Why an optimal intra-workout product is just as important as pre- and post-workout supplementation
While most bodybuilders and strength athletes pay meticulous attention to their pre-workout supplementation and would never finish a training session without their post-workout shake immediately after the last set, many of them more or less completely overlook the importance of optimal intra-workout supplementation. For most, a mineral drink, perhaps containing a few simple carbohydrates such as dextrose or maltodextrin, is the ultimate.
If you belong to this group of strength athletes and bodybuilders, we have important news for you: If you train really intensively and forgo the right intra-workout nutrition, you are giving away enormous potential and consciously or unconsciously foregoing some of your potential gains!
Yes, we knew that you wouldn't be completely indifferent to this, which is why we have put together Infusion, an optimized intra-workout drink that meets even the needs and demands of a bodybuilder.
But what exactly are the benefits that Infusion Intra-Workout can bring you? The short version is this:
A generous serving of so-called cluster dextrins, which have the advantage of less gastric retention time and little impact on your insulin levels compared to all other soluble carbohydrates such as glucose, other simple sugars or maltodextrin, ensures that you are continuously supplied with maximum energy during your hard workouts.
The 14,000 mg megadose of essential amino acids, which contains 8,000 mg of BCAAs in the optimal 2:1:1 ratio, provides your muscles with much needed essential amino acids during training and can either completely prevent or at least greatly reduce the otherwise unavoidable training-induced catabolic environment, which initially causes muscle protein breakdown during training before rebuilding takes place after training during recovery. As a result, your body can begin recovery more quickly after training, less lost muscle protein has to be rebuilt and ultimately more muscle mass can be built up.
Of course, Infusion Intra Workout can also speed up your recovery, accelerate your muscle building and much more. The concentrated benefits, including scientific studies and evidence, can be found in the description of the individual ingredients.
Cluster Dextrine 35,000 mg
During hard and intense training sessions, your body uses carbohydrates (glucose) as its primary source of energy, as energy production from fatty acids is simply too slow to meet the energy needs of your hard-working muscles. Your body gets this glucose from your blood sugar and the glycogen stores in your muscles and liver. As these stores begin to deplete, your energy begins to diminish and your body begins to draw BCAAs from your muscle tissue for energy, which requires it to break down muscle protein - not something we really want.
To maintain maximum training energy - and speed up recovery after training as glycogen stores are less depleted during training - you can provide your body with easily digestible carbohydrates during training to keep your blood sugar levels constant. Household sugar, dextrose, maltodextrin or similar are often used for this purpose, but due to the high osmotic value of the sugar solution, they have a longer gastric retention time before they can be absorbed in the intestine. In addition, many of these carbohydrates cause large fluctuations in blood sugar and insulin levels and do not provide you with long-lasting, consistent energy.
And this is where the long-chain cyclic dextrins - aka Cluster Dextrins - contained in Infusion Intra Workout come into play. Cluster dextrins consist of 6 to 8 glucose molecules that have a ring structure. This special structure means that cluster dextrins, when dissolved in liquid, have a much lower osmotic value than all other sugar and carbohydrate solutions, which means that they can pass through the stomach much faster and are available to your muscles as an energy source more quickly (1, 2).
Another advantage is that cluster dextrins raise blood sugar levels evenly over a longer period of time, so that there are no unwanted strong insulin spikes that lead to sharp fluctuations in blood sugar levels and training energy. In fact, studies have shown that cyclic dextrins are vastly superior to maltodextrin and dextrose when it comes to delaying muscle fatigue and increasing endurance during exercise (3).
EAAs 14,000 (of which 8,000 mg in the classic 2:1:1 ratio)
During hard and intensive training sessions, your body uses amino acids - especially BCAAs - to a greater extent, which almost inevitably creates a catabolic environment and causes muscle protein to be broken down and metabolized. This catabolic environment continues for some time after training until it is finally converted into an anabolic, muscle-building environment as part of the regeneration process. In other words, with every training session you first take a step back in terms of muscle building and then take two steps forward.
However, if you supply your body with a large amount of essential amino acids(EAAs) including a good portion of BCAAs with Infusion Ultra Workout, your body does not need to fall back on muscle protein and you can prevent the training-induced catabolic environment completely in the ideal case and at least greatly reduce it in the worst case. As a result, your body not only does not break down muscle tissue, but can also start building new muscle mass more quickly after training, as it does not have to eliminate a catabolic environment. In addition, the leucine contained in the EAA Matrix has a strong stimulating effect on protein synthesis and muscle building via the mTOR pathway.
All this means that you can build up more muscle mass and strength during every training session than without appropriate intra-workout supplementation!
Electrolyte mixture 5150 mg
The electrolyte mixture contained in Infusion Intra Workout serves on the one hand to compensate for electrolyte losses through sweat during training and on the other hand to give the drink the optimum osmotic value, which enables the fastest possible gastric passage and rapid absorption of the ingredients it contains.
