GlycoCarn Alone Beats the TOP PreWorkout-Matrices by Lengths
Primordial Perfomance , among others, has been selling GlycoCarn (R), i.e. Glycine Propionyl-L-Carnitine, for some time now. Recently, Bloomer et.al. ( Bloomer, 2010 ) published a study on the effects of 1 6 grams of maltodextrin (Placebo) or 16 grams of maltodextrin + 4.5 grams of GlycoCarn ® (GPLC) , as well as three different commercially available pre-workout formulas (supplement 1 = Gaspari Nutrition SuperPump 250 , 2 = BSN NO XPLODE , 3 = MuscleTech NanoVapor ) on exercise performance and related blood parameters. The results (cf. table, below) are impressive, except from the bench press performance, where Gaspari Nutrition's SuperPump 250 won the race, nothing beat the 4.5g of GlycoCarn: Exercise performance data of 19 resistance trained men receiving placebo or supplement in a cross-over design. (best values marked by author, Bloomer. 2010 . Table 3) Although the scientists did not provide us with the names of the respective products (supplements 1-3), it was ...