I rate Nitric Oxide supplements highly in terms of their positive effects on improving your physique and performances in the gym.
Here are the touted benefits that Nitric Oxide supplements can do for you:
- Help you to build more muscle and get stronger.
- Improve your ability to focus and feel your muscles working during training.
- Higher energy levels and ability to train harder for longer. (I remember the first time I used a nitric oxide supplement in 2004-it was amazing I trained so hard I was sore for a week!)
- Better muscle pumps and increased vascularity.
- Reduce your body fat levels.
- Get amped up every time you train.
- Faster recovery from work outs.
So what’s in N.O supplements? Nitric Oxide Supplements do not have N.O in them but contain the necessary pre-cursors to increase nitric oxide within the body. These supplements are primarily used to dilate blood vessels and increase blood flow (vasodilation), increasing oxygen and nutrient delivery to the working muscles.
The main ingredient of Nitric Oxide supplements is usually some form of arginine like: L-arginine, AAKG, Arginine Nitrate/Nitrite, L- Arginine Ethyl Ester Dichloride). However there are other aminos like Citrulline, Glutamine and Orthinine which can be utilised within the body to increase nitric oxide production too.
A lot of N.O supplements have a combination of these ingredients and I have found that it is important to try different products as the effects on each individual can vary. For example I have found Plasmajet, NIOX, NO Bomb, Levrone’s Formula, Super Pump, The Curse and NO Xplode all to be amazing at helping me get pumped mentally and physically during a workout! Other people I have talked to have found that other products like NO Shotgun, Black Powder and Morph gave them better results.
Other ingredients like Caffeine, Creatine, Beta-alanine, GPLC, BCAA’s (to name a few) have been added to improve the performance of these supplements to enhance all the benefits mentioned above.
I personally like caffeine free products as I am highly caffeine sensitive (having a coffee in the morning can keep me up the following night!) There is a good range of caffeine free products on this website if you are that way inclined! Just remember that the caffeine free versions can sometimes provide a less intense experience (depends on what companies have added) but they still do the job in all other respects.
You can also augment your nitric oxide production by eating foods rich in nitrate. Lots of green leafy vegetables and beetroot have good amounts of it. This can then be utilised in the body to produce more nitric oxide.
I know from personal experience that the benefits of taking a N.O supplement are for real and once you try it you will wonder why you never tried it earlier! So! Make sure you eat lots of vegetables, follow the instructions provided on the back of your selected N.O supplement and enjoy amazing pumps, vascularity, workouts and results!