What is VSAA?

BCAAs are so-called branched-chain amino acids. Or amino acids consisting of two or more chains. In this case, you are dealing with such amino acids as leucine, valine and isoleucine. They are in a complex and form the amino acid BCAA.

BCAAs are key amino acids for building muscle. Our muscles consist of 35% of them. They are irreplaceable and cannot be produced by our body. Therefore, they must be taken with food or special sports supplements.

What is the effect of BCAAs in bodybuilding.

Sports scientists have been researching these branched-chain amino acids for a long time, and came to a conclusion. That they are not only absolutely safe for humans, but also have a number of useful qualities, which makes them one of the most common sports nutrition.

That’s what BCAA does

It insures muscles from destruction, stops catabolism, by stimulating the production of glutamine and alanine by the body. They can successfully fight catabolism.

Increases muscle strength and volume
Burns excess body fat
Increases the absorption of sports nutrition.

BCAAs stimulate the body to produce its own protein. That is what the last point is about. If you take a protein or a gainer along with BCAAs, then it will not only be better absorbed and get into the muscles more quickly, but also start the process of synthesizing your own protein. In addition, BCAAs are a substrate for energy synthesis, like creatine.

In other words, once in the body, BCAA begins to work in three directions at once.

Provides you with energy for percussion work in the hall.
Helps to absorb nutrition, including sports and sends protein straight to the muscles.
Stimulates the production of its own protein by the body and thereby prevents the process of muscle breakdown – catabolism.
This is what makes this amino acid so important in gaining muscle mass and increasing strength.

How to take BCAA?

I recommend taking BCAAs as well as creatine. On training days, one teaspoon one hour before and immediately after training. On rest days, eat 1 teaspoon in the morning and one in the evening before bed.

BCAAs can be successfully combined with proteins, gainers, creatine and glutamine. It turns out such an anabolic mixture of nutrients. We will talk about the latter separately.

taken one hour before BCAA training provides us with energy and creates a “protein” cushion that will take the brunt of training in the gym and will not allow our muscles to fall apart under the influence of this stress. And if you take BCAAs immediately after training, along with a gainer or protein, then once in the muscles, it will immediately begin the process of muscle protein synthesis and recovery of injured muscles, due to the additionally taken protein. The action of the BCAA can be compared with the action of the commander of an artillery battery. She gives the order to muscle cells to start dividing and assimilating the protein. Let you drink a protein shake, but if you do not take BCAAs with it, the body may not understand what to do with all this protein. By the way, if you look at the composition of your protein or gainer, then there you will surely find leucine and valine and isoleucine. But there will be no harm if you take another extra serving. This will only enhance the effect.

And again, I will make a reservation. All these vitamins and amino acids should be used and considered by you only as a supplement to normal and healthy food. If you take BCAAs and at the same time exercise little or not effectively, eat fast food and have little rest, you will not get any effect. The right training and rest regimen, the right diet plus the help of protein, BCAAs and creatine intake is the key to your success.