we use very, very safe levels of this.
Now you want to get enough for a stimulant effect.
Just slightly more than a cup of coffee, but well underneath the levels that would produce
jitters, and nerves.
And any side effects that would deter from your performance.
So we have both of those and taurine, the main component of Red Bull.
And green tea, that has been researched.
The active ingredient in green tea can help with metabolism, and increasing your ability
to generate the energy from the food that you are eating.
So, we have got that component.
The next thing we have is our ability to continue this energy drive throughout your workout.
Here you will see things like your B-vitamins: the B-12, again a major component of 5-Hour
Energy.
Which is really all that is.
Beta-alanine, acetyl-carnitine, tyrosine.
Now let me just point out here Beta-alanine.
Beta-alanine, how that works is the beta-alanine shows--studies have actually been done on
humans guys.
Not on animals and lab rats, but on human studies.
Have shown that it can increase carnosine content in your muscle cells.
In your type-2 muscle fibers by about 52 percent.
Even just over a short period of time, like 4 weeks.
What that does is, that helps provide a buffer for lactic acid.
So as you start to work out, start to have lactic acid build-up,
carnosine via the beta-alanine is going to help to deter that.
And prolong your time to fatigue.
Acetyl-carnitine: it can actually take the acetyl group
Which again- it is a little bit nerdy.
I have been here before guys.
We have talked a little bit in this nerdy direction.
But just so you understand what it is.
And how it works.
It donates that acetyl group to another called acetyl-CoA.
Which is an enzyme that helps run, really is the gasoline that runs the metabolic cycle.
So again we don't have to get into all the metabolic cycles.
But this is the one responsible for you generating your energy
And acetyl-CoA is the gasoline that drives that engine.
So we can donate the acetyl group to that, to recycle and replenish that.
So you will have longer, more sustained energy.
Then again tyrosine.
Very effective supplements here guys.
Very effective compounds that do the job, do them well and safely.
Next thing you'll notice we have branched-chain amino acids.
People are very familiar with branched-chain amino acids.
But not in the sense of being a pre-workout addition.
And I can tell you it is an overlooked requirement.
Because branched-chain amino acids already broken down into their metabolized form can
provide not only some useful energy.
To get you through your workout.
But they are doing so in a small enough dose that it is not causing too much of an overload
on your stomach.
At the same time it is setting that stage for the post-workout reconstruction.
That you are going to want to have happen in your muscle cells.
Because we are going to supply them there again too.
But here you have almost that sort of jump start on it.
So to me a pre-workout that ignores branched-chain amino acids is not a wise idea.
We didn't do that in Athlean Rx-1.
Then we have arginine, AKG-alpha-ketoglutarate.
These are things that actually help with the ability to drive blood-flow to the muscles.
So we can recruit more blood to the muscles.
Provide more energy and take away some of that lactic acid.
Flush it out.
It is just a better way.
Now some guys will take it for the muscle pump
That they are supposedly providing in this supplement.
But I am not a big believer in that.
You might experience a little of that.
But long-term that is not going to help too much.
Except as I said, more for the vanity aspects of taking it.
For the most part, the real key here is that those are actually going to bring blood to
the muscles.
The working muscles, and assist them in functioning longer.
Then finally we don't leave anything out in Rx.
We include electrolytes as well.
So we might get a little bit of a dehydrating effect because of the caffeine.
But we want to be able to hydrate through water.
Drinking water, by actually mixing this with water.
But at the same time bringing the electrolytes to replenish that.
You never want to try and replenish just water without the electrolytes.
You want to have them both.
Athlean Rx has them both in there.
So guys as I am saying, you can get a lot of these things individually.
There are a lot of other brands out there.
Unfortunately every single brand that I know of is dipping into that realm of 1,3-Dimeth.
Because people are asking for that and want that.
I am telling you, not only is it not safe for you.
But there are alternatives that are 100 % safe
That are not only going to provide that immediate burst of energy
But provide that long-term sustained energy
That you are going to need to get through your workout.
So Athlean Rx-1 guys.
I am telling you
It actually tastes really good too.
I will move on now.
We are going to go into the post-workout.
This you want to take 30 minutes or so before your workout.
We are going to go to the post-workout next.