Leucine’s Role in Recovery
Dr. Willoughby gave one of the most insightful presentations in which he explained the role of the amino acid leucine. Dr. Willoughby described leucine’s role in stimulating the synthesis of new muscle protein in the same way a car is turned on when you turn the key in the ignition. Simply turning on a car will not get you from point A to point B, but you cannot move the car at all until the engine is running. The same is true with recovery. If your goal is maximal recovery from intense training, you have to “turn on the car” first. Maximal recovery requires a threshold dose of leucine (about three grams) to turn on the car so you can get from point A (muscle damage from training) to point B (maximal stimulation of muscle protein synthesis and maximized muscle repair and total-body recovery) so you can accumulate more and more training volume and higher and higher intensities. Without that threshold dose of leucine, your car is still stuck at point A, or slowing rolling along.
The aforementioned point was solidified further when Dr. Willoughby explained, “On average, athletes spend four to 10 hours a week in training, which is 5 to 10 percent of total time each week. This means that the majority of time (80-90%) is spent in recovery.”
Dr. Willoughby elucidated the vital role of recovery as he continued, “The majority of training-induced adaptations actually occur while recovering from exercise, and can be counteracted with poor and/or inadequate nutritional practices.” One of Dr. Willoughby’s former students, who studied under Dr. Willoughby while he attended grad school at Baylor University, recalled that this point was made in just about every class he had with Dr. Willoughby— and was the catalyst for starting his own successful nutrition company, Classified Nutrition.
Insightful Presentations
Other standout and intriguing presentations during the conference explored the benefits of creatine, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and high protein intake. There is still a negative perception of creatine, even though creatine monohydrate has been scientifically validated to be beneficial for every type of athlete— from the maximal-effort power athlete like a shot-putter, to the low-intensity but steady-state “ultra endurance” runner.
Seeing and hearing some of the most well-respected and published researchers in the world talk about supplementation issues of timeless and practical interest only reinforced the professional satisfaction that Classified Nutrition enjoys in providing supplements that are grounded in actual scientifically validated data. Continuing to learn from these influential women and men only serves to solidify the goal of everyone at Classified Nutrition, which is to provide the highest quality performance and recovery supplements to those who want to maximize their full athletic potential;
Dr. Willoughby gave one of the most insightful presentations in which he explained the role of the amino acid leucine. Dr. Willoughby described leucine’s role in stimulating the synthesis of new muscle protein in the same way a car is turned on when you turn the key in the ignition. Simply turning on a car will not get you from point A to point B, but you cannot move the car at all until the engine is running. The same is true with recovery. If your goal is maximal recovery from intense training, you have to “turn on the car” first. Maximal recovery requires a threshold dose of leucine (about three grams) to turn on the car so you can get from point A (muscle damage from training) to point B (maximal stimulation of muscle protein synthesis and maximized muscle repair and total-body recovery) so you can accumulate more and more training volume and higher and higher intensities. Without that threshold dose of leucine, your car is still stuck at point A, or slowing rolling along.
The aforementioned point was solidified further when Dr. Willoughby explained, “On average, athletes spend four to 10 hours a week in training, which is 5 to 10 percent of total time each week. This means that the majority of time (80-90%) is spent in recovery.”
Dr. Willoughby elucidated the vital role of recovery as he continued, “The majority of training-induced adaptations actually occur while recovering from exercise, and can be counteracted with poor and/or inadequate nutritional practices.” One of Dr. Willoughby’s former students, who studied under Dr. Willoughby while he attended grad school at Baylor University, recalled that this point was made in just about every class he had with Dr. Willoughby— and was the catalyst for starting his own successful nutrition company, Classified Nutrition.
Insightful Presentations
Other standout and intriguing presentations during the conference explored the benefits of creatine, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and high protein intake. There is still a negative perception of creatine, even though creatine monohydrate has been scientifically validated to be beneficial for every type of athlete— from the maximal-effort power athlete like a shot-putter, to the low-intensity but steady-state “ultra endurance” runner.
Seeing and hearing some of the most well-respected and published researchers in the world talk about supplementation issues of timeless and practical interest only reinforced the professional satisfaction that Classified Nutrition enjoys in providing supplements that are grounded in actual scientifically validated data. Continuing to learn from these influential women and men only serves to solidify the goal of everyone at Classified Nutrition, which is to provide the highest quality performance and recovery supplements to those who want to maximize their full athletic potential;
