Formula 1: The Big 3 Hormonal Cocktail

The goal of this special homemade cocktail is to boost the 3 most potent

muscle building hormones in your body. These 3 are growth hormone, testosterone, and IGF-1. Muscle growth is dependent on these 3 hormones. In fact, these hormones are responsible for putting the muscle you already have on you. Even if you don’t work out!

Think about this. The average person who does not lift weights at all managed to put at least 100 lbs. of muscle on his frame from puberty. The "hormonal cocktail" of puberty is one of the most potent. Our goal is to mimic it by designing a compound to raise each one of these hormones at the same time. (no easy task)

In order to raise each one you are going to have to follow the directions to

the letter. There are a lot of variables involved which help make this cocktail

so potent. For example, if you took it right before you went to bed it would not be nearly as effective. So remember the details of this shake are very important. I explain the reasoning as you go along.

The ingredients used in this mixture is as follows: protein powder (Meal

Replacement), a carbohydrate powder, glutamine powder, creatine, and

grape juice (optional).

Each of these ingredients affects the three different hormones in their own

way. Combined together in the right ratios according to your own bodyweight can create a synergy of muscle building compounds. After a week on this "cocktail" you’ll get some of the most unbeliveable pumps during and after your workout than you ever thought imaginable.

This shake needs to be mixed before your workout and put in a cool place. It needs to be available to you immediately after your workout. I can’t emphasize this enough. You need to be able to get to it within a few minutes after the last rep of your workout.

The reason you need to consume it so quickly is for a couple of reasons. The first is that your body’s rate of protein synthesis doubles following your workout. This is the perfect time to load your body up on protein. The second is immediately following exercise your body is in a catabolic state because your cortisol levels are rising. And we know one of the keys to building muscle is keeping our cortisol levels down and testosterone levels up.

The carbohydrates in the after workout drink will create an insulin spike in your system. The grape juice helps do this too. If you don’t like grape juice simply add more carbohydrate powder to make up the difference of 16 oz.

When insulin in your body goes up it drives cortisol levels out. Science has already discovered the two operate indirectly with each other. When cortisol levels are lowered your testosterone to cortisol ratio is tilted in the favor of testosterone.

At the end of a workout your body is also depleted in glycogen stores. During your workout your body relies on some of these stores to give energy to your muscle in order to lift the weights. This puts your body into a state of glycogen depletion. When you consume carbohydrates your body will quickly absorb those carbohydrates in order to quickly replace them within the muscle. You can take advantage of this by "piggybacking" other critical supplements for muscle growth. By using the carbohydrates as a shuttle you can quickly put your body into an anabolic state after your workout.

While everyone else is going into a catabolic state you will be doing the exact opposite. Your growth will skyrocket as a result! The glutamine in the shake is for the raising of your growth hormone. Taking the same shuttle theory and applying it we can get a dramatic increase in all these hormones with the ingredients in the shake.

I hope you are beginning to see why I suggested you use powders for these particular supplements instead of pills. The absorption rate is much higher with the powders than with the pills especially when mixed into a liquid shake. Your goal is to get your body to digest this shake as fast as possible getting all these supplements into your system at lightning fast speed.

Here are the ingredients for creating your shake according to your

bodyweight (lean body mass):

16 oz. Grape Juice

0.25 grams of protein per pound of body mass

0.8 grams of carbohydrate per pound of body mass

0.05 grams of creatine for every pound of body mass.

0.1 gram of glutamine per pound of bodyweight

An example of a "cocktail" for a 200 lb. with 10% bodyfat is as follows:

50 grams of protein

80 grams of carbohydrate powder

20 grams of glutamine

10 grams of creatine

16 oz. Of grape juice (approximately 80grams of carbohydrates)

Mix in blender or shaker cup and chill before you workout.

Formula 2: The Anti-Catabolic Workout Drink

This mixture of supplements is to be used at the beginning of your workout and throughout it. During your workout the body begins to break down muscle and use it as an energy source. If something is not supplemented in its place your muscles will be used up as energy. This drink will not only replace the energy source during your workout but will also boost your anabolic drive, so you come out one step ahead after your workout instead of one step back.

The ingredients used in this workout drink are: ribose, branched chain amino acids (BCAA), and glutamine.

These 3 supplements will enable your body to go through your workout and at the same time increase your rate of protein synthesis (a sure sign of anabolism), increase your growth hormone and raise your insulin. And as I mention before if insulin is in your system cortisol is out. Let’s look at each ingredient and the role they play in this highly potent mixture.

In order to spare your muscle from being used up as an energy source in your workout, glutamine and ribose are the two supplements in this mix that help spare your hard earned muscle. The body will call upon the available glutamine and ribose to supply the energy for the workout.

The branched chain amino acids come into play by increasing both your growth hormone and insulin. This tilts your testosterone to cortisol ratio in the favor of testosterone. To put it simply, it throws your body into an anabolic state of growing muscle instead of breaking it down.

As a result, you come out ahead in your quest to gain muscle and not behind. Now imagine combining this compound with the first one. Not only will you come out a step ahead after you take this one but you are already in a highly anabolic state even before you go to take your Big 3 hormonal compound. Combining the two will put your body into a hyper anabolic state packing on muscle at an unbelievable rate. You definitely need to try this!

Here are the ingredients for creating your anti-catabolic shake according to your bodyweight:

0.2 grams of whey protein per lean pound of bodyweight

5 grams of ribose every 200 lbs. (2.5 for every 100 lbs.)

10 grams of glutamine every 200lbs.

An example for a 200 lb. person with 10% body fat is as follows:

** 38 grams of whey protein

5 grams of ribose

10 grams of glutamine

Mix with water and start drinking 15 min before you start your workout and all during. Pace yourself and try to time it so you sip your last sip after your last rep

**Note: whey protein contains all of the essential amino acids and is much

cheaper then BCAA tablets.

Formula 3: The Anabolic Bedtime Formula

In order to keep your body in a state of anabolic growth your body needs to constantly be supplied with amino acids throughout the day so your body can maintain and build muscle from them.

This becomes a problem when its time for you to go to bed. You are in effect fasting your body for eight hours giving it no supply of amino acids. The result is another step back in your quest to gain muscle. And as you should know by now the goal of these supplement complexes is to keep you moving forward at a rapid pace. We use the principle of momentum to give us quick muscle gains.

In order to overcome this anti-catabolic fasting state, you need to give serious thought to your bedtime shake. If you are not taking one right now I hope you realize you are losing muscle instead of gaining it. The ingredients in this bedtime shake are: glutamine, protein (casein), and flaxseed oil.

These powders are mixed into a shake with a low carbohydrate. I like to mix

them with milk and some strawberries or you could use an MRP. Glutamine’s role is to preserve your muscle and raise your growth hormone while you sleep. It will work in conjunction with the protein to spare your muscle and give it a constant supply of amino acids. The type of protein I recommend here is very important. It is the casein type in particular because it provides a steady slower paced release of amino acids into the blood stream, much longer than whey. Whey produces a sharp rise in amino acids because of its high bioavailability.

Because whey has a high absorption rate it would be better to use it in your

Big 3 hormonal cocktail. This will get the protein into your muscle much

faster then casein would especially at a time when you need it.

The flaxseed oil provides essential fatty acids, which have been proven by scientific studies to keep your testosterone levels elevated.

The ingredients are mixed as follows according to lean body mass:

16 oz. Of skim milk

1 cup of strawberries or blueberries*

5 grams of glutamine for every 100 lbs. of lean body mass.

20 grams of casein protein powder for every 100 lbs. of lean body mass*

1 table spoon of flaxseed oil for every 100 lbs. of lean body mass

An example of a bedtime shake for a 220 lb. person at 10% body fat is:

16 oz. Of skim milk

1 cup of blueberries

10 grams of glutamine

40 grams of casein protein

2 table spoons of flaxseed oil

*A Met-rx meal replacement can be used in place of the fruit and protein. The original version of Met-rx is a good source of casein protein.

This shake is to be taken 10-15 min before bedtime