NUTREX LAUNCHES NEW STACK OF 1-TU and VITRIX

Nutrex Research’s New Powerhouse Stack:
1-TU and Vitrix
By Bruce Kneller, Staff Columnist for Muscular Development Magazine

I have to admit it, I am a fan of Jeff McCarrell nd Jens Ingenohl. liked both of these guys as individuals before they came together in 2002 and formed the exciting new company, Nutrex Research based in Winter Park, Florida (www.nutrex.com). But together, these two motivated and bright individuals are setting a stale industry ablaze with exciting new products that have instantly become best sellers in their respective classes in the sports supplement market as well as their highly ethical approach to developing and marketing new sports supplements.

1-TU is Nutrex’s first foray into the prohormone/prosteroid market and did they ever drop one heck of a bomb with this patent-pending compound. I spoke at length with Jens who told me the philosophy behind 1-TU^®. “Plain (editorial note – base 17-hydroxyandrost-1-ene-3-one – see Figure 1) 1-testosterone is a great product as it possesses better than average oral bio-availability due to the double bond between carbons 1 and 2, something seen in the real anabolic steroid, methenolone (editorial note – Primobolan)…so Nutrex decided to start with the best prohormone and make it even better”, says Ingenohl, “we really wanted to max out the amount of 1-testosterone that gets into your system and so we needed a new way to deliver this prohormone that was tested and known to work well”. Nutrex’s answer (and now their patent!) was to launch a 17b-undecanoate ester of 1-testosterone, thereby greatly increasing the lipophilicity of the product and allowing for lymphatic absorption of the compound. This approach cleverly circumvents the 1st round hepatic portal pass to the liver, which of course, increases the plasma half life of the compound. Additionally, research has shown that the undecanoate ester delivery system increases the oral bio-availability of steroid compounds by between 50% and 300%. These characteristics, along with a new liqui-gel, lipid based capsule unique to the industry has vaulted this prohormone product to the top of a saturated market with regards to initial and repeat sales. “Our sales of 1-TU^® have doubled almost every month since we started selling it”, says McCarrell, “and for a few brief weeks, we actually could not keep production of the product up with demand and we were sold out”. It doesn’t take long for a good product to become well known and even less time for a fantastic product to define the market and drive it like 1-TU^® has done. “The nice thing about 1-TU^® is, the science behind is rock solid, there is no speculation as to whether or not the undecanoate ester delivery system works. We use the exact same delivery system as Organon uses for it’s European make HRT market, this is the only approved oral delivery system for androgens in all of Europe that doesn’t utilize a liver toxic methyl group in the alpha position at carbon # 17”, says Ingenohl, “and since we have filed a preliminary patent application with the United States Patent & Trade Office – we hope to submit for full approval by the end of the year – nobody else can really utilize this safe and effective technology without licensing it from Nutrex”.

A molecule of 1-testosterone and a molecule of methenolone (Primobolan)…not much difference other than a methyl group at Carbon # 1. Anecdotal feedback from most users is that 50mg of 1-TU^® three times per day (3 liqui-caps) results in significant and almost immediate gains. Users ascribe incredible improvements in vascularity, hardness and overall strength with substantial growth in lean body mass and a pronounced decrease in body fat noticed within a matter of a few weeks. To quote the net sentiments of a number of people, who have used other prohormones in the past, “I was quite amazed with 1-TU^® and I only used 3 liqui-caps (150mg) per day. The effect is very noticeable by both the user and people observing the user in under two week’s worth of time and I would agree that the effect is simply mind-blowing!”

1-TU^® works so well and packs a punch so much like “real steroids” that some of the side effects users get from "real steroid" use, like a temporary loss in libido, can be observed occasionally in people using hypertherapeutic levels of 1-TU^®. “That’s one of the reasons we formulated Vitrix , says Ingenohl, “we wanted something that could offset the potential loss in libido that a few of our customers had described”.

“We wanted to go with a totally natural and safe product here and not a steroidal compound like so many other companies had done (editorial note – like 4-hydroxyandrostenedione) for marketability reasons but we also demanded that the product produce effects that rivaled or exceeded the steroidal anti-estrogens currently for sale on the market,” says McCarrell. And it appears that Vitrix offers all that and a whole lot more. I am a large fan of the herb Vitex agnus castus having been the individual who is responsible for bringing this interesting herb into the sports supplement market. Vitrix^® contains a hefty dose of quality vitex. This herb has properties ascribed to it that make it indistinguishable from the bodybuilder’s old standby, clomiphene citrate. In fact, in study after study, vitex and clomiphene seem to elicit a therapeutically identical effect. Additionally, Vitrix contains a super high quality/potency proprietary German extract of the universally accepted “erectogen”, Tribulus terrestis, yielding 80% saponins and 20% protodisocins as well as some newer, unique herbs that have been associated with a positive effect on the HPTA, mood, libido and spermatogenesis – Avena sativa, Epimedium, and Eurycomo Longfolia Jack – all in the unique liquid capsule that Nutrex has pioneered in this industry with their 1-TU^® product. Vitrix^® is indeed, an excellent herbal product for use in tandem/after use of 1-TU^® or even as a stand alone product without the use of 1-TU^® (or any other prohormone for that matter) as it effectively raises natural testosterone levels.

These two unique products combined together offer the user one ferocious and legal stack. I have many clients who are indeed using this 1-2 punch and the feedback has been surprisingly positive for a prohormone/herbal stack. I typically suggest that most users start out with 1 liquid 1-TU^® capsule taken with food three times per day. Those who have used anabolic steroids in the past might want to incorporate a fourth liquid capsule into this regimen. Just as an FYI – I do have clients who have taken up to SIX 1-TU^® liquid capsules per day with no significant increase in side effects (but some serious increase in explosive strength and muscle development) but I don’t think most people would need this much 1-TU to see good results. I also suggest two Vitrix capsules every time they take a 1-TU capsule (so the ratio is 2:1). Most people seem to like a 6-8 week cycle of 1-TU^® (I personally prefer a 6 week cycle) with an additional 2 weeks of Vitrix^® after cessation of 1-TU^®. With a regimen like this one, gains of 15-20 pounds of real, lean muscle mass are typical and not the exception. Although I have not reviewed it yet, Nutrex has another amazing product called Vitargo-CGL which is an ultra-modern, super high technology creatine glycogen loader, utilizing a patented high molecular weight carbohydrate from Sweden. Vitargo-CGL could most certainly be incorporated into this regimen for even bigger and crazier gains.