One of the several powerful ingredients you find in The Race Club’s Thunderbolt supplement is L-Phenylalanine, an essential amino acid your body must obtain through dietary means.

Why is L-Phenylalanine beneficial and why is it in Thunderbolt? As I’ve covered in previous blogs, when Thunderbolt was being designed it was intended to energize both the body and the mind, and with the inclusion of L-Phenylalanine, we further the goal of the latter. Here’s how:

Phenylalanine is a precursor in the body for production of norepinephrine, epinephrine and dopamine. As a whole, it comes in three forms—D-Phenylalanine, L-Phenylalanine and DL-Phenylalanine—with L-Phenylalanine playing the biggest role in regulating mood and assisting in maintaining an alert mind.

We all know how day after day of practice and hard training can wear on the body, and when that happens, it’s often hard to keep your mind in the game. And if the mind goes, forget it; you may as well stay home in bed and sleep. But for those who want to push the limits and get the most out of training each and every day, Thunderbolt comes in to give you a boost. Frequent reports from users on the benefits they’ve experienced using our product are that getting back in the pool every day is a little easier; this impressive ingredient is one of the reasons why.

One question I’ve had asked of me several times is if particular ingredients are available through basic foods, and with the amount of food most athletes eat, why take a supplement? For one, because of the amount of activity most athletes put themselves through makes it very difficult to take in the right amount of essential nutrients, especially those like L-Phenylalanine which isn’t naturally produced by the body. Further, you have to eat the right foods, and the types of foods rich in this essential amino acid aren’t exactly a lot of people’s favorites: Cottage cheese, pistachios, pulses, curd and various soy products.

And lastly, Thunderbolt is meant to be timed with your workout. Very few people can handle eating a big meal immediately before training, but that’s what you would need to do if you wanted to prime your body with necessary nutrition. With products like Thunderbolt you can instead eat earlier, which will allow you to swim comfortably, and still give your body what it needs to reach new levels of speed and success.