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Experience a feeling of extreme growth when you wake up in the morning with this super-powerful supplement package. Your mother may have once said, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." If you're a bodybuilder, that may be instructive, but it's not entirely true. When you're trying to build muscle mass, the really most important "eat" thing is actually the supplement package you take before bed while you're still awake. That's because you don't want to lose those precious few minutes of preparing eggs or oatmeal, which is much less time than digesting them. By that time, you'll have lost some muscle to catabolic effects during the tolerable fasting period of sleep.
Therefore, you need to supplement some nutrients that can quickly enter the stomach and muscles. You'll also want to take advantage of the naturally high levels of testosterone in your body in the morning by taking some supplements that stimulate the work of testosterone to gain more muscle. Using the Morning Muscle Pack as soon as you wake up will help you achieve all of the above goals without having to do any dietary preparation.
Whey protein powder
When you wake up, your body has essentially gone through a 7-9 hour fasting phase, during which the body breaks down muscle protein and converts it into energy. The best way to stop this process is to take about 40 grams of whey protein powder.
Whey is a fast-digesting protein that your body can absorb, especially if you choose a whey protein isolate product, or a faster-absorbing whey protein powder with hydrolyzed proteins (to get into the bloodstream faster) , whey protein is broken down into small fragments). The amino acids from whey quickly enter the bloodstream and are used as energy, replacing muscle protein. And those amino acids that are not used as energy will enter the muscles to repair the broken down parts.
Whey protein powder also contains peptides, which are amino acids that increase the ability of blood vessels to dilate, which means more blood flows to the muscles, thereby not only increasing the delivery of amino acids in whey, but also delivering more Testosterone. This is important when you wake up, as this is when your testosterone levels are at their highest.
Dosage: Mix containing 40 grams of whey protein powderBeverages
High molecular weight carbohydrates
At night, your liver uses its own stores of glycogen (the stored form of carbohydrates) to fuel your body. Once these glycogen stores reach dangerously low levels, the liver signals the body to break down muscle protein for energy. So in the morning, you need to have a fast-digesting carbohydrate readily available—what's technically called high molecular weight carbohydrates. They reach the liver even faster than Gatorade and restore the liver's glycogen levels so that the liver shuts off signals to the body to break down muscle protein for energy. This will move you from a catabolic state to an anabolic state. All that whey protein combined with high levels of testosterone actually results in muscle growth.
Relative molecular mass is a term that refers to the mass of one molecule of a substance. Well, high molecular weight carbohydrates are substances made up of those macromolecules that are heavier than other molecules. High molecular weight carbohydrates like Vital are made from smooth cornstarch. They pass quickly through the stomach to the small intestine, where they are absorbed, enter the bloodstream and reach the liver. This can also help lower levels of cortisone (a catabolic hormone that competes with anabolic hormones like testosterone and causes muscle breakdown), which are also very high when you wake up of.
Dosage: Add 40-60 grams of high molecular weight carbohydrates to the whey protein powder mixed drink.
Carnitine
This amino acid-like supplement is known for its ability to transport fat into the cells' mitochondria, where it is burned to produce energy. Currently, science tells us that carnitine also increases the number of male hormone receptors in your muscles so that testosterone can bind to the receptors and stimulate growth. Having more of these receptors means more testosterone can do its growth-promoting effects.
Because testosterone levels are at their highest when you wake up, taking carnitine can help you get a higher level of testosterone to fully exert its function in promoting muscle growth. Studies have also found that carnitine can increase blood flow to muscles, which in turn directs testosterone to where it needs to work most. Taking carnitine with a whey-carbohydrate drink mix is a smart idea because the insulin spike caused by carbohydrates and protein will help deliver more carnitine to the muscles.
Dosage: 1-3 grams like L-carnitine, acetyl-L-carnitine or L-carnitine-L-tartrate
Morning Muscle Package
Stop muscle breakdown and start promoting muscle growth when you first wake up
Supplement dosage
Whey protein powder 40g
High molecular weight carbohydrates 40-60 grams
Carnitine 1-3 grams