Amino Work Capacity - Phil Richards Performance

Amino Work Capacity is one of the most powerful amino acid formula on the market for pre- and during workout training, with the addition of 5 grams of D-Ribose and 5 grams of Citruline Mallate.

When consumed 30–60 minutes before training, the blood stream will become flooded with amino acids. This forces the brain to flip on the anabolic switch associated with improved performance, muscle growth and body fat reduction.

Amino acid supplementation before workouts is proven to result in higher levels of fat loss during training – the body will use more stored fat as fuel during exercise, and research proves this. The muscle sparing impact of amino acid supplementation forces the body to concentrate on using stored fat as fuel.

Recommended use:

1 – 2 scoops 45 minutes to an hour before workout, added to at least 750ml water. 1 scoop during training mixed with 500ml water.

What’s in Amino Work Capacity?

The dosage of one scoop of amino work capacity is a phenomenal 15 grams of essential amino acids which include very high amounts of branch chain amino acids, 5 grams of Citruline malate and 5 grams of D- Ribose.  I normally recommend 1 - 2 scoops 45 minutes before workouts this is what has given me the biggest RESULTS.

Why Amino Load before training using Amino Work Capacity?

When consumed 30 - 60 minutes before training on an empty stomach, the blood stream will become flooded with amino acids, this forces the brain to flip on the anabolic switch associated with improved performance, muscle growth and body fat reduction. 

It appears that pre-workout amino acid drinks enhance the availability of amino acids to the muscles via enhanced blood flow (from the exercise) during a workout, which prevents, or reduces the body from breaking down muscle tissue, as it normally does during an intense workout.

Delivery of amino acids has been shown to be significantly greater during the exercise bout when consumed pre-workout than after exercise. There is also a significant difference in amino acid delivery in the 1st h after exercise, with the pre-exercise amino acid drink providing a significant advantage. Net amino acid uptake across the muscle is twice as high with a pre-workout protein drink as compared to consuming it after.

Amino Acid supplementation before workouts is proven to result in higher levels of fat loss during training.  The research proves this, but the mechanism is unknown. 

Amino Work Capacity enhances brain function!

Amino Acids improve the brains ability to concentrate, when you flood the system with Amino Work Capacity it significantly improves mental concentration and you feel this almost immediately. 

Why add Citruline Malate to Amino Work Capacity?  

This unique combination of the amino acid Citrullline and the organic salt Malate offers athletes with a new choice in improving performance and recovery. As an intermediate in the Urea Cycle, Citrulline aids in the removal of endotoxins such as lactic acid and ammonia. These endotoxins are produced through intense physical activity, protein metabolism, and catabolic states. Endotoxins damage living cells and wreak havoc on athletic performance.

Researches also point to Citrulline as possibly a greater alternative to Arginine for enhancing plasma Arginine levels. Citrulline's effects on endogenous Arginine synthesis-mean that CM may be a superior alternative to Arginine for regulating Nitric Oxide production, growth hormone release, insulin and creatine production. 

The primary role of L-Citrulline in the body is to support the optimization of blood flow to the tissues, which is critical for helping you not only perform your workouts to the best of your abilities, but also to speed up recovery. L-Citrulline functions in the body by being converted to L-arginine and then into nitric oxide. This nitric oxide is then going to be involved with vasodilation. This vasodilation is what helps increase the amount of blood and oxygen that is delivered to the working muscles, helping to prevent both mental and physical fatigue.

But that's not all!  It has also been discovered that supplementing CM at a dose as low as 6 grams a day significantly reduces muscle fatigue, increases ATP production by 34%, and causes a 20% increase in Phosphocreatine recovery after exercise.  What this means is that Citrulline Malate improves aerobic metabolism, cellular energy production, and promotes muscular recovery.

Why add D- Ribose to Amino Work Capacity?

Studies have shown that any amount of D-ribose you give to energy-starved cells gives them an energy boost. At the University of Missouri, researcher Ronald Terjung has shown that even very small doses (the equivalent of about 500 mg) of D-ribose increase energy salvage in muscles by more than 100%. Larger doses increase the production of energy compounds by 340 - 430%, depending on the type of muscle tested.  It also improves the salvage of energy compounds by up to 650%.

The D-ribose connection to cardiac function was made by the physiologist Heinz-Gerd Zimmer at the University of Munich. In 1973, he reported that energy-starved hearts could recover faster if D-ribose was given prior to, or immediately following, ischemia (oxygen deprivation).  Zimmer’s research sparked a flurry of research on humans, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, and even turkeys, all with similar results. D-ribose administration significantly improved energy recovery in ischemic, hypoxic, or cardiomyopathic hearts and skeletal muscle, and it improved functional performance of the tissue.

The most significant findings of the studies underscored the dramatic effect that D-ribose administration played in both energy restoration and the return of normal diastolic cardiac function. A clinical study from Zimmer’s group in Munich in 1992 showed that D-ribose administration to patients with severe, stable coronary artery disease increased exercise tolerance and delayed the onset of moderate angina.

Most amazing is that when muscles are supplemented with D-ribose, they continue to add to their energy stores even while they actively work! Until this study was reported, it was thought that muscle energy stores were only refilled in muscles at rest.

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