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DUAL FUEL: Combining Ketones and Carbs for Rocket Performance
For decades, carbohydrates have been the go-to fuel for athletes, especially in endurance sports. The rationale is simple: carbohydrates, stored in the body as glycogen, are a readily accessible source of energy during high-intensity exercise. However, the body’s glycogen reserves are finite, and once depleted, performance can suffer dramatically.[1-3]
This has led to the development […]
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Dom Kuza: Formulating by Blood Work at Revive & Raw Nutrition | Episode #144
On Episode #144 of the PricePlow Podcast, Mike and Ben welcome Dominic Kuza of Raw Nutrition and Revive MD, who comes on to explain some of the new formulas he’s been working on at the two companies since starting earlier this year.
Dom was invited to explain his new formulation, the forthcoming Revive […]
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Ryan Garcia Fails Drug Test and Blames NutraBio Super Carb, Tests Find NONE (Updated 6/16/2024)
On May 1, 2024, boxer Ryan Garcia tested positive for ostarine, a banned performance-enhancing drug.[1] Three weeks later, his B-sample re-confirmed the drug.[2] The A-sample had been taken the day before and the day of his April 20th upset win over Devin Haney, a victory that’s now in jeopardy of disqualification.
On May 30th, […]
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Which Mass-Tech?! Comparing MuscleTech’s Mass Tech Weight Gainers
Putting on lean muscle mass can be hard. When new athletes begin getting in shape in earnest, it can feel like they’re spending their entire day either in the gym or eating food.
Luckily, Muscle-Tech has three awesome solutions for the “hardgainers” out there.
Mass Builders to the RescueMass gainer supplements are intended […]
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Joey Savage Launches Savage Nutra Consulting | Episode #129
The industry is abuzz with changes, and one of the biggest realignments has happened down in Houston, TX, where Joey Savage (formerly of Glaxon) has started his own consulting firm, Savage Nutra.
Joey Savage Launches Savage Nutra ConsultingThis podcast was recorded at the Arnold Sports Festival in early March 2024. At the time […]
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RAW Nutrition Endurance Line FUEL: Built for Athletes
RAW Nutrition‘s 2023 was marked by release after release, and hit after hit. Their game was so on-point, in fact, that they were bestowed the esteemed honor of being named our 2023 Brand of the Year in our annual Supplement Industry Awards.
For RAW, this year began like the previous four. In celebration of […]
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Muscle Glycogen Reload: Sugar, Dextrose, and Animal Creatine Chews
It’s summer of 2023, and everyone’s been talking about creatine again. This time it’s getting more attention from women, which is something we’ve wanted to see for decades.
Always ahead of the curve, the Animal team over at Universal Nutrition has long had many creatine-based supplements, but they reformulated their lineup in 2022, […]
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Klout KAIO PUMP & Performance is Live and LOADED
Sports supplement users are by now familiar with KLOUT, a young upstart brand whose edgy branding and formulations have taken the scene by storm. They currently sport three pre-workout supplements, led by their KIAO Final Destination Pre-Workout, but with alternative options in Mamba and Karma.
All three of those have stimulants, […]
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Universal TORRENT: Old-School Post-Workout Supplement Still Dominates
We love Universal Nutrition because their approach to formulating supplements is inspired by old school bodybuilding – the overwhelming majority of ingredients Universal uses are backed by hardcore research, every once in a while they give a wink and a nod to the finest bodybuilding traditions.
When PricePlow was founded in 2008, one of the […]
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Animal Creatine CHEWS: The Best New Way to Take Creatine
We love it when a supplement manufacturer finds a way to improve a mainstay ingredient – something that’s been around forever, and has such well-established bona fides, that the industry takes it for granted and stops looking for ways to make it better. That’s the perfect time to innovate.
Animal Creatine Chews: A simple[…]Continue Reading →
