Unmatched INTRA

When you’re in the middle of a tough training session, every rep and set, meter and mile matters. But too often, athletes hit a dreaded wall because of dehydration, glycogen depletion, or muscle breakdown before the work has been done. That’s where a strategic, scientific and tested intra-workout blend comes into play. 

Your new secret weapon, Unmatched INTRA, a precise combination of performance-driven ingredients designed to fuel your body, sustain your intensity, and accelerate recovery while you’re still training.

At its foundation, Unmatched INTRA delivers key electrolytes to keep hydration dialed in, essential amino acids and fermented glutamine to preserve lean mass and support recovery, and Vitargo®—a patented carbohydrate that refuels glycogen at record speed. But it doesn’t stop there. With Velositol®, clinically shown to double the power of protein on muscle protein synthesis, and VitaCherry® Sport, proven to reduce inflammation and muscle soreness. This blend is built to optimize performance in real time and prime your body for what comes next.

This is more than just hydration or amino support—it’s a complete intra-workout system. By combining fast energy, muscle-building support, and recovery-enhancing compounds into one formula, it ensures you don’t just survive your workouts, you thrive through them.

Our co-founder, Kris Gethin has used Vitargo for over 20 years while competing as a Natural Pro Bodybuilder, IRONMAN Triathlete, during his video trainers. Being an advocate of Vitargo for so many years, we have been given the exclusivity partnership rights to use within Unmatched Supplements 

Electrolytes

Electrolytes are often one of the most overlooked pieces when it comes to peri-workout supplementation. During intense training, the body loses fluids and key minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium through perspiration. These electrolytes are critical for maintaining hydration, fluid balance, and overall exercise performance. Without them, athletes can experience a noticeable drop in endurance and strength, muscle cramps, and early fatigue during training. By ensuring a steady replenishment of electrolytes mid-session and even post training, you not only help the body sustain peak output and delay the point of exhaustion, but you also ensure your body’s cells remain properly hydrated for optimal functioning.

Electrolytes aren’t just for maintaining hydration though, they play a direct role in muscle contraction and nerve signaling. Potassium and calcium help coordinate muscle firing, while magnesium supports relaxation between contractions. This balance is what prevents cramping and ensures smooth, powerful repetitions from the first set or first mile to the last. Sodium, classically demonized in everyday diets, is vital for any individual who is physically active on a regular basis as it helps maintain plasma volume and supports the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to working muscles. Including the right ratio of these minerals in an intra-workout product gives lifters, endurance athletes, and high-intensity trainees a real performance edge.

These key minerals are also vital for optimal recovery. Training in a dehydrated or electrolyte-depleted state can trigger additional stress responses in the body, leading to increased cortisol, possible muscle loss and slower recovery. Rehydrating both during and after training with electrolytes can help reduce post-exercise fatigue, support faster glycogen resynthesis, and can even aid in maintaining stable blood pressure and heart rhythm. In the context of Unmatched INTRA, electrolytes don’t just help maintain hydration—they set the stage for sustained energy, better pumps, faster recovery and eliminates fatigue once the workout is over.

Vegan Essential Amino Acids

Essential amino acids (EAAs) are the nine amino acids that the body cannot produce on its own, making them critical to obtain through diet or supplementation. During intense training, muscle protein breakdown accelerates, and EAAs serve as the critical building blocks required to stimulate muscle protein synthesis and support repair. Supplementing with Fermented EAAs intra-workout can ensure that working muscles have a steady supply of the raw materials they need for this process to occur, helping to reduce excessive catabolism and preserve lean mass even in the middle of strenuous exercise. Research shows that EAAs, particularly leucine, act as potent anabolic triggers that can increase muscle protein synthesis more effectively than protein alone on a gram-for-gram basis (Tipton & Wolfe, 2001; Volpi et al., 2003).

Intra-workout EAA supplementation can also help combat fatigue and sustain optimal exercise performance. Amino acids not only feed muscle tissue but also influence neurotransmitter balance in the brain, which can help reduce mental fatigue and sharpen mental focus. By providing all nine EAAs, Unmatched INTRA provides a completely anabolic blend, ensuring the body has everything it needs for growth, recovery, and endurance. For athletes and other active individuals, this means training sessions that maintain strength and intensity, less soreness afterward, less catabolism, and improved long-term adaptations from every workout to ensure you perform optimized for the next. 

Vitargo®

Vitargo® is a patented, high–molecular weight carbohydrate specifically designed for athletes who need rapid energy without the drawbacks of traditional carb sources. It has been a favorite for countless Olympic and pro athletes from around the world for decades. 

Unlike dextrose or maltodextrin, which can sometimes slow digestion or cause bloating in some individuals, Vitargo® moves through the stomach and digestive system extremely quickly. Research has shown that Vitargo® empties from the stomach significantly faster than lower–molecular weight carbohydrates like maltodextrin and dextrose, resulting in quicker glucose availability and improved fueling during training (Piehl Aulin et al., 2000). This makes it an ideal carbohydrate source to include in an intra-workout blend, as it fuels working muscles without the heavy, sluggish feeling some other carb powders can create.

During intense training, glycogen depletion is one of the primary causes of fatigue and reduced performance. Vitargo® has been shown to replenish muscle glycogen at a rate approximately 70% faster than maltodextrin/dextrose solutions following exhaustive exercise (Piehl Aulin et al., 2000). By restoring glycogen mid-session, athletes can maintain strength, endurance, and intensity for longer periods of time, while also reducing the likelihood of muscle breakdown since the body doesn’t need to rely as heavily on protein/amino acids for fuel. Studies on carbohydrate supplementation in resistance training confirm that maintaining glycogen availability supports higher output and reduces fatigue across repeated bouts of exercise (Haff et al., 2000).

Vitargo® can also support faster recovery once a training session is complete. Its rapid glycogen restoring properties help set the stage for quicker muscle repair and performance rebound between sessions. Research highlights that rapid glycogen restoration after training not only supports energy but also helps limit protein breakdown, optimizing the recovery environment for immediate energy refueling and to prevent muscle loss (Ivy, 2004). 

Taken together, these findings show that Vitargo® offers the dual advantage of intra-workout fuel and post-workout recovery support, hence why many pro athletes, including our co-founder – Kris Gethin – take it both during his workout sessions and immediately post mixed with his Grass Fed Whey Isolate.

Fermented Glutamine

Fermented glutamine is a cleaner, more sustainable form traditional glutamine, produced through natural fermentation processes rather than synthetic methods.

Most forms of Glutamine and derived from animal fur, bird feathers and human hair! Not ours.

Glutamine itself is the most abundant amino acid in the body and plays a crucial role in muscle recovery, immune function, and gut health. 

During intense training, glutamine levels can become depleted, which may impair recovery and compromise performance. Supplementing with fermented glutamine during a workout not only helps maintain these levels, but it ensures that your body has the resources it needs to repair muscle tissue, support immune defenses and optimize gut integrity while you’re still training.

From an intra-workout perspective, glutamine is especially valuable because of its role in reducing excessive muscle breakdown. By providing a steady supply of glutamine during exercise, athletes can minimize catabolism—the breakdown of muscle proteins for energy—while supporting a positive nitrogen balance. This not only aids in recovery during and after training but also helps maintain lean mass during prolonged endurance events or high-volume sessions.

Glutamine also supports hydration and electrolyte balance inside muscle cells. It acts as a transporter for nitrogen and carbon, helping shuttle nutrients to where they’re needed most. 

Combined with carbohydrates and electrolytes, glutamine can enhance cell volumization, essentially pulling water and nutrients into muscle cells, which supports endurance, reduces fatigue, and contributes to better pumps during training. 

Fermented glutamine’s purity ensures that athletes receive these benefits without the risk of contaminants, making it a high-quality addition to an intra-workout and post workout supplement designed to keep performance, recovery, and overall health optimized.

Velositol®

Velositol® is a patented complex of amylopectin and chromium that has been shown to significantly enhance muscle protein synthesis when combined with amino acids or protein. 

While amino acids provide raw materials for growth, Velositol® acts like an amplifier, making the body more efficient at using those amino acids to build new muscle. 

In a double-blind, crossover trial, adding 2 g of Velositol® to 6 g of whey protein doubled the increase in muscle protein synthesis—48% compared to 24% with protein alone (Ziegenfuss et al., 2017). This makes Velositol® a unique intra-workout and post ingredient: it doesn’t just add more fuel; it makes the fuel you’re already taking in work harder.

Intra-workout, this efficiency translates into both immediate and long-term benefits. By promoting faster and more robust protein synthesis, Velositol® reduces muscle breakdown and supports a positive nitrogen balance during intense training. 

Research in animal models also demonstrates that Velositol® combined with amino acids boosts MPS by 71% over exercise alone, with significant increases in anabolic signaling pathways—mTOR activation (+153%), S6K1 (+51%), and 4E-BP1 (+55%)—as well as greater insulin activity (Raub et al., 2020). This signaling environment supports endurance and muscle preservation while you’re still training.

The benefits extend into training adaptations as well. In an 8-week randomized controlled trial, participants consuming 2 g Velositol® with 15 g of whey protein showed greater improvements in squat repetitions to failure, vertical jump power, and jump height compared to groups consuming 15 g or even 30 g of whey protein alone (Ziegenfuss et al., 2021). These findings demonstrate that Velositol® is not just about acute muscle protein synthesis—it enhances strength, power, and endurance gains over time. 

For an intra-workout and post workout supplement like Unmatched INTRA, this makes Velositol® an ideal synergy ingredient: it works hand-in-hand with EAAs or protein to maximize their anabolic potential, ensuring faster recovery, better adaptations, and stronger performance every time you train.

Taurine

Taurine is one of the most abundant amino acids in muscle tissue, and it plays a wide range of roles that make it highly valuable in an intra-workout supplement. Unlike essential amino acids, taurine isn’t a building block of protein, but its functions as a key regulator of cell hydration, electrolyte balance, and muscle contraction make it equally important. During training, taurine helps pull water and nutrients into muscle cells, supporting hydration and cell volumization. This “intra-cellular pump” effect not only contributes to better endurance and reduced fatigue but also enhances the fullness and performance of working muscles mid-session.

Another important benefit of taurine is its role in reducing oxidative stress and protecting muscle tissue during exercise. Intense training generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can contribute to muscle soreness and slower recovery. Taurine acts as an antioxidant and membrane stabilizer, helping protect muscle fibers from damage and supporting quicker bounce-back after workouts. Research has shown that taurine supplementation can improve time to exhaustion, reduce markers of muscle damage, and enhance recovery following both strength and endurance exercise.

Taurine also contributes to cardiovascular efficiency and focus, which are crucial during prolonged or high-intensity training. By supporting calcium signaling in muscle and cardiac cells, taurine helps improve contractility and endurance capacity, while also aiding in electrolyte balance when paired with sodium, potassium, and magnesium. The taurine in this formula synergizes with electrolytes, carbohydrates, and amino acids to sustain energy, protect muscle tissue, and keep athletes performing at a high level throughout the entire workout.

Coconut Water Concentrate

Coconut water concentrate, rich in potassium, magnesium, sodium, and calcium, brings a natural source of hydration and electrolytes to an intra-workout supplement. It can further help restore the key minerals lost during exercise. These electrolytes are essential for maintaining fluid balance, preventing cramping, and keeping muscles firing efficiently throughout training. Unlike other blends alone, coconut water provides these minerals in a naturally balanced profile, which can improve absorption and utilization by the body.

In an intra-workout formula, coconut water concentrate adds both function and synergistic appeal. It can enhance hydration, support recovery, and work synergistically with ingredients like taurine, glutamine, and Vitargo to improve nutrient transport and cell volumization. 

VitaCherry® Sport

VitaCherry® Sport is a tart cherry extract standardized for high levels of anthocyanins and other polyphenols that are clinically studied for their impact on exercise recovery and performance. 

One of the biggest challenges during intense training is the oxidative stress and inflammation that builds up in muscles, contributing to soreness, stiffness, and reduced performance in frequent sessions. VitaCherry® Sport works by supplying a concentrated dose of tart cherry phytonutrients that help neutralize free radicals and reduce exercise-induced muscle damage. In fact, studies have shown that tart cherry supplementation can lower markers of oxidative stress and inflammation following strenuous exercise (Bell et al., 2014). This means less soreness and faster bounce-back after hard workouts.

Intra-workout, VitaCherry® Sport provides value by helping the body manage stress in real time. The anthocyanins in tart cherry extract support healthy inflammatory responses, which can reduce the extent of muscle breakdown and fatigue during extended or repeated efforts. Research in endurance athletes has shown that tart cherry supplementation reduced muscle soreness and improved recovery of strength following marathon running (Howatson et al., 2010), while other studies demonstrate reduced muscle damage and quicker return of performance capacity in both strength and endurance contexts (Connolly et al., 2006). 

By including VitaCherry® Sport in Unmatched INTRA, athletes can extend endurance, sustain output, and prepare their muscles for quicker recovery for once the session is complete.

Another key advantage is VitaCherry® Sport’s potential role in joint comfort and overall resilience. Consistent training not only takes a toll on muscles but also on vital connective tissues. Evidence suggests tart cherry supplementation may help reduce joint pain and improve function in physically active individuals (Kuehl et al., 2010). For an intra-workout supplement, VitaCherry® Sport brings a science-backed edge by not only fueling immediate performance but also protecting long-term recovery and training consistency.

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