womens training supplements

[courts]

hey there, my girlfriend is training to be a police officer. shes going very hard at it eating right and keeping at it. what we are not sure of is that she is wanting to take a supplement shake before and after the gym to fill her up abit and provide abit of energy. Our question is what can you recommend for this?

[courts]

just keep energy levels up really, not wanting to have a meal before activity as she doesnt like that feeling

[ExpensiveUrine]

it's a well reported fact that many athletes are deficient in this amino acid, especially when training hard.

maybe if they have AIDS or got some recent burns

[ExpensiveUrine]

J Nutr. 2008 Oct;138(10):2045S-2049S.Click here to read Links

Dosing and efficacy of glutamine supplementation in human exercise and sport training.

Gleeson M.

School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU England. m.gleeson@lboro.ac.uk

Some athletes can have high intakes of l-glutamine because of their high energy and protein intakes and also because they consume protein supplements, protein hydrolysates, and free amino acids. Prolonged exercise and periods of heavy training are associated with a decrease in the plasma glutamine concentration and this has been suggested to be a potential cause of the exercise-induced immune impairment and increased susceptibility to infection in athletes. However, several recent glutamine feeding intervention studies indicate that although the plasma glutamine concentration can be kept constant during and after prolonged strenuous exercise, the glutamine supplementation does not prevent the postexercise changes in several aspects of immune function. Although glutamine is essential for lymphocyte proliferation, the plasma glutamine concentration does not fall sufficiently low after exercise to compromise the rate of proliferation. Acute intakes of glutamine of approximately 20-30 g seem to be without ill effect in healthy adult humans and no harm was reported in 1 study in which athletes consumed 28 g glutamine every day for 14 d. Doses of up to 0.65 g/kg body mass of glutamine (in solution or as a suspension) have been reported to be tolerated by patients and did not result in abnormal plasma ammonia levels. However, the suggested reasons for taking glutamine supplements (support for immune system, increased glycogen synthesis, anticatabolic effect) have received little support from well-controlled scientific studies in healthy, well-nourished humans.

[orange]

Bananas are good before the gym for energy and they fill you up.

[bigmd]

hey there, my girlfriend is training to be a police officer. shes going very hard at it eating right and keeping at it. what we are not sure of is that she is wanting to take a supplement shake before and after the gym to fill her up abit and provide abit of energy. Our question is what can you recommend for this?

Hope the above comments have not cofused the hell out of you (they did me, well more board the hell out of me LOL) make sure if your lady is eating well that she takes onboard a good electrolite replacement before during and after training, it should be weak (not to sweet) and mixed in water, afterwards some simple carbs and some proteinwould help, if she is doing resitance work a little more protein but if its cardio based 15g would suffice, the carbs she could get with couple of peices of fruit, eg a banana and an orange, have directly after she finishs training that will see her over for an hr or so till she gets to a proper meal.

[gazza]

balance nutrition supplements do a couple of different supplements that might be worth looking at. they have a recovery stack that just mixes with water and tastes good(i've used this in the past and it helped my recovery) and they have some pre-workout-endurance-electrolyte type drinks too.

nz company and reasonably priced

[AlBundy]

Glutamine... basically all that needed to be said was take it if you can afford it. It wont hurt you it might help you.

What would be better would be a bcaa supplement before training and a whey shake after training.

On the matter of glutamine. Bodybuilders eat a lot of protein, glutamine is a non essential amino acid because the body can synthesize it. It's ability to synthesize it wont be impaired unless you are protein deficient.

[Sheta]

I agree with bigmd

[Dragon]

bigmd always reminds me of bigmac

Now I'm hungry.

[quotejoss]

which part of the training/testing is she needing the help with?