Everybody agrees that your body requires energy to exercise to its maximum potential. Whether it is high intensity interval training or endurance training, your energy levels must be high to prevent your muscles feeling fatigued. Food and pre-workout supplements can help support your workout and delay the feeling of fatigue by boosting energy levels. Pre-workout supplement can be taken in the form of a meal, a snack or a supplement. In each of which the timings may vary, but protein should be a key nutrient in all of them to support muscle maintenance and growth. Carbohydrates are directly linked to the body’s energy levels. They contain glucose, which help to increase glycogen levels for later blood sugar use in the body. With blood sugar levels elevated, energy is readily available to be burned. Energy levels deplete rapidly during exercise and pre-workout drinks can help to ensure muscle stores and energy levels remain high for optimum performance. Here we explore the three types of pre-workout supplements you can consume:
A standard pre-workout meal contains both fundamental macronutrients – proteins and carbohydrates. These should be ideally consumed around two hours before the commencement of one’s exercise routine. This allows the body to have enough time to digest prior to the regime and thereby use it adequately. The basic aim of a pre-workout supplement, is to contribute to the energy levels of the body in such a way that your muscled stores are completely saturated during exercise. An ideal pre-workout meal consists of a boost of 300 to 400 calories, thereby making you feel full but not bloated.
Pre-workout snacks offer a much more portable, customizable and simpler option for calorie boosts as compared to meals. These can ideally be eaten about 30 minutes before the commencement of one’s workout routine. One of the basic elements that define a pre-workout snack is that they should only contain simple carbohydrates and proteins. Complex nutrients require more time to be broken down and assimilated into your body as compared to simple ones.
The blending of a pre-workout supplement with a liquid base like milk of water results in the creation of a pre-workout drink. The main difference here is that most pre-workout drinks, as opposed to supplements, contain creatine as a crucial ingredient in them. The inclusion of this ingredient essentially allows the pre-workout formula to saturate the creatine stores in your muscles thereby ensuring better endurance and stamina.
The main brands that make pre-workout supplements are As-It-IS Nutrition, Cellucor, Muscleblaze, GAT, Big Muscles Nutrition, DAAKI, Dynamik Muscle, Elite Labs USA, ESN, Fast And UP, etc. The online prices of these products can range from Rs. 300 to Rs. 5000.
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