Legion PULSE Review – [2022 Update] New Formulation!

If you are in a hurry and don’t have time to read our entire Legion Pulse review… yes, we highly recommend this product.  It gives you smooth energy throughout your entire workout, improves mood and mental focus, reduces fatigue, and oh yeah… it tastes great!

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At every gym across this great country, there are some sh**ty pre-workout supplements being pushed onto members. Some promise all-day energy, and some promise better workouts. Some promise way too much.

While any pre-workout supplement can give you an energy rush, all “pre’s” were NOT created equal.

A ton of pre-workouts cause crashes after your workout. A lot just make you feel like your heart is going to explode out of your chest. Some keep you up all night and impede recovery. AND some do all three.

When Mike Matthews, creator of Legion Pulse, was creating his pre-workout, he took all of these common complaints into account and really created something special.

Legion Pulse is, by far, Legion Athletics’ most popular product.

And it’s not just due to his popular, best-selling books or his amazing blog over at Legion. Labdoor actually ranks Legion Pulse as the #1  rated Pre-Workout supplement in terms of quality.

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Labdoor reviews supplements based on the quality. Legion Pulse ranks #1 amongst all pre-workout supplements that they have ever tested. This includes things like how pure the ingredients are and if they are accurate in each bottle of Legion Pulse.

If that doesn’t persuade you, how about the strongest man on earth. He too, takes Legion Pulse as his main pre-workout supplement:

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AND if that doesn’t convince you that Legion Pulse is a great pre-workout supplement, then keep reading this review. We will cover Pulse a lot more. Let’s take a closer look.

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Legion Pulse Review Overview

This section is a quick glance and overview of everything that Legion Pulse offers:

Legion Pulse Ingredients and Promises

Let’s go over the ingredients and promises of this product. Below, you’ll see the ingredients list and the serving size to obtain the effects of Legion PULSE.

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In the following section of this review,we will go over the main ingredients of Legion Pulse, one by one to see why each was inserted into Legon Pulse. First up, by no surprise, is caffeine.

Caffeine

Obviously, no pre-workout can be without caffeine on their ingredients list (however, there is a “stim-free” version of pulse – which means no caffeine ingredient – more info here).

Caffeine helps you with energy, weight loss, getting through your day (and workout), endurance, strength, and a whole lot more.

There are 350mg of caffeine within Pulse which is about the same amount in “one Starbucks Grande coffee.”

Legion also sells a fat burner that is caffeine-free. The thinking behind that, which I won’t get into much here, is that you’re supposed to stack both supplements (Phoenix and Pulse) and use them together for optimal effects. Therefore you won’t “overdo it” with the caffeine.

Remember, while caffeine is great and does many wonderful things, TOO much caffeine can also be detrimental.

Pulse has just the right amount and there are a lot more important things on its ingredients list.

Beta Alanine (Something To Note…)

Beta-Alanine is one of the main ingredients.

And well…

There’s a lot…

Which is good.

There’s an effective dosage of beta-alanine in Pulse and it has been shown to:

• Reduces exercise-induced fatigue
• Improves anaerobic exercise capacity
• Increases potential workload, which can lead to an increase in lean mass

However, due to the high amount of beta-alanine, “itchiness,” and tingling of the skin can occur.

NOTE: Since this has been a common complaint amongst Pulse users, Mike has reduced the amount of Beta-Alanine from 4.8g per serving to 3.6g per serving.

This hasn’t reduced the effects because it is still within the effective dose range.

When I first tried Legion Pulse, I liked the energy it gave me, however, I felt a little itchy within a couple of minutes of my first workout.

Not the type of itch that other bad pre-workout supplements give you, that also comes with the feeling of your heart is beating a million beats a minute, but just itchy…

You may feel it in your fingers, maybe your ears at some points. It’s a weird legion pulse side effect.

It’s not because of too much caffeine or other harsh chemicals. It’s only due to beta-alanine.

HOWEVER, this little phase of tingling only lasts for about a week or two.

It lasted for about a week for me when I first started taking Legion Pulse and it was very unsettling, to be honest.

I went to go read Legion Pulse reviews and everyone said that the feeling went away after a couple of weeks.

So I stuck with it and it went away.

It now gets me through those tough workouts and there’s no “tingiling” feeling, after the first initial week or two.

Therefore, if you can withstand the first week of tingling and “itchiness,” then you’ll be fine.

For some, this will be a deal-breaker.

However, I think it’s worth it.

L-Theanine

This ingredient is used for:

Reducing effects of mental and physical stress
Improving blood flow
Improving alertness, focus, attention, memory, and mood.
So, as you can see, L-Theanine is great to have in terms of just feeling better overall.

There are 350mg of caffeine in Legion PULSE ingredients.

Pulse can get away with such low caffeine because of its combination with L-Theanine (more on this in a second).

“The clinically effective dose of caffeine for enhancing performance is between 3 and 6 milligrams per kilogram of body weight.”

Pulse is right on the lower end and contains 350 milligrams of caffeine per serving.

L-Theanine, “when paired with caffeine, improves mood, memory performance, and attention.”

For this reason, Legion Pulse does not need as much caffeine as other pre-workout supplements and still gives you a smooth energy rush.

Citrulline Malate

This ingredient is used for:

• Improving muscle endurance
• Relieving muscle soreness
• And improving aerobic performance

The clinically effective dose for Citrulline Malate is between 4 and 10 grams and Legion PULSE has 8 grams per serving.

Alpha-GPC

This ingredient was not in the original formulation of Legion Pulse.

They actually put this in Legion Pulse in 2019 if my memory serves me right.

The fact that this is even in a supplement at all is a sign of high quality. Alpha-GPC is expensive!

Alpha-GPC:

• Increases power output
• Mitigates cognitive decline as we age
• And increases growth hormone

Overall, these are great benefits that I think anyone would like to have.

Mike even said himself that they wanted to put just enough “without eating up too much budget that we’d rather spend on other ingredients.”

There are 150mg of Alpha-GPC per serving of Legion Pulse.

All in all, the ingredients of Legion Pulse are great and come in effective dosages.

Legion Pulse Flavors – Which is Best?

I go over more of all the flavors of Legion Pulse product here.

However, after tasting all except for Grape and watermelon, I can tell you that the TASTIEST for Legion Pulse, in my personal review, has to be Tropical Punch, Sour Candy, and Strawberry Kiwi.

It’s safe to say the Legion Pulse has some pretty great tasting Pre-Workout and most people agree about the product. Just add water and ice and you’re good to go.

If you want more sweetness, just add less water. If you want less sweet, add more water.

In fact, I’d say it’s one of the best in terms of flavor, unless, you go with one of the “meh” flavors such as Blue Raspberry, Green Apple, and Fruit Punch.

I think blue raspberry was the first flavor they ever came out with and have since changed their formulation of that flavor.

How to Take Pulse Pre Workout

The serving size is two scoops (23.76 grams)

Mike Matthews recommends:

• 1 scoop (half a serving) if you’re just doing weight training or cardio
• 2 scoop (full serving) if you’re doing weight training + cardio

So if you like to do strength training followed by high intensity interval training (HIIT), then you would take two scoops and there are 21 servings of two scoops.

Depending on how you structure your workouts, you could go through Legion Pulse pretty fast or pretty slowly depending on if you do your cardio on the same days as your weight lifting and vice versa.

How I Take Pulse Pre Workout

There are a couple of ways I take Pulse.

The first is to separate servings based on how my schedule is.

For example, on days when I’m “free,” I like do HIIT sprints in the morning at my local high school.

I’ll take a scoop of Pulse before my HIIT session, regardless if I’m training fasted or not. Also, there’s no need for caffeine (unless you absolutely need your caffeinen in the morning) due to the amount in the ingredients list.

Pulse, by the way, will NOT break your fast, so it’s also great if you like doing cardio or lifting in a fasted state. A lot of people worry about this so its good that it does not.

Then, later in the afternoon, around 4:30, I’ll take another scoop before my strength training workout. If I lift and then do cardio directly after I’ll take 2 scoops beforehand.

This isn’t always the case, however.

Some days, I go in the morning to lift weights and do cardio directly afterwards.

In this case, I take 2 scoops before my workout and it gets me through it all. It’s great.

However, nowadays, I rarely have to use 2 scoops.

Now, I usually only need 1-1.5 scoops to get me through my workouts.

Some people may need more. Some people may need less.

This is what works for me.

For those people who like just a little bit of energy, only use half a scoop and you’ll be cruising through your workout.

If you:

• Lift heavy every week, or
• follow Mike Matthews and his workout advice from Bigger Leaner Stronger or Thinner Leaner Stronger (which I recommend you should), or
• train hard and long 3-5 times a week (doing anything like Crossfit, bodybuilding, sprints, marathons, etc.)
• Then you want to take pre pulse workout.

Legion Pulse Price

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There are 30 servings in Legion Pulse.

Each serving is 2 scoops.

However, the chance that you actually ever need 2 scoops or more is slim to none, for me at least. Half a serving, as I said in the previous section, is usually all I need for a typical workout.

For this reason, Legion Pulse lasts a lot longer for me than any others I have tried in the past.

For the price of a tub, I think Legion Pulse is more than worth it.

A tub usually lasts me 2 months based on how I use it. For me, that is more than worth it for any pre-workout product.

However, here are a couple more reasons why you should look into Legion Pulse:

Most pre-workout supplements have the right ingredients to give you a proper boost in your training, however, they don’t include enough for the ingredients to show any effects!

All of the legion supplements have the right ingredients in the right dosages, which is why they’re so effective.

However, with that, comes a higher $ than normal.

Legion Pulse is also an all-natural supplement with NO:

• artificial sweetners or flavoring,
• food dyes,
• unnecessary fillers.

That’s unlike most supplements in general, let alone pre-workout supplements.

Another reason why people love buying Legion products is because of their new reward system:

Like the picture says, “Buy Stuff. Earn Points. Get Rewards.”

You get 1 point per dollar spent on Legion products, and this can increase depending on how much you spend on the website.

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As you can see, I am in the Centurion level. This means I’ve spent $250-$499 this year on their website.

Because of this, I can now get more points per dollar I spend. Specifically, 1.25 points/dollar.

There are multiple ways you can earn more points:

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This is a GREAT system especially if you shop at Legion Athletics often and use their supplements yearly as I do. I usually buy their products in bulk, as should most people.

After you accumulate enough points, you can use it on your purchase. Think of it as an extra coupon code (yes, you can even use a coupon code and your points for even more savings)!

Why You Can Trust Legion Athletics And Their Products

Legion has an entire page on why they are different from the rest (which you can check out here) so I won’t go over every reason, but these are the main reasons why I buy 95% of my supplements from Legion:

• They have a scientific advisory board that overlooks the creation of every single product that Legion creates
• They have ZERO junk fillers in any of their products
• ZERO proprietary blends
• All dosages at clinically effective levels for all ingredients
• Quality at a good value for each product
• All of their products benefit from the list above and I mention it in all my reviews of theirs.

Rest assured that when you buy from Legion, your money is well-spent.

Final Verdict For Legion Pulse

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