Pre-workout supplements are designed to enhance your exercise performance by boosting energy, endurance, and focus. They often contain key ingredients like caffeine, L-citrulline, and beta-alanine, which can help increase strength, reduce fatigue, and improve overall workout efficiency. By elevating your energy levels and improving mental clarity, pre-workout supplements can help you push through challenging workouts and maximize your results, making them a popular choice for fitness enthusiasts and athletes alike.
What’s Inside our pre-workout?
L-Citrulline Malate: L-Citrulline is an amino acid that may enhance athletic performance by increasing nitric oxide (NO) production, promoting vasodilation and improving blood flow to muscles. This may lead to better oxygen and nutrient delivery, reducing muscle fatigue and enhancing endurance. By decreasing the perception of exertion, L-citrulline allows athletes to train harder and longer, making it a valuable addition to pre-workout supplements [1].
Beta-Alanine: β-alanine supplementation can augment intramuscular carnosine content, leading to an increase in muscle buffer capacity, a delay in the onset of muscular fatigue, and a facilitated recovery during repeated bouts of high-intensity exercise. β-alanine supplementation appears to be most effective for exercise tasks that rely heavily on ATP synthesis from anaerobic glycolysis, which is primarily used in weightlifting and other short-burst, high-intensity exercises [2,3].
Glycerol Powder: Glycerol acts as a hyperhydration agent, supporting water retention within your body. This means that during prolonged exercise, glycerol helps maintain plasma volume, improving endurance and enhancing overall performance. By promoting better hydration, glycerol helps combat fatigue and keeps your body functioning optimally, making it a great addition for both endurance and strength athletes [4].
L-Tyrosine: This amino acid is known for its positive effects on cognitive function, especially during stressful conditions. By serving as a precursor to important neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine, L-tyrosine supports mood stability and mental clarity. When you’re focused and alert, you can get the most out of your workouts, making it easier to stick to your routine and conquer any challenges that come your way [5].
L-Glycine: Glycine may stimulate the production of serotonin, which elevates your mood, improves sleep and enhances memory and thinking [6].
L-Glutathione: L-glutathione and L-citrulline work synergistically to enhance nitric oxide (NO) production, which plays a crucial role in promoting vasodilation and improving blood flow during workouts [7].
Caffeine Anhydrous: A staple in the world of pre-workout supplements, caffeine improves performance and endurance during prolonged, exhaustive exercise. Caffeine improves concentration, reduces fatigue, and enhances alertness during your workout [8].
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): Riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin that the body uses to metabolize carbohydrates, fats, and protein into glucose for energy. In addition to boosting energy, this vitamin functions as an antioxidant for the proper functioning of the immune system, healthy skin, and hair [9].
Idea behind the design
This formulation was designed based on our previous experience with other pre-workout supplements, which were all lacking in one way or another. We’ve either experienced a ‘‘crash’’ in our energy levels and mood before even completing our workout or didn’t experience any effects at all. That is why we formulated this supplement with the idea of improving not only physical performance but also adding compounds that would keep you energized and uplift your mood to mitigate the so-called ‘’crash’’.
With our carefully crafted blend of ingredients, you can experience sustained energy, enhanced focus and muscle pump throughout your entire workout, making it the ultimate pre-workout supplement to elevate your performance and push your limits.
References:
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- Varanoske AN, Hoffman JR, Church DD, et al. β-Alanine supplementation elevates intramuscular carnosine content and attenuates fatigue in men and women similarly but does not change muscle l-histidine content. Nutr Res. 2017; 48:16-25. doi:10.1016/ j.nutres.2017.10.002
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- Bryant J. Jongkees, Bernhard Hommel, Simone Kühn, Lorenza S. Colzato, Effect of tyrosine supplementation on clinical and healthy populations under stress or cognitive demands—A review, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Volume 70, 2015, Pages 50-57, ISSN 0022-3956
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