From the very long experience in contact with athletes of the caliber of Alessio Sakara, we know that energy, maintenance of effective rhythm and power, maintenance of focus and lucidity and greater resistance to fatigue, are determining factors in the performance of combat sports athletes, Cross Trainers Trainers, triathletes, rugby players and many more. Efforts that often not only require high intensity, but frequent changes of pace and for prolonged periods of time. The effectiveness of a "pre-workout" supplement does not translate into a strong adrenaline rush, a characteristic erroneously frequent in many products on the market, which would excessively increase the heart rate with the risk of altering the state of anxiety, lucidity and reactivity, also favoring dehydration, where the timing "of the second" can generate (or avoid) the knockout blow, the strangulation, or the completion in the best way of the WOD.

The "preworkout" integrator must have as its objective:

• energy factor (not excessively adrenergic);
• greater focus and lucidity;
• greater psychophysical response of the organism to stressors;
• greater resistance to fatigue.

Caesar is a supplement that responds to these needs, as a true ally in the athlete's arsenal, in supporting mind and body to face performance with greater energy and lucidity for a longer time. This is thanks to a careful choice of elements in the formulation of this "optimal" product, including three of the "adaptogens" par excellence: Ginseng Panax, Rhodiola Rosea, and Cordyceps, whose efficacy has been demonstrated. All known "tonic" elements of Oriental Medicines which act to make the body stronger in its response to stress and psychophysical fatigue, combined with a slow release form of microencapsulated caffeine, to guarantee a more gradual energy boost which lasts for some hours. Gineseng Panax is one of the most popular herbal food supplements even in the modern world, where its ergogenic effect has been proven, its ability to reduce daily mental stress as well as to intensify a preparation and approach of a competition, favoring greater psychophysical resistance and concentration, with strengthening of the immune system, always highly solicited in athletes. It is an excellent antioxidant that facilitates mitochondrial activity during exercise, with particular indication in prolonged aerobic efforts, where in addition to lowering the concentration of lactate in the blood, it has been seen that the chronic use of ginseng improves cardio- respiratory.

The use of Rhodiola rosea was also well known in remote times, where they were already using it in Ancient Greece, the Viking populations took it as an invigorating after intense physical effort, and in China and Tibet the tonic properties were well known to increase mental and physical resistance. Its many characteristics make Rhodiola successfully used in sports, where scientific literature has shown that it can support the athlete's immune defenses, reducing the risk of overexertion or overtraining during intense training sessions or endurance competitions such as cycling and marathons. In favor of the athlete, it should be noted that it has a very strong intellectual tonic action, improves focus and memory, thanks to the action on dopamine and norepinephrine, reducing mental fatigue and effectively raising our attention span.

Rhodiola reduces the secretion of catabolic hormones such as cortisol. It offers great help in terms of mood, and acts in the reduction of the onset of DOMS (delays on set muscles soreness), after intense exercise, thus facilitating post-work-out muscle recovery, lowering the levels of damage markers muscle such as myoglobin, creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase (= myoprotective role) and the systemic level of inflammatory cytokines, following prolonged and intense physical activity. Like Ginseng, it has a mitochondrial ergogenic role and improves cardiovascular and ventilatory activity during endurance activities. In recent years, there have been various scientific studies and just as much evidence which have shown that Cordyceps, the increasingly famous medicinal mushroom of the Chinese tradition, which thanks to its content of bioactive substances, carries out multiple beneficial actions on the organism with particular of the athlete. Entered the "history" of sport in the 90s, his fame in the sports field took place,internationally, in 1993, when at the National Athletics Games held in Beijing and at the World Athletics Championships, where Chinese female athletes established numerous records, attributing merits to this natural supplement used constantly during the months of preparation. Rapidly spreading in the Western sports world, Cordyceps has been one of the most appreciated supplements by athletes of the caliber of Alessio Sakara, used as it is able to increase blood oxygenation, thus also increasing the production of ATP, the fuel with which we produce the energy necessary to live, and thus increasing the amount of energy available in the body. Of great importance for endurance sports athletes in particular, thanks to its adenosine and cordycepin content, it is capable of exercising an interesting vasodilation, increasing blood flow in the body. Cordyceps intervenes in reducing not only tiredness and the sense of fatigue, but also anxiety and stress, and this too is precious for sportsmen, because it helps to better manage tension and stress before and during the race.

During training or performance, Cordyceps exerts an antioxidant effect that reduces free radicals and has an anti-inflammatory effect, and promotes better recovery after training also because it accelerates the disposal of lactic acid. Although the strength of this product is the synergistic combination of three powerful adaptogens, it was decided to include the stimulating support of caffeine at a nervous level and beyond, while maintaining its non-"dominant" or protagonist role. As an effective adjuvant "partner", the presence of the famous alkaloid exploits its stimulating, energizing effects at the level of activation of the nervous system, but also analgesic and cardiovascular (in this regard it is necessary to remember its power to raise the heart rate), respiratory and metabolic effects on our body, thanks to the release of fatty acids and the absorption of carbohydrates. Its use of in the world of sport has been known for many years now. In endurance sports, this substance is used to reduce the sense of fatigue, produce an improvement in performance and delay the sense of muscle exhaustion, always keeping the attention threshold high, as at the cerebral level, the activation that generates the assumption of caffeine is a "pleasant" wake-up call that improves attention, reflexes and mood, and reaction times. The further "plus" of the version contained in Caesar is that it has a sustained release, which allows its effects to last up to four hours after taking it, all in favor of the performance of that last round or that particularly demanding WOD to make sessions for triathletes or "power" or cross-country skiers as efficient as possible.