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Athlete Octane FAQ

Why Supplement?
As an endurance athlete, you utilize more vitamins and micro-nutrients than the average person. Certain key nutrients, like those formulated in Athlete Octane™ are essential for proper energy metabolism and are typically lacking in even the healthiest of diets. With processed "fast" foods - devoid of nutrients by and large - being common today, replacing key nutrients is very difficult, if not impossible to do with diet alone. Adding athletic stress on top of dietary deficiencies and its easy to understand how we can run our energy, recovery, and immune systems down.
While the US RDA for vitamins and minerals is designed as a guideline to help you avoid nutritional deficiencies it is not a guide for optimal athletic performance. Even if you are getting the RDA for every nutrient, your requirements as an endurance athlete may be much higher. Furthermore even the most balanced, complete diets can lack certain nutrients that could be the key to your performance.

Why is Athlete Octane™ better?
This is our favorite question and the answer is in multiple parts: First, you can buy multiple bottles of pills, figure out how many pills of each formula you need every day, then go through the chore of taking a handful of pills every day. Or, you can simply take 1oz of Athlete Octane™ and then get on with the more important issues. When given this choice, most athletes would choose the convenience of a liquid in a single bottle over multiple bottles and 10-15 pills. Secondly, liquids absorb quicker and more completely, and are far easier to take before and WHILE YOU’RE TRAINING AND RACING. Try to swallow a handful of pills while you’re chasing the finish line. Those who’ve tried it know exactly what they’re in for.

Liquid vs. Pills:
The advantages of a liquid endurance supplement are easy to distinguish: Convenience, cost and most importantly, ABSORPTION. This greater absorption rate results from the fact that liquid vitamins are already in a form in which they can be absorbed directly into the body as soon as they are consumed. This is unlike pill vitamins, which must first be broken down into their component parts before they can be absorbed by the body. The second benefit of liquid vitamins is clearly the convenience factor. One ounce of Athlete Octane™ is obviously easier to take than a handful of pill vitamins. For those who take pill vitamins, they often take numerous different pills in order to get all of the vitamins their body needs each day. The third major benefit of Athlete Octane™ is the cost. In order to purchase the same amount of ingredients in pill form you would have to spend upwards of $150.00 per month. Athlete Octane is a third of that price!

Is Athlete Octane™ Legal for Competition?
Yes. Athlete Octane™ is 100% legal for all forms of sanctioned competition. Many supplement manufacturers are facing negative exposure by including trace amounts of illegal substances such as androstendione and other pre-hormones in supplements and not telling you about it. These illegal compounds end up in many supplements by faulty manufacturing processes and can cause an innocent athlete to be disqualified, fined and even banned from competition. We take the extra step and contract periodic, independent, third-party testing for banned substances.
ATHLETE OCTANE’S™ MANUFACTURING PLANT DOESN’T EVEN MAKE SUPPLEMENTS USING A SINGLE BANNED SUBSTANCE AND NEVER HAS. The state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment used to manufacture Athlete Octane™ has never seen a trace of any banned substances. If it’s not in the building, it’s not in the supplement and it’s not in your body. If you’re currently taking a supplement, ask the manufacturer what else goes through the machines that make it and how they deal with cleaning their machinery. We bet you’ll be surprised.

What is free radical damage?
Free Radicals are the unavoidable waste products produced by exercise that can damage tissue causing soreness and fatigue, reducing your endurance and increasing recovery time. The potent complex of antioxidants in Athlete Octane™ help neutralize the performance robbing effects of free radicals.

How will Athlete Octane™ make me feel?
Every athlete has various positive comments regarding how Athlete Octane™ makes him or her feel, although most comment on an increased ability to maintain a high output and less post-workout soreness and fatigue. “It just increases my ability to go hard.”, is a comment heard most often. Athlete Octane™ will not cause any “jitters” or “buzz”; instead it may prevent you from experiencing some of the negative effects of intense exercise.

Will Athlete Octane™ replace my current energy drink?
No. Athlete Octane™ is not an energy drink. It is a nutritional supplement. It does not provide the needed calories for endurance activity. It is intended to be used in conjunction with your endurance fueling plan. You need the right balance of carbohydrates and protein intake for your particular endurance activity.

Will Athlete Octane™ replace my current electrolyte supplement?
No. Athlete Octane™ is not an electrolyte replacement. Although Athlete Octane™ contains calcium it does not include the additional electrolytes needed for endurance activity. It is intended to be used in conjunction with your electrolyte replacement plan. You need to pay attention to your balance of electrolytes, especially in warmer climates.

Is Athlete Octane™ safe?
Absolutely. Most of the ingredients in Athlete Octane™ are already found in your body. There are no negative side effects with any of the nutrients found in Athlete Octane™. Athlete Octane™ is manufactured in a state-inspected facility that utilizes a strict GMP protocol.

Does Athlete Octane™ contain any stimulants?
No. While stimulants like caffeine, guarana, ginseng, ma huang (ephedrine) and others provide the user with a quick burst of energy and may even provide some lasting endurance benefits. Stimulants will more often than not let you down in the critical hours of a race. Most stimulants are known diuretics and really have no place in sustained endurance activity.

Are any professional athletes taking Athlete Octane™?
Absolutely! Not only are the pros taking Athlete Octane™, they helped design it. We worked with national and world-caliber endurance athletes to ensure Athlete Octane™ would perform under the most strenuous conditions. See our web site for a list of pros who make Athlete Octane™ part of their program and why they do.

How does Athlete Octane™ taste?
We spent a great deal of time developing the taste of Athlete Octane™ and we think you’ll be pleased. Trust us, mingling the tastes of over 10 potent nutrients was a real challenge, but we think we pulled it off quite nicely. It is a tart orange flavor that will defiantly wake up your taste buds and you will get used to over time. Keep in mind that while a palatable product is very important, we made sure to keep away from artificial sweeteners or flavors because they don’t add any real benefit to the formula.

How long does it take Athlete Octane™ to work?
From your first dose you will feel the effects of Athlete Octane and it gets better every day. As your body adapts to having the proper nutrient levels and by replenishing deficiencies you will see the full effects of Athlete Octane. This can be reached in 1-14 days depending on your body’s current nutrient levels. Once levels are topped-off, they will remain there with consistent dosing. Athlete Octane should be taken daily regardless of activity. The most common feedback from using Athlete Octane falls into 3 areas; 1) Increased VO2 max resulting in more endurance and making it easier to breath during activity. 2) The body feels more alive and ready to deliver the effort that’s needed. 3) Heart rate recovery, mostly seen during interval training, the ability to recover and go again and again.

How can I take Athlete Octane™ with me while I’m training and racing?
Two ways: You can either add Athlete Octane™ to a water bottle, gel flask, or take 1/2oz doses with you in an Athlete Octane™ flask (a.k.a. Octane Battery). We recommend taking 1/2oz every 2 hours during strenuous training or racing.

Can I add Athlete Octane™ to an energy drink?
Of course. Just estimate the duration of your race or training session, and add 1/2oz of Athlete Octane™ for every 2hrs of activity to your energy drink . No more popping pills while you’re training or racing! However, you may miss some absorption of certain ingredients that are best absorbed sublingually (under the tongue). We prefer to carry Octane in 1/2oz Octane Batteries (mini-flasks).

Why should I take Athlete Octane™ even if I’m not training that day?
The positive effects of Athlete Octane™ are cumulative. This means that you need to build and maintain a supply of the nutrients in Athlete Octane™ for it to be fully effective. Doing so requires that you take Athlete Octane™ every day.

Why did you choose the ingredients in Athlete Octane™?
We looked at the safest, best performing endurance “supplement systems” on the market, “weeded-out” those that had no scientific support and refined the formula from there. The ingredients in Athlete Octane™ have been in use in endurance competition for over a decade, but have never been available in an easy-to-use and affordable product. We saw a need to combine the best formulas in the field and put an end to the need to take handfuls of pills. A complete ingredient profile and support is available on our web site.

What’s the shelf life of Athlete Octane™?
Athlete Octane™ will last for Three years from date of manufacturing unopened. Once opened, it will last for 2 months if kept in the refrigerator. Please keep the formula out of heat and light to maintain potency. You can travel with Octane at room temperature for up to a week at a time, but we recommend refrigeration whenever possible.

What makes Athlete Octane™ different than other products?
There are many details that separate Athlete Octane™ from other endurance supplements. The most important are effectiveness, cost and convenience. Not only does Athlete Octane™ absorb better because it’s a liquid, it’s also far easier to take and up to 75% less expensive than the competition. We also elected to use ingredients that are backed by scientific studies and stay away from ingredients that don’t have a shred of scientific support.