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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Can you briefly explain what makes High Volume better than other pump products on the market?
Certainly. Let's take a quick glimpse at how the ingredients jive together:
Goal #1: Improve pumps.
L-Citrulline is well known for increasing pumps, but what you may not know is that the studied dose for increasing NO is 3g. We use FOUR grams per serving. Note that this is L-citrulline, which needs about half the dose as citrulline malate. Roughly speaking, 4g L-citrulline = 8g L-Citrulline-Malate (1:1).
Nitrates are pretty much the best pump-inducing ingredient. The studies are very well-conducted because nitrates are used medically for a number of purposes, and it's pretty clear that roughly 1g of amino nitrates outperforms most, if not all, other pump ingredients on the market. We use TWO grams of arginine nitrate.
Agmatine is another documented pump ingredient, and has many mechanisms for achieving such, including NOS modulation, imidazoline signaling, A2AR agonism, and even b-endorphin release. A good dose for this has been found to be 1g, which is what the formula includes.
Now here's where things get interesting. First, try to find one product that uses MORE THAN the studied dose of 3g L-citrulline. You can't. How about double the common dose of nitrates? They're few and far between. Now try to find a product with, at minimum, full doses of citrulline, nitrates, and agmatine. You can't. So you have the 3 best pump inducers on the market, all in one product, with 2 of the 3 of them dosed higher than commonly used doses. This is why we feel High Volume is top of the line in the category.
The caveat to "so much pump" is BP stabilization. This is achieved via a dose of Hydromax that approximates a "full serving" (per supplement standards) of GMS as far as glycerol content goes.
The next caveat is glycerol pulls water outside of the muscle cell in order to stabilize intravascular pressure. This is solved by adding taurine, which acts to increase intracellular osmolarity and provide hyperhydration without shifting water across body compartments.
Finally, we added rutaecarpine to hit the pump from all angles. NO/nitrates/etc are all "venodilators;" they dilate your veins. But there are also arteries. Rutaecarpine hits the other side of the coin by dilating the muscular arterioles of the body. This ensures that not only is waste removed from exercising muscle tissue, but oxygen is also delivered in a more efficient manner.
Goal #2: Improve Performance and Recovery
Citrulline, nitrates, etc all have the documented ability to improve performance, an effect that is secondary to improved tissue perfusion and waste product removal. They also reduce myocardial energy demand, so cardiovascular performance improves as well. By aiding with oxygen delivery, less lactate is produced during training, so DOMS are reduced. Citrulline doubles up on this effect by detoxifying the body of nitrogenous waste simultaneously.
Amentoflavone is included at a full dose to increase strength output by boosting intramuscular calcium release, an effect that may be potentiated by taurine, which stabilizes the sarcoplasmic reticulum from which the calcium is released.
Goal #3: Increase Muscle Mass and Lose Fat
Yes, improved performance and recovery will obviously indirectly lead to improved muscle mass over time. This is why we use preworkouts to enhance performance. But High Volume also has some direct effects on muscle growth.
Evidence shows nitric oxide may be myogenic in and of itself, and it is currently being explored by the scientific community as a tool for restoring muscle mass in select populations. L-Citrulline has interesting data showing it stimulates muscle protein synthesis in a manner that parallels leucine/mTOR. Agmatine, via b-endorphin, can act as a selective nutrient partitioner to muscle tissue. Amentoflavone increases cAMP by inhibiting various PDEs, which along with fatty acid synthase inhibition, may lead to increased fat loss. And the list goes on, but we won't get into all of that here. You get the picture.
2. Can I stack Amentomax with High Volume?
You may add 1 cap amentomax to a full serving of High Volume, though it is not necessary and may not be beneficial since amentoflavone is already full-dosed.
3. Can I use another nitrate product with 1 serving of High Volume?
No.
4. Can I use another citrulline/agmatine product with 1 serving of High Volume?
Use discretion. We do not advise this, and it will really provide no further benefit since the doses High Volume uses are already beyond maxed.
5. So what should I stack with High Volume?
The obvious choice is, if you so desire, a stimulant like a caffeine tablet. Beyond that:
-Betaine Anhydrous - Intracellular osmolyte
-NAC - Potentiates nitrates
-Arachidonic Acid - Potentiates agmatine/nitrates
-LCLT - Endurance booster/TxA2 pathway antagonist -> further pumps
-Choline Source - Stim-free focus
And my personal favorites:
Amino IV - The electrolyte complex and extra taurine further promote cell volumization and hyperhydration. Data shows citrulline works really well with BCAAs/EAAs. Lemon verbena is another great endurance booster.
1 serving Amino IV + 1 serving High Volume = Tastes amazing, pumps for days, and crazy endurance/drive/strength in the gym. Recovery is the best aspect though...soreness eliminated.
Anabeta Elite
Forskolin will synergize with amentoflavone, lodhra bark will create additive effects with amentoflavone, and eleuthero is a known human endurance booster to complement the rest of the high volume formula. And this isn't even accounting for the main anabolic active in anabeta elite: anacyclus pyrethrum.
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