As the season transitions to spring, it’s time to shift your supplement strategy from your winter maintenance approach to a plan that gets you closer to that beach-ready summer physique.
Winter often involves increasing your calorie and protein consumption, with a focus on gaining more muscle while trying to keep fat levels in check.
As spring arrives, your body’s needs change as your exercise intensity changes and your goals shift, and your supplement plan needs to support these goals.
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Rev your metabolism
As a means to limit the amount of fat we gain over winter, many gym-goers turn to a conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplement.
CLA is a non-essential polyunsaturated fatty acid that can positively impact your body composition by inhibiting the lipoprotein lipase enzyme from storing unused fat in fat cells.
While this is an effective strategy, especially when combined with L-carnitine, when spring rolls around, you want to boost your metabolism with something more potent to help your body burn calories more efficiently, like a thermogenic fat burner.
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Focus on lean gains
Winter is a great time to focus on adding muscle size with a pure protein supplement like whey or a protein blend, but now that it’s time to start getting leaner, switching to a diet protein product will reduce your calorie and carb intake without compromising on protein to maintain those muscle gains and support growth and recovery.
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Enhance energy levels
As you kick your training intensity up a gear, working towards that beach-ready body, your sessions will benefit from enhanced energy levels.
While a branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) product that provides L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine and L-Valine to support muscle growth and ensure you can train harder for longer in winter workouts, you may want to add a more potent pre-workout to get your fired and take your training to the next level.
A pre-workout contains a combination of critical ingredients formulated to enhance training, including BCAAs, normally with a potent dose of caffeine and beta-alanine as part of a formula strategically designed to increase workout performance for better results.
By making strategic adjustments to your supplement plan this spring, you can set yourself up for success in achieving your beach body goals. Remember, consistency is key, so stay dedicated to your workouts and nutrition, and you’ll be well on your way to a leaner, more muscular physique come summer.
Author: Pedro van Gaalen
When he’s not writing about sport or health and fitness, Pedro is probably out training for his next marathon or ultra-marathon. He’s worked as a fitness professional and as a marketing and comms expert. He now combines his passions in his role as managing editor at Fitness magazine.
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