Gnarly BCAAs for better performance and recovery
As we previously mentioned in a post earlier this summer, Gnarly is a sports nutrition company that produces a variety of products using only natural ingredients, which means no GMOs, artificial colours or flavours and they don’t use gluten or soy in any of their products. We have already written about several of Gnarly’s products here on Backcountry Skiing Canada including Vegan Protein, Performance Greens, and Creatine. In this post, we’re going to talk about Gnarly’s Branch Chain Amino Acids (BCAA’s) which are important for reducing recovery time after workouts or adventures and helping with muscle repair and growth.
We all know that protein supplementation is an integral part of post-workout recovery, incorporating free-form BCAAs into your regimen will help increase plasma BCAA levels more quickly than any protein supplement can. If gaining muscle or maintaining muscle is part of your fitness goals, BCCAs are a good avenue for you to explore. Amino acids are the very reason that protein is so important as amino acids are the building blocks of life. When you ingest a protein, your body breaks it apart into the individual aminos, reorders them, refolds them and turns them into whatever is needed at the time. But some amino acids are incredibly unique in the way they’re used in your body, especially when it comes to fitness. Of primary concern to athletes is a group of three amino acids, leucine, isoleucine, and valine, called Branched-chain Amino Acids (BCAAs).
Gnarly BCAAs will help improve your sports performance, reduce muscle soreness, improve recovery, increase mental focus, reduce fatigue, greater fat burn, increase endurance and improve muscle growth. Simply mix 5 grams (one scoop) of Gnarly BCAAs in a 2:1:1 ratio (about 12-16 oz) with water before, during or after intense training.
Features:
5 grams of vegan branched-chain amino acids in a 2:1:1 ratio (2.5g leucine, 1.25g isoleucine, 1.25g valine).
Available in naturally caffeinated (35 mg/serving from green tea leaf) and caffeine-free flavours.
Light on the stomach and absorbed quickly.
Aids in recovery by reducing excessive muscle damage and promoting muscle synthesis.
Can be taken any time of day, but we recommend taking it prior to training and following up with some protein.
While all flavours are NSF Content Certified, Berry Lemonade is also NSF for Sport Certified.
NSF Content Certified Products go through a toxicology review, label claim testing, and contaminant testing for heavy metals, microbes, and pesticides.
NSF for Sport Certified Products must pass NSF Content Certification and are additionally tested for over 270 substances that are banned by professional sports leagues as well as national and international doping oversight organizations.
Ingredients: 5g BCAAS and 35mg Caffeine as well as Natural Flavors, IMO (Isomalto-Oligosaccharide) (Fiber), Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Beet (Root) Juice, Stevia (Leaf) Extract, Silicon Dioxide (anti-caking) Aquamin® is a registered trademark of Marigot Limited
Price: $53.95CAN / $41.45US
Flavours: Lemon Lime, Fruit Punch, Lemon Pie, Berry Lemonade
Sizes: Can with 30 servings or a Travel Pack of 10 individual sticks
