Overview of Sports Supplements

To keep the body and physique in healthy position many sports persons are using supplements as their diet replacements. Also the quality and standards of these sports supplements are increasing day by day.

Nowadays a wide range of fitness and sports supplements are available in the market. But before going for the usage of these supplements, as a sportsman (or sportswoman), you must know how these supplements are working and whether they suit your body or not.So to help here is a list of popular sports supplements according to their classification and uses:

1.Supplements for the protection of muscles and their maintenance.Some of the examples of this category are antioxidants which guard the body from free radicals.Calcium helps in preventing the muscle cramps.CLA and chromium helps in strengthening and enlarging the muscles.Other types are Eucalyptus, HMB, magnesium, vitamin E and OKG are used for the protection of muscles and their improvement.

2.Fat reducing supplements from the body.They include many popular fitness and sports supplements which help in reducing the body fats.Some of the examples are: - chromium, HMB, CLA pyruvate and DHEA.

3.Pain reduction and temporary relief pain supplementsMain example is Brome lain which can help in reducing the pain of strains and sprains,Arnica also helps in reducing the pain and also accelerates the healing process.Cayenne is very much useful in providing temporary relief from rheumatic and arthritis pain.Chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine helps in reducing the joints pain.Other examples of popular fitness and sports supplements includes vitamin C, HMB, zinc and ribose

4.Endurance boosting supplements Most important example of the sports and fitness supplements that helps in boosting up the endurance is the branch chained amino acids also called as BCAAs.Coenzyme Q10 performs the same function and plays a vital role in metabolic processes.Other examples of boosting endurance supplements are Creatine, ginseng. HMB, iron, gamma oryzanol, pyruvate, phosphorus, yohimbe and medium-chain triglycerides (MCT)

5. Supplements for enhancing the immune systemSome of the popular examples of the fitness and sports supplements for boosting up the immune system are vitamin E, glutamine, zinc and vitamin C.

6. Supplements for increasing strength.Some of the examples of strength increasing supplements are octaconsanol and cordyceps. Arginine and ornithine also helps in boosting strength