Many of the best strength and endurance-boosting supplements contain a few key ingredients that help you grow stronger. We know that caffeine is a must. Clear, long-standing science that shows it improves performance in both cardiovascular events (assuming you drink enough water) and strength events.
Citrulline Malate, on the other hand, is one of the greatest workout supplement that doesn't get the same attention as other supplements.
Citrulline Malate is perhaps the best addition to your workout that you never know about.
Here are three reasons why you should be supplementing Citrulline Malate:
1. It Can Increase Strength
This is the most obvious benefit to any workout ingredient. The heavier you can lift (without getting injured), the faster you can progress into new workouts and the more effectively you can build muscle.
Citrulline malate has been shown to increase strength in as little as one workout.
From the perspective of strength and performance, this means you can accurately stay on track with your program goals without having major setbacks every couple of weeks.
2. Reduced Muscle Soreness
In my opinion, this is the best benefit of Citrulline Malate. Yes, increasing strength is important - but a supplement that can reduce soreness means you can actually train harder without feeling the effects of fatigue.
In some opinions, the reason citrulline malate seems to show an increase in strength is that the supplement actually allows you to feel less fatigue.
3. You're Meeting Amino Acid Values
A largely forgotten issue with many peoples diet is the general lack of wholesome nutrition. Many people meet their daily protein and carb requirements but this does not necessarily correlate to the amino acid values required by weightlifting.
Certain amino acids like L-Citrulline, L-Glutamine, L-Leucine and L-Isoleucine are easily depleted during regular weight training.
Meeting these requirements will allow you to consistently train at a higher level without being in a perpetual state of fatigue.
How Much Citrulline Is Needed?
Citrulline Malate is a special form of the amino acid L-Citrulline. Daily requirements for citrulline will differ from person to person but if you are looking for a good dosage to increase your workout performance and recover most people should shoot for about 4-6g per workout.
Apocalypse Vs. Atomic_One Pre
Both of these products contain a healthy dosage of citrulline. The main difference is that Apocalypse, our flagship pre-workout contains a high L-Citrulline dosage to reduce soreness and promote strength.
Atomic_One is slightly different because it contains a mixed dosage of Citrulline Malate, along with many other ingredients that are built specifically to promote anabolism.
Apocalypse is a high-energy promoting pre-workout supplement built to increase raw performance during a workout, whereas, Atomic_One Pre is a supplement built specifically as a stimulatory supplement for anabolic strength promotion.
If you are looking for consistently powerful workouts I would suggest Apocalypse. If you are in the market for a hybrid pre-workout that will also help to improve your Testosterone levels while increasing your strength - Atomic_One Pre is for you.
Both can be found in our Pre-workout section here.
