Are you locked up in your house? With little or no workout equipment? Worrying about loosing all your muscle gains you've worked so hard for over the last year or more?
Well, worry not fellow lifter, as HMB is here to save your gains!
HMB - β-Hydroxy β-Methylbutyrate - is similar to Creatine, in that your body gets some from meat and fish, but daily additional supplementation has great effects. HMB is the second most researched supplement, after Creatine, and a daily dose of around 3mg is considered safe, but larger amounts can cause damage to your kidneys and liver.
So what does it do? Well, primarily, it helps protect and repair muscle tissue. So your muscles recover faster after a workout, allowing you to get more sessions in per week, leading to more gains!
The lesser known secondary effect it can have is why you're here: HMB helps retain muscle mass through periods of less or no exercise. There is research to back this up, but it seems there are no approved legal claims, so companies can't shout about this as a key selling point.
HMB can be found in some more elite protein powders, or you can get it on its own in powder or capsule form. It's a relatively cheap supplement, and very widely available, so go get some and save the gains!
Bulkpowders HMB powder:
MyProtein HMB tablets:
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