Whether your goal is to become fitter, stronger or leaner, there are a lot of moving parts to keep up with — literally. Active people tend to take on more responsibilities than their sedentary counterparts, so their plates fill up fast. And as any go-getter knows, this lifestyle can become overwhelming and just plain exhausting, if you let it.
A hard-working body like yours requires energy to get started, protein to repair worn-out muscles and a variety of nutrients to stay humming through the day. If you’re not fueling up before, during and after every workout, your candle will burn out quickly.
Though it’s tricky to nail down your nutrition, it’s not impossible. In fact, at Vitacost.com, we’ve made it easier than ever to supplement your workouts and achieve your fitness goals. Simply remember the three basic sports nutrition components: A-R-O. Attack. Recover. Optimize.
Attack: Some days you’ll be pumped for your workout. Other days, you’ll sleep through three alarms. When energy — or motivation — is lacking, give yourself a jolt with Vitacost’s ARO Pure Caffeine. A single cup of coffee is not nearly as potent or stimulating as a supplement with 200 mg of pure caffeine. Plus, a caffeine capsule saves you from downing a sugar-loaded energy drink that will send you crashing a couple hours later, anyway.
For heavy lifters or when you have an especially tough workout ahead of you, try ARO Pre-Workout Concentrate. This tasty powdered mix provides pure caffeine with other natural energizing nutrients, including 1,000 mg of creatine and herbs, including guarana, yerba mate and antioxidant-rich green tea. And because you deserve only top-quality, we’ve left out artificial colors, fake dyes and gluten. You can choose from Natural Fruit Punch or Natural Pink Lemonade, which get their coloring from beet juice — you’d never suspect it from the taste.
Recover: Now that you’ve blasted through another great workout, it’s time to start the recovery process. Do not take this step lightly. Your muscle fibers have been broken down and need help building back up to be stronger and leaner than before. This can only be done with proper recovery fuel, and the Vitacost ® ARO line does not disappoint.
Our ARO Black Series Amino Plus offers the ideal 2:1 branched chain amino acid (BCAA) ratio with 3,500 mg isoleucine, 1,750 mg leucine and 1,750 mg valine. These are essential amino acids, and by that I mean essential to muscle recovery because they cannot be produced by the body. The fruit punch and lemon lime flavors are both easy to mix and easy to drink.
Same goes for ARO Whey Protein Complex. It’s one of the most mixable lines of protein powders on the market today, so you can quickly shake up a serving to sip on during your workout or after. This complex provides 20 grams of quality protein and a measly 3 grams of sugar for only 200 calories. Oh, did I mention that our flavors are phenomenal?
The vanilla, chocolate and chocolate peanut butter taste just as great blended into a smoothie with fruit and flaxseeds as they do with plain old H2O. I’ve heard our chocolate whey is particularly good in home-baked protein brownies.
Optimize: As you go about your day, muscle soreness will settle in. You may even start craving sugary foods and feeling ravenous. This is why optimizing your efforts is so important. To keep your body revving, try our stimulant-free ARO Burn capsules. This all-natural, herbal blend includes well-known metabolism supporters, such as Hoodia gordonii, Garcinia cambogia and green coffee bean extract.
While you’re mixing your post-workout protein shake, throw in a scoop of unflavored ARO Raw Glutamine, which will help keep you from feeling so beat up that miss your next gym session. At a whopping 5 grams of nothing-added L-glutamine, you’re sure to feel like the rock star you are.
Lastly, don’t forget a daily multivitamin. If you do nothing else for your body, treat it to a comprehensive supplement that provides the vitamins and minerals your active body needs. I’m not talking just any multi. ARO Men’s Opti-Vitamin 75+ Nutrients was made for you, because it offers an amino acid blend with ample B vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants.
We created the ARO line so you can stick to your healthy lifestyle without worrying about the when, what or how much. See”¦not only have we saved you money, but you now have the time and energy to accomplish the next item on your to-do list (we know it’s a long one).