Biotest Alpha GPC (125ml)

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Biotest Alpha GPC (125ml)

Biotest Alpha GPC contains the most potent, highest quality, and most pure form of L-Alpha-Glycerylphosphorylcholine available.

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BioTest Alpha GPC

Alpha-GPC the Compound
- Alpha-GPC is a precursor to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Clinically, it's been used both orally and intramuscularly to treat Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), as well as to improve memory, cognitive function, and learning.
- Clearly, you don't have to be a physician to see that it has profound effects on the nervous system. However, prior to Dr. Ziegenfuss, not many researchers thought to test alpha-GPC on advanced athletes.
- On the other hand, choline, which is a precursor to alpha-GPC, has been tested on athletes and shown to improve athletic performance and endurance.
- The thinking is this - Acetylcholine is a major neurotransmitter that activates muscle contraction. Increasing the amount of acetylcholine (which is depleted by exercise) in cells can therefore keep muscles contracting longer and harder.
- However, alpha-GPC is a much better precursor to acetylcholine and, unlike choline, alpha-GPC raises GH levels substantially.
What Did the ALPHA-GPC Studies Show?
- Dr. Ziegenfuss recruited experienced weight trainers and set out to test the effects of alpha-GPC on GH levels and explosive force, using a randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over design.
- We can't get into the precise protocol before the study is officially published, but we can tell you the highlights.
- Study Protocol Highlights - Subjects consumed a dose of alpha-GPC 90 minutes prior to exercise. They were then asked to perform 3 sets of bench-press throws using 50% of their pre-determined 1RM. Rep speed was measured using the Ballistic Measurement System (BMS). Blood draws were taken 0, 5, 15, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes post-exercise.
Bench-Press Force Findings
- Alpha-GPC increased peak force by 14% over and above the placebo value.
Growth Hormone Findings
- Alpha-GPC doubled GH levels over the placebo value, post training.
How Does ALPHA-GPC Work?
- Bottom line, alpha-GPC works. What isn't exactly clear is how it works, but Dr. Z has narrowed it down to two theories:
- By increasing acetylcholine concentrations, Alpha-GPC increases the number of cross bridges formed by actin and myosin — more cross bridges equals more peak force.
- ALPHA-GPC directly increases the recruitment of high-threshold motor units (fast-twitch fibers).
- Either way, it really doesn't matter. Alpha-GPC quickly makes athletes more powerful and much more resistant to fatigue.
- And being able to recruit more fast-twitch fibers, repeatedly, set after set after set, you'll build muscle and gain strength at a faster rate.
- But let's not forget about the other powerful effect of alpha-GPC, which might lead to even greater muscle growth. I'm talking about doubling GH, of course.
- Such a profound increase in GH levels — every time you train — can have a significant effect on fat loss, not to mention hypertrophy.
How to Use Alpha-GPC
- Take 900 mg 90 minutes prior to training or competition.