Huge PR at Ironman Texas for Xendurance athlete Matthew Russell
Elite CrossFit Athlete Spencer Chatting about Xendurance before competing at the North East CrossFit Games Regional.
Extreme Awesomeness
There is a nice list of Wattie Ink Elite Team sponsors along the left side of this page, but let me disclose we are not given these products and are in no way required to use them. Every logo on that list is there because I feel those brands are offering top-level equipment and service that I personally have chosen to help me perform my best.
I had already been taking advantage of many of these brands before hooking up with Wattie Ink, but one that I was introduced to is Extreme Endurance or xendurance. They have a line of supplements to protect an athlete’s health and immune system but their flagship product, Extreme Endurance, is designed to improve the athlete’s performance by improving aerobic threshold and lactate threshold. As it says on their website, their goal is to encourage the athlete to “Do More”.
With every product I use I always do my homework first, but this is especially important for anything that I’m putting into my body. The first thing I noticed is that the product was based on science and has been fully tested for both its drug-free cleanliness and its scientific claims. In fact, it’s the only product in the world that has a Gold-Standard, third-party, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study – that has been published. They aren’t even letting their own scientists or partner companies do the testing! You can read more about that here and see that the results showed a 15% reduction in lactic acid and a double-digit increase in aerobic threshold.
I recently heard a podcast interview with Extreme Endurance president Sandy Kellin where he says they only state it as a “double-digit” increase in aerobic threshold because the number was actually 41% and no one would believe it! The interview has some great success stories and info about the product and how to best use it. You can listenhere.
I tried to do some research outside of the company’s website and found a few forum posts about people having good results, but everything seemed 
real hush-hush. I decided to give Extreme Endurance a go and can now personally say that this stuff is legit! Few people are publicly talking about it because it really does work so well that you don’t want your competitors to know. After just three days of taking the recommended three pills in the morning, three in the evening, I noticed that my sleep quality improved. That alone was awesome because, as we know, sleep is the number 1 recovery tool. Taking three of these things may seem like a lot, but I was happy to see they’re small and thin, similar to the Smarties candy.
As I stated in a earlier post, I’ve been putting on a heart rate monitor and starting to build an aerobic base for Ironman Arizona. I’ve done that for just over a month now, which in heart rate time should show some improvement, but not much. I would have expected to take a few seconds off my pace at the same heart rate, but check out this data. First we’ll look at a Wednesday morning run (Garmin Connect link) that was two weeks into my heart rate training, so I had some time to figure out my goals and limits. I ran an out and back route along some rolling hills averaging an 8:47 min/mile pace with a pretty steady 153bpm heart rate. Two weeks later, four weeks into taking Extreme Endurance, I hit the same route for a Friday morning run and averaged an even 8:00 min/mile with an average heart rate just 3 beat higher at 156, still well within my target range.
In the first week of heart rate training I was struggling to be in the 9:00 min/mile range at heart rate and now, one month and one bottle of Extreme Endurance later, I literally rest easy knowing that my HR pace is in the high 7:00 min/miles and will continue to improve. I can’t wait to get into the thick of training to take full advantage of the lactic buffering benefits provided by Extreme Endurance. I highly recommend checking out their website to get the full run down on the what it is is, why it works, and how it was tested. Whatever you do though, don’t share this info with any M25-29ers racing Ironman Arizona.
D.C. United Teams Up With Xendurance
We are proud to announce the partnership with D.C. United. The players will be using the entire Xendurance product line in their daily nutrition protocol. Extreme Endurance is a revolutionary athletic performance formula created by athletes for athletes. This formula has a Published, Gold-Standard, third party, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study backing up claims of 15% reduction in lactic acid and a double digit increase in aerobic threshold. Many companies make claims on individual ingredients but Extreme Endurance has a published study on the formula itself.
Each batch of Extreme Endurance is tested to ensure that it is not contaminated with banned substances to provide additional reassurance for elite athletes.
XECUTE provides both a lactate fuel source and a protein muscle source. XECUTE has 20G of Protein & 1500 mg of Lactate, in one formula.Train, compete and recover with great confidence knowing that XECUTE gives you that added boost from our carbohydrate fuel source, lactate. Your body may transport more lactate than glucose to fuel muscles and this key muscle fuel also helps lower exercise induced body acid (H+), therefore allowing your body greater muscle recovery, repair and less muscle burn.
Video of an emotional Yvonne van Vlerken after taking 2nd at Ironman Texas 70.3.
Last year was a little bumpy but she is back on track!!
Yvonne uses Extreme Endurance in her daily nutrition protocol.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Extreme Endurance is a revolutionary athletic performance formula created by athletes for athletes. This formula has a Published, Gold-Standard, third party, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study backing up claims of 15% reduction in lactic acid and a double digit increase in aerobic threshold. Many companies make claims on individual ingredients but Extreme Endurance has a published study on the formula itself.
Each batch of Extreme Endurance is tested to ensure that it is not contaminated with banned substances to provide additional reassurance for elite athletes.
Why is this important?
Read Comparative incidence of the presence of banned substances in raw ingredients/materials sourced from global suppliers – summary of findings
P. Brown, C. Judkins, D. Hall, HFL Sport Science Ltd, Newmarket Road, Fordham, Cambridgeshire. CB7 5WW
As an athlete you already know the harder you exercise and compete, the more acid builds up in your muscles. Both your blood and muscle pH goes down into the dreaded acid zone. The increased use of muscle glycogen for energy produces lactic and pyruvic acid. Acidity reduces muscle power and reduces physical and mental endurance. You, your trainers and your coaches refer to this as lactic acid buildup or lactic acid fatigue. On the practice and playing field, it is also called “hitting the wall” or having the “bear jump on your back”. It’s simple. The harder you compete, the quicker you Go Acid! The Athlete who “Goes Acid” last, wins the competition.
Intramuscular acidosis, is when your muscles have too much excess acid. This condition is caused by the production of H+ (Hydrogen ions) which is part of the energy released from the breakdown of glucose. As your muscles “go acid”, this creates fatigue and muscle burn, which you feel during intense exercise. The Extreme Endurance formula and physical chemistry of its 9 ingredients not only assures you that it will buffer production of H+ (Hydrogen ions) and help prevent the acid buildup in your muscles, but it has also been clinically proven to increase aerobic threshold so you can work harder for a longer period of time.
THE IMPACT OF BODY ACID
Every athlete should know about proper pH balance. PH balance is critical to top athletic performance. PH is measured on a 14 point scale. The lower pH value range, such as stomach acid could average between 1.0 to 3.0. A pH value of 7 is neutral. The arterial blood pH value of a healthy human ranges around 7.35 to 7.45, which is slightly alkaline. As our body uses fuel and metabolizes food, we produce acid waste which is part of the process of energy release from the breakdown of glucose. The body has numerous ways to remove this acid waste or try to neutralize this acid buildup. Our kidneys filter blood and excrete acids through urine. Our lungs release carbon dioxide and we sweat acids out of our skin. We also have built in acid buffers to help neutralize pH imbalances like calcium, hemoglobin and phosphorous to name a few.
Your body’s acid concentration increases as you produce lactic acid. Lactic acid is split into Lactate (Lactate ions) and Hydrogen ions. H+ (Hydrogen ions) is the acid in Lactic acid. Lactate is good and is an extremely fast fuel that is preferred by the heart and muscles during exercise. Lactate is vital for ensuring that your body gets a steady supply of carbohydrates. H+ (Hydrogen ions), the other half of Lactic Acid is not good, especially when the acid concentration exceeds the body’s ability to no longer neutralize or flush the waste from your body.
Clinical Study Proving Effectiveness of Extreme Endurance
A Gold-Standard, *third party, double-blind, placebo controlled, cross over study, was conducted on Extreme Endurance whereby twenty-two (22) elite athletes were given baseline tests. Each athlete was given dosage protocol and either product A or product B. When the final test results were completed, the 22 athletes showed an average lactic acid reduction of 15% and an increase of aerobic threshold by double digits. All athletes reported less muscle burn and faster recovery with less muscle soreness.
*(third party testing means that Lifespan International, the parent company of Extreme Endurance, had no knowledge of what testing facility would be used and did not choose the testing facility)
This clinical study was published in the Clinical Journal of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, (vol 5, supplement 1, 2010) and presented at the March 13, 2010, 6th Annual Conference of the EU Nutraceutical Association. - And our testing continues on athletes at Corpus Diagnostik in Hilpoltstein, Germany.
Jürgen Sessner, the lead researcher at Corpus Diagnostik has done over 7,000 Step Tests, (we call them VO2 Max tests in the US) in the last decade and has been testing athletes for 13 years including 3 Hawaii Ironman Champions. He has held over 60 training camps for triathletes and his main one in the last few years has been in Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
I talked to my doctor about the vitamin supplement that I take daily, in order to make sure I was not getting too much or too little of any important nutrient. He confirmed that my Extreme Immune Boost multi vitamin was perfect. It is chocked full of antioxidants and covers a balance of everything else I need. I also have peace of mind in knowing Extreme Endurance tests all their products to ensure no banned substances end up in them. -http://charisawernick.blogspot.com/2012/03/triathlon-3-sports-other-stuff.html
- Charisa Wernick
Whether prepping or completing a marathon, competing in a Triathlon, or doing extended workouts of any intensity, all of these can stress out your immune system enough to make you ill.
In fact, research suggests that marathoners are six times more likely to become ill following their 26-mile races than the average person in the street.
Instead of fumbling around in your cupboard through endless bottles of supplements in your health regimen, wouldn’t it be nice to have one complete nutrition product in one bottle? How about taking just 3 soft capsules, twice a day, instead of lining up bottle after bottle and taking a handful of hard compressed vitamin and mineral hard rock tablets? Think about the money you would save. Having one powerful formula in one bottle, Extreme Immune Boost is your nutrition store and immune booster in a bottle.
http://xendurance.com/shop/products/extreme-vital-40-power-1.html
Two products that deliver what they promise
Posted on March 9, 2012 by Jennifer Ward Barber
There are a lot of supplements out there. Ones to improve concentration, lower cholesterol, enhance libido—I’m surprised there isn’t one out there to make doing your taxes easier.
That said, I’ve been trying out a few supplements lately due to a pretty heavy increase in training volume and intensity, and so I’d like to highlight a few that I’ve really been impressed with. I’m not a nutritionist, herbalist, physician, or even a foodie, but when something I ingest really makes a difference in my health and performance, I’ll tell everyone I know about it.
Extreme Endurance: $39.95 for a bottle of 180 tablets
The benefits of magnesium are well documented: it aids digestion, improves sleep quality, decreases lactic-acid build up and improves recovery. Extreme Endurance offers a healthy dosage of magnesium, along with a slew of enzymes, electrolytes, and antioxidants that the company claims reduces lactic acid buildup by as much as 15 percent. This translates to less muscle soreness, improved recovery, and therefore a better performance come race day.
I started taking Extreme Endurance back in September while I was training for a fall century ride. What I immediately noticed was the fact that I was falling asleep within minutes of putting my head to my pillow. On the first of several 80-plus mile rides, I typically started to feel the burn around mile 60, but after a month of taking six tablets a day, my fatigue level was dramatically reduced.
As per the product instructions, I increased my dosage in the week leading up to a race, and during my rest month in December I decreased down to only three tablets a day. After a November race that involved international travel, I felt more rested and recovered after competition than ever before. I’ve since gone through about three bottles of this product, and I don’t plan on giving it up anytime soon.
Article
http://lavamagazine.com/training/tested-bottled-recovery/#axzz1p6umdpu2
Say Goodbye to slow.
Stop Muscle Burn! Clinically Proven, Published Study & Certified Drug Free. During intense training, don’t just “hit the wall” with muscle burn and pain - BLAST through it with Extreme Endurance, a revolutionary athletic performance formula. It’s clinically proven to reduce lactic acid by 15% and increase aerobic threshold by double digits.
All ingredients are in compliance for IOC, NCAA, NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB. Every single batch of Extreme Endurance is tested for banned substances by the world class sports doping control laboratory, HFL Sport Science. In order to provide re-assurance that the product is suitable for use by elite athletes, the product is approved under the Informed-Sport and Informed-Choice programs
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