Recovery Supplement

**breakthrough** · 01-14-2015, 01:29 PM

Hey all or Y'all (for us in the south),

I have always been a morning workout guy, but recently I have been joining other in the evening to workout. The problem is some mornings I just haven't recovered fast enough to go after a good evening workout. I am only taking protein and creatine at the moment. Does anyone have any recommendations to any accessible supplements that I can take at night to speed up the recovery process?

**Khazima** · 01-14-2015, 03:45 PM

More sleep/food, if you're working different bodyparts then it shouldn't be a problem.

**bigrich4** · 01-14-2015, 05:27 PM

Yeah what he said^^^ but one i like is the bcaa supp xtend... its an awesome intra workout

**breakthrough** · 01-15-2015, 09:10 AM

Thanks for the input. I get a minimum of 7 hours of sleep. I do need to be better about food. I am working on getting below 20% (I have been around 23%-25% for the last year). I will do a little research on Xtend.

**austinite** · 01-15-2015, 08:37 PM

Take high doses of arginine before bed. It promotes secretion of resting growth hormone . 5 to 9 grams before bed should do it. Some get stomach aches with high doses, so start low and ramp up each night to see how you respond.

**hawk14dl** · 01-15-2015, 08:38 PM

Your post is a little hard to decifer, but are you saying you're working out in the evening and in the morning?

**fitnesstrainer** · 01-16-2015, 07:46 AM

BCAA, electrolyte, and carbohydrate drink during your workout. Also make sure your taking in adequate carbs before and after as well to recover and power through.

**fitnesstrainer** · 01-16-2015, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by austinite

Take high doses of arginine before bed. It promotes secretion of resting growth hormone. 5 to 9 grams before bed should do it. Some get stomach aches with high doses, so start low and ramp up each night to see how you respond.

What have you heard about arginine being hard on the liver.

**austinite** · 01-16-2015, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by fitnesstrainer

What have you heard about arginine being hard on the liver.

heard nothing. What have you heard? I've used and abused arginine with no negative impact.

**Khazima** · 01-16-2015, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by fitnesstrainer

What have you heard about arginine being hard on the liver.

All i've heard is the argument for citrulline > arginine because arginine is more difficultly broken down by the liver.

**Ashop** · 01-17-2015, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by breakthrough

Hey all or Y'all (for us in the south),

I have always been a morning workout guy, but recently I have been joining other in the evening to workout. The problem is some mornings I just haven't recovered fast enough to go after a good evening workout. I am only taking protein and creatine at the moment. Does anyone have any recommendations to any accessible supplements that I can take at night to speed up the recovery process?

Try some ZMA right before bed and use some L GLUTAMINE

**AllKindsOGains** · 02-07-2015, 08:55 AM

Resurrect pm by Ronnie Coleman signature series, and bio gro. It has definitely helped me.

**fitnesstrainer** · 02-08-2015, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by austinite

heard nothing. What have you heard? I've used and abused arginine with no negative impact.

Super late reply lol just heard it's hard on liver and no that great since the body converts Citrulline into it anyways? No research to back that up. From what You just said it's just more gym talk bull crap.

**BallSak** · 02-24-2015, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by austinite

Take high doses of arginine before bed. It promotes secretion of resting growth hormone. 5 to 9 grams before bed should do it. Some get stomach aches with high doses, so start low and ramp up each night to see how you respond.

Agree with this. Also L-glutamine post workout and then at bedtime on an empty stomach. Must be on empty stomach to trigger gh pulse. I raised my igf1 substantially doing this over the course of 6 months.