How important are amino acids in weight lifting?

Question

I am looking to gain muscle mass and gain weight. I take supplements like whey, creatine and NO and i was just wondering how important amino acids are in order to acheive my goal of gaining weight and muscle mass. Basicly im wondering whether or not to buy amino acid capsules along and add them with the other supplements i take. Thanks

Answer 1

Exactly as stated before - Proteins are made of chains of amino acids. Our bodies break down foreign proteins into Amino Acids and use them to build the proteins that make up our lean body mass. So giving your body Amino Acids just takes out the breaking down step that your body has to do.

What I would suggest is that you take Optimum Nutrition (ON) whey protein which has BCAA's (a type of amino acid) in its formula already as your whey supplement. I wouldn't worry about the capsules. Plus any stand alone Amino Acids taste horrible.

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Answer 2

aminos are fundamental n your muscle growth they are the flag stone of muscle growth you should either by soy protein which contain tons of aminos or just take the caps

Answer 3

um yeah because amino acids are protein