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Originally Posted by NiteHawk
Interesting note on the leucine Boyd. I have been supplementing with extra leucine now for awhile. I heard from Layne that it has been shown to have
10x more impact on protein synthesis.
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No doubt - the body figures that it will use all of the leucine in the muscles up before anything else, so if there is some on hand, the other essential aminos must be there.
I was first introduced to megadosing the BCAAs about 7 years ago when I first moved down here. I went to hear Coach Charles Poliquin speak and he mentioned that some of his athletes were taking as much as 100g per day extra and he talked about some of the results.
Nite, I know you've heard me mention this before (but others haven't), but the first person I had do it was an NFL player that I still work with. We reduced his previous amount of overall protein and then started adding BCAAs in gradually until during a typical day, about 80g of his protein intake was BCAA supplementation. With roughly the same amount of overall protein intake and no drastic changes in his exercise regimen, he gained about 9lbs of LBM in the FIRST MONTH. No tricks, no gimmicks - we're talking about an elite athlete that had a visible change. So much so that other players just assumed he was taking who knows what, and I know this guy was completely clean.
The increased synthesis WILL DEFINITELY INCREASE OVERALL RECOVERY. Increased recovery, now this is common sense, will increase not only muscle growth, but the way you feel overall.
The average person doesn't live the grueling life that an NFL player lives, and I don't care how often you lift or whatever. I don't, you don't, and nobody else does outside of about 2 other sports. It's insane. My chiropractor is also a main chiropractor for the Cowboys (who I'm not a fan of) and he said that he's seen people in catastrophic car wrecks and they don't have half the damage that an NFL running back has after ONE GAME. He said if you want to know what it feels like being Emmitt Smith, get on a motorcycle and drive 35mph into a garage door 25 times...
My point behind that is our recovery needs are different. If you're in pain, your body has to focus on that. Numerous studies have shown that injury, sickness, etc all have an effect on hormone production and protein synthesis (and I'd guess it's common sense). So starting out low and getting up to 40-45g per day would yield incredible results for most people in this forum.