How to Get a Pump

To get a pump you need to combine proper training, nutrition and supplementation. Today, we will give the rundown on how you can get an elite pump in the gym and how Morning Would can make your pump that much better.

Key Takeaways

• The muscle pump is a temporary increase in muscle size caused by increased blood flow and fluid buildup during workouts

• Higher rep ranges, compound exercises, and pushing muscles to their limits lead to maximum blood flow or, a better pump

• Proper nutrition and hydration, along with supplements like citrulline, enhance muscle pumps by boosting blood flow and nutrient transport.

What is the pump?

The pump is that feeling you get in your muscles when you hit them just right. They feel like they are tight and full of blood. It's that proverbial gym feeling. Not only that, but since your muscles are full of blood they look better too.

When you lift weights, your muscles need more oxygen and nutrients, which causes your blood vessels to expand and more blood to flow into the muscle fibers, making your muscles appear larger and more vascular.

It's called transient hypertrophy. It's caused by fluid buildup and increased blood flow, which leads to muscle cell swelling. The feeling of fullness you get in your muscles during a workout is due to this fluid buildup and the accumulation of metabolic byproducts like lactic acid. This lactic acid buildup draws water into the muscle cells, further contributing to the swelling.

Performing exercises until muscle failure can significantly help in achieving a muscle pump. When you push your muscles to their limit, more blood flows into the area, providing that sought-after pump. Also doing giant sets with higher reps can lead to increased capillary density in muscles which just means better pump.

How To Get A Better Pump

Lifting weights with high rep ranges (12-20 reps) effectively enhances your muscle pump by promoting increased blood flow. High rep training not only boosts blood flow but also increases lactic acid production, contributing to that tight, full feeling in your muscles.

Realistically doing a healthy failure set anywhere between 8 to 12, or 12 to 20 should lead to a great pump. You don't just need to to high reps but high reps do give you that 'burn out' sensation.

Start with compound exercises and then slowly work down to isolation activities. Pump training targets a muscle pump through specific techniques. Increasing reps in your routine draws more blood into working muscles, enhancing the pump effect. This approach not only helps in making muscles appear larger but also aids in building muscle over time.

While some people might say you don't need a pump to build muscle, pretty much every great bodybuilder ever has heralded the importance for a good pump. We agree. If you get a good pump it means you targeted the muscle right.

How Nutrition Enhances Your Pump

Nutrition enhances your pump particularly through carbohydrate metabolism. If you have ever done a workout fasted, you know that sometimes you simply can't feel the pump as well. Getting in some good carbs pre-workout fuels your muscles, and enhances blood flow. That is to say - it gives you a pump.

Hydration

Proper hydration maximizes blood volume and nutrient transport during workouts. Dehydration hinders blood flow and reduces workout effectiveness, so drink plenty of water before, during, and after exercise.

Of course, make sure to get in some electrolytes as well: magnesium, sodium, potassium. You know where we are going with this...

How Morning Would Boosts Your Pump

Morning Would has a few distinct ingredients that will increase your pump without going over the top. We didn't pile in tons of different NO boosters because we wanted to be able to use Morning Would on off days as well.

• Citrulline: The most effective pump ingredient as it converts to arginine, boosting nitric oxide production which significantly dilates blood vessels. This increases blood flow to working muscles, creating that full, vascular appearance and feeling.

• Sodium & Potassium: These electrolytes work together to regulate fluid balance and cell volumization. Proper levels help draw and hold water in muscle cells, enhancing the pump effect and muscle fullness.

• Betaine Anhydrous: Acts as an osmolyte that increases cellular hydration and swelling. This cell volumization contributes to a fuller muscle appearance during exercise and can enhance the pump sensation.

• Magnesium: Supports vasodilation and proper muscle function. While not a primary pump ingredient, it helps relax blood vessels and works synergistically with sodium and potassium for proper fluid balance.

• Alpha-GPC: May enhance the mind-muscle connection and slightly increase growth hormone secretion, which can indirectly improve pump quality by enhancing neural drive to muscles during contraction.

Indeed, the focus provided by our nootropic formula enhances that of our pump enhancers like citrulline. Once you get a mind blowing pump in the gym, and destroy your muscles, Morning Would will be there waiting to help you recover.

Final Say

Getting a good pump is half the reason why most of us go to the gym. It makes you feel better, and for at least an hour a day, it makes you look like Arnold. But by understanding the science behind the pump, you can optimize your training and nutrition to achieve better results.

As always, nutrition and training is king. Supplementation is what gives you an edge.

Try out Morning Would today.