What makes a good Pre-Workout Drink?

Smash through a tough workout, with the help of a pre-workout drink! There are 5 key ingredients to look out for, to lift your performance. Their combined effect can turn an early morning slog into a powerful productive workout. When selecting a pre-workout supplement, it is important to consider your goals and the type of exercise you take part in. Some pre-workout drinks include ingredients which only improve a certain aspect of exercise. For example, ingredients such as creatine, caffeine and citrulline help with strength and power. Beta-alanine, caffeine and citrulline help with shorter, intense activities and caffeine and BCAA’s are good for long-lasting endurance exercise. Musashi Preworkout covers all the bases and provides a combination of ALL of these ingredients making it the stand-out product on the shelf.

The 5 top ingredients to look for in a pre-workout

The top five ingredients to look for in a pre-workout are:

Citrulline

This delays the onset of fatigue during heavy training and promotes faster recovery between sets. It is an important amino acid for athletes but one that is hard to obtain through diet alone. Citrulline increases the amount of arginine – which increases blood flow to the muscles during exercise. This helps muscles to work harder for longer under duress and produces bigger muscle pumps for weightlifters.

Beta-Alanine

Short bursts of high-intensity exercise (between 2-8 minutes) increase muscle burn and the onset of fatigue. Beta-Alanine helps to buffer the muscles and can help to boost explosive muscle strength and power. Beta-Alanine can also increase anaerobic endurance and aerobic capacity, helping athletes to train harder for longer.

Creatine

This ingredient offers several performance benefits. Creatine can produce small but immediate effects on strength and power. This allows athletes to perform more high-intensity work in competition and training, resulting in improved performance.

Branch Chain Amino Acids (BCAA’s)

BCAA’s refer to the three amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine. They help reduce muscle tissue breakdown, feelings of fatigue and support recovery following exercise. BCAA’s have been used by bodybuilders for decades but in recent years have become more popular among the wider athletic population.

Caffeine

This is important for maintaining concentration, alertness and reducing the sensation of fatigue. Containing 250mg per serve, giving you a better ‘pick me up’ than any coffee will provide. A propriety blend refers to ingredients which are listed on a dietary label with no precise amount indicated for each ingredient. Unlike many others, Musashi lists and provides full disclosure of the percentage of each of the top important ingredients in Musashi Preworkout helping athletes to identify the premium quality and quantity of their pre-workout formula. Our superior formulation contains 22% citrulline malate, 13% beta-alanine, 13% creatine and 11% BCAA’s. With this impressive list of ingredients, it is easy to see why Musashi Preworkout is so popular among athletes. Musashi Preworkout provides the supercharge needed to get you through any tough training session or competition and is Informed Sports Certified – which means it has been batch tested for banned substances and is safe to use in drug-tested sports. Musashi Preworkout is the ‘go-to’ workout drink for many leading athletes.