BSN established the Supplement Pyramid in order to simplify your achievement of a better looking and performing physique.
The Supplement Pyramid is built upon the concept of stacking. Stacking involves strategically combining dietary supplements in an effort to gain muscle, lose fat, or improve performance.
The potential benefits of stacking include:
- Reduced risk of metabolic “saturation” or “de-sensitization”:
- The more pathways you target at once, the less likely it is that any given pathway will become “saturated or “de-sensitized”. This reduces your chances of experiencing a plateau.
- Faster progress:
- The more pathways you target at once, the faster you can achieve your physique and performance goals. It’s a case of launching a quiver full of arrows in a single shot.
What is the “best” supplement stacking strategy?
Scientists have charted out hundreds of metabolic pathways that operate inside the human body. Many of them might be harnessed to help you gain muscle, lose fat, or improve your performance. Thousands of compounds exist in nature that might used to accomplish this.
BSN is in the business of making your life less complicated. We have invested nearly half a million dollars in clinical chemistry equipment. We run it all day long in an effort to determine the safety and efficacy of various combinations of compounds derived from nature. The fruits of our labors include the ultra-premium BSN products that you see on store shelves in nearly fifty countries around the world.
How the Supplement Pyramid works
Another fruit of our labors is the Supplement Pyramid. No matter what your physique or performance goals are, or how long you’ve been striving to achieve them, the Supplement Pyramid can make your life easier.
If you’re just starting out, you may only want to focus on the most important segment, Nutrition Support. This is the foundation of the pyramid. As you gain experience, you can stack additional supplements in order to address more pyramid segments. Nitrix, for instance, addresses Muscle Support and Performance Support (see illustrations). Cellmass addresses Recovery Support, Muscle Support and Performance Support.
Experienced individuals may stack enough supplements to “light up” the entire Supplement Pyramid in red (see illustration). This is easily accomplished by using the Mass Stack, Fit Stack, or Total Stack.
The more segments of the Supplement Pyramid you “light up”, the more you will harness the power of supplement stacking.
Putting the Supplement Pyramid into practice
Follow these simply steps to put the Supplement Pyramid into practice:
- Establish your needs:
- Nutrition
- Weight Management
- Muscle
- Performance
- Recovery
- Hormones
- Look for dietary supplements that satisfy the corresponding segments of the Supplement Pyramid. This will be indicated on the label.
The segment of the Supplement Pyramid:
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Nutrition Support (N): Dietary supplements that provide your body with tissue “building blocks” and associated vitamins and minerals address the Nutrition Support segment of the Supplement Pyramid. Tissue building blocks include protein, carbohydrate, and fat. Your body uses vitamins and minerals to put them to use.
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Muscle Support (M): Dietary supplements that support the development (building or “toning”) of skeletal muscle tissue fall into this segment.
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Weight Management (W): Products that assist in the reduction or control of body fat and body weight and/or the maintenance of lean (e.g. muscle and bone) mass.
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Performance Support (P): Dietary supplements that support physical or mental performance fall into this segment. If you want to improve your strength, speed, or focus, for instance, then find supplements that address Performance Support.
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Recovery Support (R): Dietary supplements that help you recover from training, sports, or other stressors fall into this segment.
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Hormone Support (H): This segment includes dietary supplements that support your hormones.
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by Rob Thoburn, Senior Marketing Executive & Scientific
