Cellucor : C4 Ultimate Pre-Workout

Cellucor’s C4 Ultimate is designed to help you set new personal bests and make you stronger than your last workout on every occasion you take it. C4 Ultimate is the latest and most powerful product part of the C4 line products brought out by Cellucor.It is not for the weak hearted and is tailored for those that don’t have limits in the gym. As soon as you take a serving of this product, you immediately feel the ingredients flowing through your veins, its packed with endurance enhancers, pump amplifiers and nootropics to target different pathways to get you ready for your training session. Given that C4 Ultimate contains an abundance of ergogenic ingredients, we have only highlighted and reviewed some of the key ingredients it contains.

Endurance Ingredients

Citrulline Malate

C4 Ultimate goes one further than previous C4 products as it contains citrulline malate and betaine where the others don’t. Citrulline malate is an organic compound that increases the level of nitric oxide metabolites and plays a vital role in regulating vasodilation, blood flow and mitochondrial respiration. It is an ingredient that has been extensively researched and has been shown to postpone fatigue during prolonged exercise due to being able to diminish blood lactate levels, increase upper and lower body resistance exercise performance and decrease rate of perceived exertion. One study found that the participants who supplemented with citrulline malate achieved 53% more repetitions and decreased muscle soreness by 40% 24 and 48 hours after a chest training session (and who deoesn't like doing chest!).

Betaine

Betaine has a host of benefits including the ability to improve muscle strength and power production and can increase protein synthesis at a dosage of 1g. One study on betaine found that it increased bench press power by 20% and muscle force on the bench press by 25%.

Creatine

C4 Ultimate also contains certain ingredients that work synergistically to promote the effects of one another. One example of this is the creatine nitrate and beta-alanine content in C4. Creatine is a nitrogenous compound that is found naturally within the body and supplies all cells in the body, including muscle cells. Creatine bonds to a phosphate molecule to produce phosphocreatine, recycling Adenoside TriPhosphate or ATP. This also donates a phosphate molecule to ADP to create ATP, the primary source of energy for muscle contractions. The ATP energy system is associated with explosive and rapid short bouts of muscle contractions, so saturating your muscles with creatine will ensure you are able to perform at the best of your ability at the gym.

Beta-alanine

Beta-alanine combines with the amino acid histidine to form carnosine. Research has demonstrated that this process can increase strength and power, improve recovery and endurance and even promote fat loss and muscle growth. Consistent studies have shown that beta alanine plus creatine supplementation have a strong performance enhancing effect by increasing mean power and delaying fatigue compared to taking each ingredient separately.

Energy and focus ingredients

Theacrine

A few of the core ingredients to help with energy and focus in C4 Ultimate include theacrine and tyrosine. Theacrine is a purine alkaloid that is found in the leaves of the Camellia Kucha plant. Clinical studies have found it to increase locomotor activity and increase energy, focus and concentration resulting in participants experiencing an increase for willingness to exercise and motivation to train.

Tyrosine

Tyrosine, a proteinogenic amino acid, is one of the amino acids used to synthesize proteins. This amino acid has also shown to support cognition during stress sensitive focus tasks. This provides additional mental support during prolonged exercise and can enhance focus and concentration. There is also caffeine and huperzine present to provide the ultimate focus before hitting the gym and support the endurance boosting ingredients perfectly to deliver a powerful pre-workout.