So, why don’t we start?
First line of supplements coming from KNS is our PRE – DURING – POST workout drinks.
Being competitive bodybuilder for more than 25 years and trying to find the edge to be able to compete with world’s best, I had to research DAILY many aspects of exercise physiology, strength training, nutrition (general, clinical, therapeutic and sports), nutritional supplementation and ergogenic aids – with goal to find THE MOST EFECTIVE WAYS to build muscle, loose fat, increase strength, speed, power, stamina, energy, mental acuity, recovery, performance…pretty much EVERYTHING needed to create a “super athlete”.
Interestingly, while I was young athlete in Yugoslavia with very limited literature about the exercise physiology ONE particular aspect of training and nutritional regime (benefiting from nutritional intake immediately before, during and after the exercise) was very logical to me – and FORTUNATELY I started utilizing it almost from the very beginning.
I said “fortunately” as if (indeed) I did have an access to numerous books and research materials about exercise physiology (particularly weight resistance training) I would be persuaded to think differently and do the WRONG thing! Everything written (until just recently) actually contradicts what I have discovered and what I have been practicing for more than two decades…which is sad but true fact.
Later, I am going to correct myself in this statement (as contradiction is only due to wrong interpretation of presented science and/or lack of actual understanding) – but for the time being I must say the most important thing: nobody got the picture that THE BEST TIME to take nutritional supplements is WORKOUT TIME (which is the very reason why KNS choose to start their line of products with specific drinks to be consumed just before, during and immediately after the workout).
Science papers and articles overwhelmingly conclude that single bout of any exercise (training session) is catabolic event. Athlete performing his or hers physical task of choice (dependent on sporting activity) will certainly deplete nutritional stores while training thus creating tissue and nutrient degradation or catabolism.
Namely – all energy stores are being used, as energy demand arises due to strenuous physical activity (weight training) – so starting with the ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate (cellular energy), glycogen (glucose released from carbohydrate storage in muscle and liver) and triglycerides (fat released from body fat storage and intramuscular triglycerides) are all being used for necessary energy expenditure during the exercise.
In addition some amino acids are also being used as a fuel (energy source) – primarily BCAA (Isoleucine, Leucine and Valine) but in situation when both - carbohydrates and fats are absent as energy substrates many other glycogenic amino acids would easily oxidize hence being used as energy nutrient (rather than building material as by structure intended)…
On top of everything else, intense weight resistance training creates tremendous amount of stress where muscle fibers sustain micro-tears (muscle is damaged which also causes tissue swelling or inflammation). This is certainly manifested as muscle destruction or muscle-wasting…exactly the opposite of what trainee wants to accomplish during the training.
Fortunately, as science papers confirm – this catabolic effect during the exercise triggers muscle adaptation and body reacts upon this catabolic situation with anabolism during the resting period after the workout is concluded.
Reportedly, 24 to 48 hours after - body replenishes what was lost and practically supercompensates all the nutrients lost during the bout of the exercise - by storing more ATP, glucose (in glycogen storage) and amino acids than was previously available in our cells and muscle fibers.
Body does it to get prepared for the subsequent loss of the same nutrients caused by that “shock” (intense weight resistance workout).
Well, this theory is widely accepted in science of the exercise physiology and religiously followed by many practitioners (not just bodybuilders but also other athletes as well. Difference among athletes is only in kind of stimulation that muscle fibers get from their respective workouts – but sum of anabolic and catabolic events is pretty much the same).
So, to emphasize again: science tell us to accept that our training will cause catabolism, protein degradation and muscle loss…as well as partially (or completely) depletion of our glycogen and ATP stores.
If we do the right thing (know what to take after the workout) we would be able to turn that catabolic event (exercise) into anabolic result – by replenishing every nutrient lost during the training by somewhat higher amount of each – during the post-workout period.
Well, lets think about something else (the same LOGICAL thought that I had in the very beginning of my bodybuilding career).
What if we conclude that catabolic activity is absolutely NOT acceptable and if one wants to build (construct) something – than tearing it apart (destroying) just doesn’t make much sense…
How about if we NEVER let our body become catabolic and what if we can turn catabolic activity into anabolic by changing only few parameters?
My initial thought was probably the same as every ignorant beginner trainee…
How many novices (beginners) do you know who think that TRAINING builds muscle?
Yes, just about everyone believes (in the beginning) that you grow as you train…you get bigger during the training…
Just after the few weeks (or months) when trainee becomes more serious about his/hers training and starts reading the magazines and “scientific research” he/she realizes the “truth” that even though our muscles get pumped during the exercises and thus look bigger – what actually happens during the workout is exactly the opposite – our muscles get smaller!
Scientific explanation: as we are spending so much energy during the intense workout and loosing all the nutrients – we are in destruction, degradation or catabolic phase, which fortunately could become reversed later (following précised scientific post-exercise anabolic protocols).
What if I tell you that we can completely avoid catabolism during the exercise?
How about if I tell you that following KNS system and using the KNS precise supplements you will not only avoid catabolism but also manage to create anabolic effect even throughout the duration of your workouts?
Better yet – what if I can convince you that you can create HYPERANABOLIC state of the body following our precise guidelines of “pre-during-post” workout protocols?
Did I get your attention?
Well, lets analyze some scientifically proven facts.
I will start with the effects of the intense (weight resistance or many OTHER kinds of) exercise on human body.
