Muscle Mechanic^® Complex – 12,000 mg

Branched-Chain Amino Acids

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) consist of leucine, isoleucine and valine. Branched-chain amino acids stimulate protein synthesis and muscle growth.¹

During exercise, BCAAs keep your testosterone levels high and give you energy, and this prevents muscle breakdown during exercise.² BCAAs also give you more energy by triggering the release of norepinephrine, so you can work harder and to your full limit.³

After a workout, BCAAs speed your recovery by triggering insulin release⁴ and reducing pain and muscle inflammation,⁵ ultimately pushing you back into a muscle-building anabolic state.⁶

Arginine

Arginine, an amino acid that produces nitric oxide and muscle pumps, is highly effective and works in synergy with BCAAs to dramatically stop muscle breakdown cold.⁷

Muscle Inflammation™ Complex – 250 mg

M•ZYME^®

M•ZYME’s specialized systemic enzymes are clinically proven to make your immune system stronger⁸ and to dramatically speed your recovery, getting you bigger and faster in record time!⁹

After a hard workout, pro-inflammatory chemicals prostaglandin E-2 (PGE-2) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) amplify the inflammation caused by a hard workout, and this causes excessive cortisol release – and muscle breakdown.

M•ZYME’s specialized systemic enzymes are proven to decrease PGE-2 and IL-6 activity,^4,2 and this leads to dramatically lower cortisol secretions and an astounding 65% reduction of inflammation.¹⁰ This helps prevent delayed onset muscle soreness (D.O.M.S.) and ensures that you keep the muscle you have and build more faster than ever!

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Muscle Support Complex – 26.8 mg

Magnesium Citrate

Magnesium is important for hundreds of bodily processes and is fundamental for the functioning of muscles. Magnesium Citrate also increase the muscle cells’ ATP/ADP ratio. Magnesium attaches to ATP stabilizing the molecule allowing it to be stored as a source of energy that can be utilized by muscle cells.

Vitamin B₁ – Thiamine Hydrochloride

Isolated and characterized in the 1930s, thiamin was one of the first organic compounds recognized as a vitamin. Thiamin occurs in the human body as free thiamine, and one of its forms, thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP), is a required coenzyme for a small number of very important enzymes. These enzymes play critical roles in the production of energy from food, including catalyzing branched-chain amino acids.

Vitamin B₂ – Riboflavin

In the body, riboflavin is an integral component of key coenzymes. Coenzymes derived from riboflavin are termed flavocoenzymes, and enzymes that use a flavocoenzyme are called flavoproteins. Living organisms derive most of their energy from oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions. Flavocoenzymes are critical for the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. The coenzyme derived from riboflavin called flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is part of the electron transport (respiratory) chain, which is central to energy production. FAD is also a critical coenzyme in the regeneration of glutathione, therefore playing a major role as an antioxidant.

Vitamin B₃ – Niacinamide

Niacin is a water-soluble vitamin also known as nicotinic acid. It is used to form the coenzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP). As many as 200 enzymes require the niacin coenzymes NAD and NADP. NAD functions most often in energy-producing reactions involving carbohydrates, fats, proteins and alcohol. NADP functions more often in biosynthetic reactions, such as in the synthesis of all macromolecules.

Vitamin B₅ – D-Calcium Pantothenate

Vitamin B₅ is essential to all forms of life. It is found throughout living cells in the form of coenzyme A (CoA). CoA is required for chemical reactions that generate energy from food (fat, carbohydrates and proteins). The synthesis of essential fats, cholesterol and steroid hormones requires CoA, as does the synthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and the hormone melatonin. Heme, a component of hemoglobin, requires a CoA-containing compound for its synthesis. The liver requires CoA to metabolize many drugs and toxins.

Vitamin B₆ – Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

Vitamin B₆ is a water-soluble vitamin that was first isolated in the 1930s. The principal coenzyme form, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), has the most importance in human metabolism. PLP plays a vital role in the function of approximately 100 enzymes that catalyze essential chemical reactions in the human body. For example, PLP functions as a coenzyme for glycogen phosphorylase, an enzyme that catalyzes the release of glucose from stored glycogen. Glycogen stored in muscle is used as an energy reserve that can be quickly mobilized to meet a sudden need for glucose. Much of the PLP in the human body is found in muscle bound to glycogen phosphorylase. PLP is also a coenzyme for reactions used to generate glucose from amino acids, a process known as gluconeogenesis.

Vitamin B₉ – Folic Acid

The terms folic acid and folate are often used interchangeably for this water-soluble B-complex vitamin. Folate coenzymes act in a variety of reactions critical to the metabolism of nucleic acids and amino acids. Folate coenzymes play a vital role in DNA metabolism. Folate coenzymes are required for metabolizing several important amino acids.

Vitamin B₁₂ – Cyanocobalamin

Vitamin B₁₂ has the largest and most complex chemical structure of all the vitamins. It is unique among vitamins in that it contains a metal ion, cobalt. For this reason, cobalamin is the term used to refer to compounds having vitamin B₁₂ activity. It is a cofactor for only two enzymes, methionine synthase and L-methylmalonyl-CoA mutase. Methylcobalamin is required for the function of the folate-dependent enzyme methionine synthase. This enzyme is required for synthesizing the amino acid methionine from homocysteine. L-methylmalonyl-CoA mutase helps play an important role in the production of energy from fats and proteins.

Absorption Initiator – 3 mg

Bioperine^® Piper nigrum (Black Pepper)

Bioperine contains 95% piperine. Piperine is clinically proven to give you more bang for your buck by increasing enzyme absorption and effectiveness by as much as 60%.¹¹

Other Ingredients

Natural flavours, citric acid, trisodium citrate, red beet powder, sucralose, soy lecithin, silicon dioxide, acesulfame potassium, FD&C Blue #1