Up North Labs, better known as UNL in Norway, is one of the rare sports nutrition companies out there that doesn’t, or at least didn’t, compete in the pre-workout category. It has cream of rice, premium whey isolate-based protein, creatine, and a few single-ingredient health and wellness supplements. This month, UNL has decided it’s time to finally get into pre-workouts, although not with the standard stimulant-powered experience.
UNL’s all-new Flow is a caffeine-free supplement, built to enhance muscle pumps, focus, performance, and, interestingly, a bit of energy. While the innovation is without caffeine, it still includes 160mg of Zynamite mango leaf extract to boost mental and physical energy, again, without caffeine. That is just one of the many ingredients in the formula, as it has plenty of other entries responsible for the pump and performance benefits.
Filling out the rest of the formula behind UNL Flow is half a gram of pink Himalayan salt and a gram of Cocomineral for hydration and performance, 6g of straight citrulline, 4g of GlycerSize glycerol, S7 at 200mg, and a never-before-seen 2g of VasoDrive for powerful muscle pumps. While the supplement does touch in many different areas, pump is very clearly the primary focus, especially with that industry-first amount of VasoDrive.
The team at UNL may not have been in the world of pre-workouts to begin with, but it has indeed shown that it is not because of a lack of knowledge. The Norwegian brand hit some rather basic categories to start, and has quickly proven it is more than capable of standing out in more complex spaces. You can grab the pump-powering Flow pre-workout direct from the retailer Sweats at 499kr (52.96 USD) for a tub of 20 maximum servings.
