Betancourt Nutrition: B-Nox Androrush

Betancourt Nutrition operate their own production facility, a rarity among supplement brands which is probably one reason they make a lot of products that are quite daring in the way they target non-obvious markets. B-Nox Androrush is a case in point, a pre-workout which very unusually is also marketed as a testosterone booster!

Supporting Performance by Optimising Testosterone Production

While most pre-workouts belong to one of two sub-categories, stimulant based products designed to deliver a lot of energy such as Betancourt's D-Stunner Alpha, and non-stim pump focused products whose aim is to maximise nutrient delivery to muscles while training and thereby increase muscle pumps as well as your muscles' endurance capacity.

B-Nox Androrush is a very unusual product in that while it combines element of both pump and energy based pre-workouts in one, it goes beyond any other pre-workout we can recall by including a slew of ingredients which have been included to support your body's natural testosterone levels. 

The likes of Maca Extract, ZMA, Stinging Nettle Root and Tribulus are common inclusions in testosterone boosting products so why have Betancourt chosen to include them in B-Nox Androrush?

The answer, according to the brand itself, is that by supporting testosterone levels the user benefits from the natural increase in aggression and drive to succeed that higher testosterone levels imparts. Certainly, anyone who has benefited from a standalone test booster or prohormone will be able to relate to the fact that you feel naturally energised and recover much quicker between sets than normal.

A Problem With This Approach

In truth we are a little doubtful this product will work in quite the way Betancourt promote since the aforementioned t-boosting ingredients have been shown in research to require daily dosing to get any testosterone boosting benefits meaning that unless you are taking B-Nox at least 4-5 a week we think it doubtful it will actually increase test levels in a meaningful way.

If you are taking this regularly though then it is a unique approach to a preworkout that could pay dividends for the user. 

You Still get the Normal Benefits of a Pre-Workout

By normal we mean that B-Nox Androrush includes various stimulants, pump enhancers and strength/endurance focused ingredients such as three forms of Creatine, BCAA's and Beta-Alanine. In other words, even if you discount the value of the testosterone boosters in B-Nox because you won't take it frequently enough to benefit from them, you still retain the traditional pump and energy based benefits a standard pre-workout would offer. 

In fact, that is doing the product a disservice since with their hefty 15.6g serving size, B-Nox Androrush delivers substantial doses of proven nutraceuticals that ensures this is a product that will definitely make a difference to your results regardless of whether you train for strength, muscle mass or endurance.

Our only other quibble is that with 12g of carbs in a serving some of the ingredients that need high doses to get a positive benefit from them such as BCAA's will be likely to be underdosed but if you take the stance that something is better than nothing this should not hold you back from purchasing this product.