Goku Gains Review

(Rating: 3.5/5)

Pro’s

• Citrulline Malate is great for enhancing muscle pumps
• Taurine has shown to reduce cramping
• Contains Caffeine to raise your energy levels

Con’s

• HUGE dosage of caffeine per serving (350mg)
• DMHA banned in competitive sports
• Contains a proprietary blend

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About The Product

Goku Gains is a pre-workout supplement made by Furious Formulations INC. It comes in “Yummy Gummy Gasms” and “Peach Mango Fandango” flavors – these flavors sound pretty damn tasty, so they get the thumbs up from us here.

We first noticed this pre-workout as it’s been named after my favorite childhood Anime hero – Goku from Dragonball, so we’re expecting it to assert its dominance on the market.

Let’s find out.

*Before you read this review, we will point out that we haven’t tried Goku Gains for ourselves. We are reviewing this product from what we see on its ingredient list, using only our personal and honest opinion.*

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Goku Gains’ Ingredients Explained 

We’re big believers that the effectiveness of a supplement depends on it’s ingredients. But of course this is simply our honest opinion.

Simply put, if a pre-workout contains great ingredients that’ve been dosed correctly, then it’ll be more likely to be a great product. This is why this section is very important for you to read.

After looking at this product’s nutrient profile, we believe that it’s mostly contains good ingredients; we’re especially pleased that Furious Formulations has added Citrulline Malate, which is reliable at delivering muscle pumps and making you look & feel like a super saiyan in the gym!

Anyway, we’ll take you through each ingredient inside Goku Gains. By the end of this review, you’ll have a good idea of how safe and effective this pre-workout really is.

Here’s Everything You Need To Know:

Citrulline Malate

Citrulline Malate is one of our favorite pre-workout ingredients. It’s proven to increase blood flow, which enhances your muscle pumps.

However, we believe that it works best when dosed between 6,000mg-8,000mg. Unfortunately for Furious Formulations INC, they’ve only added 4,000mg of this ingredient, so we would have preferred a bigger dosage here.

But saying that, Goku Gains still contains better ingredients than most pre-workouts we’ve reviewed. So not a bad job here at all.

Betaine

This ingredient doesn’t seem likely to provide any benefits from the studies we’ve seen. However, we believe that Betaine can be responsible for causesing fishy odors in your breath and sweat.

But the good news is that this side effect isn’t harmless, and won’t ruin your workout – it’s just not enjoyable for us personally.

Taurine 

This has shown to reduce cramping, which can help you perform at your best in the gym.

However, we do prefer ingredients that improve your strength, endurance, focus or boost your energy. But saying that, Taurine doesn’t cause any side effects, so it’s definitely not a bad ingredient.

Ultimately, Taurine makes a great ‘bonus’ addition to any supplement, as it’s never good experiencing cramp while you’re pumping iron and trying to make gains!

Nitrosigine (Inositol-Stabilized Arginine)

This is a patented ingredient made by a company called by Nutrition 21. Basically, we prefer unpatented ingredients, as we just trust them more – but this is just our personal honest opinion.

Simply put, this seems to be a mixture of Arginine and Silicon that’s been given a fancy name. Nitrosigine is supposed to increase your nitric oxide levels, which would improve your muscle pumps.

But the problem is, Arginine is believed to have a poor absorption rate (which is why Citrulline Malate is better, as it’s known to convert into Arginine in your kidneys). Now, the good news is that Goku Gains already contains Citrulline Malate, so this isn’t a problem.

Agmatine Sulfate

We have no personal experience with this ingredient, but from our research, it seems to be used to reduce pain and depression. It doesn’t seem too reliable in providing any benefits to improve your gym session. But again, this is simply our personal honest opinion.

Caffeine 

This is a key pre-workout ingredient when it’s dosed correctly (personally, we believe that the ‘sweet spot’ is between 150-200mg per serving, which is the amount we’d advise that you consume to avoid risks of jitters).

But the problem for us is that Goku Gains contains 350mg of Caffeine, which we consider to be a HUGE dosage. Basically, it’s only recommended that you consume 400mg in a full day; so 350mg in one serving is very large.

Again, different people have different tolerances to Caffeine, and this is just our honest opinion. You might find that this dosage of Caffeine is what gives you that ‘kick’ you need to smash your workout!

However, personallt, we’d be likely to experience jitters and energy crashes. Unless you’re used to drinking around 5 cups of black coffee in one day, you might struggle with this amount of Caffeine – but you’ll never know until you try it for yourself.

Ultimately, if you are very tolerant to Caffeine then you’ll love the kick that this big dosage will give you! Prepare for your hair to turn yellow and blast beams from your eyeballs dude…

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Choline 

Like Betaine, this ingredient doesn’t seem likely to offer benefits to improve your workout. But looking at some studies, we believe that it can cause fishy odors in your breath and sweat.

Salvia Miltiorrhiza

Also known as Danshen, this has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve heart health. While it’s proven to improve your well-being, it doesn’t seem likely to have any effect on your performance in the gym.

elevATP

This is simply ancient peat and apple extract – two fruits. We mentioned that we prefer unpatented ingredients, but we’ll give credit where credit is due – this ingredient has proven to improve sporting performance in a few studies.

From what we’ve seen, we have good reason to believe that it works to improve your gym session, so it’s a good addition to Goku Gains here.

French Maritine Bark Extract 

Also known as Pycnogenol, this ingredient is believed to improve your nitric oxide levels. However, it doesn’t seem to be very reliable in studies conducted, but fortunately, as there’s already a good dosage of Citrulline Malate in Goku Gains, you should still benefit from raised nitric oxide levels anyway.

DMHA

This is part of the proprietary blend in Goku Gains Pre-Workout. Basically, this has shown to  promote fat loss – but we don’t believe that fat loss isn’t a direct benefit of a pre-workout supplement (you want immediate boosts in strength, endurance, focus and energy).

If you’re main aim is to lose body fat, we believe that a fat burner supplement would be more beneficial.

Not only that, we found out that DMHA is banned in competitive sports – so athletes could get banned when using this ingredient (like Mamdou Sakho, a soccer player that used to play for Liverpool FC in the premier league in UK).

Hordinine

Simply put, this doesn’t seem likely to improve your gym session – but this is just our honest opinion. But on a positive note, it also doesn’t cause any side effects, so we consider this to be neutral.

Huperzine A

Huperzine A is a cognitive enhancer that’s believed to boost your focus in the gym. It certainly has it’s place in Goku Gains, as an increase in focus can strengthen your mind muscle connection to help you make the most of every rep!

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Side Effects

When looking at a supplement’s ingredient list ingredient list, we believe it’s important to check the dosages of each ingredient.

Personally, we believe that caffeine has been dosed too highly in Goku Gains – a 350mg serving of caffeine is HUGE, which is very likely to cause jitters and energy crashes to us personally (just our honest opinion)

However, those that are very tolerant to caffeine might find that this is the ‘sweet spot’ for them, which can help them turn super saiyan!

But one bad thing is that we found that DMHA has been banned in competitive sports, so it’s probably a good idea for high-level athletes to stay away from products containing it (just our honest opinion).

We’ve listed the potential side effects that we believe we would be at risk from personally. But as we’ve mentioned, you might be more tolerant to caffeine than us and won’t suffer from any side effects.

Here’s the possible side effects from taking Goku Gains: 

• Jitters (High dosage of caffeine over 200-300mg).
• Energy Crashes (High dosage of caffeine over 200-300mg).
• Banned from competitive sports (DMHA).

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Goku Gains Review Conclusion 

As a massive Dragonball fan, I’m happy that someone has named a supplement after my childhood hero, Goku. I’m also a big fan of Furious Pete, so it’s good to see him getting involved in the supplements industry too!

After analyzing Goku Gains’ nutrient profile, you can see that it definitely has some great features; a good dosage of Citrulline Malate will pump you-up and give you a good chance of going super saiyan!

We also like that Goku Gains contains Taurine, which is proven to prevent cramps while you work-out in the gym.

However, we have to point out that Goku Gains contains a HUGE 350mg caffeine serving; this isn’t for the faint-hearted, and it would put us at risk from jittery side effects personally.

But again, this is simply our honest opinion from analyzing Goku Gains’ ingredient list. You might have a better tolerance to caffeine than us, and won’t experience any side effects at all.

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