Supplements

EFX Karbolyn Fuel

Same whole-food carb engine, double the dose: the scoop for when hydration's already handled and the session is heavy.

EFX Karbolyn Hydrate

Everybody's villainizing carbs. Meanwhile carbs are the single piece most guys are missing from their training, and this is how I dose mine.

MRM Gainer Protein

Outside of creatine, the supplement I've taken longer than anything, from one tough-gaining 5'4" short king to whoever needs to hear it.

$55

Thorne Advanced Pre-Workout

Clean, sustained energy for the 5 AM garage session, not the tingle-and-crash carnival.

$68

Thorne Basic Nutrients 2/Day

The two-capsule answer to a question every guy over 30 should be asking: what am I actually missing?

$44

Thorne Creatine

The most researched supplement on the planet, and every dad over 30 should be taking it.

$40

Thorne Daily Electrolytes

Stick-pack hydration for the days you sweat like you mean it, without the sports-drink circus.

$52

Thorne Deep Sleep Complex

For the dad whose problem isn't falling asleep. It's 2:47 AM, wide awake, running the mental spreadsheet.

$52

Thorne Magnesium Bisglycinate

The supplement I'd keep if I had to drop everything else. Better sleep is dad currency.

$55

Thorne Omega-3 with CoQ10

The long-game gelcap: heart and brain support for the decades you're planning on being around for.

$65

Thorne Whey Protein Isolate

21 grams of protein, an ingredient list you can read out loud, and no mystery bloat.

Doctor's Best High Absorption Magnesium Glycinate Lysinate, 240 Count

A 240 tablet bottle of fully chelated magnesium glycinate lysinate using Albion TRAACS, with 100 mg of magnesium per tablet.

Liquid I.V. Sugar-Free Hydration Multiplier, Classic Variety Pack, 16 Count

A 16 stick variety pack of sugar-free electrolyte drink mix in White Peach, Lemon Lime, Raspberry Melon and Green Grape, one packet per 16 oz of water.

Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega, 1280 mg Omega-3, Lemon, 120 Count

A lemon flavored fish oil soft gel with 1280 mg of omega-3s per two soft gel serving in triglyceride form.

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey, Double Rich Chocolate, 5 lb

A 5 lb tub of whey protein with 24 grams of protein and 5.5 grams of naturally occurring BCAAs per scoop, with whey protein isolate as the primary ingredient.

Sports Research Vegan Vitamin D3 + K2 with Coconut Oil, 60 Count

A once daily vegan softgel with 125 mcg (5000 IU) of vitamin D3 and 100 mcg of vitamin K2 as MK-7 in coconut MCT oil.

$47.99

1st Phorm Full-Mega

Fifteen hundred milligrams of EPA and DHA per two softgels, at about a dollar a serving.

$62.99

1st Phorm Level-1

23 to 25 grams of protein per scoop, 12 flavors, and a nutrition panel you have to read off a label image.

$39.99

1st Phorm Micronized Creatine Monohydrate

Five grams of the sure thing supplement, plain micronized monohydrate, one ingredient and nothing else, at a brand-name price.

$69.99

1st Phorm Opti-Greens 50

Fifty ingredients, over five billion CFUs, and a label built on proprietary blends.

$69.99

1st Phorm Phormula-1

Twenty-three grams of protein from a 28 gram scoop, a five-ingredient label, and a premium price that drops if you subscribe.

$34.99

C4 Original Pre-Workout (5th Gen)

The gateway pre-workout finally shows its math. A coach's read of the 5th gen label: what the disclosed doses get right, and where they come up short.

$27.99

C4 Performance Energy 12-Pack

The energy drink that carries an NSF Certified for Sport mark, which is not something I can say about anything else in the gas station cooler.

$44.99

C4 Whey Protein

Cellucor retired the NSF certified Whey Sport and replaced it with a candy bar flavored whey. Here is the label read before the full review.

$39.99

Swolverine INTRA

A full EAA and electrolyte intra-workout with a real paper trail, on the label at least.

$42.99

Swolverine Kre-Alkalyn

A pH-buffered creatine with a real paper trail, and a label read before the tub is in hand.

$49.99

Swolverine PRE

A stim-free pre-workout with three real doses on the label and a paper trail you can actually check.

$62.99

Swolverine Whey Protein Isolate

A grass-fed isolate with a real paper trail: 25 grams of protein, 110 calories, and lot-matched lab results you can actually look up.

$64.99

Transparent Labs BULK Pre-Workout

A fully disclosed label with clinical doses and a real paper trail. This is what a pre-workout panel should look like.

$49.99

Transparent Labs Creatine HMB

Five grams of creatine plus HMB and vitamin D, with the paper trail to prove what is in the tub.

$64.99

Transparent Labs Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

28 grams of grass-fed isolate with the paper trail published right on the product page.

$79.99

Transparent Labs Mass Gainer

A 760-to-770-calorie gainer with an honest label: real carb sources, full macro disclosure, and the lab work published to back it up.

$27.99

XTEND Original BCAA

Straight talk from a strength coach: BCAAs are not magic. But 7g per serving in a zero-sugar drink you actually want to sip has a place in the gym bag.