Cytomax Recovery provides complex carbohydrates for muscle and liver glycogen replenishment, a complete amino acid protein matrix for muscle growth and repair, and 'Lean Lipids' - energy efficient fats for concentrated nutrient restoration, anti-inflammatory effect and retention of minerals and electrolytes.

Two scoops of Cytomax Recovery (mixes easily in water) after workouts will deliver the nutrients you need to trigger your body from a catabolic (breakdown) state into an anabolic (re-building) state quickly and efficiently.

Benefits of using Cytomax Recovery:

• Balanced caloric content: (49% carbs, 29% protein, 22% fat) provides you a blend of nutrients you need and minimizes blood sugar spikes.


• Efficient Energy Metabolism: Lean LipidsTM are special fats that are easily mobilized for workout energy, enhance your body's fat metabolism and promote protein synthesis, anti-inflammatory effects and mineral retention. Muscle Growth and Repair: EvoProTM is a complex ratio of proteins, peptides and amino acids designed to replicate the amazing benefits of mothers milk for rapid tissue growth and repair.


• Free Radical Protection: CytoViteTM helps your tissue rebound from the stressful oxidative effects of exercise Liver glycogen replenishment: Alpha-L-PolylactateTM is six times more efficient than glucose in replenishing.

It is well known that your system is most receptive to glycogen re-loading and nutrient re-synthesis during a one-hour 'window of opportunity' immediately after exercise. If calories are not consumed during this window, your muscles are less receptive as time goes on and recovery is severely compromised. The problems athletes experience with the window of opportunity are:

• Appetite is often suppressed after sustained exercise due to fatigue, elevated body temperature and flowing endorphins


• Most convenient 'recovery' foods and drinks are high sugar, devoid or protein and fats that are also crucial to recovery.

Cytomax Recovery mixes instantly in water for high convenience, is easy to digest even with appetite suppressed and contains a complete blend of high quality carbs, protein and fat essential to proper recovery.

CytoSport elite athletes have commented that this product is an innovation that the endurance world has been waiting over 15 years for. Elite competitors know the importance of the one-hour window of opportunity after workouts. When you get the recovery process started immediately it makes a big difference over a 24-hour period. Add that up to hundreds of workouts over a year and you realize that developing a habit like instant replenishment after workouts can elevate your performance and recovery rate noticeably.

Former top professional triathlete Andrew MacNaughton, who won over 30 events in his 8-year career and had the Wildflower course record for 9 years, is making a comeback in 2003 at age 40. He is using the CytoSport supplements to enhance his recovery, a key concern after 9 years of near inactivity. He has been using Cytomax Recovery after workouts, "I mix Vanilla flavor with Vanilla soy milk - it tastes amazing!" Some athletes have experimented with mixing a thick bottle of Cyto Recovery (~600 calories worth) for use during distance runs or rides over three hours to stabilize blood sugar and obtain other benefits from ingesting protein and fat during sustained exercise. Others prefer to use Cytomax Pre-Formance for long sessions - it is a personal preference.

Figure out what works best for you but respect the stress of exercise and the science that supports immediate replenishment after workouts. If you want the most sophisticated (really the only) product on the market that has been specifically designed for post-endurance muscular and total body recovery, try Cytomax Recovery. The product is available in Vantage Vanilla, Orange Smoothie and Mountain Mocha in 2.2 lb container.

Best ways to use Cytomax Recovery:

After training or competing between 1 to 2 hours after, your muscle is primed and ready to be triggered into an anabolic state. Cytomax Recovery is designed to spur secretion of the body's major anabolic hormone, insulin, while at the same time suppressing its catabolic antagonist, cortisol.

For maximum recovery take the amounts as follows:

Women and men 100-150 lbs
2 scoops / 12 oz. cold water

Women and men 150-220+ lbs
Double the amount above
This double serving can be taken at one time, or divided depending on convenience or preference. For best results, consume the entire double serving within a 15-30 minute period.

Aspartame Free!

Breakthrough research in exercise metabolism now reveals this fact: What you consume (or more likely, don't consume) immediately after training plays a critical role in determining your success or failure! That time period is known in scientific communities as the "anabolic window" or the "nutritional window of growth" Anabolic refers to the building-up part of metabolism.

When you understand what this means, it holds the "key" to maximizing your results in bodybuilding. As soon as you take advantage of this "anabolic window," you'll begin to stimulate and accelerate muscle protein synthesis. When you do, you'll open the flood-gates to the mechanism that produces gains in lean muscle. You'll be able to "trigger" these powerful mechanisms and start building pound after pound of muscle!

Insulin is the primary hormone in charge of muscle recovery and growth. When it's released into the bloodstream it drives amino acids (hydrolyzed protein) and carbohydrates into your muscle cells. High blood insulin levels increase protein synthesis in your muscle up to 50%.

Furthermore, weight training stimulates protein synthesis up to 100%. And when amino acids are available to muscles, muscle-building rates increase by 150%. When you take in amino acids immediately after a heavy workout, you can stimulate protein synthesis by 200%.

The optimal strategy is to take amino acids and create high insulin levels directly after resistance exercise. Let's say it again because it's critical that you hear it loud and clear. The optimal strategy is: Amino acids and high insulin levels immediately after your workout.

Together, each of these perform in concert to produce the highest protein synthesis rates of any metabolic event. This combination stimulates protein synthesis by an earth-shattering 400%!

The biggest mistake many bodybuilders make is eating a meal of chicken breasts, baked potato or rice and vegetables after a workout. This is an approach doomed to fail because by the time this meal digests, you've missed out on optimizing the "anabolic window" or the nutritional window of growth.

The best way to produce this potent anabolic effect is simply by drinking an amino acid and carbohydrate supplement within fifteen minutes after training! Your body devours the essential amino acids during the "nutritional window of growth" Recover X offers the ideal combination and provides the perfect blend of nutrients for post workout anabolic acceleration.

Recover X contains 40 grams of the quickest-acting bio-available protein from hydrolyzed whey - extremely fast protein for immediate delivery - whey protein concentrate, glutamine peptides and arginine.

In addition, Recover X contains 60 grams of carbohydrate to give you the necessary insulin spike. Arginine helps force more glycogen storage - more strength, larger muscles. With its 2 grams of arginine this post workout shake can give you a 30 to 40 percent improvement in glycogen storage.

And Recover X also contains 100 milligrams of Methoxyisoflavone, a nonsteroidal compound that has many of the positive effects of anabolic steroids but without the negative characteristics.

After more than 10 years of work, researchers discovered Methoxyisoflavone is not only highly anabolic to both bone and muscle tissue, but that it increased endurance, lowered cholesterol and decreased the size of fat stores. Methoxyisoflavone has no estrogenic activity, no carcinogenic or teratogenic activity and, finally, no chronic or acute toxicities.

Additionally, Methoxyisoflavone is effective at defeating cortisol. Cortisol can wreak havoc on muscle growth, strength and recovery.

Recover X is the perfect postworkout meal.

Directions: Add 3 heaping scoops (110 g) to 12 ounces of cold water. Stir or blend until smooth. Drink immediately after your workout.

• 40 grams of protein
• 40 grams of High Glycemic Simply & Complex Carbohydrates
• 5 grams of CreaPure™ brand Creatine Monohydrate
• Over 5 grams of glutamine from L-Glutamine, Glut. Peptides, & Whey Protein.
• 1 gram of Taurine
• 500 combined milligrams of AminoGen and CarboGen brand enzyme systems
• 22 vitamins and essential minerals including antioxidants and electrolytes.

Recommended Use: Mix three scoops of After Max™ with 16oz. of water, skim milk, or your favorite beverage and consume within 30 minutes of training completion. Additional servings may also be consumed 103 hours before training and/or 1-2 hours before bed or as directed by a physician or licensed nutritionist.

Supporting not only healthy testosterone: cortisol profiles but also addressing post training nourishment and energy replacement is of paramount importance to your continued progress. Stacked with an additional 5000mg of free form BCAA PER SERVING, as well as 2200mg of L-Glutamine, a staggering 26 grams of Low-Molecular Weight Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides, and 250mg Phosphatidyl-serine, and a proprietary carbohydrate matrix aimed at all aspects of glycogen replenishment nothing else even comes close to meeting these critical post workout nutritional demands and militantly combating excessive cortisol levels. Don't think for a minute that some random haphazard concoction of ingredients at your local juice bar will quite "cut it" when it comes to your system's serious post workout demands and continued progress in the weight room, it is at this critical time immediately following your workout that your hard training body has highly specific needs, needs which Relentless has been engineered to address and remove all the guesswork. If the remarkable nutritional profile of Relentless isnÆt enough, the frothy and deliciously creamy blend will have you the first time.

Suggested Use: Mix one serving of Relentless^TM in 12 oz of cold water and consume immediately Following your workout. If Body weight exceeds 220lbs. then use 1.5 servings.

You just finished the last rep of your last set. Your t-shirt is soaked with sweat. Your hands are shaking. Your heart is racing. The only muscles left working are those in your face, so you smile, knowing full well that you have just completed a hardcore workout! You leave the gym satisfied, but your job is only half-done! What you do in the gym only stimulates the growth process, but its what you do outside the gym that brings real gains in size and strength to fruition. Pre and post workout nutrition is your most important opportunity to set the anabolic (growth inducing) process in motion and provide starving muscles with what they require in order to grow OUT OF CONTROL! If you aren't taking full advantage of the pre workout muscle priming period and the post workout anabolic/anti-catabolic window you are NOT doing what it takes to get to the next level!

Enter NITRONX, VPX's new pre and post workout formula for freaky gains in muscle size and power. NITRONX advanced, cutting edge matrix works synergistically with your training to swell your muscles to grotesque size, giving them what they need to add a few Xs to the L on your T-shirts! This cutting edge formula is a must in your supplementation arsenal! Don't let your efforts in the gym go to waste. If your workout is the fire, NITRONX is the fuel that will ignite a MUSCULAR EXPLOSION!

One look at the NITRONX formula and you will see why this freaky VPX innovation should become the foundation product in your supplementation protocol

• Fast Acting Whey Isolates and Whey Peptide Hydrolysates to rapidly raise levels of the amino acid pool in the blood for increased nitrogen retention.
• Micronised Creatine to increase cell voluminization and ATP resynthesis.
• Glutamine and Glutamine Peptides to boost GH, enhance immune function, and hasten glycogen storage.
• BCAA's to promote muscular and systemic recovery and increase protein synthesis.
• 4-Hydroxyisoleucine to aid insulin in its anabolic effects and foster further nutrient uptake and storage.
• 4-Stage Fast Carbohydrates to take full advantage of insulin-induced anabolism and to force storage of growth promoting nutrients into muscle tissue.

Suggested Use: For a great tasting, delicious shake, combine three scoops of NITRONX with 12 to 16 ounces of cold water (depending on personal preference for desired thickness). For added body, blend two or three ice cubes with NITRONX. Use one to two servings daily. Always drink 12 to 16 ounces of additional water for each NITRONX shake consumed.

Catabolism: The dark side of cortisol.

When you train hard, your body secretes cortisol. One of the reasons this happens is to make the body selectively access and break down muscle tissue for protein and energy to protect the vital organs from starvation. Of course, for a properly nourished, high performing athlete, this is counter-productive. Cortisol also lowers immune response, making it easier to get sick. When cortisol levels get too high, you get weaker, sick, or over-trained. Sometimes even all three at once!!! One good thing that cortisol does is help your body control inflammation. In fact, high cortisol levels actually make you feel good. But don't let too-high cortisol levels erode your hard won progress.

A Solution

CORTISTAT-PS, is designed to prevent excess cortisol secretion while helping to keep your joints and muscles from getting too sore. The active ingredient, phosphatidylserine, has been shown in laboratory studies to significantly blunt the body's secretion of cortisol in response to intense exercise.

Another double-blind study (both test athletes and control athletes not aware of whether they got phosphatidylserine or a placebo [nothing]) found that test athletes given phosphatidylserine recovered faster, got stronger, and stayed healthier than athletes in control groups who were given placebos. If you are serious about your sport and maintaining your progress, discover how much better you can be when you keep your cortisol levels under control.

Frequently Asked Questions:

What is phosphatidylserine? Phosphatidylserine (PS) is a life-essential membrane nutrient found as a normal constituent of soy lecithin. PS has been shown to be effective at directly reducing the amount of cortisol released by the adrenal glands.

What is cortisol and why is it so important to my training?

Cortisol is a hormone released by the adrenal glands as a direct result of stress (physical, emotional, mental). Its purpose is to serve as a anti-inflammatory agent. Unfortunately a side effect of its anti-inflammatory capacity is that it catabolizes skeletal muscle, which is what most people aspire to improve through intense physical training in order to look and feel good.

The irony is that the more intense the stress level, the more cortisol is released, which slows recovery and eats away at the hard work you may have invested in training.

Recommended Use: Take 8 capsules, four times per week 2 to 4 hours before each workout, for the first 2 weeks. Thereafter, take 4 capsules, four times per week 2 to 4 hours before each workout.

This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Exercise stresses your body, and without some stress, your muscles would never grow. But too much stress is bad. It increases the production of cortisol - a catabolic stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland - which leads to muscle loss and fat gain.¹ Control excess cortisol production with EAS' C3™ Cortisol Control Complex, which helps you achieve maximum leanness and maintain muscle mass.

C3 is designed to:

• Support lean mass
• Combat exercise - induced stress

What does C3 contain to help you overcome exercise - induced stress, fight fat and maintain muscle?

SerinAid®* Phosphatidylserine - Aids in cognitive function and adaptation to exercise - induced stress. SerinAid phosphatidylserine has been shown in recent research to reduce excess cortisol levels in hard training athletes.^2,3,4 It has even been awarded a U.S. patent for this purpose.³

Sensoril™** Ashwaganda - Helps control exercise stress - related fat retention, as well as supporting and balancing healthy metabolic function. Sensoril's adaptogenic properties also help enhance energy levels and support immune function. Also found to calm nervous system and reduce stress - a major factor in cortisol overproduction and fat retention.

L-Theanine - Valuable amino acid that helps diminish stress.⁵

Suggested Use: Take 2 capsules 1-2 times per day before meals and/or exercise.