Piracetam
The mechanism of action of this nootropic is to simplify the transmission of neuroimpulses through the main excitatory neurotransmitter - glutamate, which speeds up the flow of thoughts and affects the consolidation of the memory trace. In sports, the main interesting effects of piracetam are its stabilizing effect on mitochondrial membranes, which work especially actively during active sports, simplification of the binding of acetylcholine to its receptors, which improves motor control, since neuromuscular synapses work on acetylcholine, as well as the ability piracetam enhances the effectiveness of the body's natural antioxidant systems. In addition, piracetam enhances metabolic processes in cells through increased activation of adenylate cyclase and, as a result, an increase in the content of the signaling substance cyclic adenosine monophosphate in cells, which mediates the anabolic effects of piracetam. Due to the peculiarities of its action, the drug significantly improves metabolic processes and blood circulation in the brain, accelerates redox processes, increases the rate of glucose processing, promoting its rapid utilization and thereby increasing the energy potential of the human body. But the most important property of Piracetam is that this drug normalizes the flow of blood, along with oxygen and nutrients, to ischemic areas of the brain.
Usually the drug is prescribed for almost any neurological and psychiatric conditions, both separately and as part of complex therapy. This drug is especially often prescribed in our country for vegetative-vascular dystonia and many other conditions, but it also happens that healthy people - athletes - take it in order to speed up adaptation to significant physical activity. The recommended dosage is 800-1600 mg 3 times a day, the course duration is from 14 days to several months, the upper limit of the course duration has not been established due to the fact that this drug is not addictive and has no pronounced side effects.
Possible additives
Unlike general supplements that work to support overall health, this group includes supplements that affect workout success. You should take care of sports supplements only after you have taken care of vitamins and proper nutrition.
Protein powders
Protein powder is a cross between a food and a supplement. This is dry filtered milk whey in concentrated form. Protein protein cannot replace all of your daily protein, but can be used as a supplement if you cannot meet your protein requirement from regular foods. Protein consumed before and after training will provide the body with the most quickly absorbed amino acids and help with recovery. But it is not a mandatory supplement for any jock and fit; in itself, the mere fact of its use does not grow muscles and does not burn fat.
Amino acids BCAA
BCAAs are the three essential amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine. Many studies have shown that BCAAs (and especially leucine) play a major role in muscle growth (protein synthesis) and for this reason BCAAs are often suggested for athletes trying to gain muscle mass. Research has also shown that BCAAs can reduce fatigue during high-intensity exercise and protect muscles from breakdown.
A person who eats complete protein and reaches his daily requirement (2 g per kg of weight) gets enough BCAA. Their highest concentration is in milk proteins: whey protein (powders) and casein (powder or cottage cheese). Cons BCAA is an expensive supplement, especially since it starts working at 10-20 grams per day.
Creatine
Creatine is an acid found in the body and is involved in energy metabolism in nerve and muscle cells. Several hundred studies have shown its effectiveness and safety. Creatine improves training performance, reduces fatigue, and helps increase working weights. The biggest danger of using creatine is a slight weight gain of a couple of kilograms due to the fluid retention it causes in the body.
Caffeine
A CNS stimulant taken before exercise may improve strength and endurance during exercise. With daily use, addiction develops, so you should not get carried away with any stimulants. However, it works and, moreover, is the basis of many pre-workout supplements along with creatine.
Glutamine
Glutamine is an amino acid that is found in protein products and comes to us with food. Typically, bodybuilders taking glutamine as a supplement believe that it repairs and even builds muscle (which it does not). Glutamine is interesting on the other hand - it is an amino acid that is actively involved in the functioning of the immune system. Heavy training in itself, and especially in combination with diet, can weaken the immune system. Research on glutamine in relation to the immune system today is conflicting - some show that it works, others that it does not. In any case, if you suffer from frequent colds during strength training, try taking glutamine.
Choline alphoscerate
Stimulates the functioning of the nervous system by activating the formation and release of acetylcholine and phosphatidylcholine in neuronal membranes. Strengthens cholinergic neurotransmission, optimizes the plasticity of neuronal membranes and receptor function, greatly enhances cerebral circulation, and has a positive effect on the overall metabolism of the central nervous system.
Many athletes have paid attention to choline alfoscerate due to its ability, in dosages of 600 mg, to double the secretion of somatotropic hormone (growth hormone) in response to physical activity, which increases the anabolic potential of the body.
In addition to influencing the cholinergic system of the brain and the state of neuronal membranes, choline alfoscerate is able to increase the synthesis of dopamine in the frontal lobes, which also gives extremely desirable effects for athletes: increased concentration, motivation and attention.
Alpha GPC
1999 rub.
In foreign sources there are often reviews that talk about a strong increase in control over voluntary movements. Hand movements, fine motor skills, and more complex movements become much more accessible to voluntary control, which in theory can very well affect, for example, athletics or figure skating. Although the benefits of such an effect have great potential, there will definitely be people who can put this effect to good use and will be able to achieve great results.
Choline alfoscerate has been used for decades in neurological practice, including for serious damage to the central nervous system, such as traumatic brain injury, and has shown its complete safety even with prolonged use of up to several years continuously, during recovery from strokes. Choline alfoscerate is completely metabolized by the body into nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide and has virtually no side effects other than extremely rare nausea due to increased dopamine levels.
Which cottage cheese should athletes choose?
Let's first find out what types of this product exist:
- Acid rennet – produced from pasteurized milk using a special rennet enzyme and lactic acid.
- Acid curd - to prepare the product, skim or pasteurized milk is used, and only lactic acid.
- Separate - first, low-fat cottage cheese is made, and then the resulting product is mixed with cream. As a result, you can get cottage cheese with any fat content.
We have already said that athletes need to pay attention to the fat content of the product. The best choice would be low-fat or low-fat cottage cheese. At night, we recommend consuming grain curd, which is curd grains mixed with a certain amount of cream. This product has a fairly low energy value, which is about 155 calories for every hundred grams of cottage cheese.
You should not pay attention to the various curd cheeses and masses that are present in abundance on store shelves. They contain a lot of fat and sugar, which is unacceptable. Any bodybuilder wants to progress and for this he tries to choose only a high-quality product. Choose only cottage cheese that has a crumbly consistency.
GABA
Or gamma-aminobutyric acid. This drug is the first truly nootropic drug, which began to be used shortly before the advent of piracetam. By its nature, GABA is an amino acid that is the main inhibitory transmitter in the brain. But its properties as a nootropic drug are not due to this fact. The brain is able to utilize GABA for plastic and energy needs on a par with glucose, that is, in essence, additional intake of GABA is a kind of “bait” for the brain, which is reflected in the use of GABA in neurological practice. GABA is used for delayed development in children, for those who have suffered injuries to the central nervous system, strokes, and adaptation disorders.
GABA
399 rub.
Recently, GABA has become especially popular among athletes due to its ability to cause increased release of growth hormone in doses of 2.5 to 5 g. It makes sense to drink such dosages only at night, as they have a pronounced sedative effect. Taking GABA in such doses at night, athletes note a decrease in the recovery period after strength training, an increase in strength indicators and an accelerated gain of muscle mass, which is a consequence of increased synthesis of growth hormone. Due to its complete safety and naturalness, this substance can increasingly be found in sports nutrition stores.
Restrictions and contraindications.
1. Restrictions on the use of special nutrition may be associated with personal preferences regarding the taste, consistency and chemical composition of isotonic drinks, gels or bars. We highly recommend checking the effect of any sports nutrition before important starts in training, during long races in conditions as close as possible to real ones.
2. Contraindications for the use of sports nutrition - allergies, gastrointestinal diseases, metabolic disorders, diabetes, chronic heart, kidney and liver diseases. Before starting to use sports nutrition, it is advisable to consult a doctor about its use.
Author: Alexander Kozlov (c)
Yohimbine
This is a dietary supplement of natural origin, the effect of which is to stimulate the activity of the central nervous system, as well as to increase the release of testosterone and improve erectile function. You will need to take 2 tablets three times a day for 10 days. In combination with other nootropics, Yohimbine has a much more pronounced subjective effect: increased strength, a strong increase in blood flow in the pelvic organs. These effects are very noticeable. Yohimbine accelerates the fat burning process, so it is good during the “drying” period, not even as part of fat burning complexes, but on its own, since its effectiveness is extremely high. Despite the fact that it is a dietary supplement and not a medicinal substance, Yohimbine has gained recognition among sports pharmacologists and practicing doctors. In addition to these effects, yohimbine has one, although documented, but little-studied effect. Taking yohimbine provokes vivid and memorable dreams, which is a pleasant addition to the other effects of yohimbine that are important and useful in practice.
Yohimbine and Peruvian Maca
449 rub.
Is it possible to have cottage cheese overnight?
You probably know that eating any food accelerates the synthesis of insulin. Cottage cheese can be an excellent way to eliminate excess hormone, which will help avoid fat gain. Before going to bed, it is enough to eat a glass of the product to slow down the catabolic processes at night and thereby preserve muscle mass.
Many nutritionists advise people who decide to lose weight to consume cottage cheese. Of course, to achieve positive results you should also exercise. Here are the basic rules for taking cottage cheese before bed:
- Consume about a glass of cottage cheese and this amount of product should fit on a saucer. It is not advisable to add sugar to cottage cheese; use fruits or dried fruits.
- In addition to cottage cheese, you can eat other foods that have a low energy value.
- You need to drink at least two liters of water throughout the day.
- Use only low-fat cottage cheese.
- Use the product an hour or two before going to bed.
Cottage cheese is useful not only for athletes, but also for people whose diet does not have enough protein compounds. This product will not only replenish the amino acid pool, but will also supply the body with calcium, which, as is known, is intensively absorbed exclusively at night during sleep. If you want to lose weight, but are unable to sleep on an empty stomach, then cottage cheese will help you with this.
Cottage cheese can be consumed by adults and children. This is a very useful product, however, it can also be harmful. This is possible only in two situations:
- Individual immunity.
- Low quality of the product itself.
DMAA
The effectiveness of DMAA is clearly hinted at by the total ban on the use of this drug at any sporting competition that has doping control. DMAA is the strongest psychostimulant after amphetamine-type stimulants with a good tendency to enhance physical performance. DMAA causes an increased release of norepinephrine, for the central nervous system this is expressed in an increase in the speed of thinking, attention and memory; many describe the effects of DMAA when taking small doses as enhanced caffeine.
Increased physical performance is also associated with adrenergic mechanisms. Reduced fatigue, greatly increased endurance, the ability to literally move mountains or lift huge weights in the gym. Strength indicators increase especially strongly when taking DMAA, which sports nutrition manufacturers could not help but take advantage of by adding this substance to their pre-workout complexes, the entire “complex” of which is, by and large, only an accompaniment precisely to the effects and action of DMAA itself.
Caffeine capsules
269 rub.
In addition to increasing strength and endurance, DMAA stimulates fat burning, which is also good during the “drying” period, as well as during physical activity itself, including strength training. By releasing fatty acids from fat stores, DMAA provides the body with an additional source of energy in sufficient quantities for exercise.
What is sports nutrition?
Sports nutrition is a complex of supplements that is used by people actively involved in sports to replenish expended energy and increase productivity during training or during competitions. Most often, such supplements are available in the form of gels, bars, tablets, or powder mixtures. Natural products are used as raw materials for their production: milk, eggs, meat, soy or cereals. All raw materials for sports nutrition undergo special processing and purification in special factories, and at the end of production a concentration process occurs, which allows increasing the concentration of nutrients per 100 grams of product. Thus, sports fans receive highly concentrated complexes that are convenient to use depending on their goals, time and type of use.
Sports nutrition in one form or another is almost mandatory if you are seriously involved in running or other cyclic sports.
There are several reasons for this:
1. Athletes spend many times more energy during training and competitions than ordinary people. “Regular” food is not enough for them simply in quantity. Regular jogging depletes the body's internal resources. The general acceleration of metabolism due to active exercise, coupled with increased sweating during running training, contributes to the active leaching of necessary minerals from the body, which are important to replenish in a timely manner. In order for the body to maintain the necessary balance of necessary substances sufficient for the training period and for competitions, athletes have to consume much more carbohydrates, proteins, etc. This means that they would have to eat several times more food than people who do not exercise: instead of one chicken, two, instead of one sandwich, two, etc.
2. “Sports” nutrition is balanced taking into account the fact that the person who consumes it is intensely involved in sports. The percentages of carbohydrates, amino acids, fats, proteins, minerals are verified, optimal and exactly correspond to their purpose. No more, no less.
3. Sports nutrition is absorbed by the body more easily, because it does not contain the “ballast” of unnecessary substances from regular food, which means it is absorbed by the body much better.
4. Runners, along with sweat during training and competitions, lose a significant amount of minerals necessary for the body: potassium, calcium, zinc, magnesium, etc. Only sports nutrition can fully and quickly restore the full range of microelements in the body, both during the training period and during races.
5. Form of sports nutrition packaging. During long distances, such as marathons or long trails, runners have no way to carry the necessary food with them to compensate for energy costs. Sports nutrition is available in convenient packaging that you can take with you: gels, bars, tablets.
Ray Energy
Ray Energy is a complex drug with a unique composition. In addition to the typical pre-workout and fat-burning complexes of DMAA, caffeine and synephrine, Ray Energy also contains cayenne pepper extract, theanine and acetylsalicylic acid.
Theanine helps to soften the “explosive” effect of DMAA in combination with synephrine, preventing the psyche from becoming overexcited and relaxing the smooth muscles of blood vessels, preventing pressure from rising. And it is the presence of this component in the composition that allows Ray Energy to be used not only in sports, as a pre-workout or fat-burning complex, but also as an “everyday” psychostimulant along with phenotropil.
Red pepper extract is rich in antioxidants and flavonoids, and it also contains the substance capsaicin, which is beneficial for the cardiovascular system and also relaxes the smooth muscles of blood vessels and does not allow pressure to increase during power loads.
Acetylsalicylic acid is added for the same purpose as it is added to fat burners of the ECA class (ephedrine-caffeine-aspirin), and also reduces the risk of blood clots and the negative impact of stimulant drugs on the cardiovascular system.
Ray Energy
449 rub.
Essentially, Ray Energy is a universal drug and can be used as a pre-workout complex and as a fat burner during cardio training. The capsule contains substances that significantly reduce the risk of side effects and at the same time neutralize the hypothetical harm from such powerful substances as DMAA and synephrine on the cardiovascular system and the body as a whole.
