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Clean pre-workout, explained. Evidence-based deep dives on ingredients, formulation, testing, and performance — organized by topic, not by date.

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What is a clean pre-workout?
The complete guide to what “clean” means and how to evaluate any pre-workout.

Ingredients

What’s in the tub, and why — dose by dose.

How much caffeine should be in a pre-workout?
The case for 150 mg from green tea vs. the industry’s 300–400 mg. EAAs vs. BCAAs
Why all 9 essential amino acids beat a BCAA-only blend. The truth about the “tingles”
What beta-alanine does and why the tingle is harmless. Beet root and the science of the pump
Dietary nitrate vs. L-citrulline for nitric oxide. A pre-workout with probiotics
Why gut health lives in the tub.

Clean formulation

The ingredients we leave out — and how to read a label.

No sucralose, stevia, or erythritol
What we sweeten with instead, and the research behind it. No proprietary blends
How to read any supplement label in 30 seconds. How Antidote earned a spot at Erewhon
What the most selective grocer screens for — and how we cleared it.

Testing & trust

How to verify what’s actually in a supplement.

We don’t hide behind a badge
What “third-party tested” really means and why we publish results.

Performance & recovery

Clean energy, no jitters
Why jitters are a formulation problem, not a caffeine problem.

Our story

Why an Olympian built Antidote
The founder story behind a formula built to Olympic-level standards.