Sports Supplements

The use of sports supplements as part of a training and nutrition plan can aid muscle building, fat loss and an improvement in general athletic performance. BodyShapers Fitness stock all the leading brands of sports supplements from BSN, Maximuscle, and Reflex Nutrition among others. For those new to sports nutrition, try starting with a high quality protein powder to provide the amino acids required for building and maintaining lean muscle.

Bodybuilding Supplements

Body building is more than just physical training. A balanced nutritional diet is essential along with bodybuilding supplements to help boost the muscles. Weight gain supplements will provide protein and calories in measured doses to support lean tissue development. Protein supplements such as ON 100% Whey provide the protein without the calories for those on calorie controlled weight loss programmes. There are also many 'ergogenic' sports supplements such as creatine, glutamine, nitric oxide boosters & testosterone boosters that may significantly improve your bodybuilding performance and your results.

Protein Supplements

Protein is essential for maintaining and building muscle tissue whilst trying to reduce body fat. Whey protein isolate is the best quality protein supplement for use during training however, at other times we recommend a slower releasing, multi-source protein for the muscles to receive a prolonged supply of essential amino acids. Protein Supplements are possibly the most widely used type of bodybuilding supplements, with them being a staple of most bodybuilding diets.

Meal Replacements

Meal replacement powders are a convenient way of getting all your proteins, complex carbohydrates and nutrients at busy periods. Nutritionally balanced meals come in portion size packs so there is no measuring or weighing. Popular brands of meal replacement powders include Pro MR, Myoplex and the original Met-Rx. Meal Replacements were some of the first sports supplements available and set the standard for the nutritional products that were to come.

Workout Supplements

Advances in sports nutrition mean that we now have sports supplements that can have a very significant impact on both your workout performance and your recovery from those workouts. Pre-workout sports supplements like BSN NO-Xplode, taken 30 mins before training with weights, can drastically increase energy, mental focus and muscle pumps. Post workout bodybuilding supplements such as Pro Recover speed up the recovery process of replenishing muscle gylcogen stores and providing a rapid flow of amino acids to initiate muscle repair. See our workout nutrition section for more pre and post workout supplements.