Serving Size: 5 Capsules | ||
Servings Per Container: 22 | ||
Amount Per Serving | % DV * | |
A4E2 Synthase | 2500mg | |
Chinese Dodder (Cuscuta chinensis) (seed) (20:1 Extract) | ||
Cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis) (fungi) (7% Cordycepic Acid), Barrenwort (Epimedium grandiflorum) | ||
(aerial parts) (20% Icariin) | ||
Naringin (Citrius grandis) (fruit), Forskolii (Coleus forskohlii) (root) (20% Forskolin) | ||
* % Daily Value (DV) is based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower based on your calorie needs.
† Daily Value (DV) not established. |
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Other Ingredients: Gelatin, Talc, Carnuba Wax, Silica Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate, Candurin Silver Fine (color), FD&C Blue #1. |
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Directions: Take 2-5 capsules in the morning on an empty stomach. Additionally, take 2-5 capsules one hour pre-workout or mid-afternoon. Do not take within 3 hours of bedtime. Do not exceed 10 capsules daily. |
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Warnings: This product is only intended to be consumed by healthy adults 18 years of age or older. Before using this product, seek advice from a physician if you are unaware of your current health condition or have any pre-existing medical condition including but not limited to kidney disease or if you are taking any prescription or over the counter medication. Do not use if you are pregnant, nursing, prone to dehydration or exposed to excessive heat. Discontinue use and consult your health care professional if you experience any adverse reaction to this product. Before beginning any weight loss program, consult your health care providers. Store at room temperature and avoid excessive heat. Do not use if inner safety seal is broken or missing. Keep out of reach of children. |
complete performance support
- super charges endurance*
- supports lean muscle mass*
- accelerates dense muscle growth*
DRIVE is our all-around stimulant free performance support. In fact, it does so much that it can be in a category of its own. DRIVE is a synergistic blend of pharmaceutical strength constituents that is designed to promote a highly anabolic state through a variety of different mechanisms. DRIVE combines cGMP and cAMP synergism, endurance enhancement, supports testosterone and luteinizing hormone (LH) activity in addition to supporting healthy T:E (testosterone/estrogen) and T:C (testosterone/cortisol) ratios.* (1,6,10-12,18,20-21)
The Basics of Drive
- Support camp levels*
- Promotes lean muscle to adipose ratio*
- Supports testosterone in men*
- Promotes hard pumps and vascularity*
- May help lean body mass (muscle) and lower body fat*
- Greater strength and endurance*
- Long-lasting muscular volume and pump*
what makes drive the most effective performance enhancer on the market?
Drive is a powerful combination of 5 carefully selected ingredients which combine cAMP and cGMP synergism to enhance lean body mass gains, destroy body fat, and deliver skin-tearing pumps.* Drive is the most versatile product on the supplement market; Drive can be used to increase the ratio of lean muscle to fat, to keep away body fat while bulking, to increase testosterone levels in men, to stack with a thermogenic fat burner like Fat Free to help decrease body fat levels, or can be used as a non-stimulant pre-workout to deliver hardcore pumps and vascularity.*
cordyceps
Cordyceps Sinensis (CS) is an essential component of DRIVE and hasbeen traditionally used to support reproductive function, prevent fatigue and slow the effects of aging; several animal studies suggest that cordyceps supports testosterone through via increasing steroidogenesis.* Cordyceps has also been suggested to have a powerful adaptogenic effect, allowing users of the compound to better adapt to elevations of stress hormones such as cortisol.* This adapatogenic effect from cordyceps may be one of the main reasons behind multiple research studies that have shown support for endurance, anabolism, and protein synthesis from ingesting CS.* (22-25)
dodder seed
Dodder Seed Extract (DS or cuscuta chinensis) has been shown to have some similar effects to both icariin and forskolin, in that it activates both cAMP and cGMP, and can support steroidogenesis (natural testosterone production) in men.* DS has also been suggested to support a healthy testosterone/estrogen ratio, as well as having some anabolic effects.* (26-28)
naringin
The addition of Naringin (or Naringin) in DRIVE allows for higher blood levels of the active ingredients to remain in the system of the user, making for a more effective product.* Naringin has been suggested to slow the metabolism of caffeine and PDE5 inhibitors such as Icariin, allowing for these compounds to be much more effective on a per dose basis.* Naringin also has very positive effects on the testosterone levels because Naringenin helps to support a healthy testosterone/estrogen balance.* By supporting the testosterone/estrogen ratio, users may support significant hardening effects on their physique.* Increased insulin sensitivity is also a notable quality of Naringin. Users benefit from this because by limiting insulin response, blood glucose levels remain more stable, sugar is less likely to be stored as fat and excess insulin can blunt the effects of increased cAMP levels.* (10-15)
icariin
Icariin is a phytochemical that has been suggested to have profound effects on anabolism. Icariin exerts its efficacy through several different mechanisms of action: Via competition with glucocorticoids and increasing cAMP levels, by modulating estrogen receptor antagonism and by decreasing prolactin levels.* Several studies have suggest that Icariin competes with glucocorticoids for various receptor sites, and thus supports a healthy testosterone/cortisol ratio.* Icariin also blocks glucocorticoids from binding to cortisol receptors, hence antagonizing the actions of cortisol. This alone creates an anabolic effect by positively skewing the testosterone/ cortisol ratio which is a trigger to support anabolism, protein synthesis, increased aggression, and intensified muscle contractions.* (2-9)
forskolin
Forskolin supports cAMP levels (a second messenger important to hormone signaling).* cAMP elevation is a crucial piece of the puzzle in creating an anabolic and thermogenic state, and Forskolin is one of the best compounds available. Forskolin may support cAMP levels in fat cells.* This is important because it may thereby support lipolysis; meaning that Forskolin may exert fat-burning effects as well as being an anabolic agent; plus Forskolin can also enhance endurance capacity as well.* Another added bonus of Forskolin is that it increases cAMP independently of epinephrine, thus providing increased energy without the need to take any type of traditional stimulant.* (16-20)
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- Ning, H et al. Effects of icariin on phosphodiesterase-5 activity in vitro and cyclic guanosine monophosphate level in cavernous smooth muscle cells. Urology. 2006 Dec;68(6):1350-4.
- Jiang, Z. et al Effects of icariin on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis action and cytokine levels in stressed Sprague-Dawley rats. Biol Pharm Bull. 2006 Dec;29(12):2399-403.
- Zhang, Z. et al The testosterone properties of icariin. Asian J Androl. 2006 Sep;8(5):601-5. Epub 2006 Jun 5.
- Liu, W. Effects of icariin on erectile function and expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in rats. Asian J Androl. 2005 Dec;7(4):381-8.
- Xin, ZC Effects of icariin on cGMP-specific PDE5 and cAMP-specific PDE4 activities. Asian J Androl. 2003 Mar;5(1):15-8.
- Yap, SP, Shen P, Li, J, Lee, LS, Yong, EL. . J Ethnopharmacol. 2007 Jun 2: 17628368 Molecular and pharmacodynamic properties of estrogenic extracts from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb, Epimedium. J Ethnopharmacol.
- Tian L, Xin ZC, Yuan YM, Fu J, Liu WJ, Wang LL. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2004 Jun 2;84(11):954-7. Effects of icariin on the erectile function and expression of nitrogen oxide synthase isoforms in corpus cavernitric oxidesum of arterigenic erectile dysfunction rat model
- Xin ZC, Kim EK, Lin CS, Liu WJ, Tian L, Yuan YM, Fu J. Asian J Androl. 2003 Mar;5(1):15-8. Effects of icariin on cGMP-specific PDE5 and cAMP-specific PDE4 activities.
- LeBail, JC et al Chalcones are potent inhibitors of aromatase and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities.Life Sci. 2001 Jan 5;68(7):751-61.
- LeBail, JC et al Effects of phytoestrogens on aromatase, 3beta and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities. Life Sci. 2000 Feb 25;66(14):1281-91.
- LeBail, JC et al Aromatase and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibition by flavonitric oxideids. .Cancer Lett. 1998 Nitric oxidev 13;133(1):101-6.
- Arayne, LS. Et al Grape fruit juice-drug interactions.Pak J Pharm Sci. 2005 Oct;18(4):45-57. Review.
- Ho, PC et al. Inhibition of human CYP3A4 activity by grapefruit flavonoids, furanocoumarins and related compounds. J Pharm Pharm Sci. 2001 Sep-Dec;4(3):217-27.
- Fuhr, U Inhibitory effect of grapefruit juice and its bitter principal, naringenin, on CYP1A2 dependent metabolism of caffeine in man. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1993 Apr;35(4):431-6.
- Kreider RB, et al. Effects of Coleus forskohlii supplementation on body composition and markers of health in sedentary overweight females. Experimental Biology 2002 Late Breaking Abstracts. LB305: 2002.
- LEAMON, KB; PADGETT, W; DALY, JW. "Forskolin: Unique diterpene activator of adenylate cyclase in membrane and intact cells" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1981,78,3363-67
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