Supplementation strategies for strength and power athletes: Carbohydrate, protein, and amino acid ingestion
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Article Title | Supplementation strategies for strength and power athletes: Carbohydrate, protein, and amino acid ingestion |
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ERA Journal ID | 211152 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Bird, Stephen P., Nienhuis, Mitch, Biagioli, Brian, De Pauw, Kevin and Meeusen, Romain |
Journal Title | Nutrients |
Journal Citation | 16 (12) |
Article Number | 186 |
Number of Pages | 30 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
ISSN | 2072-6643 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16121886 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/12/1886 |
Abstract | It is a common belief amongst strength and power athletes that nutritional supplementation strategies aid recovery by shifting the anabolic/catabolic profile toward anabolism. Factors such as nutrient quantity, nutrient quality, and nutrient timing significantly impact upon the effectiveness of nutritional strategies in optimizing the acute responses to resistance exercise and the adaptive response to resistance training (i.e., muscle growth and strength expression). Specifically, the aim of this review is to address carbohydrates (CHOs), protein (PRO), and/or amino acids (AAs) supplementation strategies, as there is growing evidence suggesting a link between nutrient signaling and the initiation of protein synthesis, muscle glycogen resynthesis, and the attenuation of myofibrillar protein degradation following resistance exercise. Collectively, the current scientific literature indicates that nutritional supplementation strategies utilizing CHO, PRO, and/or AA represents an important approach aimed at enhancing muscular responses for strength and power athletes, primarily increased muscular hypertrophy and enhanced strength expression. There appears to be a critical interaction between resistance exercise and nutrient–cell signaling associated with the principle of nutrient timing (i.e., pre-exercise, during, and post-exercise). Recommendations for nutritional supplementation strategies to promote muscular responses for strength and athletes are provided. |
Keywords | Strength; Supplements; Nutrition; Athletes |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420702. Exercise physiology |
Byline Affiliations | School of Health and Medical Sciences |
Centre for Health Research | |
Grand Valley State University, United States | |
University of Miami, United States | |
Vrije University Brussels, Belgium | |
University of the Western Cape, South Africa |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z7q95/supplementation-strategies-for-strength-and-power-athletes-carbohydrate-protein-and-amino-acid-ingestion
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