STIM-FREE WORKOUT: Since reduced dopamine levels within the CNS decrease motivation and performance while inducing fatigue, novel ways to increase dopamine production before your workout should boost exercise performance. The consumption of the dopamine precursor tyrosine was recently shown to provide this benefit in a double-blind study, confirming that tyrosine consumption influences the ability to tolerate prolonged exercise, conceivably by increasing dopamine levels. AML Preworkout combines tyrosine with folic acid, which may further increase dopamine by increasing tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) levels. As a co-factor for tyrosine hydroxylase, BH4 facilitates the conversion of tyrosine to L-dopa, which is a precursor to dopamine. The tropical plant mucuna pruriens is also found in AML Preworkout. This ingredient is loaded with the dopamine precursor L-dopa, which has been shown to effectively increase diminished dopamine levels in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Ecdysterone: The primary reason ecdysterone supplements (and ecdysteroids, in general) have received increasing amounts of interest in recent years is due to their anabolic (pro-muscle building properties). Researchers have investigated how ecdysterone is able to promote anabolism while at the same time not significantly impacting hormone levels in the body. Ecdysteroids are the androgens of insects that play a key role in both growth and reproduction. They share structural similarities to testosterone and are viewed as the most similar “testosterone-like” compound active in arthropods. Each capsule of AML Ecdysterone also includes 2,000IU Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Vitamin D3 is a fat-soluble vitamin that serves a number of roles in the body including cell growth, neuromuscular function, and immune function. It also helps combat inflammation, and most pertinent to our purposes here, supports the synthesis of numerous steroid hormones in the body, including testosterone.