BCAA and Glutamine - Some advice and Info please.

Hello Everbody,

It's good to back on MC.
Its been 2 long years.....

I am currently in grad school and with all the homework, I am kinda struggling to recover from workouts.

How can I reduce my recovery time? More nutrition? Can BCAA's and glutamine capsules help ( I use Optimum's Serious Mass 3 times a day) and I still setting in on the diet.

Can more nutrition compensate for only 6 - 6.5 hrs of rest?

Thanks in Advance.

1. Nutrition
2. Sleep
3. Relaxation
4. Oxygen Intake
5. Stretching

Those are important factors for recovery in my opinion. Yes nutrition definitely speeds up recovery. More calories gives your body a quicker response.

Sleeping more as long as its quality sleep I feel is ALWAYS beneficial but always try to have nutrients and calories in your body.

Relaxing we all know hormones contribute to amazing results and relaxing and not being stressed about things , and having things on your mind when need not be... Promotes gains... you dont have to stress over anything life is life take it step by step. Even training and nutrition related dont stay in constant thinking break it down into simple processes to figure out what you need to do and how to do it for each thing that comes up. Less stress more results.

Oxygen intake is a huge benefit , ok when I mention oxygen intake I just mean deep breathing. Could also mean cardio built in for blood flow and heart health etc... But deep breathing is beneficial a more oxygen rich environment is an amazing thing to overlook.

Stretching , alot of people like to stretch before a workout , ok my opinion about stretching... save it for after a workout and off days from training. Me personally my whole routine/schedule is messed up but stretching *thumbs up* BUT NOT BEFORE TRAINING..
Reason why I feel this , your getting a stretch in from your sets.. most people start light and build up , but if your training routine uses the same weight or starting weight no warmups... add in a light set and dont bother with the stretching.. Till after the training.

might as well just prime all of the muscles related to the training for the exercise , not extras to expend energy and not ones left off from stretching.

I feel nutrition cant compensate , but it can slightly alleviate. Just like if you dont sleep at all you cant expect nutrition to properly make your body function.

It can help slightly by having proper nutrition and more than enough , but its better to focus on what you need to get rather than compensating.

More bang for your buck by getting the proper sleep vs a little more nutrition and less sleep , the extra nutrition is just a crutch , and since your wanting to build muscle anyways , why not turn that crutch into possible muscle by doing your best to get more sleep.

even if it subtracts time where your sitting around bored trying to figure out what to do , erase that time by moving plans up and then getting some extra sleep , or just take a small cat nap and keep plans in the same time ranges.

Thanks a lot for the reply Chris.
I am planning to get the afternoon power nap in the student lounge....
Will let u know how it goes.
The only issue is that, they take photographs in and spread it around.....

imo, glutamine is great for healing. im never sore when i consistently use it.

Glut gives Me a great pump when I take it B4 a workout as well