GAKIC^® Hardcore is an advanced technological breakthrough that can help bodybuilders immediately increase strength by 10.5 percent, and muscle growth stimulus by up to 28 percent, making it the World’s Most Powerful Instant Strength Multiplier!

GAKIC Hardcore has been scientifically engineered to increase training intensity and focus in the gym, giving you the energy to lift heavy and build more muscle! GAKIC Hardcore is truly the ultimate strength supplement, as no one else in the industry has even come close to producing a supplement of this magnitude!

GAKIC Hardcore has been equipped with technologically advanced superdisintegrates to decrease absorption time, allowing this extremely powerful formula to start working even faster! And if that wasn’t enough, new high-powered ingredients have been added to the GAKIC Hardcore formula, giving you increased intensity and focus while you train.  These changes are what make GAKIC Hardcore the most powerful instant strength multiplier ever conceived out of a research laboratory!

While training, metabolic fatigue sets in due to the build-up of various metabolic by-products.  This negatively affects exercise performance and inhibits some aspects of the muscle's contractile machinery. GAKIC^® Hardcore helps your body deal with this metabolic fatigue and thus delays this moment of failure – helping you get more reps in. Powered with Nanomolecular Hyperdispersion Technology™, GAKIC Hardcore goes to work faster, fueling your muscles for more strength, power and performance. Once you train with GAKIC Hardcore, you'll never want to train without it!

That's where GAKIC^® Hardcore is different from anything else you've ever tried before. One study shows that subjects using GAKIC Hardcore experienced an immediate 10.5 percent increase in strength after their very first dose! Just imagine if GAKIC Hardcore could do the same for you. Imagine stepping in the gym with more strength than you've ever had before. Imagine heading into your set ready to make your previous best look like a warm-up. The science shows that this incredible strength-enhancing supplement can do this. And it shows that instead of “hitting the wall” when you normally would, GAKIC Hardcore can help you lift longer than before. In the same study mentioned above, subjects supplementing with GAKIC Hardcore significantly increased muscle growth stimulus by up to 28 percent vs. a placebo. You do the math. More strength equals better muscle gains.

In another double-blind, randomized, crossover-designed study conducted by Buford et al. (2004), subjects were given glycine-l-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaproic acid calcium or a placebo before exercise and were monitored during repeated bouts of anaerobic cycling performance. Subjects performed a series of five 10-second sprints against resistance. Results indicated glycine-l-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaproic acid calcium treatment significantly decreased the drop in mean power between the first and second sprints, resulting in a longer time taken to fatigue. The researchers concluded the findings obtained from this study supported the work of Stevens et al. (2000) at the University of Florida.

In a double-blind, randomized, crossover-designed study conducted at the University of Florida by Stevens et al. (2000), participants ingested either glycine-l-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaproic acid calcium, the primary ingredients in GAKIC^® Hardcore, or a placebo (9.46 g sucrose) prior to exercise. After supplementation, subjects performed consecutive isokinetic knee concentric and eccentric contractions.

Measurements were taken during the last 5 reps of each set. Sets were performed at 0 minutes, 5 minutes and 15 minutes. Significant changes in Fatigue Resistance Index of up to an average of 28 percent were recorded when compared to the placebo (see Table 1). Treatment also increased the mean total work per set by an overall 10.5 percent over the 15-minute period (see Table 1). Based on this study, the researchers concluded that glycine-l-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaproic acid calcium treatment increases the ability to sustain muscle force, delays fatigue and increases total muscle work.

In another double-blind, randomized, crossover-designed study conducted by Buford et al. (2004), subjects were given glycine-l-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaproic acid calcium or a placebo before exercise and were monitored during repeated bouts of anaerobic cycling performance. Subjects performed a series of five 10-second sprints against resistance. Results indicated glycine-l-arginine-alpha-
ketoisocaproic acid calcium treatment significantly decreased the drop in mean power between the first and second sprints, resulting in a longer time taken to fatigue. The researchers concluded the findings obtained from this study supported the work of Stevens et al. (2000) at the University of Florida.

1. Stevens, B., et al. (2000). Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 32(12):2102.
2. Buford, B., & Koch, A. (2004). Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 36(4):583.

No. GAKIC^® Hardcore is not a creatine supplement. Creatine increases the regeneration of a primary muscle fuel source called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). GAKIC Hardcore works at the muscle fiber level via a different metabolic mechanism than creatine. One of its jobs is to remove fatigue toxins – toxins that prevent your muscles from making more ATP.

A whole new supplement category was created for bodybuilders and other athletes with the introduction of the original GAKIC. The newly developed hardcore version falls into the same classification. With two separate studies backing the effectiveness of glycine-l-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaproic acid calcium, you know this stuff is for real.

There are, in fact, two different GAKIC products. GAKIC Hardcore should only be taken by hardcore lifters looking for some added strength in the gym.  With that said, there is also a GAKIC NSF version which has been tested and certified by the NSF Certified for Sport™ Program. For more information on this version of GAKIC, please visit www.GAKIC.com.

You should begin by reading the entire label carefully before use.  As a dietary supplement, take 1 serving (8 caplets) up to 45 minutes before a high-intensity workout. Do not exceed 1 serving (8 caplets) in a 24-hour period. One bottle contains 128 capsules.

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