Athletic Edge Nutrition : Steel Edge

Ingredients explained – SUBSTANCE OVER HYPE

4 GRAMS CITRULLINE MALATE

This mixture of the amino acid citrulline and malic acid can help increase your performance in high-intensity exercise, as well as longer endurance-training protocols. Other key benefits include increased Nitric Oxide (NO) and blood-flow enhancement. The most recent research shows it can even decrease muscle soreness as early as 24-48 hours following exercise.*

6 GRAMS WAXY MAIZE CARBOHYDRATE

This quick-digesting carbohydrate provides fuel for glycogen replenishment, muscle fullness, and recovery between workout sessions. It’s used to stimulate nitric oxide release and fight fatigue during long resistance-training workout sessions (1.5 hours and longer), as well as fuel and improve performance for short 30-45 minute high-intensity interval training sessions.*

125MG ASHWAGANDHA ROOT AND LEAF EXTRACT (SENSORIL)

This ingredient supports neurological and immune-system recovery post-exercise, largely through helping control and reduce cortisol levels — important areas that are often overlooked in exercise performance and recovery. In addition, research shows that it fortifies the body against stress and anxiety.*

300MG CAFFEINE

This pre-workout energy stimulant helps blunt exercise-related pain. To maximize the effects of SteelEdge, avoid consuming caffeine at other times throughout the day, as well as on non-training days. This approach will help you stay sensitive to the energy stimulation from SteelEdge, giving you the largest boost when you need it most.*

50MG SUSTAINED RELEASE CAFFEINE

Unlike regular caffeine, which gives a quick energy burst followed by a crash, the sustained-release caffeine in SteelEdge provides a more even, long-lasting energy.*

1.5G OF TRIMETHYLGLYCINE (TMG)

TMG is shown to protect cells from dehydration by increasing water retention. It’s an ingredient that impacts many aspects of training — from strength and power to endurance and hydration.*

1.6G BETA-ALANINE (CARNOSYN)

One of the ingredients that Athletic Edge helped bring to the forefront back in 2005, beta-alanine is the second most research-backed ingredient in sports nutrition, following creatine. It’s repeatedly been shown to delay muscular fatigue by boosting carnosine, a natural buffer inside our muscles. Carnosine absorbs the hydrogen ions (H+) that are produced during high-intensity exercise. Increased levels of H+ cause a drop in our muscle pH (becoming more acidic), which directly interferes with our muscles’ ability to contract. By boosting muscle carnosine concentrations with beta-alanine, SteelEdge fights against that pH-related performance drop, increasing muscular endurance.*

3 GRAMS CREATINE MONOHYDRATE

The most effective and research-backed ingredient in sports nutrition, creatine increases strength, power and lean body mass.*

750MG ACETYL-L-CARNITINE + 750MG CHOLINE BITARTRATE

Research suggests that diminished levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine could be a contributing factor in muscle fatigue and poor workout performance. SteelEdge supplies two major building blocks needed to ensure optimal levels of acetylcholine in our bodies: acetyl-L-carnitine, which provides the acetyl block, and choline bitartrate, which provides the choline building block.*