Muscle Bulk v Endurance - can protein do both?

 The importance of protein in nutrition and health cannot be over emphasised. Proteins are found throughout the body, with 40% of proteins found in skeletal muscle, 25% found in body organs and the remaining found mostly in the skin and blood. Proteins play many vital roles in the body from enzymes, hormones, structural proteins such as the ones found in muscle, immunoproteins that are essential in supporting the immune system, transport proteins that are important for carrying a variety of nutrients and oxygen in the blood, along with acting as a buffer to maintain the pH of body fluids.

WHICH PRODUCT IS BEST FOR ME?

 When faced with a wall of products at your local supplement store it can be confusing to know just which is the best one for you.  It can take hours to read the labels of every product in the store (if you have that much time), and even though the sales assistant does everything they can to help make your choice easier, sometimes it's best to do a little research first to determine which type of product is best for you.

To make product selection easier we've highlighted the benefits of each of our products and given a suggestion as to what type of person might use it.  As you will see, the same product can be suited to a few different uses or types of activities. 

The bottom line is that whichever International Protein product you choose you can be sure you are getting a quality product without any gimmicky ingredients that don't work.

PROTEIN FOR ENDURANCE ATHLETES

Endurance athletes are consistently pushing their bodies to new limits to achieve better performance. The required training to compete in endurance events means athletes are always thought to be in a state of recovery. This is due to athletes training 5-7 days per week with one or more sessions per day, resulting in less than the recommended 24-48 hr recovery period.  As endurance athletes we go to great lengths to have the best equipment and training programs and make sure the equipment stays in good working order. However, an extremely important piece of the performance puzzle is often overlooked; nutrition and supplementation.

READ IT AND GROW

A guide to understanding nutrition labels that help you get the most out of what you eat.  I get a lot of requests from people who train regularly to give them a 'diet'. Now, unless they have a contest coming up in about 3-5 five months time I refuse to give them a 'diet'. That might sound a bit strange at first, but from my experience of having prepared numerous diets for people in the past, the only time most of us have the will power to stick to a rigid, structured diet is when cutting up for a competition (and even then it's not a walk in the park).

So if you're not planning on doing a competition, but you want to be sure what you eat will maximise your ability to grow or lean up, what do you do? The answer is simple; READ BEFORE YOU EAT!