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MuscleTech Peptide 185: Dileucine for More Muscle Protein Synthesis
Branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) supplements have been around for over two decades now. If you’ve ever seriously lifted weights, you’ve almost certainly taken BCAAs at some point.
While BCAAs are technically dietary proteins, they have a disproportionately large impact on the body’s anabolic response compared to other proteins. That’s because they activate key informational switches[…]
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Fresh Supps Amino: Essential Amino Acids (EAAs) That Keep it Fresh
Greg Helton is the man. As far as supplement industry bonafides go, he covers all the bases. He was the chief marketing officer at Musclesport for seven years, and VP of Ryse for a year. We’ve even had him on Episode #40 of The PricePlow Podcast, when he was the president of Nutra Innovations.[…]
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Animal Recovery & Restore Performance Chews: Great-Tasting Glutamine and More
This past summer, we wrote an article about using Animal Creatine Chews to kick-start glycogen reload. We concluded that article saying, “So it sounds like we’ll need some more Chews from Animal.”
Well our requests have been answered — not only did we get Animal Energy Chews (each individual one with 25 milligrams of […]
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Arla Foods Ingredients: Innovating Whey Protein | Episode #108
https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/arla-foods-ingredients-whey-protein-108
Here on PricePlow, we’re happy to eat some crow. We recently mentioned that there hasn’t been much innovation in protein itself, and that most innovation has been coming in the add-on ingredients and protein enhancement technologies.
It turns out that we were wrong — there’s plenty of protein innovation coming, especially in the field […]
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It’s Mango Time! Nutrex Releases New EAA+ Hydration Flavor
Literally a week after Nutrex Research unveiled their updated EAA+ Hydration labels (featuring the same popular formula), the Nutrex Rebirth continues with a brand new flavor of EAA Hydration:
It’s Mango Time! Nutrex EAA+ Hydration Now in Mango FlavorIn our previous post linked above, we teased that a new flavor was on the way […]
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Nutrex EAA+ Hydration Gets Bold 2023 Branding
The Nutrex Rebirth continues under the stewardship of Chris Waldrum. As Chris told us in Episode #091 of the PricePlow Podcast, the sports series of supplements would be first to get updated rebranding, while the flagship Lipo-6 fat burning series is to be left alone for the time being.
Since then, we’ve seen a […]
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Mike McCandless: How to Sell a Supplement Brand | Episode #106
https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/mike-mccandless-106
If you’ve been around the supplement industry the past decade or two, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Mike McCandless, the founder of Scivation and creator of the legendary Xtend BCAA formula that upended the entire sports nutrition industry.
Mike McCandless: A Master of Supplement Business TransactionsThe last time we publicly spoke was when […]
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4 For the 4th: Musclesport Launches 4 Flavors for 4th of July 2023
We’ve recently begun covering Musclesport supplements after speaking with “The Supp Chef”, their founder and CEO Jason Mancuso. He has an incredible story that we hope to get on the PricePlow Podcast very soon, but he’s doubling down on his ability to flavor like no other.
This year, for the 4th of July, […]
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Bodybuilding.com Elite Thermo + BCAA: Burn Fat and Recover
Bodybuilding.com has long been a trusted resource for fitness enthusiasts, providing expert advice on training and programming.
With their new Elite Series supplements, the company officially merges the same level of expertise and precision to their formulations. We recently covered the their Elite Ultimate Pre-Workouts, which showcase the company’s commitment to delivering high-quality products […]
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Primeval Labs EAA Max Energy: Amino Acids with a Kick
BCAAs had a long run as king of intra-workout supplements. While there is some good research backing the effectiveness of BCAAs, EAAs have a far more comprehensive stack of evidence behind them.
The problem was taste. It is hard to formulate an EAA blend that tastes good. One company that has really changed that is […]
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