Olympus Labs: Endur3+

Endur3 is the latest intra-workout by Olympus Labs that packs in a huge 7.5g of BCAAs in a 4:1:1 formula of leucine, valine and isoleucine. It doesn’t stop there though. Endur3 also contains glutamine, taurine, an electrolyte blend and tart cherry to help promote enhanced endurance and recovery for prolonged exercise.

You can expect to be spending more time at the gym or finishing your regular workouts sooner as this product will improve your endurance and hydration drastically. It will also act as a recovery aid and reduce delayed onset muscle soreness due to its high content of 7.5g of BCAAs and glutamine content. There are a variety of flavours to try and Olympus Labs are famous for having unique flavours that are out there and distinct from other products.

Endurance and Recovery

BCAA 4:1:1 Ratio

The norm is to do a 2:1:1 ration of leucine, valine and isoleucine, but Olympus Labs definitely don’t follow the crowd and are pioneers when it comes to setting the standard with supplements. BCAAs make up around 35% of the bodies muscle tissue and are severely broken down when exercising. Studies have shown leucine to be the most important of the three and the one that contains the most anabolic potential.

BCAAs are rapidly absorbed by the body as they bypass the liver. BCAAs can also have beneficial effects of decreasing exercise-induced muscle damage 24-48 hours after exercising and promoting muscle-protein synthesis.

Tart Cherry

This ingredient has been gaining a lot of popularity recently as it has the potential to reduce exercise induced muscle soreness, accelerate recovery and moderates post exercise immunosuppression. There is a huge 480mg of tart cherry in Endur3, without the calories and sugar that comes with taking tart cherry juice.

Hydration

Endur3 also contains the much-needed electrolytes that are lost through sweat during exercise. Dehydration and a loss of electrolytes during exercise can increase subjective ratings of fatigue and perceived exertion leading to an impairment in performance. Endur3 contains all the essential electrolytes, such as potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium, to ensure you can sustain your performance and fight off feelings of fatigue helping to finish your workout at the same intensity as you started with.

Glutamine

Glutamine makes up 60% of human muscle tissue and is constantly used by the body for dividing cells, including leucocytes, to provide energy and optimal conditions for nucleotide biosynthesis. It is also important for maintaining optimal levels of immune function.

Engaging in constant intense training can lead to depleted levels of glutamine due to its synthesis being reduced and enhanced uptake by our liver and immune cells. Post-exercise glutamine depletion is also associated with depressing the immune system. There is a need for individuals who exercise regularly to consume a greater amount of glutamine than those who are sedentary and supplementing is a convenient way to ensure the body is replenished with glutamine to meet the demands of strenuous training.

Supplementing with glutamine can help to reduce inflammation and muscle soreness induced by prolonged exercise and provide a significant ergogenic benefit of increasing time to exhaustion due to an enhanced fluid and electrolyte uptake.

Taurine

Taurine is an amino acid found in mammalian cells and acts as an osmotic regulator, antioxidant, a cell repair membrane stabiliser and regulates inflammation. The benefits it provides to resistance training include improving protein synthesis, cell hydration and metabolism. The role it plays in cell hydration is important to resistance training as it helps to increase cell volume. The expansion of the muscle cells allows greater protein synthesis and hydration, while also increasing muscle fullness.