Protein, like a gym, isn't hard to find, but controlling variables such as fat may not be as easy. Family or resort restaurants and fast-food joints are fonder of butter and deep fryers than hypertrophy and low bodyfat.
Perhaps most difficult of all is maintaining your supplement regimen. Offering a side of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) with your chicken sandwich hasn't caught on anywhere, and finding more obscure supplements like beta-alanine is, well, fuhgettaboudit. Fortunately, the on-the-road supplement dilemma is something we're faced with all the time here at M&F. Here are four stacks that you should make sure you take along on your next trip.
1 No-Lag Stack
If you're traveling across time zones, don't let jet lag ruin your workouts. The following supplements are proven in clinical studies to help you sleep well and reset your internal clock.
Caffeine: 200-300 mg upon waking
NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide): 10-20 mg upon waking
Melatonin: 1-5 mg 30-60 minutes before bed
2 No-Fat Stack
It's not always easy to find bodybuilding-friendly meals that are high in quality protein and low in fat and carbs. No problem - as long as you bring along a stack like this one that fights fat gain by blunting the absorption of fats and carbs and speeds up your metabolism.
Green tea extract: 500 mg before meals
Chitosan: 2 g before meals
Phaseolus vulgaris: 1-2 g before meals
3 Workout Boost Stack
Forced to hit the gym at odd hours? This can throw your body off, zapping your strength and making your workouts lackluster. Use this stack before training for all the strength and drive you'll need.
Caffeine: 200-400 mg about one hour preworkout
NO booster: One dose, containing 3-5 g of arginine, 30-60 minutes preworkout
Beta-alanine: 2 g within 30 minutes preworkout
Creatine: 3-5 g within 30 minutes preworkout
4 Recovery Stack
You still need to feed your body properly after training. This stack promotes maximal growth.
BCAAs: 5-10 g within 30 minutes postworkout
Beta-alanine: 2 g within 30 minutes postworkout
Creatine: 3-5 g within 30 minutes postworkout
Glutamine: 5-10 g within 30 minutes postworkout
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