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Pre-Workout
Pre-workout for before you train, no stimulants. Discover our own-brand pre-workout supplements: creatine powder, tangerine-flavored BCAAs, HMB capsules, L-carnitine and an all-in-one with electrolytes, magnesium and collagen.
Train first thing, right after work or at night: with no caffeine, you pick the time. Mix your shake at home, in the locker room or before you leave the office, and carry the capsules in your bag.
Choose by what you're about to do. For strength work, start with creatine, taken on rest days too. Looking for caffeine? You'll find it in energy gels. All own brand, with the grams of each ingredient per serving on the product page.
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Before training
Prepping the session isn't about a rush
Pre-workout without caffeine or stimulants
Pre-workout is what you take before training to get to the session ready. This category handles it without caffeine or other stimulants: daily staples like creatine, and electrolytes for hot days.
Shop pre-workout without caffeineEverything for before training
Creatine, BCAAs, HMB, L-carnitine and electrolytes
Zero caffeine
No stimulants: whatever time you train works
3 g of creatine
The amount set by the EU's authorized claim
Own brand
Grams per serving and full composition on every product page
How to choose by time left before training
The clock decides more than the tub: check how long you have.
More than an hour to go
With more than an hour ahead, food takes over: the American College of Sports Medicine places solid food 1 to 4 hours before exercise. Your usual plate, no rush and no supplements.
About 60 minutes to go
An hour out, there's no room left for a full meal: something light works better. The caffeine in our catalog is dosed in energy gels, not here; EFSA sets the safe intake for a healthy adult at 200 mg per dose.
30 minutes or less to go
There's little time left to digest: water and, if the session will be long or hot, electrolytes. Solid food sits heavy and caffeine arrives too late. Creatine is separate: it doesn't depend on the clock.
Doesn't matter when you train
Creatine and HMB are taken as a daily dose, whether you train or not: the routine doesn't depend on the time. Creatine is the only one on this page with an authorized claim, 3 g a day.
What's here and when to take it
Each type of product, with its routine.
Creatine powder
Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise: an authorized claim under Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, conditional on 3 g a day. The full creatine range has its own category.
HMB capsules
HMB has no authorized claim in the EU, so here it's just described, no promises: capsules with the amount per dose on the product page.
BCAA powder
BCAAs are leucine, isoleucine and valine, a powder you dissolve, before or during training, fasted too. They have no authorized claim either. How to fit them in, in how BCAAs are taken.
L-carnitine L-tartrate
L-carnitine L-tartrate is taken with meals. It has no authorized claim in the EU, not for weight and not for body fat, so you'll see it described, not sold as something else. More detail, in L-carnitine: what it's for and how to take it.
Electrolytes and magnesium
For long or hot sessions there's an electrolyte blend and an all-in-one with creatine, magnesium and collagen. Magnesium does have an authorized claim — it contributes to normal muscle function and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue — when the serving provides at least 15% of the reference value; the figure is on every product page.
Before, during and after
Each moment has its own category and its own job.
Before
Prep the session
Pre-workout preps the session with daily staples like creatine and with amino acids. That's this page, and since it carries no stimulants, the time you take it doesn't affect the routine.
During
Sustain the effort
Intra-workout sustains efforts over an hour with carbohydrates and electrolytes. When the session runs long, what you drink while training matters more than what you took before.
After
Close the loop
Post-workout is where protein and minerals come in. Fluid and electrolytes are replaced with hydration, not with what you took before.
What to check on the label before you buy
Three checks with the tub in your hand.
The dose per serving
Look for the grams of creatine or amino acids and the milligrams of magnesium or sodium in each serving. If the package only states the tub's total weight, you don't know what you're buying.
Whether the serving hits the mark
Compare the serving with the dose that has backing: 3 g daily in the case of creatine. A serving that only gives you half forces you to double it, and doubles your cost per day.
Undisclosed blends
If an ingredient hides inside a "proprietary blend", you don't know how much of each thing you're taking. And a promise with no authorized claim behind it, like the ones attributed to L-carnitine, rules the product out.
Tip: if you're only going to add one thing and you train strength, start with creatine: 3 g a day, rest days included. Add the rest when your limit calls for it. How much and how, in how much creatine to take a day.
Frequently asked questions
Can you take pre-workout at night?
Yes. No product in this category carries caffeine or other stimulants, which is usually what wrecks the sleep of anyone training late. If your session is at ten at night, you can save the creatine for dinner and the electrolytes for your bottle. The time doesn't change the routine for any of them.
Is there pre-workout without caffeine or stimulants?
Yes: this whole category is. Creatine, BCAAs, HMB, L-carnitine and the all-in-one with electrolytes and magnesium carry no caffeine or other stimulants. If caffeine is exactly what you're after, in our catalog it's dosed in energy gels, not here.
What's the best natural pre-workout?
There's no single product that beats the rest, there's one with more backing. Of everything taken before training, creatine is the only substance with an authorized claim in the EU, conditional on 3 g a day. If you train strength, start there.
What's better, creatine or pre-workout?
They're not competing. A classic pre-workout is a caffeine blend you feel the same day; creatine is a daily base that works by accumulation over weeks. The International Olympic Committee's 2018 consensus backs five standalone substances, no blends. If you're only buying one thing and you train strength, creatine.
What should you take 30 minutes before training?
At the half-hour mark, keep volume low and digestion easy: water and, if the session will be long or hot, electrolytes. Solid food is best left 1 to 4 hours before, according to the American College of Sports Medicine, and caffeine already arrives too late: its window is about 60 minutes.
What happens if I take pre-workout and don't train?
Nothing. In this category the routine is daily, not per session: creatine and HMB are taken even on the days you don't set foot in the gym, and skipping them on rest days is what breaks the routine. BCAAs and L-carnitine follow the same logic. Electrolytes are the exception: they only make sense if you're sweating.
What is pre-workout and what is it for?
Pre-workout is the set of supplements taken before training. It doesn't do just one thing: some are taken daily and work by accumulation, like creatine; others only on session day, like electrolytes if you're going to sweat. In this category, none of them carry caffeine.
Do magnesium or electrolytes help with cramps?
There's no authorized claim in the EU linking a supplement to cramps, so you won't read that promise on this page. Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 does recognize that magnesium contributes to normal muscle function, but that claim is about muscle function in general, not about cramps, which have a multifactorial cause: we cover that in muscle cramps.
What pre-workout can someone with high blood pressure take?
That call belongs to your doctor, not a shop. What we can tell you is what's in the tub: no product in this category carries caffeine or other stimulants, the ingredient this question is usually about. With medication in the mix, check with a healthcare professional before you start.