Nutrex PostLift: Loaded Post-Workout Carbs & More!

Nutrex debuts its new Clinical Edge series with a doozy of a post workout product titled PostLift that includes 10g of BCAAs and 25g of Cluster Dextrin.

A little over a month ago, Nutrex grabbed the industry’s attention when it unveiled its brand new Clinical Edge series. As of this writing, two workout-based supplements comprise this premier line of products that provide everything you need (in clinical doses) before and after your workout.

Today, we’re focusing on the all new post workout product recently introduced as part of the Clinical Edge series titled PostLift. This is the post to complement Nutrex’s OUTLIFT pre!

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PostLift Ingredients

POSTLIFT is very different from your typical post workout product. Sure, it’s got a hefty dose of BCAAs to provide the necessary anabolic stimulus, but there’s also several other ingredients that you’ve probably never thought of including in a post workout supplement before.

• Cluster Dextrin (25g)

  

  PostLift separates itself from virtually all other post workout supps with the inclusion of carbs and 10g of BCAA.

  In our current carb-phobic society, the mere mention of the word carb can make you want to run as far away from this product as possible. But screw society. We’re lifting and we need freaking carbs, and post-grueling-workout is the perfect time to load your body with a heaping dose of carbohydrates. This is because intense exercise depletes your glycogen stores.

  To replenish these stores, as well as start the repair and recovery process, consuming carbohydrates is the post workout window is critical. Nutrex uses the best pre, intra, or post workout carb around in Cluster Dextrin (a.k.a. Highly Branched Cyclic Dextrin).

  Cluster Dextrin is synthesized from the breakdown of amylopectin, a low osmolality, high molecular weight starch molecule. The properties Cluster Dextrin enable it to quickly pass through the stomach into the intestines^[1], where it’s sent to your muscles to begin the recovery process.

  Lastly, Cluster Dextrin also provides an excellent medium for shuttling in all of the other ergogenics contained in PostLift.^[2,3]

• BCAAs 2:1:1 (10g)

  You’ve probably seen quite a few post workout products that include BCAAs as part of their ingredient list, but when is the last time you got a heaping 10g of BCAAs in a single scoop?! Probably never if we had to guess.

  Nutrex uses the research-backed 2:1:1 ratio, which means each scoop of PostLift gives you 5g of Leucine and 2.5g each of Valine and Isoleucine.

  You’re probably well aware of the fact that BCAAs are a special type of amino that stimulate muscle protein synthesis^[4,5]; however, that just begins to list the benefits of this powerful trifecta of aminos. BCAAs also promote recovery and delay the onset of muscle soreness, also known as DOMS.^[6,7]

  Go take a look at some of the other popular post-workout products and you’ll be lucky if they contain 5g!

• L-Glutamine (5g)

  

  Nutrex has announced Alpha Pump, a new lower-cost, stackable stimulant-free pre workout supplement!

  Glutamine is the amino acid most synonymous with recovery^[8]; however, most people seem to scoff at the need to supplement with glutamine since it’s the most abundant amino in the body. But, during intense exercise, this conditionally essential amino acid can quickly get depleted and shift it to an essential amino acid.

  Basically, what we’re saying is, if you’re really pushing the envelope in your workouts, as you should be, you’ll want (and need) glutamine to help recover faster so you’re able to get back in the gym the next day.

• Betaine (2.5g)

  We’re big fans of betaine here on the PricePlow blog. The reason it’s such an awesome ingredient is that it’s got a considerable number of studies showcasing it as a way to increase power, endurance, and creatine production, all while helping reduce soreness.^[9-12]

  Studies show that the ideal dose you want of Betaine is 2.5g and and that’s the exact amount you get in PostLift. There’s no pixie-dusting or label-dressing here.

• HICA (2g)

  

  PostLift not only helps you recover faster, but also helps your muscles grow following a workout.

  HICA (Hydroxy-Isocaproic Acid), a.k.a. Leucic Acid, is a metabolite of the BCAA Leucine, the most studied and well-known of the BCAAs. Leucine provides the “jumpstart” for the mTOR pathway in the body, which is highly important as the mTOR pathway drives muscle protein synthesis. What we’re getting at here is that if you’re lacking in leucine, you’re not going to have much success at muscle-building.

  Additionally, there’s several other reasons you would want to supplement with this leucine derivative, including:

  • Better performance^[13]
  • Increased lean mass^[13]
  • Decreased fat mass^[13]
  • Reduced soreness^[13]

  This is a vastly underutilized ingredient in the industry, and we’re glad to see another company finally start to include it in their products – and in huge doses once again too!

• L-Carnitine L-Tartrate (2g)

  L-Carnitine supplements aren’t groundbreaking in terms of inclusion in workout supplements, as they’ve LONG been used. The problem with regular L-Carnitine is that it really provides no benefit unless you’re already carnitine deficient, i.e. the elderly and vegetarians.^[14,15]

  L-Carnitine L-Tartrate (LCLT) is a more bioavailable form of L-Carnitine that has several studies backing its effectiveness for a more diverse population. Namely, LCLT improves endurance and blood flow while reducing the amount of damage done to muscle fibers during exercise, which ultimately reduces muscle soreness.^[16-18]

  Furthermore, LCLT enhances the density of androgen receptors in muscle cells.^[19,20] This is a fancy way of stating LCLT makes your anabolic hormones (i.e. testosterone) work more efficiently which ultimately lets you reap more “gains” from your workout.

• Taurine (2g)

  

  Get the complete workout stack with Nutrex Outlift for your pre and Post-Lift for after your workout!

  Last, but not least, we have the conditionally essential amino, Taurine. Found predominantly in the brain, heart, and lungs, taurine is usually in plentiful supply. But, as we saw with glutamine, during times of intense physical stress (i.e. exercise), the body can’t synthesize enough to meet demand. This is when supplementation becomes crucial.

  Following a workout, chances are you’ve lost a lot of water and electrolytes through sweat. Taurine acts as a cell volumizer in the muscle which helps attract water and nutrients into the muscle belly.^[21] This means that taurine will help replace those lost nutrients plus, supplementing with taurine has also been documented to reduce signs of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)^[22] as well as improve focus.^[23]

Flavors Available

We expect this to be in stores in the immediate future, and when you’re ready to grab a tub, you’ll have only one flavor to choose from: fruit punch.

Takeaway

Whether you go with Italian Ice or Gummy Bear, Nutrex Outlift is a great pre-workout option!

Talk about a loaded supplement!! Nutrex has been quietly throwing together some beasts.

Post workout supplements have come a long way since the old message of “slam a protein shake as soon as the weights hit the ground.” Over the past year, we’ve seen some stellar post workout products hit the market. Most contain similar ingredients, but none seem to pack the punch quite the way that PostLift does.

The addition of carbs to PostLift elevates it into a unique class of products that are ideally suited for the endurance athlete or marathon lifter who finds himself in the gym for hours on end each day.

Who knows, this might jump start a trend of including carbs in more post products and we can finally see the end of the carb-phobia that’s been rampant? Probably not, but we can hope…