Even though popping an effervescent tablet into your water bottle might feel like you’re treating heartburn more than you are improving your workout, BSN has just come out with its fizzy, effervescent pre-workout supplement: Hyper FX.

Because Hyper FX is promised to not only improve ability to workout by increasing your endurance, boosting your energy and focus, but it is also supposed to enhance your fat burning capabilities as well, we thought we ought to take a closer look at this product and see what it can really do.

Background

The main ingredient in Hyper FX is CarnoSyn. Although this can sound like an advanced and innovative ingredient to your average customer, with a little bit of research you can get to the bottom of what CarnoSyn actually means.

We found out that the name CarnoSyn is simply a patented form of the amino acid Beta-Alanine. Beta-Alanine is an amino acid that has the acid cluster in the beta position of the carboxylate group, which means that they’re two atoms away.

History

Most likely you’ve heard of Beta-Alanine and have even seen it used in many pre-workout supplements. However, this amino acid is actually not used in the biosynthesis of any major proteins or enzymes within the body.

Instead, it usually becomes acetic acid, the same by-product that rotting fruit makes. Although acetic acid can’t help you build more muscle, it might be able to give you more energy since it is sometimes used to help break down carbohydrates and fat.

Ingredients

Even though Hyper FX’s main ingredient wasn’t quite as impressive as we were hoping, there are a few other ingredients in this product that might make it beneficial. For example, there are many essential minerals including Niacin, Calcium, Potassium and Magnesium.

All of these minerals can contribute to bone health and can even lower your risk of an overuse injury. Hyper FX also has BioPerine which is a peptide that can help your body absorb more of the rest of the ingredients in the supplement.

Our Opinion

Despite the fact that Hyper FX most likely isn’t the most powerful way to get the most out of your workout it isn’t completely useless. However, if you are looking for a marked improvement in your workout, we don’t think you’ll be able to get that with Hyper FX.

Instead, look for a pre-workout supplement with more powerful ingredients than one amino acid and a few vitamins and minerals.