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Amino Acids make up 35% of your muscle mass and must be present for muscle growth to occur. It is absolutely essential to take Amino Acids as part of your weight training diet.  Amino acids help you maintain a muscle-building state after training.  Resistance training is known to promote gains in muscle strength and size (anabolism). When the volume and intensity of training increase beyond a certain point (overtraining), muscle strength and size can actually decrease (catabolism). University of Connecticut scientists investigated the effects of post-exercise amino acid supplementation on high-volume training. They found that amino acid supplements helped maintain an anabolic state while reducing the catabolic effects of the high-volume training.