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If you are serious about gaining muscle mass, you need to be taking protein powder. Protein powder is one of the most beneficial things for your body to gain muscle. But how do you chose the right one? There are so many proteins out there and it really comes down to your goals. If you want something that is a little sweeter and you don’t care about lactose and sugar content then a Whey Concentrate powder is for you. If you want something more on the healthier side of things,  whey isolate protein powder is best for you. That is...

If you are an athlete and want to take a pre workout supplement, you need to be smart about what you put in your body. Sometimes the cheapest product is not the best thing for you to take. Think of it like food, McDonalds is a lot cheaper than a ribeye steak, both are protein but one is horrible for you. Same thing with supplements. If you’re getting a $20-$30 pre workout, be very careful of the ingredients that are in it. They can be under dosed and it can all be put into a blend where you don’t even...

L-Citrulline is the ingredient we will be talking about today and we will be talking about the benefits of having this in a pre workout. Our pre workout supplement has 6G of L-Citrulline. Now what this will do for you is that it allows more nitric oxide production in your body. So essentially what that means is that you have more blood pumping in your body. This increases your pumps in the gym. This is why we believe it is an essential ingredient to have in your pre workout supplement. A pre workout is not just for energy levels. Great...

Athletes commonly ask us when the best time to take Creatine is and at what age should they start. That is what we are going to be focusing on today. So you should take Creatine around your workouts. Either before or after your workouts or in some cases both. Taking Creatine before is where we feel you get the most out of it. It helps you with strength, explosion and power in the gym due to the increased muscle hydration this ingredient/supplement causes. Make sure you hydrate and make sure you only take the recommended 5-10G daily and only 5G...

The short answer to this is NO. If you are an athlete and are serious about performance in the gym, energy drinks are not the way to go. Let me explain, the reason energy drinks  don’t work for athletes is because there really isn’t anything in them that give you benefit. Some market that there is “Creatine” or other specific ingredients but the truth is that it is not even enough of a dosage to feel the effects. Also a lot of other energy drinks contain Taurine. Taurine is a supplement ingredient most commonly found in post workout drinks. Taurine...