Welcome To Vyigenx Pharmaceuticals

Bodybuilding is a sport focused on building and improving muscles to look as impressive as possible. It’s also a hugely popular sport around the world, and the purely visual element draws millions of spectators to competitions and events every year.

Both male and female athletes showcase their best physiques on stage every year with muscular size, symmetry, and conditioning being essential components of the overall package judged by the panel.

Training involves the use of progressive overload and time under tension to break down muscle tissue, which initiates the repair process and leads to increased muscle density and hypertrophy.

While rep ranges are typically higher than those used by strength athletes, maximal muscular development requires progressive strength improvement, and therefore, all rep ranges are necessary. However, bodybuilders tend to favor single-joint isolation movements, as aesthetics are the main goal.

Diet also plays a crucial role in bodybuilding, with an ideal ratio of macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, and fats) being necessary to support muscle growth, fuel workouts, and reduce body fat. This aspect of bodybuilding differs greatly from strength athletes, who follow a good diet plan but do not have to be as precise with their nutrition.

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.^[1][2] A polypeptide is a longer, continuous, unbranched peptide chain.^[3] Polypeptides that have a molecular mass of 10,000 Da or more are called proteins.^[4] Chains of fewer than twenty amino acids are called oligopeptides, and include dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides.

Peptides fall under the broad chemical classes of biological polymers and oligomers, alongside nucleic acids, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and others.

Proteins consist of one or more polypeptides arranged in a biologically functional way, often bound to ligands such as coenzymes and cofactors, to another protein or other macromolecule such as DNA or RNA, or to complex macromolecular assemblies.^[5]

Amino acids that have been incorporated into peptides are termed residues. A water molecule is released during formation of each amide bond.^[6] All peptides except cyclic peptides have an N-terminal (amine group) and C-terminal (carboxyl group) residue at the end of the peptide (as shown for the tetrapeptide in the image).