Ridecamp: Re: [RC] B.C.A.A. Complex

Several years ago I came in to work one Monday morning after a ride 
stiff and sore. It's more the climbing into the truck and driving 6 to 8 
hours Sunday that allows me to get stiff. A coworker who is a 
competitive weight lifter saw my pain and turned me on to BCAA. I went 
to the local GNC and the next ride I took them after the ride and on 
Sunday morning and no more stiffness Monday morning. They do work for 
this. Most likely has to do with management of lactic acid as Roger 
points out.

I do give them to the horse after a ride and on Sunday morning in his 
feed, but I  use a bunch of the tablets I get form GNC for me. He 
deserves to be comfortable when he gets home. Do they enhance endurance 
performance - I have no idea. Will they turn the mid pack horse into the 
world champion - absolutely not. But will they cut 10 minutes off a 100 
which might turn the 5 place in the world championship into the world 
champion - who knows. Will they test - what do you test for? They are 
nothing more than three proteins normally found. Like Roger ask, is this 
a drug or a perfectly legal feed supplement.


Truman (maybe this will get us off irrational hot button number 3- LD - 
onto hot button number 5 - Rule 13).



Roger Rittenhouse wrote:

> I use it AFTER a ride/race every time (for my horse)
> I use during a ride for ME.
> It speeds recovery.
> I dont think either are harmful
>
> I cannot find the studies from THE HORSE that said the BCAA do work.
> They both show up in the horse as a naturally occurring substance,
> since they are processed as needed you cannot find traces.
> Last but not least   NEITHER DMG nor BCAA will fail a drug test.
> They are or can be performance enhancing.
> Are they BAD? WRONG?
> or FEED supplements?
>
> Would I use either ? I will take  the fifth first
>
> Just some un-scientific information and food for thought.
> Roger R
>
> Ready for the Krebs Cycle Lecture 202
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Rittenhouse
>
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
> Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
> Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=




=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=