How do you keep your energy from flagging when you’re regularly working out intensively? How about when your training sessions are especially long? Cytomax Energy Gel can help keep your energy levels in high gear, offering cells and muscles a chance to recover quickly after intense workout sessions, as well as stabilizing blood sugar while you exercise. An energy gel offers a quick, efficient way to increase energy levels right when you need it.

Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition
Pre- and post-workout nutrition are essential for athletes, bodybuilders, and those who exercise regularly. Making sure your body has enough energy to get through a workout requires eating foods that are high in both carbohydrates and protein, giving you the right type of fuel to sustain your body during training.

Pre-workout nutrition is recommended up to one hour before your workout; you can snack on a variety of quality foods and supplements that are high in complex carbohydrates. These carbohydrates in particular release a steady supply of sugar to the muscles, so you don’t experience a sugar crash during or after a workout. Cytomax Energy Gel from CytoSport is made of complex carbohydrates, and works well as a meal replacement or addition to a small snack before a workout.

Post-workout nutrition helps your muscles and cells recover, and eating quality complex carbohydrates and protein blends after workouts can help supply the body with fresh energy, vitamins, and minerals. This is often considered the “optimal window” for nutrition, because the body is processing energy at a very high rate. Replenishing electrolytes is essential at this stage, and Cytomax Energy Gel contains electrolytes that can help restore cells for optimal nutrient balance.

What’s Inside?
With a thick, creamy consistency, Cytomax Energy Gel tends to be more satisfying than other water-based gels. It’s made of a blend of complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and, in the Orange flavor, even caffeine. (Vanilla is also available.) The gel makes a convenient snack, and it’s ideal for busy lifestyles when a CytoSport shake or snack isn’t available. The unique formula is also ideal for sugar-sensitive athletes, since it improves digestion with ingredients that encourage rapid gastric emptying. Cytomax Energy Gel contains:

• An alpha-L-PolyLactate blend to buffer lactic acid production in muscles, counteracting muscle soreness and making it easier for muscles to recover after the workout. This can also help replenish liver glycogen more efficiently than glucose alone.




• Succinates, to enhance delivery of oxygen to working muscles.




• Guarana and ginseng, as natural herbal stimulants.

Get with the Program
Cytomax Energy Gel is ideal for busy athletes, or regular exercisers who need a quick snack. The gel travels easily in a single-serve pouch, and can be thrown into a gym bag when you’re on the run. Just one packet before and after a workout can help enhance performance, providing steady energy as you push yourself through the workout, and aid in muscle recovery afterward.

—Sabah Karimi