At MAN™ Sports we
believe anything is possible. Within this state of mind, incredible innovations
are dreamt and brought to reality. Our newest development has shattered old
world beliefs, defying existing barriers and obstacles effortlessly, bringing
to the market state of the art strength, stamina and recovery supplementation.
This work, this Holy-grail, is the end result of the perfected balance of vision,
passion, science, innovation and technology. Not only are the ingredients in
this supplement completely supported by genuine clinical studies, but this new
supplement has also been in the trenches, tested, and tested again by real world
athletes.
It Sounds Too Good To Be
True...But its not!
Every single ingredient
in CLOUT™ is scientifically proven to noticeably drive athletic performance
and recovery to the Next level. Developed by the dedicated team behind the groundbreaking
BodyOctane™ and fat loss sensation, Scorch™, MAN™ Sports Products
Inc. proudly PREMIERS CLOUT™: Bar-none the most potent over the counter
performance enhancer the world has ever known at effectively increasing strength,
stamina, and recovery.
CLOUT™ delivers 7
powerful, never-before combined bioactives in scientifically proven doses to
create a new and exciting direction in supplementation maximizing human performance,
body composition and optimizing the athletic environment. Distinguishing itself
from existing run-of-the-mill creatine matrix's, the ingredients in CLOUT™
are proven by scientific studies to enhance your bodies natural abilities to
fight the primary causes of fatigue, enhance recovery, and increase explosive
muscular fire power, thereby ushering in the future of muscle augmenting nutrition.
By completely redefining the use of creatine MAN™ Sports welcomes you
to the next level!
MAN-UP™ and SEIZE
THE POWER™ with CLOUT™ the revolutionary innovative technology that
brings you real strength, power, stamina, recovery and growth you can feel.
THE RESEARCH BACKED INGREDIENTS IN CLOUT™ work to:
Increase Muscle Creatine
Stimulate Explosive Muscular Power and Strength
Jack Up ATP Levels
Support ATP Formation and Replenishment!
Build Lean Muscle Mass
Boost Muscle Carnosine
Donate Acetyl Groups To Maximize Energy Production
Enhances Oxygen Delivery and Uptake
Supports Endurance and Recovery
Elevate Muscle-buffering Capacity
Delay the Signal That Triggers Muscle Loss
Increase Time to Exhaustion
Enhance Glycogen Storage and Glucose Uptake
Decrease Free Radical Formation
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN TO THE VERY LAST COMPOUND!
Find out exactly what the 7 never before combined Bioactives in CLOUT™
are and what they do:
BIOCATIVES # 1 & 2 OROTINE™
(TriCreatine-Orotate) & Orotic Acid
WHAT IS IT?
OROTINE™ (Tricreatine orotate) complex is an "exclusive" triple
creatine molecule attached chemically to Orotic Acid. In CLOUT™ its inclusion
is at a dose to deliver the exact dose of creatine proven to enhance muscle
creatine stores. Orotic Acid (OA) is bond to creatine and also supplied to exactly
match orotic acid doses in human studies shown to enhance performance10. So
why do creatine and OA work so well together? And how do they work in synergy?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Declining muscle pH can detrimentally affect muscle function and one possible
way to prevent this decline is by enhancing the systems that prevent this fall.
Think FIRE-EXTINGUISHER. Two central components of these systems are phosphocreatine
and carnosine. True to form CLOUT™ yet again delivers the exact dose of
creatine shown to elevate muscle phosphocreatine levels.
CLOUT™ also provides
the exact level of Orotic Acid shown to work effectively on two levels:
1. Enhancement of performance.
This may have been achieved by a selection of mechanisms but of most importance
is as a precursor for carnosine synthesis. In fact research proves that Orotic
Acid is very much a nutrient that can increase muscle carnosine levels11.
2. Orotic Acid has been shown to increase muscle Uridine levels. Work by Rosenfeldt
et al. (1998) showed under hypoxic (lack of oxygen) conditions (found following
anaerobic exercise) elevation of intramuscular Uridine levels increased muscle
phosphocreatine and creatine levels 38% and 3%, respectively12.
Elevated Uridine levels,
a RNA base, has been shown to increase muscle contractile capacity.
That not all…Orotic
Acid has been proven to:
1. Enhance and Maintain
ATP pools
2. Increase Glucose Uptake
3. Increase Ribose Moieties (R-1-P & R-5-P) Leading to Enhanced Ribose Formation
4. Increased Muscle Carnosine Stores
5. Support and Enhance Muscle Hypertrophy (via RNA synthesis support during
growth)
WHAT EVIDENCE FOR PERFORMANCE
EFFECT?
Golf et al. (1998) carried out a human trial using again the exact dose delivered
with CLOUT™10. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of Magnesium-Orotate
on swim, cycling and run performance. Performance was enhanced with supplementation
but backing up the influence of orotate rather than magnesium was the measured
lower hydrogen ion levels. This is suggestive of enhanced buffering capacity
via orotate by elevated muscle carnosine contents.
Therefore, these two ingredients
may set off each others functions in many ways. Orotic Acid and creatine both
enhance your muscles buffering capacity, literally putting out the fire. As
an added bonus orotic acid may help preserve creatine levels during intense
hypoxic (lacking oxygen) exercise12.
BIOACTIVE #3 Beta-Alanine
WHAT IS IT?
Beta-alanine is the direct precursor and to date the most effective enhancer
of carnosine. This exciting nutrient is making a major impact in the sports
nutrition arena thanks to BodyOctane™ and has been proven to be effective
in humans for enhancing muscle performance13. As previously mentioned, CLOUT™
has placed in the exact amounts of each ingredient proven by research to enhance
performance and the content of Beta-alanine is no different.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Beta-alanine works by enhancing the buffering capacity in our muscle. It does
this by elevating carnosine stores a highly effective cellular pH buffer13,
14… In fact the most effective cellular pH buffer.
WHAT EVIDENCE FOR PERFORMANCE
EFFECT?
In 2003 Harris et al.[13] investigated Beta-alanine supplementation and its
influence on the capacity to undertake intense exercise normally associated
with lactate accumulation [13]. The dose of beta-alanine delivered in CLOUT™
enhanced maximal workout puts over a 4 minute maximal exercise test. Again authors
suggested these beneficial performance effects down to increased muscle buffering
capacity which aids the maintenance of muscle pH.
BIOACTIVE #4 N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC)
WHAT IS IT?
Acetyl group donation as mentioned earlier a donor of acetyl groups could radically
impact performance by activating the PDH complex. One such acetyl donating nutrient
is the antioxidant N-Acetyl cysteine. However, the great effects of NAC don't
stop at delivering acetyl groups.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
N-Acetyl cysteine again is a powerful antioxidant and its main influence on
muscle damaging free radicals is its influence at enhancing muscle and other
cell glutathione levels[15]. Secondly, it can also provide acetyl groups which
could be used for entry into the Krebs cycle and energy generation overcoming
deficiencies in the PDH complex.
WHAT EVIDENCE FOR PERFORMANCE
EFFECT?
There are two immense supplementation studies that show the influence of cysteine
donors on performance. Sen et al. (1994) gave 200 x 4mg/day of NAC and an 800mg
bolus before a maximal bike test16. CLOUT™ delivers probably the highest
amounts of NAC in any sports supplement many times above the cysteine and acetyl
groups delivered in these studies! OK back to the outcome of the Sen study,
NAC resulted in a higher net post exercise antioxidant capacity16. But can elevating
oxidative capacity through cysteine donation influence performance? The answer
is simply YES! A study presented at the ACSM on whey protein delivering similar
cysteine levels to those in CLOUT™ improved muscle fatigue during fatiguing
leg extension exercise17.
BIOACTIVE #5 PHOSPHA-DRIVE™
WHAT IS IT?
Phosphate maybe one of, if not the most important mineral constituent required
for cellular activity due to its biological interactions with metabolic intermediates
and energy producing compounds. Changes in cellular phosphate levels have been
linked to enhanced exercise capacity time and time again. Supplementation is
a proven method to achieve this guaranteed performance effect.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
There are many possible mechanisms proposed for the proven influence of phosphate
including: 1. Phosphate-stimulated glycolysis (enhanced energy production capacity)18;
2. Increased red blood cell 2,3-DPG levels (Enhancing oxygen delivery to working
muscles)19; 3. Enhanced creatine phosphate synthesis (increased creatine stores)20.
Therefore, it is easy to see how phosphate addition can further extend the influence
of CLOUT™ as the ultimate creatine and performance enhancer.
WHAT EVIDENCE FOR PERFORMANCE
EFFECT?
There are many studies proving the fantastic influence of this compound so let's
take a look. Kreider et al. (1992) assessed the influence of 1000mg of phosphate
4 times a day for 3 days or a maltodextrine placebo. The results backed many
other studies and showed that phosphate loading could enhance maximal exercise
performance (40km time trial). The slightly lower dose of phosphate in CLOUT™
compared to the study above were chosen because of not only the gastrointestinal
stress caused by high dose phosphate but also because the creatine and phosphate
combination included in CLOUT™ should enhance muscle phosphate to equal
and possibly greater levels than phosphates alone. (Check out our how to use
guide at the end of this article).
BIOACTIVE #6 Vinpocetine
WHAT IS IT?
Vinpocetine is an extract from lesser periwinkle plant (Vinca Minor) and has
been used extensively in the treatment of many disease states including: stroke,
Alzheimer's, visual impairment, and vascular ischemia to name a few22. Because
we know exercise performance is related to our ability to generate ATP and deliver
oxygen the possible enhancing influence of Vinpocetine on these energy-generating
systems made its inclusion in CLOUT™ essential!
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Vinpocetine has been shown to be effective by increasing 2,3 DPG levels (Oxygen
delivery capacity)23, ATP (energy levels)24, and antioxidant activity25.
WHAT EVIDENCE FOR PERFORMANCE
EFFECT?
The effects on exercise performance of Vinpocetine at this point do not exist.
What dose exist are the effects in human studies looking at enhancing chemicals
that we know can elevate performance capacity. In a study by Tohgi et al. subjects
were given 15mg of Vinpocetine per day (a dose lower than that contained in
CLOUT™) for 3 weeks24. By the end of the supplementation period there
were huge increases in cellular ATP as well as an increase in 2,3 DPG24.
BIOACTIVE #7 Magnesium-Malate
WHAT IS IT?
Magnesium-Malate is the final nutrient that pushes the performance enhancing
potential of CLOUT™ through the roof! As we described at the beginning
of this article magnesium is inextricably linked to countless cellular functions.
As such the importance of magnesium as a performance enhance cannot be denied.
Magnesium-Malate supplies extra malic acid, which has been shown to recycle
pyruvate and lactate and help to fuel the kreb cycle (our natural energy producing
cycle)29.
Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 1 scoop (10.5g)
Servings per Container: 50
Amount Per Serving
OROTINE™ (Tricreatine Orotate)
3,000mg +
N-Acetyl-Cysteine
2,000mg +
Beta-Alanine
1,600 mg +
MAG-MALATE™ (Magnesium Malate)
560.5mg +
Orotic Acid
500mg +
Vinpocetine
8mg +
PHOSPHA-DRIVE™
Magnesium Phosphate, Dibasic
351.5mg +
Potassium Phosphate, Dibasic
220mg +
Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic
216mg +
+ Daily Value not established
Other Ingredients: Natural and Artificial flavors, Maltodextrin, Citric acid,
sucralose, Red#40, Acesulfame Potassium.
Recommended Use: To optimize
uptake and absorption of CLOUT™ take one serving twice daily, one immediately
preworkout and one with food separated by at least a 4-5 hour period. Following
this routine for 28 days will optimize concentrations of the ingredients in
CLOUT™ in muscle tissues. Noticeable effects should be experienced within
the first 3 days of use with 80% of total effectiveness achievable by day 12-14
and total effects at 28 days and longer. CLOUT™ can be combined with BODYOCTANE™
and SCORCH™.
USAGE WARNING!
When using with BODYOCTANE™ be aware of Beta-Alanine content in both products.
When using CLOUT™ with BODYOCTANE™ begin use of each product at
half serving 4 times daily as opposed to one full serving of each product twice
a day in order to develop a tolerance to Beta-Alanine. Beta-Alanine has the
propensity to increase paresthesia (tingling sensation similar to niacin flush).
This effect subsides after several days of continuous administration and is
an inherent characteristic of Beta-Alanine.
