One of the biggest trends in the sports nutrition industry over the last few years, specifically the highly competitive and always enjoyable pre-workout category, is premium and cost-effective offerings. The former is where brands throw everything and the kitchen sink into a formula with a premium price tag. The cost-effective pre-workout goes the other direction with a simpler set of ingredients and dosages, with value being the focus.
HD Muscle is one of the sports nutrition companies out there that notoriously sits at the premium end of things, including the likes of its flagship pre-workout PreHD, protein powder ProHD, and high-end multivitamin, VitaHD. The brand has now gone the cost-effective route with a spin-off of PreHD named PreHD Essential, and true to the strategy of this type of supplement, it common and efficacious ingredients at reliable dosages.
If you know pre-workouts, you could probably guess what HD Muscle has packed into PreHD Essential. For performance, you get 3.2g of beta-alanine and a gram of taurine, taking care of pumps is a solid 3g of betaine and 4g of pure citrulline, then for focus and energy, you have a gram of tyrosine and a combined 225mg of caffeine. It’s a solid set of ingredients, and if you really wanted to take things up a notch, you could double serve it all for highlights like 8g of citrulline, 6g of betaine, and an extra potent 450mg of caffeine.
The biggest feature of the upcoming PreHD Essential is its price tag, as again, this is a straightforward, cost-effective pre-workout, and the amount you pay is the differentiating factor from HD Muscle’s other pre-workouts: PreHD Black, PreHD Elite, and PreHD Ultra. Through hdmuscle.com, when it goes live, PreHD Essential will cost you $29.99, right in the value-driven realm of $30 or less, and it’s for a tub of 25 servings in three flavors.
