iForce Finish Line: Anytime, Anywhere Gains “Post Workout”

iForce Nutrition recently unveiled their new post workout Finish Line that contains everything you want to speed recovery and full gains all day long.

If you’ve been following sports nutrition supplements lately, you know that many are beginning to follow the “JYM system” of products, with separated pre workout and post workout supplement protocols.

Basically, the pre workout contains everything you need to get primed for your workout – but many of them include “partial” doses of other ergogenics like creatine. Then the post workout contains some recovery elements, but sometimes also includes the remaining doses of ergogenics.

That kind of mess is confusing to consumers, so iForce Nutrition has a different take on this situation.

iForce’s new post workout called Finish Line, here to complement your pre workout!

However, this product is different from all the other posts available, and it isn’t even necessarily a “post-workout supplement”!

Finish line contains complete clinical doses of a wide variety of ingredients you’ll want to take each and every day to not only ensure optimal recovery but enhance DAILY GAINS as well. Finish Line can be a pre, post, or intra workout product as it can fit anytime, anywhere — but they claim it really shines when taken post workout.

We’ll reveal the label below, but first make sure to check the best deal and sign up for PricePlow alerts:

Finish Line Ingredients

Finish Line pairs full clinical doses along with a completely open label to cover all your essential supplement needs and start the recovery process the minute you finish your workout:

• BCAAs (6g)

  

  Finish Line contains a comprehensive profile of recovery elements, muscle builders, and performance enhancers all in a completely open label.

  Muscles fibers are broken down during any type of physical activity, a necessary part of the muscle-building process. To prevent complete catabolism, though, you need to feed your body the raw materials required to kickstart the repair and recovery process and ignite anabolism. This is where BCAAs come in, they help stimulate muscle protein synthesis.^[1,2]

  Finish Line uses the unconventional 4:1:1 ratio of branched-chain amino acids that supplies 4g of Leucine, and 1g each of Isoleucine and Valine.

  Another benefit of consuming BCAAs post workout is that they enhance recovery and delay the onset of muscle soreness, a.k.a. DOMS.^[3,4] So, not only will your body start repairing and building new muscle as soon as your workout is over, but you’ll also wake up feeling a lot better, even if it’s after leg day!

  Check out some other post workout or BCAA products available and you’ll quickly realize that most don’t even come close to having this much.

• Beta Alanine (3.2g)

  Many love to include beta alanine in their pre workout because it gives them the tingles and makes them feel “alive” or that the pre workout is having some sort of profound effect. More often than not, it’s just the paresthesia caused by consuming high doses of BA in a single sitting.

  This potent ingredient is most often associated with increasing endurance and power, thanks to its role as an intracellular buffer.^[5,6] However, beta alanine supplementation has also been proven to boost muscle growth^[7] and reduce fatigue.^[8]

  There’s no ideal time to take beta alanine, as long as you get your daily 3.2g, but taking it immediately post workout ensures that you won’t forget to take it at some other point during the day.

  Why is there a full dose of beta alanine here?

  Remember, Finish Line complements Max Out, a pre workout that includes only acute ingredients — stuff that is there to help with your workout, right here and right now.

  Beta alanine, however, builds up over time. iForce believes it’s better in a supplement like Finish Line, where it’s an “every day no matter what” kind of situation.

  iForce’s Vaughn will even tell you, “When BA is included in a pre-wo, it is SOLELY for the ‘tingles’ and placebo effect that people experience.”

  He’s not wrong. So with Finish Line, there’s no more questioning whether you’re getting enough BA or not. You are – over and done.

• Betaine (2.5g)

  

  iForce provides supplements to help your body recover while also providing great eye candy to help put your mind at ease.

  Another proven power booster is the choline derivative betaine, a.k.a. trimethylglycine. As we’ve seen with a vast majority of other products coming out, betaine is definitely back en vogue with the masses, and for good reason.

  Betaine imparts a number of benefits to your workout and overall muscle growth by:

  • Reducing soreness^[9]
  • Boosting muscle protein synthesis^[10]
  • Supporting creatine production in the body^[11]
  • Increasing power and endurance^[12,13]

  This is discussed in greater detail in our blog post titled Betaine: A Safe and Natural Muscle-Builder.

• L-Carnitine L-Tartrate (2g)

  Regular L-Carnitine supplements have been around quite a while. The problem with most of them is that they showed little to no results unless you happen to be carnitine deficient, i.e. the elderly and vegetarians.^[14,15]

  L-Carnitine L-Tartrate (LCLT), however, has solid research behind it that proves it’s incredibly effective for a much more diverse population. LCLT can improve endurance and blood flow while damage to muscle fibers from exercise and reduce soreness.^[16-18]

  LCLT further enhances recovery by decreasing DOMS while simultaneously increasing the density of androgen receptors in muscle cells.^[19,20] Basically, anabolic hormones like testosterone work more efficiently which in turn helps you to get more out of your workouts.

• Creatine HCl (2g)

  

  iForce’s stellar line of products will help you to keep pushing further during your workouts and never give up.

  Now let’s talk about the creatine blend, since it’s pretty unique:

  To get your daily creatine fix, Finish line uses not one but two “alternative” forms of creatine. Our first one is creatine hydrochloride.

  Now, the benefits of creatine usage need little explanation, because most know it’s great for increasing lean mass gains and strength, while at the same time reducing fatigue.^[21-23]

  Here, we get 2g of creatine so we need at least another gram to get to the lower end of the recommended 3-5g/day dosing for creatine, which leads us to…

• Magnesium Creatine Chelate (1g)

  Creatine MagnaPower, a.k.a. Magnesium Creatine Chelate (MCC), is a trademarked form of creatine manufactured by Albion Human Nutrition. This novel form of creatine is creatine monohydrate chelate bonded to magnesium.

  Research funded by Albion shows it’s better absorbed by the body, but that may be slightly biased.^[24] Independent studies, however, demonstrate it is in fact no better than monohydrate in terms of bioavailability or effectiveness.^[25]

  This brings us to a grand total of 3g of creatine, but we always have to ask why the brand didn’t just go with plain monohydrate.

  That answer was also provided by Vaughn at iForce:

  The inclusion for MCC was for numerous reasons. First of all, the combination of creatine & magnesium have been shown to reduce/eliminate conversion of creatine to creatinine in the acidic environment of the gut. This means you can get a higher amount of creatine delivered to the muscles, while having less waste. We have found that the amount of Magnesium present in MCC is enough to prevent this conversion in about 3x its weight. So, with the inclusion of 2g Creatine HCL with 1g MCC, we are able to offer the most bioavailable creatine possible in the HCL, and simultaneously prevent any unwanted conversion into creatinine –VaughnTrue at iForce

  On top of that, another reason we’ve been agreeing with magnesium creatine chelate is simply because… most of us don’t get enough magnesium in our diets. It’s one reason ZMA works well for some individuals.

  So, if this is how a bit more magnesium gets hacked into your diet (this will provide ~137mg worth, enough to make a difference, but not enough to cause side effects).

• L-Glutamine (1.5g) & L-Alanine (1.5g)

  

  Juicy Watermelon is one of 3 flavors that Finish Line will offer. This gives you a trifecta of watermelon-goodness across Hemavo2, Max Out, and Finish Line to quench your thirst and fuel your gains!

  We’ve combined these last two ingredients for a reason. Glutamine is highly regarded to be a great ingredient for enhancing muscle protein synthesis and recovery.^[26] However, our stomachs are greedy little monsters and usually consume supplemental glutamine before it ever reaches the intestines. This prevents glutamine from then being absorbed into the bloodstream and shuttle to your muscles, where it’s really needed.

  Combining L-Alanine with L-Glutamine solves this problem, and not only improves the absorption of glutamine, but also the bioavailability as well.^[27,28] This ensures that your muscles get the maximal recovery benefits of glutamine.

Finish Line Flavors

If you know anything about flavor systems, you know iForce always delivers! Don’t believe us? Go try the Lemon Drop flavor of any of their products!

Although the product hasn’t officially been released yet, we do know the flavors, and we’re pretty excited by the lineup which includes: Rainbow Sherbet, Very Cherry Lime, and Juicy Watermelon.

Takeaway

Welcome to the tip of the next generation of muscle building supplements!

Nothing feels better than crossing the “finish line” in an athletic endeavor, whether it be the last set of a grueling workout or an actual white line in a race. Recovery starts the second you complete your activity and nothing is better than a refreshing post workout drink.

What better way to enhance recovery than to combine important recovery elements like LCLT with daily ergogenics like creatine and beta alanine? Answer, there is none.

Finish Line delivers what you need, when you need it all in one convenient package that eliminates the need to have multiple tubs of bulk powders to fill in the gaps of your other products.

iForce’s take on the pre/intra/post situation is really smart. There’s no more second guessing things. The pre workout has what’s going to work right now, and this “post workout” has just about everything else. Now your day is set.