Maximum Shred: Can it Help Build Lean Muscle, or Just Fat Dreams?

Maximum Shred is a muscle-building supplement/pre-workout energy and focus amplifier. It is sold exclusively online, and the company even offers a 100 percent risk free 1 month supply on their website at the cost of $5.95 for shipping.

Maximum Shred is promoted as being able to help you gain lean ripped muscles within "weeks," their website says these results are guaranteed, and based on scientific facts. The product consists of a proprietary blend which boasts two "key" ingredients which are said to have won a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1998.

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What are these two "key" ingredients, and can they truly provide mind-blowing results as claimed by Maximum Shred? Let's find out. Since Maximum Shred actually contains a total of four active ingredients, I'll list all of them before we begin:

• Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate
• Taurine
• Beta Alanine
• Caffeine

Now, let's take a look at the two "key" ingredients which Maximum Shred says are responsible for muscle hypertrophy and reduced body fat: Alpha-Ketoglutarate (a natural substance within our bodies that metabolizes essential amino acids) and Beta Alanine (a non-essential amino acid).

Some bodybuilders swear by Alpha-Ketoglutarate and Beta Alanine's ability to help you make muscle gains. Since I have not tried these ingredients personally, I did some research. What I found were studies that suggest Alpha-Ketoglutarate and Beta Alanine have no effect on muscle growth, although they can help you with performance (if you take between 3.2 - 6.4 grams per day).

Maximum Shred recommends you take between 10-17 of their capsules per week, they don't however, say how many milligrams are in each capsule. Maximum Shred also contains Arginine, which I have used, and Arginine is great for increased blood flow.

That said, Maximum Shred is by far a performance (in the gym and bedroom) supplement than it is one for building muscle. You be the judge, read their website, and you'll see that they promote its ability to increase performance much more than its ability to build muscle. Beta-Alanine, the facts. A study that refutes the claims of Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate.