Swimming ability and amino acid functions

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Swimming ability and amino acid functions

Swimming consumes more energy than land-based exercise, and requires endurance to swim the distance required for the event at full speed multiple times. It is also important to avoid fatigue and muscle loss.

Here we will explain the abilities required of swimmers and introduce the functions of the amino acids that support them.

Carbohydrate supplementation is important to avoid running out of energy

Swimming is said to burn more calories than land exercise. Therefore, if you do not replenish your body with carbohydrates, which serve as an energy source, your body will break down muscle tissue to obtain energy. This is why it is important to replenish carbohydrates when swimming.

The amino acids "alanine" and "proline" help the body efficiently store carbohydrate energy, helping to maintain endurance.

The relationship between exercise and carbohydrate supplementation | How to utilize glycogen to improve endurance and performance

The effects of alanine and proline help utilize carbohydrate energy to maintain endurance and performance

To swim well enough to win the actual competition, you need the stamina to swim at full speed

One effective training method is high-intensity interval training (also called intermittent exercise). This training allows you to build up intermittent endurance, which allows you to swim at full power for a short period of time. The key to this endurance is how quickly you can metabolize the waste products that are produced.

"Aspartic acid" speeds up the metabolism of this waste product, improving your ability to swim at full power.

What is intermittent endurance?

Instant boost to your sprinting power! "Sodium Aspartate"

Effects of sodium aspartate

Take amino acids before exercise to prevent muscle breakdown!

Swimming consumes a lot of energy, so even if you replenish your carbohydrate intake, if you practice for a long time, your body will run out of carbohydrates and muscle will be broken down and used as energy instead of carbohydrates. In order to prevent muscle breakdown, it is necessary to turn on muscle synthesis at the same time.

In particular, essential amino acids that contain a lot of leucine, which acts as a signal for muscle synthesis, suppress muscle breakdown.

What is the relationship between amino acids, which make up most of the body, and muscles? Muscles are reduced during exercise!

Muscles are made of amino acids | Functions and breakdown mechanisms of BCAAs and essential amino acids

Supports fatigue recovery with amino acids | Conditioning with the effects of leucine

Hard exercise reduces the intestinal barrier function, leading to general fatigue.

During exercise, blood is preferentially sent to the muscles, and blood flow to the internal organs (intestines) decreases, damaging the intestines. As a result, an inflammatory reaction occurs throughout the body, leading to fatigue throughout the body. Swimming is a high-intensity full-body exercise, so it is important to pay attention to the condition of your intestines.

The amino acids "cystine" and "glutamine" help prevent inflammation throughout the body by maintaining the intestinal barrier function.

If you get tired after exercising, is it because it damages your entire body, including your stomach? Here's what you need to know to perform at your best!

Causes of fatigue and tiredness after exercise

The effects of glutamine and the mechanism of fatigue recovery

A conversation between an NSCA-certified trainer and nutritionist who have supported top-level swimmers

An interview with Tsuchiguro Hidenori, who has coached Japan's national swimming team, and Miyamoto Kazuyo, who has accompanied swimmers to overseas training camps and competitions.

[Special Discussion] Swimming Part 1: Don't let fatigue build up. Take care not only for training but also for fatigue recovery

An interview with Mikio Numata, a training coach for a strong university swimming team, and Haruka Suzuki, a registered dietitian who has been involved in Ajinomoto Co., Inc.'s Victory Project®, a nutritional support program for top athletes.

[Amino Acid Sports Nutrition Science Lab Special Discussion] Collegiate Swimming [Part 1] The Importance of Peaking to Give Your Full Strength in the Big Game

[Digest Video] Strength and Conditioning Coach Mikio Numata and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Dietitian Haruka Suzuki "Peaking for university swimmers"

Summary

Skills required for swimmers	Functions of Amino Acids
Swimming burns a lot of calories, so it's important to replenish carbohydrates as an energy source.	"Alanine" and "proline" help the body efficiently store carbohydrate energy and are useful for maintaining endurance.
Intermittent endurance is required to swim at full power multiple times.	"Aspartic acid" can increase intermittent endurance.
High-intensity full-body exercise like swimming reduces blood flow to the internal organs, damaging the intestines and leading to fatigue throughout the body.	"Cystine" and "glutamine" prevent inflammation throughout the body by maintaining the intestinal barrier function.
When carbohydrates decrease during long periods of training, muscle tissue is broken down as an energy source.	The essential amino acid "leucine," which is rich in the substance, prevents muscle breakdown.

We have released a checklist to help you check your condition, the second part of the interview article, and the video of the interview, exclusively for members! Please make use of them.

[Special Discussion] Swimming Part 2: It's important to be in shape not just before and after a competition, but in your daily life as well

[Special Discussion from the Amino Acid Sports Nutrition Science Lab] University Swimming [Part 2] Bodybuilding and nutrition: Daily "preparation" determines success

[Part 1 of the video] Conditioning methods for swimmers before competitions / Strength and conditioning coach Mikio Numata x Ajinomoto Co., Inc. registered dietitian Haruka Suzuki

[Part 2 of the video] Learning from the schedules of top competitive swimmers / Strength and conditioning coach Mikio Numata x Ajinomoto Co., Inc. registered dietitian Haruka Suzuki

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