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Is L-Arginine a Pre-Workout?

Most of the serious weight lifters or Gym Freaks take pre workout supplements before working out. Almost all the TOP rated pre-workout supplements have Beta-Alanine for decreasing muscle fatigue, Caffeine for elevated energy, Creatine for all out power, L-Arginine for blood vessels, BCAAs for major gains. Although you can find these ingredients in most of the natural food resources but you will have to eat a lot of those resources to get the desired results. Thats where pre workout supplements steps in, It has all the ingredients in appropiate quantity. Most of the times 1 scoop of the supplement gives you the desired effect, but taking it for the long time makes your body immune to it and 1 scoop doesn't work for you. So does taking any one of the ingredient separately like L-ARGININE can give you the effect of a pre-workout. Let's learn What is L-Arginine First? L-arginine is a chemical building block called "an amino acid." It is obtained from the diet and is ...

Indian Lunch Meal Option to Gain weight or Mass

I mostly have this meal at Lunch, when there is no chicken option available. This meal covers most of my daily requirement of Protein , as i workout a lot and Carbs (slightly exceeds). This Plateful of meal consists of 1 bowl of rice, 1 bowl of Rajma(Kidney Beans), 4 Chapatis and 4 scrambled eggs. Following is the nutritional break down: Rajma (Kidney beans) Calories :225, Fat: 0.88g Carbs : 40.36g Protein :15.35g Chapati Per 1 piece Calories: 68kcal | Fat: 0.62g | Carbs: 13.00g | Protein: 2.34g  Eggs per 2 Calories: 199kcal | Fat: 15.21g | Carbs: 1.96g | Protein: 13.01g Rice Per 1 cup of cooked Calories: 204kcal | Fat: 0.44g | Carbs: 44.08g | Protein: 4.20g So it gives me approx 900kcal 32.36 Gms. Fat 102.12 Gms. of Carbs and 47.91 Gms. of Protein. As i workout(lifting heavy weights), This nutritional value is OK for me except the FAT percentage. You can modify it as per your needs, Just count how much calories, fat, carbs and protein you need...