Granite Supplements | Recovery

The only aspect of bodybuilding more important than training effort is attention to adequate recovery.

Recovering from your workout begins the moment it ends. Recovery—perhaps even more than the workout itself—is vital for making progress. Granite Supplements Recovery is a precise combination of:

• Electrolytes
• Carbohydrates including Cluster Dextrin^TM
• Essential Amino Acids (EAAs)
• Sensoril® Ashwagandha

These key ingredients protect, preserve and replenish precious muscle glycogen and help you get an anabolic / anti-catabolic jump-start on recovering from your workouts. Another great benefit: it won’t upset your stomach (unlike so many other formulas). Sip Recovery throughout your workout for best results.

PERFORMANCE CARBOHYDRATE AND N-ACETYL L-TYROSINE

• Recovery contains highly branched cyclic dextrin (as 15 grams of Cyclic Dextrin®) to enhance gastric emptying³⁵ and minimize gastrointestinal discomfort during exercise [including burping and gas, which your training partner will appreciate³⁶]. By more rapidly ushering glucose from the stomach^37,38 to the small intestine and blood stream39, Cyclic Dextrin® can improve performance^40-42, and maintain higher glycogen levels⁴³, giving you a head start on recovering for your next workout⁴⁴.
• To ensure sustained blood glucose during your workout, we’ve also included 5 grams of Isomaltulose (as Palatinose®), a disaccharide that produces steady blood glucose, much lower than even table sugar⁴⁵.
• N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine is Recovery’s soluble source of L-tyrosine^46-48, a precursor for catecholamine synthesis (e.g., noradrenaline and dopamine)^49-51, thus supporting brain neurotransmitter levels⁵² and cognitive performance^53,54. When under duress (e.g., during a killer workout), tyrosine supplementation may actually promote the aggressive mentality⁵⁵ needed to drive through previous performance barriers.

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID BLEND

• We included the Essential Amino Acids (EAAs) because it’s the dietarily essential [not the non-essential⁵⁶] amino acids that trigger muscle protein synthesis^57-59. Leucine (3g) sits atop this EAA stack because of its primacy in triggering protein anabolism^60-62. We were sure to focus on the other branched-chain aminos (BCAAs; Isoleucine and Valine at 1.5g each) as well because the BCAAs are known to reduce muscle breakdown and post-exercise soreness and damage^63,64.
• The other EAAs blended in the Recovery are based on the anabolic EAA mixture used extensively in research^57,65-68, adjusted slightly to take advantage of the anabolic signaling⁶¹ and insulin-releasing⁶⁹ effects of lysine and phenylalanine.

SENSORIL® ASHWAGANDHA EXTRACT

The age-old hype about ashwagandha’s effects may just be real, going by the small but growing body of Western scientific literature. In rodent research, this herb appears to be both anabolic to skeletal muscle⁷⁴ and anti-arthritic⁷⁵. In men supplementing for approximately 2 months, ashwagandha can elevate testosterone, luteinizing hormone and antioxidant status, all the while improving sperm count, motility and metabolism^76-78. Ashwagandha has also relieved fatigue and improved quality of life of women undergoing breast cancer chemotherapy⁷⁹. Extract from this adaptogenic plant has also been shown to reduce cortisol, resting blood pressure and anxiety⁷⁰, and even have cognition-enhancing, nootropic actions^80,81 – exactly what you need when “diet brain” catches up to you.

The science is starting to unveil Ashwagandha’s incredible promise as an ergogenic aid, as well. Supplementing with 1000mg of extract/day (8 weeks) enhanced performance and aerobic power in hard-training endurance cyclists⁸², and half that daily dose improved both aerobic, anaerobic and muscular power in college students who were not even engaged in a training program. Most impressively and important for physique athletes, a recent study found that men consuming only 300mg ashwagandha extract twice per day grew more muscle, gained more strength and lost more body fat than those taking a placebo, probably because the herb enhanced muscular recovery (reduced muscle damage) and increased testosterone⁸³. (What more could you ask for?…)

Disclaimer: L-Tyrosine may interact with certain drugs (such as MAOIs, Levodopa and thyroid medications).

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.