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<\/p>\nBuck here. In this article, I want to touch on what supplements are required for building lean muscle. Supplements — beyond just pre-workout and protein powder \u2014 are often the missing link when it comes to making serious gains. I know this all too well.<\/p>\n
Recently, I hit a plateau in my training. It left me distraught. I\u2019m not proud to admit this, but I even lost my way in a sea of donuts for a while. However, like any noble buck \u2014 or doe \u2014 on the noble quest for aesthetic glory, I found my way back to the path. How I did it is simple; I thought about my weak areas, then zeroed in one at a time.<\/p>\n
The best supplements for building muscle are ones that can balance hormones, boost workout efficiency, optimize muscle recovery, improve protein synthesis, and fit the budget.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
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If you\u2019re anything like I was, then a percentage of what I just said soared right over your head. Trust me, I feel your pain. The fitness industry is filled with pretentious technical jargon that makes physiology and supplementation irritatingly more complex than it should be.<\/p>\n
Lucky for you, I\u2019m just a simple buck. I hated school. It doesn\u2019t behoove me to explain anything like those snobby professors \u2014 who I still owe my next 80 years worth of wages to because our education system is way too bank friendly. Let\u2019s break down what requirements your supplements should meet.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no secret that hormones play a massive role in our everyday lives. Although there\u2019s a ridiculous amount of hormones found in our bodies, we only need to understand those that have an impact on our goals \u2014 build muscle, shed fat, improve athleticism.<\/p>\n
Not only does testosterone host a myriad of benefits in our everyday lives such as promoting healthy bones, skin, and brain, it also plays a critical role in fitness-related functions such as:<\/p>\n
Okay, here’s the thing. This section is all about a certain thing we all produce but the big Goo*** won’t let us say. We hate tyranny, but being mere peons, must bend to their will. Or, at least appear as we are. So, the following section is about Growth More-moans. Yup, we can’t say the real word AT ALL. But I’m sure you’ve taken a poetry class during your angsty teenage years. Find the word that rhymes with More-moans, and anytime you read more-moans, pretend it’s the real word. If that’s not clear enough, just remember that Whores Moan (at least the well-paid ones)<\/p>\n
Growth spurts, healthy skin, all those things we took for granted as children. Growth More-moans (GM –but actually G then H) is a peptide more-moan that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration. Cells are often called the building blocks of life. Healthy levels of GM can help with several things, including:<\/p>\n
Unlike the previous two hormones where more is almost always better, Insulin needs to be kept at healthy levels \u2014 not too high, not too low. When optimized, insulin can benefit your life in some powerful ways:<\/p>\n
Your built-in alarm system, Cortisol is the stress hormone. It factors into blood pressure regulation, inflammation, as well as the sleep\/wake cycle. There are those that would advise you to treat cortisol like it’s some vampire vanting to suck your gains avay. They command that you stay away from it, hold garlic at all times, stab it with a stake. They’re wrong. Even working out can elevate Cortisol levels, and it’s not like you would stop that. All you want is a healthy balance. Things that help:<\/p>\n
The primary female hormone, Estrogen has some niche benefits that really only apply to women — or men looking to transition. But, outside of those scenarios…best to keep that hormone as low as possible. Especially in fitness, where it can pretty much be considered the devil — not the charming one from the television series Lucifer, <\/i>more like the one from Dante\u2019s Inferno.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\nBoost Workout Efficiency<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s no secret that to build muscle, gain strength, or lose fat you need to work out. I\u2019m not talking about hopping on the elliptical for fifty easy minutes and calling it good. Although that has its applications \u2014 physical therapy, bodybuilding competition prep, an obese person just starting out, deloading phases\u00a0 \u2014 lackadaisical exercise is not how you evolve.<\/p>\n
To truly evolve to the next best stage of your self <\/i>the word exercise shouldn\u2019t even be in your vocabulary. Replace it with working out, training, and practicing. And to be as effective with your workouts as possible, you need proper support. Sure, that can come in the form of nutrition, but no matter how perfect your nutrition is, you still might be leaving gains on the table.<\/p>\n
You need a supplement stack that can help with:<\/p>\n
Tear and repair. That\u2019s how you build muscle and gain strength. When you tear down muscle fibers, your body repairs or replaces damaged muscle fibers through a cellular process where it fuses muscle fibers together to make new muscle protein fibers or strands, similar to weaving several strands together to form a thicker, stronger rope. These repaired muscle fibers increase in number and thickness, resulting in muscle hypertrophy (growth).<\/p>\n
This requires proper nutrition, no doubt. But most of us don\u2019t have a perfect diet. And those of you that do can still optimize through supplementation \u2014 although, for the record, if you tell me your diet is perfect I can probably point out 3 potential flaws within one glance of your Myfitnesspal<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The most efficient ways to accelerate muscle recovery: optimize hormones, shuttle nutrients as effectively as possible, provide proteins and amino acids (the building blocks of proteins). The right supplement stack will be able to deliver on all those fronts.<\/p>\n
Protein synthesis is actually a process that occurs in all organs. For our goals, we\u2019re focused on muscle protein synthesis. Join me for a metaphor, if you will. If you were to write a story, you\u2019d need to type one word, then another, and another. And eventually, you\u2019d have a story.<\/p>\n
Think of muscle protein synthesis as the same. Each muscle is a story. Each protein is a word. Muscle protein synthesis is the act of adding words until you have the story. Easy enough, right? Just keep typing. Wrong.<\/p>\n
Your story is saved in a shared .doc and there\u2019s someone else who has access to edit that doc. We\u2019ll call this backspace happy editor Muscle Protein Breakdown. For every word you type, the editor deletes one too. For every protein you add, muscle protein breakdown takes one. You have to type faster than they can hit backspace.<\/p>\n
To put it differently, muscle growth occurs whenever the rate of muscle protein synthesis is greater than the rate of muscle protein breakdown.<\/p>\n
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Fun fact: Bruce Wayne (Batman) was the OG biohacker. He had a system that provided daily biofeedback to inform him what vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and so forth he needed. Obviously he needed a lot, considering he had to deal with the stresses of running a multi-billion dollar company, training everyday, as well as save a city that always needed saving.<\/p>\n
While none of us have the same struggles as Batman, we also don\u2019t have nearly the same amount of resources \u2014 unless you\u2019re Dave Asprey, then hi Dave, thanks for joining.\u00a0We can\u2019t afford to spend unholy amounts of money on supplements every month. We have a mortgage, car payments, credit cards, Billy\u2019s piano lessons, Joanna\u2019s ju-jitsu class, and of course $200,000 of debt for a college degree we\u2019ll never use.<\/p>\n
The optimal supplement stack is affordable, yes. But don\u2019t confuse affordable with cheap \u2014 if you can find your supplements in the same place where you find your toilet paper, that should raise a red flag. You want quality and value.<\/p>\n
Now that you know all the things required to build a perfect supplement stack, I can finally tell you the good news. Bucked Up Supplements has us covered. This muscle building stack has achieved the improbable.<\/p>\n
I just don\u2019t think you can beat that stack. You can call me biased, I don\u2019t mind — I absolutely am. But you want to know what isn\u2019t biased? Math. At higher levels, it might make you feel like you need to return to kindergarten, but it\u2019s never biased. So, let\u2019s do the math.<\/p>\n
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