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here is the write up!
AMS Body Mortar, Precise 4 Parts Leucine: 1
Part Isoleucine and Valine (4:1:1 Ratio). Recovery Enhancing Glutamine
and Glycogen Replenishing Carbs = Ultimate Anabolic Cascade.
Undoubtedly, you want every heart pounding, energy
depleting, iron pumping set to count. The conundrum is, with the
plethora of supplements on the market today – how do you choose? How do
you know which one is absolutely the best? You’ve tried many -probably
with decent results. But have you peaked? Have you truly maximized and
stimulated every muscle fiber to generate protein synthesis and
recovery to its max?
Body Mortar is it! The real deal…let me tell you why.
Common knowledge:
Leucine is a
vital essential amino acid; the body cannot synthesize it naturally –
it needs to come from the diet. You’ve undoubtedly heard of its ability
to initiate protein synthesis in skeletal muscle. Importantly, out of
all the BCAA’s, only L-leucine can be oxidized by muscles for ATP
production. By contrast, L-isoleucine and L-valine provide relatively
little energy for muscles, and a molecule of either yields only one
acetyl group. During strenuous exercise, L-leucine is oxidized at a
greatly accelerated pace.
What else:
Leucine serves a
number of purposes in human physiology related to strenuous muscle
damaging exercise. It is a simple, dietary method to help preserve
skeletal muscle tissue, enhance protein synthesis and decrease protein
breakdown during times of catabolism (If you’re training hard enough,
catabolism should be rampant). Leucine’s principle mechanism of action
is activating the anabolic pathway known as mTOR (mammalian target of
rapamycin). This key pathway is a baseline by which the body determines
whether or not sufficient protein exists to begin the synthesis of new
skeletal tissue protein (i.e. muscle). Protein synthesis is initiated
when there is a greater concentration of leucine in the mTOR pathway.
Leucine will also cause a release of insulin, which will further
encourage anabolism (it’s also one reason we added some carbs to Body
Mortar – to capitalize on promoting massive glycogen storage).
Supplemental leucine is ideal to assist in potentiation of anabolic
activities for lean mass promotion and its anti-catabolism properties.
Leucine will also aid muscles in the recovery from the vigorous
training from any type of athlete.
Now let’s get serious (In-depth scientific view):
Leucine most likely controls protein turnover in muscle at the level of
translation initiation. Leucine, when combined with the other two
branched-chain amino acids (BCAA’s) valine and isoleucine, have also
been shown to be anabolic and speed recuperation. BCAA’s have been
shown to independently stimulate muscle protein synthesis, a key
consideration for the ability of the body to induce muscle gains. Other
research has even shown that BCAA supplementation increases the
hormones: testosterone, growth hormone, and insulin. All of these are
highly anabolic hormones. Research also shows that under conditions of
extreme stress, BCAA supplementation was shown to increase muscle mass,
while subjects ingesting a placebo had no such change. *The important
thing here is these people gained muscle under periods of intense
training.
Tell me why Body Mortar?
Let’s
get to the guts of Body Mortar and what makes it so special. Norton’s
group has looked extensively at the pathways related to Leucine and
mTOR. In 2007 his group published a paper on a study demonstrated that
leucine’s effects were synergistic with insulin. Norton states toward
the end of the study “in most cases, the combination of amino acid
supplements with carbohydrates produces additive effects on the
stimulation of the PI3-kinase and mTOR pathways, producing the maximum
rates of protein synthesis during recovery.” In other words, some level
of carbohydrates should be co administered with the leucine and other
amino acids, in order to maximize the mTOR cascade and reap the most
benefits of leucine administration on protein synthesis.
We use the most important muscle too!
A heavily relied on study AMS used in the formulation of Body Mortar
was conducted by Crowe et al, 2006. Here the effects of leucine alone
(no other BCAA’s) were investigated on measures of body power, work and
time to exhaustion. Results from this study showed significant
increases in plasma leucine and additional increases in total power and
time to exhaustion through supplementation of 45 mg/kg over the course
of 6 weeks of supplementation. For a 220 lb bodybuilder, that equates
to 4.5 g Leucine daily. Interestingly though, plasma concentrations of
not only Leucine, but Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine were all increased
through the supplementation of Leucine alone!
More on Body Mortar.
AMS
believes L-leucine is far and above the best of the BCAA family when it
comes to increasing protein synthesis – hence the copious levels
included in Body Mortar to ensure ample supplies.This stems part from
theory part from the scientific community including the work of
Anthony, JC et al 2000 and of course, the Crowe study mentioned above.
However, even though it comprises an integral part of Body Mortar,
L-valine and L-isoleucine are also key ingredients, along with
L-Glutamine – so here are a few of their benefits:
L-valine and L-isoleucine are other essential components of the
BCAA family. They are used to maintain a positive nitrogen balance in
the body. They also help support the repair of skeletal tissues.
Glutamine is known as a cell volumizer and comprises the majority of
dry weight of aminos within the cell. It is a critical component for
recovery and repair of tissues.
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