Have you ever had an incredibly tough workout where you push yourself to the very limit? Where you give it all you’ve got, and try to go that extra inch, last that extra minute, exceed your past records—only to suddenly crash and suffer from a loss of energy? If so, then you need to add some of Beachbody’s M.A.X. Creatine to your nutritional supplement so that it can help power you through to that last and final rep.

What is Beachbody’s M.A.X. Creatine?

Creatine is an incredibly effective supplement that occurs naturally in our bodies, and we usually consume it when we eat fish, poultry, or meat. However, we only absorb trace amounts, so you would have to eat buckets of protein to get the amount  that you can get from one teaspoon of M.A.X. Creatine.

Better yet, M.A.X.  contains no artificial flavors, colorants, fillers, preservatives, wheat, sucrose, starch, corn, salt, yeast, making it the purest out there on the market, and easy to add to any sports beverage or recovery formula that you’re already taking. In on flavorless teaspoon lies all the concentrated goodness of the most effective and tested sports supplement in the world.

How Does M.A.X. Creatine Work?

Our body needs energy to live, and that demand spikes when you exercise. When you go for a run, lift weights, swim, or practice a sport, your body will turn to its energy supplies to keep going. This is found in the liver and muscle cells as glycogen, and when that’s depleted your body will scrounge for energy from fatty acids and glucose. It takes these sources and breaks them down into adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. This ATP is like the gasoline that gets your muscles to top speed.

However, we have a limited of ATP available to us, and this is especially true when we push so hard that we are forced to exercise anaerobically. Any time you can’t catch your breath, like during a sprint or the final few reps in a squat, you are working anaerobically, which means ‘without oxygen’. Then your body can’t get ATP quickly enough, and it turns to phosphocreatine which is created by your liver, kidneys, and pancreas. This creatine phosphate is naturally occuring, but comes in even smaller amounts, so while in a pinch it can help you generate more ATP and keep pushing, it runs out fast too.

What can you do? Increasing the amount of creatine in your body is essential to max out those last few reps. The answer is to supplement , which basically helps boost your natural stores. This increased store will allow to workout longer and harder, allowing you in turn to make huger gains as you get two or three more crucial reps out that you wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.

Creatine is NOT a Steroid

Some people have steered clear of this product  out of the belief that it is a steroid, an illegal sports supplement, or otherwise somehow bad for your body. This suspicion and doubt comes from those who haven’t done their research: creatine is not a banned substance in either the NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA, or the Olympics. Top athletes use it all the time, and that’s because it’s a natural substance that is created in our own bodies. It would be akin to trying to make adrenaline illegal, or lactic acid.

Further,  its one of the most highly tested supplements in the world. It has been used as a sports supplement for most of the 20th century, and became famous in 1992 and commonly used after that. For the past two decades it has been subjected to endless tests, and none have discovered negative side effects other than some water retention in the muscle cells.

Other benefits are a decrease in myostatin levels (myostatin has a catabolic effect on lean skeletal muscle and inhibits muscle growth), increases dihydrotesterone and testerone which help muscle growth, and increase the muscle insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1). All of these are fantastic for those looking to increase in lean muscle and cut fat. What’s not to like?

When Should You Use M.A.X. Creatine?

Creatine might be a powerful supplement with untold potential to help you up your game, but it’s simple to use so don’t worry. It works best when added to a carb source such as FUEL SHOT so that it can piggy-back with the carb and enter the cells quickly.

The best time to takeit is right after your workout. Your blood sugar will be low, your glycogen levels depleted, and your body will suck any supplements and nutrition right into the muscle cells, making it much more effective then when taken at any other time.

To bulk up, try the following formula: 2 scoops of a carb based supplement like the FUEL SHOT + 1 scoop of Hardcore Base Shake + 2 scoops (10g) of M.A.X. Creatine. Add some water or juice, and you’re good to go!

If you want to build mass but avoid any potential for water retention so as to best lose weight, try the following cocktail: 2 scoops of FUEL SHOT + 1 scoop of Hardcore Base Shake + 1 scoop (5g) of M.A.X. Creatine. Add water and some ice, and drink it down!

Is This Product Right  For You?

The intense results delivered by creatine might make you hesitate to take some: don’t. We all have creatine in our bodies already. Young, old, athlete or novice, all of us are naturally using creatine every day. If you’re looking to add mass and build muscle, if you’re looking to boost your energy levels, if you’re looking to break your own personal records, if you want to raise your strength, then you should take creatine. Vegetarians will especially benefit, as the lack of animal protein in their diets will make it very hard for them to naturally consume creatine, and this supplement will more than make up for that deficiency.