General Fitness

Everyone aspires to be fit- whether it is for health reasons or vanity, improving your fitness quotient is always commendable. When you are fit, you not only look your best, but also feel your best. And in order to do that, you might be wondering: How to Find a Personal Trainer?

Trust Me, You Do need a Personal Trainer. However, read this guide on how to hire the best personal trainer (and WARNING signs to look for), or you’ll be sitting at the end of your workout program, wondering where your money went!

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To eat, sleep, and repeat is the dream lifestyle for a lot of us, but hustle culture tends to give us a rude awakening every time we get too cozy with our blankets. It’s 2020 and productivity is the buzzword- whether it is working your job or working out at the gym.

It’s almost like we should feel guilty if we are tempted to catch a rest. Bragging about how little sleep we get and how busy our schedule has been seems to be the order of the day. We forget a very crucial fact- humans are not designed to run on negligible sleep.

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With fitness being a priority a growing trend, and new supplements making their way into the industry, it sometimes becomes difficult to find out the best ones that help. BCAA, or Branched chain amino acids, is one such supplement that has been a topic of mixed reviews since forever.

Questions like are BCAAs necessary, when to take BCAA and how to take BCAA during workout are always on the minds of gym-goers. In this article, I cover these questions surrounding BCAAs in detail.

What are BCAAs

Protein is the building block of muscles, and protein is made up of a collection of amino acids. There are 20 different types of amino acids, and they can be classified into:

a) Essential Amino Acids: These are amino acids that cannot be made by the body. Hence, they are to be taken from an external diet or supplements. There are 9 essential amino acids.
b) Non-Essential Amino Acids: They can be produced by our bodies, even if we do not get them from our diet.
c) Conditional Amino Acids: They are not generally essential, but may be needed during stress or illness.

Out of the 9 essential amino acids, Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine are the most important ones, and they are the ones responsible for maintaining muscle mass and helping you build muscle.

Although BCAAs are available in natural food, there are also many supplements that give you that. In this article we will talk about the supplements and how often you should take the BCAAs, when should you take BCAAs and more.

It is important not to take more than you need so that your body can absorb it properly.

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Have you seen the watery part which gets separated when you make curd? Well, that’s whey. It is a great source of protein and people use it as an extra source to build their health. Whey protein, has been known to have several benefits for those looking to build muscle and improve athletic performance.

In this article, we’ll discuss in detail about the all the 3 types of whey protein powder, so you can decide which one to choose.

People, like athletes, who do strength training use supplements like protein water, pea protein, soy, etc. One of the most popular among these supplements is the whey protein. Whey protein can be obtained in small quantity from milk while making cheese the whey protein gets removed.

There are some great benefits of taking whey protein, including better muscle quality improved body composition, and increased athletic performance.

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