MULTIV
HIGH-POTENCY MULTIVITAMIN
The new MultiV meets the specific micronutrient needs of athletes, supporting the immune system, reducing fatigue, and improving recovery. It lays your foundation for building a strong base and staying healthy all year long.
✓ Industry-leading immune system protection
✓ Helps you get lean & stay lean
✓ Unrivaled antioxidant support
✓ Reduces fatigue & improves oxygen efficiency
-Michael
REAL RESULTS
"MultiV made a tangible difference within a week of taking it. Bloodwork and labs proved this after 30 days even Mr. Dr noticed."
-ANDY
WORTH THE INVESTEMENT
"As a professional athlete my paycheck depends on my ability to perform I gave Multi V a try just to see if it was worth it and now unfortunately/fortunately I’m never going back"
ENGINEERED FOR ENDURANCE
ESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR ENDURANCE ATHLETES.
Endurance athletes are defined by constantly balancing on a fine line: fitness and wellness vs. underperformance and illness. They also require more than off-the-shelf multivitamins provide.
The new MultiV formula provides vitamins, minerals, and patented components shown by clinical research to be critical, real-world needs for athletes training in multi-hour blocks of high-intensity endurance exercise.
Everything in MultiV is research-driven. We’re not guessing, and we’ve left nothing to chance.
I've been taking MultiV all year & the only time I got sick was the month I ran out."
EVERYTHING BUILDS ON THIS
THE FOUNDATION FOR YEAR-ROUND HEALTH.
You wouldn’t run on untied, blown-out sneakers. You wouldn’t swim in baggy cotton trunks. You wouldn’t corner on under-inflated tires riddled with dry-rot. But so many endurance athletes neglect the most important piece of equipment: their bodies.
MultiV is the foundation a dedicated athlete needs to build a base and maintain race-ready fitness the entire season, more important than daily stretching or the occasional drivetrain tune-up. A daily multi with this level of endurance-specific support is the starting point for maintaining a healthy body, year-round – especially in today’s endurance world, where most dedicated athletes don’t have an offseason.
PREMIUM IMMUNE PROTECTION
STAY HEALTHY. MISS FEWER DAYS. HIT MORE TARGETS.
Endurance nutrition often focuses on the bioavailability of carbs, nutrients, and electrolytes, but none of that matters if the athlete isn’t available to compete – and the harder you train, the more taxed your immune system is. MultiV 2.0 contains a new, extremely potent dose of highly refined yeast beta glucan, which reinforces the immune system. Less risk of upper respiratory tract symptoms commonly associated with training and racing. Less risk during constant exposure while traveling to events.
PREMIUM IMMUNE PROTECTION
STAY HEALTHY. MISS FEWER DAYS. HIT MORE TARGETS.
Endurance nutrition often focuses on the bioavailability of carbs, nutrients, and electrolytes, but none of that matters if the athlete isn’t available to compete – and the harder you train, the more taxed your immune system is. MultiV 2.0 contains a new, extremely potent dose of highly refined yeast beta glucan, which reinforces the immune system. Less risk of upper respiratory tract symptoms commonly associated with training and racing. Less risk during constant exposure while traveling to events.
MORE CARBS, MORE EFFICIENTLY, MORE AGREEABLY.
The latest research shows that athletes should be consuming ~90g/h to 120g or more during intense, multi-hour efforts. MultiV helps your gut adapt to higher carb intakes in two ways. First, by powering GI energy metabolism to process more carbs. Second, by supporting general digestive health for overwhelmed GI tracts.
The net effect? You get all the essential calories you need without wreaking havoc on your already-taxed gut. Your GI tract suffers enough; throw it a lifeline.
MultiV is engineered to help you utilize the high amount of carbs you need during training and racing without GI distress.
BURN FAT, NOT MUSCLE
HELPS YOU GET LEAN AND STAY LEAN
The reimagined MultiV now contains ChromeMax®, a patented chromium complex that's been shown in several clinical studies to help you burn body fat while maintaining lean muscle*. It works by helping the body utilize insulin more efficiently. That helps the body metabolize glucose for energy, preserving muscle mass to help you achieve and maintain a lean, race-ready body composition, year-round. Chromiumplays a key role in weight management, but standard diets often skimp on it, so supplementation is necessary to reach effective levels.
*When used with a healthy diet and exercise program.
MultiV now contains ChromeMax®, a patented chromium complex that's been shown in clinical studies to help burn body fat while maintaining lean muscle.
CATALYZE PERFORMANCE
INCREASES ENERGY & ENHANCES OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY.
Red blood cells are the vehicles for oxygen transportation. Oxygen is the catalyst for muscles firing. The new MultiV is engineered to support red blood cell formation by including micronutrients like folate, vitamin B12, Ferrochel® iron, and choline – the latest essential micronutrient and a newcomer to the MultiV line.
When iron levels are low, less oxygen is delivered to working muscles and aerobic capacity declines significantly.
ELEVATE ENDURANCE
RESEARCH SHOWS 50-70% OF ENDURANCE ATHLETES ARE IRON DEFICIENCT.
Iron is one of the most important nutrients for endurance athletes, playing a pivotal role in oxygen utilization, energy production, and immune function. Persistent fatigue, diminished motivation, and a decline in power can all be warning signs that indicate low iron levels.
MultiV contains a clinically effective does of Ferrochel® iron to support your body’s oxygen transportation and utilization infrastructure, reducing fatigue and boosting performance. This safe and highly bioavailable form guarantees maximal absorption without any risk of toxicity.
SUPPORT WHAT SUPPORTS YOU
IMPROVES BONE AND JOINT HEALTH.
Endurance athletes are notorious for vitamin D deficiencies, largely because they have a radically different real-world need than the general population. In the new MultiV, we increased the amount to provide better bone health, joint health, and immune support. Vitamin D works with magnesium and boron to maximize intramuscular calcium functions, which are important for telling your muscles when to fire, preventing cramps, and metabolic fuel signaling.
The new MultiV also delivers a clinically effective amount of vitamin K2 to maintain bone, joint and blood vessel health over time. The new MultiV’s vitamin K form, MK7, is more potent and better studied than the previous MultiV’s MK4. For vitamin K2, we only use K2VITAL®, which protects the vitamin in a carrier that prevents MultiV’s calcium and magnesium from degrading it.
A GIANT LEAP IN ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION
REDUCES MUSCLE DAMAGE AND IMPROVES RECOVERY.
Free radicals are the unavoidable byproduct of exercise, and the more you exercise, the more your body produces. They’re also tangible in the worst way, manifesting as the cell-damaging muscle soreness and discomfort that follows a workout – and impedes performance while trying to stack consecutive days of training or racing.
To neutralize free radicals in athlete’s bodies, the new MultiV formula includes Spectra®, a proprietary extract that provides the balanced, full-spectrum antioxidant protection needed for peak performance. Spectra® is a blended suite of food antioxidants, so it helps reduce the fallout of exercise without negatively impacting recovery and training adaptation, which is a risk with high doses of single antioxidants.
A GIANT LEAP IN ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION
REDUCES MUSCLE DAMAGE AND IMPROVES RECOVERY.
Free radicals are the unavoidable byproduct of exercise, and the more you exercise, the more your body produces. They’re also tangible in the worst way, manifesting as the cell-damaging muscle soreness and discomfort that follows a workout – and impedes performance while trying to stack consecutive days of training or racing.
To neutralize free radicals in athlete’s bodies, the new MultiV formula includes Spectra®, a proprietary extract that provides the balanced, full-spectrum antioxidant protection needed for peak performance. Spectra® is a blended suite of food antioxidants, so it helps reduce the fallout of exercise without negatively impacting recovery and training adaptation, which is a risk with high doses of single antioxidants.
RESEARCH
Optygen works on three different levels all working synergistically with the goal of increasing endurance. Endurance is defined as your ability to perform work over a period of time where there is oxygen delivered to the muscles. There are three critical components necessary to increase your endurance capacity.
1. EFFICIENT OXYGEN TRANSFER
Rhodiola and Cordyceps are the key ingredients in Optygen. Clinical research on elite athletes has shown both these adaptogenic herbs increase oxygen utilization, increase the body’s ability to adapt to high levels of physical stress, increase anaerobic threshold and reduce lactic acid. These herbs are both found and cultivated in Tibet. Clinical studies on Cordyceps have shown it increases endurance. In a 1998 study, Dr. Edmond Burke demonstrated how these two adaptogenic herbs improve the efficiency of oxygen transfer in the cell leading to improvements in oxygen uptake and VO2max.
2. ATP PRODUCTION
Endurance athlete’s VO2max is directly proportional to their ability to efficiently produce Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP). Clinical research has shown that endurance athletes diminish their ATP stores in exhaustive exercise, which can lead to a reduction in aerobic metabolism and endurance. Since ATP is the final step in aerobic energy production, it’s critical that the nutrients feeding the ATP cycle are readily available. Calcium pyruvate, sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate, adenosine and d-ribose all play critical roles in glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, leading to efficient ATP production. Optygen’s proprietary ATPro™ matrix of five key nutrients is designed to assure ATP production.
3. EFFICIENT GLUCOSE METABOLISM
The Optygen formula utilizes chromium for its ability to break down fuel. Chromium is an essential trace mineral that aids in glucose metabolism, regulation of insulin levels, and maintenance of healthy blood levels of cholesterol and other lipids. Chromium forms part of a compound in the body known as Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF), which is involved in regulating the actions of insulin in maintaining blood sugar levels and, possibly, in helping to control appetite. It’s critical that any drink, bar or meal consumed prior to a race or exercise gets broken down efficiently in order to maximize your fuel delivery. Insulin spikes or lack of insulin response can cause the nutrients to either be rushed into your bloodstream too quickly or not quickly enough. Chromium regulates this nutrient breakdown so you have equal and sustained nutrient delivery to the working muscles.
Q&A
Q: How is this OptygenHP formula different than the previous formula?
A: This formula contains the adaptogenic herb ashwagandha. Research shows ashwaganda improves VO2max, modulates cortisol and increases work output. We have substituted 150mg of Rhodiola with 150mg of ashwagandha. The formula delivers 150mg Rhodiola, 150mg ashwagandha, 800mg cordyceps, 200mcg chromium, 50mg ActiGin and our proprietary ATPro matrix.
Q: Why are the capsules red?
A: The capsules are dark red to further reduce UV light degradation ensuring the highest quality, potency, and purity.
Q: How will OptygenHP help me race better?
A: This formula will dramatically improve your training and recovery. It’s designed to help you through your most intense training and racing. Research has shown the following endurance benefits:
Increases Endurance and PerformanceReduced Lactic Acid
Increases oxygen utilization
Increase in VO2 Max
Increase in Time to Exhaustion
Increase Anaerobic threshold
Improved exercise capacity
Increase Maximal Oxygen uptake
30% – 50% increase in Oxygen Utilization
Increase ratio of ATP by 45% – 55%
Enhanced Endurance
Increase in ATP production
Q: How do I maximize the benefits?
A: For best results, use OptygenHP during all your intense training and racing. This will allow you to train at a higher level by improving the body’s ability to adapt to physical stress, increasing anaerobic threshold and reducing lactic acid. These improvements will help you race at a higher level. For best results, you should use OptygenHP consistently for many months. If you start taking it a week before a race, benefits will be minimal.
Q: Should I take OptygenHP every day?
A: Yes, it’s important to take OptygenHP daily, even on days you are not training or racing. If you don’t take it every day, you will not experience the full potential.
Q: Can I give my son and daughter Optygen or OptygenHP?
A: Because there haven't been any published clinical studies on people under 18, we do not recommend Optygen or OptygenHP to athletes who are under 18 years of age.
Q: How long will it take before I start noticing the benefits?
A: You should start experiencing the benefits of OPTYGEN approximately six (6) days after you start taking OPTYGEN.
Q: Why is the bottle glass instead of plastic?
A: OPTYGEN is packaged in an amber glass bottle. Unlike plastic bottles, amber glass is an impermeable barrier that protects the product from harmful UV light and oxygen degradation.
Q: Why does OPTYGEN have Cordyceps and Rhodiola Rosea?
A: OPTYGEN utilizes two adaptogens that are the primary ingredients in the formulation. Patented Rhodiola Rosea and Cordyceps are both found and cultivated in Tibet. Both these herbs play critical roles in allowing the body to adapt to high levels of physical stress (similar to the stress a body is subject to when climbing Everest). It’s these adaptations to hypoxia (lack of oxygen) which led researchers to also test its effects on elite endurance athletes. Both Rhodiola and Cordyceps have been clinically shown to increase VO2Max, lung function, oxygen utilization and anaerobic threshold significantly.
Q: How should I use Optygen?
A: For best results, use Optygen during all intense training. Optygen will allow you to train at a higher level by improving the body’s ability to adapt to physical stress, increasing aerobic threshold and reducing lactic acid. These improvements will help you race at a higher level. For best results, Optygen should be used consistently for many months. If you start taking Optygen a week before a race, benefits will be minimal.
Q: What is Beta-Alanine and how does it work?
A: Beta-Alanine is an amino acid that interacts directly with the amino acid carnosine to buffer lactic acid. With intense training, you can increase your carnosine levels with a limiting factor: the body cannot produce enough Beta-Alanine to allow the body to continue to increase carnosine levels. Clinical studies show that supplementing with Beta-Alanine allows the body to produce significantly higher carnosine levels. The result is a highly effective mechanism for the metabolism of lactate, which in-turn improves endurance capacity.
Q: What are the benefits of taking Beta-Alanine?
A: Cutting edge human clinical studies show Beta-Alanine supplementation:Significantly improves muscular endurance.Improves exercise capacityIncreases Total Work Done by 13%Boosts strength Increases endurance capacityEnhances Ventilatory ThresholdDelays onset of neuromuscular fatigue
Q: Is the OptygenHP formula legal?
A: Absolutely. First Endurance has taken additional measures to ensure that our products are safe, legal and stimulant free. First Endurance supplements are legal to use in any sporting event governed by the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA), the US anti-doping association (USADA) and by the UCI (Union Cycliste International), US Cycling, International Cycling, US Triathlon and International Triathlon. Some commonalties among these governing bodies include banned substances which fall into one or more of the following categories as listed in Section I A-E of the UCI Prohibited Classes of substance and Prohibited Methods document. A) Stimulants B) Narcotics C) Anabolic agents D) Diuretics and E) Peptide hormones, mimetics and analogues. This document goes on to list banned substances within each of these classes. Regulations also ban ‘Compounds chemically or pharmacologically related to the products mentioned’. OptygenHP contains NO ingredients, which are explicitly listed under the banned substance list, nor are any of the ingredients related chemically or pharmacologically. First Endurance has also contacted the USADA and received verbal confirmation that our ingredients are not banned based on their regulations. Note: USADA, WADA and UCI do not offer any certification or written confirmation. First Endurance manufactures its formulations to the highest GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards available. In addition we use a proprietary manufacturing method for added safety and assurance. Following the Supplement Facts panel you will notice we list ‘NO processing aids’ under Other Ingredients. The only ingredients found in this formulation, are those listed in the Supplement Facts Panel.Part XIV Article 7 of the Anti-doping Examination Regulations contains the following warning: riders must refrain from using any substance, foodstuff or drink of which they do not know the composition. It must be emphasized that the composition indicated on a product is not always complete. The product may contain prohibited substances not listed in the composition.
Q: Will OptygenHP help me recover faster?
A: Yes, it will help you recover. Because this formula was developed to help you adapt during times of maximum stress, it also aids in recovery.
Q: Should I ‘cycle’ on and off with Optygen/OptygenHP?
A: Great question. Both these products work best when you are ‘stressed’, so use the product during stressful training. The cycling period should parallel your training program. In other words, you should be using Optygen/OptygenHP consistently through all hard training blocks/months and go off anytime you have a break or downtime. For some, this means being on the product through most if not all the racing season. For others, it might mean cycling off for a week once every 4-6 weeks.