Testosterone – for centuries the “Holy Grail” of hormones for athletes and bodybuilders seeking raw power, strength and size. Why? Virtually every science book ever written has attributed the ability to gain lean, hard, dense muscle to the quality of testosterone. Power, aggression, drive and dominant behavior; hormonal-biochemical traits that owe their maximal expression to the body’s ability to produce “active” (unbound) testosterone, then lock onto healthy unblocked receptors and react as designed. For the effects of testosterone to be fully expressed in the body, free testosterone must react in a healthy, unimpeded environment. While the effect of testosterone on power, strength and stamina is nothing short of incredible, its hypodermic administration of chemically derived synthetic testosterone (steroids) has been well-documented as dangerous and can leave the user damaged; taking the user weeks, even months to recover. ALLMAX goes beyond the concept of external addition of synthetic testosterone. TestoFX™ Hardcore works with your body to optimize the natural production of testosterone and sets up a pro-testosterone environment to maximize effectiveness. Controlling for the key factors that block and reduce the expression and effectiveness of testosterone is critical. The hidden truth is that each of us has far more potential testosterone impact available to us that was out of reach; until now. Understanding the barriers to optimal testosterone utilization will show you why TestoFX™ Hardcore is the answer you’ve been searching for. The Magic of Hormones All of us have heard of hormones, many understand the basics but very few have a good mental picture of how hormones really function. This understanding of how hormones express the effects we can see and feel is essential to understanding how TestoFX™ Hardcore yields its extraordinary effects. Hormones are organic chemicals that are created by highly specialized glands throughout the body. They are released into the bloodstream and circulate until they “lock” onto a receptor that matches its specific shape. This is the “Lock and Key” metaphor that is most often used to describe the way hormones work. There are two ways in which testosterone levels are measured within the blood. One is total serum testosterone levels and the other is total serum free testosterone (13). A large portion of the total testosterone you have within your body is bound, inactive testosterone. The bound testosterone has been “deactivated” by something called Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) or proteins called albumin. Testosterone circulates in the plasma (liquid part of blood) either as free testosterone or attached to proteins (albumin and SHBG). In normal men 2% of testosterone is unbound, not attached to a protein, whereas the remaining testosterone is attached to a protein carrier (98%). The amount of hormone available for a testosterone receptor is dramatically reduced when it is bound to either albumin or SHBG, reducing its physiological effect. This is common throughout the body and does not allow testosterone to lock onto receptor sites, thus rendering it inactive. In essence, if we follow the lock and key idea, SHBG deforms the “key” making bound testosterone unable to bind with testosterone receptors (the “lock”). When the lock and key don’t fit, you don’t experience the effects of testosterone. This is the difference between active, free testosterone and the total testosterone level often referred to; a critical difference that must be understood to understand the optimization of testosterone. When active unbound testosterone locks onto a healthy and clean androgen receptor, typically found within skeletal muscle cells, the muscle cell is programmed to increase the synthesis of proteins required to increase muscle mass. An increased rate of protein synthesis results in a reduction of muscle tissue breakdown and an increase in overall muscle strength, density and size. The reverse of this can be seen in specific types of disease where muscle-wasting takes place, or in the aged. A marked reduction in muscle breakdown (catabolism) and increased muscle production (anabolism) at the cellular level is a must if you want to build lean, powerful muscle capable of explosive lifts. Why TestoFX™ Hardcore works so well Stress Impaired Testosterone By now most of us are well aware of the damage that chronic stress can have. Living in today’s ultra-fast paced world, each of us is exposed to far more daily stress than ever before. Cortisol is a critical and important hormone and when functioning normally, plays a critical role in normal daily life. However, when high stress is a routine part of our lives, chronically high levels of serum cortisol wreak havoc on many things, testosterone being one of them (16). Research indicates that cortisol output increases with exercise intensity (1). Even the physical stress of moderate exercise can raise plasma cortisol levels if the exercise duration is sufficiently long (2). CORTISTRATE II – STAGE 1 TestoFX Hardcore initiates the optimization process in Stage 1 with Cortistrate II™. Employing the double U.S. government patented, exclusive process extract know as Sensoril®, Cortistrate II™ primes the body for optimal testosterone by reducing serum cortisol levels by an average of 26% over an 8 week cycle. In addition, an excess in cortisol levels can lead to a progressive loss of protein, muscle weakness and atrophy, and loss of bone mass through increased calcium excretion and less calcium absorption (3, 4). A reduction in cortisol levels is the first step in creating the optimal pro-testosterone environment. It is no secret to most people who experience even mild stress that they feel their testosterone levels suffer. The stress-testosterone negative correlation has been a heavily researched and well documented phenomenon. Now TestoFX™ Hardcore has employed Cortistrate II™ to prime the body’s hormonal environment. In a specific clinical study, a natural steroidal hormone secreted by the liver, DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) increased 24.8% over a 90 day period. DHEA is the body’s dominant natural steroid hormone and precursor of normally produced sex steroids. DHEA, the most abundant hormone in the body, is the source for testosterone production. It is important to state that there is no DHEA in TestoFX™ Hardcore. This dramatic rise in natural DHEA production is the body’s own response to the ingredients in the Cortistrate II™ compound – naturally produced hormone structures are far superior to external synthetic chemicals that can be damaging to the endocrine system. DHEA and Testosterone are essential to your health and well-being. Simply stated, if testosterone is the supercharged race car, then DHEA is the high-octane fuel. TESTOJACK™ – STAGE 2 In Stage 2, TestoFX switches gears and goes into the testosterone production phase. Stage 2 is a specific compound known as TestoJack™, exclusive to ALLMAX. This is where the rubber meets the road. ALLMAX employs another high-end, patent-pending extract known as TESTOFEN™ with use exclusively under a strict licensing agreement. TESTOFEN™ is standardized to meet an extremely specific and detailed organochemical profile yielding 60% Steroidal Saponins, known as Fenusides. So unique is the organochemical fingerprint of this ingredient that it can only be achieved through a specialized fermentation process that prepares the raw material for maximal extraction. Laboratory testing using high-end HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) processes to guarantee the potency you demand. Using a 100:1 high-potency ratio of Eurycoma Longifolia Jack extract with a laboratory-tested chemical profile expressing over 40% Glyco Saponins and 30% Polysaccharides, TestoJack™ elicits the power of this rare herb. Using this specific potency of Eurycoma Longifolia, grown exclusively in the jungles of Indonesia, has resulted in some impressive findings. Specifically, it has shown a dramatic reduction in the presence of serum SHBG (the same structure that ‘deactivates’ free testosterone) and increases the natural endogenous production of IGF-1, one of the body’s own growth hormones. Human clinical trials have shown that key ingredients in the TestoFX Hardcore compound TestoJack have resulted in a 98.81% increase in free, unbound, biologically active testosterone (unpublished study). This 98.81% is not a couple of extreme cases within the research study that was the average! While many testosterone formulas claim testosterone increases, these claims are frequently numbers that reflect overall testosterone rather than free, active testosterone. For the purposes of determining the effects of testosterone, the level of total testosterone is essentially useless. Bound testosterone cannot lock onto receptors – think of it in the lock and key scenario, now picture chewing gum being stuck to the key; useless. Useless (inactive) testosterone will not give you the results you desire. TESTOLOC™ – STAGE 3 TESTOLOC™ kicks in with a critical component overlooked by every other supplement, testosterone receptor affinity. The chemical lock and key relationship between testosterone and the Anabolic/Androgenic Receptor (AR) site is imperative to the expression of the effects of testosterone in the body (5). Without healthy, viable receptors throughout the body, any increase in testosterone will be ineffective at best. TestoFX™ Hardcore has taken this critical factor into account and developed the dual-phase compound called TESTOLOC™. Working in tandem, the Alpha Lipoic Acid and Myo Inositol support cellular membrane health and signaling to reduce the presence of free radicals which can wreak havoc on testosterone-specific receptors (6, 7). The Myo Inositol specifically aids in the body’s ability to create receptors on cellular membranes (8) – without these receptors, signaling induced from the hormones will not be efficient. Simply stated, TESTOLOC™ was designed to help ensure that the “lock”, the receptor, is healthy and optimally ready to receive the “key”, testosterone. This connection is critical to the expression of the effects of testosterone in the body. ESTROBLOC™ – STAGE 4 EstroBloc™ was devised as a potent dual-effect anti-estrogenic compound. In every body, male and female, the hormones estrogen and testosterone co-exist at various ratios. Clearly, in the male human population, the ratio of testosterone to estrogen is far higher than in women (9). The body will always seek to maintain that ratio within a specific range; this range is different for everyone. When extremely high levels of synthetic exogenous testosterone (aka steroids) are injected, negative effects attributed to estrogen result. Clearly, minimizing the expression of estrogen and its effects is a major benefit. EstroBloc™ combines four high-potency chemical extracts to create a compound that works on mechanisms to modulate the estrogen response systems. Using this methodology, a dramatic reduction in estrogen and its expression result. Trans-Resveratrol acts as an estrogen receptor antagonist, which is a fancy way of saying it locks onto estrogen receptors and does not¬ elicit estrogenic effects (10). By this action, Trans-Resveratrol prevents the binding of estrogen that would normally cause a negative estrogenic effect. Chrysin (chemically known as 5,7-dihydroxyflavone) is a flavonoid that has been purported especially in the bodybuilding world to be an effective inhibitor of an enzyme known as aromatase (12). Aromatase is the enzyme that causes the conversion of testosterone into estradiol and androstenedione into estrone. This has a definite theoretical advantage to bodybuilders. Using this dual-phase approach, EstroBloc™ effectively blocks estrogen on two levels further creating an optimal environment for testosterone. DIHYDROZATE – STAGE 5 DIHYDROZATE™ completes the final but crucial step in the optimization process. It is an indisputable scientific fact, testosterone – at all levels low or high, will convert to DHT or dihydrotestosterone. While completely normal and natural, the potential side effects are undesirable. Optimized testosterone means maximizing the amazing benefits of testosterone while dramatically limiting the effects we don’t want. Enter DIHYDROZATE™, the dual-effect of reducing the conversion of testosterone to DHT through two distinct phases; phase I via blocked aromatization, phase II via blocked enzymatic action (14, 15). No matter what your test levels are, you’ll want this compound in your supplement. Minimizing the effects of DHT on the body is an essential step for complete testosterone optimization. Summary: TestoFX Hardcore 5 Stage Male Testosterone Optimizer The World’s Most Powerful Male Testosterone Optimization Catalyst. A research based, scientifically validated, 5 Stage Testosterone Optimization Catalyst comprised of full clinical strength dosages of ingredients. TestoFX™ Hardcore is a powerful supplement that users can feel immediately, from the very first dose. The quality and purity of the ingredients in this formula are second to none. ALLMAX has been meticulous, even borderline obsessive-compulsive, in settling for nothing but the highest-potency ingredients found in the best research from around the world. We pride ourselves on our “Powerful Clinical Strength Formula”; our mandate to use the full dosage indicated as effective by research. Review our Supplement Facts panel; we use the highest quality ingredients, each with a fully disclosed percentage of standardized actives. Our testing phase yielded impressive feedback; subjects reported being able to feel the effects of this powerful formula from the very first dose. When the first testing phase came to a close, subjects literally showed up at the test facility looking for more product. This was the effect we were looking for and this is the formula that became TestoFX Hardcore; The World’s Most Powerful 5 Stage Male Testosterone Optimization Catalyst. Each one of the 5 Stages is a specialized proprietary blend of the highest quality ingredients; each designed for a specific purpose in our phased approach to maximize testosterone expression you can feel, the power you have to feel to believe. This is your opportunity to unleash the hidden power only Optimized Testosterone can deliver. Feel the raw unbridled power within your grasp; feel the testosterone surge of TestoFX Hardcore. You want to be jacked up, you want aggressive, intense, powerful workouts and a shredded, hardcore, testosterone driven build. You want TestoFX Hardcore. Experience your hidden power UNLEASHED!

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