Muscle Armor is designed to offset the breakdown of tissues that occur during periods of stress, for example, during weight training. It is created to help you maintain muscle mass by minimizing muscle breakdown, but also aids in faster recovery and immune support. It uses “Juven Technology,” which is a multiple-patented blend of HMB, arginine, and glutamine.

Muscle Armor is only sold online and sells for approximately $65/container. It is recommended that you take one scoop twice daily.

Product Claims

• “The only product with Juven Technology™, clinically proven to give athletes the ultimate armor to protect muscle mass and power.”
• “The HMB in Juven has been clinically proven to increase bench press and leg extension strength in numerous studies.”
• “HMB has also been shown to maximize total strength.”

Active Ingredients and How it Works

• HMB: a metabolite of the amino acid leucine. Minimizes muscle protein breakdown.
• L-Glutamine: an amino acid that aids muscle repair and growth
• Arginine: an amino acid that helps the body transport nutrients and improve muscle growth
• BCAA: Branched Chain Amino Acids-valine, leucine, and isoleucine amino acids that are essential for maximal muscle recovery and nitrogen balance
• Taurine: an organic acid that increases protein metabolism and decreases muscle breakdown

Scientific Evidence

The amino acids in this formula are essential building-blocks for protein and have proven very beneficial in preventing muscle breakdown after trauma in the hospitalized patient. Unfortunately, none of these amino acids have been scientifically proven to enhance muscle growth or strength in the healthy athlete.

Customer Feedback

“I'm on my 2nd week of taking this product and WOW what a difference in recovery. Not only am I recovering faster, but my strength gains are increasing as well. My bench has went up 15 lbs. already and have gained 6 lbs of muscle. Can't wait to see my gains after a full bottle! Great Product! Expensive, but works!”

--siudave2000 on April 17, 2006

“I think this is a complete waste of your money. Not only is it crap; it's overpriced crap. It's a mishmash of a bunch of supplements that don't work (except for a few, that if you're lucky, may have some mild effect) that don't make any sense being together in the first place. And it's massively, massively overpriced.”

--Madmick on June 7, 2006

Sources

http://forum.a1supplements.com/archive/index.php/t-115.html

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-386713.html

http://www.supplementcritic.com/reviews/muscle_armor

http://www.musclearmor.com/

http://www.orchardequestrian.com/brochure/qtoz.html

www.merksource.com

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1492709