What's inside,
and why
Every Ricochet formula, dose by dose, straight off the real label, and not one proprietary blend across the whole line. The average pre-workout alone hides 8 of its 18 ingredients in an undisclosed blend; that is the industry standard we refuse. Pick a product and scroll its whole panel.
The flagship, dose by dose
One 15.8 g scoop, 25 servings a tub, three flavors, no proprietary blends. The five ingredients that define the session are broken down below; the full panel, support stack included, is printed under them.
The pump engine
Citrulline converts to arginine and drives nitric oxide production, which widens blood vessels and pushes more blood into working muscle. That's the pump, the vascularity, and the nutrient delivery. First isolated from watermelon, which is still its most famous natural source.
Six grams is a full clinical-range dose. Plenty of brands run two or three and hide it in a blend.
The energy curve, engineered
Two sources on purpose: Caffeine Anhydrous hits fast for onset, and Infinergy Di-Caffeine Malate releases slower for the long tail. One smooth curve through a full session instead of a spike and a wall.
This structure is the mechanical answer to the crash complaint that dominates the category.
Mind-to-muscle connection
A highly bioavailable choline source that supports acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter your nervous system uses to fire muscle. Lifters know it as the "dialed in" feeling: sharper focus on the working muscle when the set gets heavy.
Focus under stress
Tyrosine is a building block for dopamine and norepinephrine, the chemicals that keep you locked in under fatigue and stress. Found naturally in protein foods like eggs and almonds, dosed here so it's there when concentration normally slips, late in the session.
Hydration and fullness
Sodium drives fluid into the blood and muscle cells. A measured dose of Himalayan salt supports hydration, performance in sweaty sessions, and fuller pumps working alongside the citrulline.
Read the actual label
This is the real Ballistic panel, not a marketing summary. Alongside the five above it also carries 3,200 mg of Beta-Alanine for endurance (the honest tingles dose), 100 mg of L-Theanine to smooth the stim curve, and a support stack of Vitamin C, B6, B12, magnesium and potassium riding with the Himalayan-salt sodium.
Every product in the line gets the same treatment. Pick its tab above: Creatine is one ingredient at 5 g, Tango Protocol discloses all seven of its actives, and Afterburn's nine-line thermogenic panel is broken down to the milligram. That's the standard, no exceptions.
Asked constantly, answered straight
Why 300 mg of caffeine and not 400?
Because the goal is a session you finish strong, not a heart rate you have to manage. 300 mg split across two release speeds covers hard training without the wreckage that pushes people off high-stim pres entirely.
Will I get the tingles?
Yes. Ballistic runs a full 3,200 mg of Beta-Alanine, so the tingles are part of the deal, and they mean the dose is real. They fade as your body adapts; start with a half scoop if you're new to it.
Can I stack Ballistic with Creatine?
Yes, that's the intended entry stack. Creatine is a daily foundation; Ballistic is the session tool. Take creatine any time of day, Ballistic 20 to 30 minutes before training.
Is it third-party tested?
Every batch is produced in an FDA-registered, GMP-compliant American facility. Published third-party certification is on our roadmap, and lab sheets will live on this page as they land.
Who should not take it?
High-stim pre-workouts aren't for everyone. If you're sensitive to caffeine, pregnant or nursing, or on medication, talk to your doctor first. Always start with a half scoop to assess tolerance.
One ingredient, one dose
A 5 g scoop, 60 servings a tub, and a label with a single line on it. Here's why that line is the most studied one in sports nutrition, and why it's micronized and unflavored.
The most studied thing in any tub
Creatine recharges the phosphocreatine system your muscles run on for short, hard efforts: heavy sets, sprints, the last two reps. More stored creatine means ATP regenerates faster between efforts, and that's where the strength, power and lean-mass results in the research come from, across hundreds of studies over three decades.
Your body makes some, and red meat and fish carry more, but nowhere near a daily 5 g. Five grams is the maintenance dose the science settled on, and it's the whole scoop.
No grit at the bottom of the shaker
Micronized means the creatine crystals are milled far finer than standard monohydrate, so a scoop disperses in water instead of sinking into a gritty layer at the bottom. Same molecule, better mixing, and easier on the stomach for plenty of people, which is the usual complaint with coarse powder.
Verified customers on the store say it plainly: "not grainy at all" and "no stomach issues either".
The whole label is one line
Read the panel and you'll find exactly one row: Creatine Monohydrate, 5 g. Other ingredients: none. No flavor system, no sweeteners, no dyes, no anti-caking blend. Unflavored on purpose, so it disappears into water, juice, or your Ballistic scoop. 60 servings a tub, non-GMO and gluten free.
Read the actual label
This is the real Creatine panel: serving size 5 g (approximately one scoop), 60 servings per container, Creatine Monohydrate 5 g. Other ingredients: none. That is the entire label.
Take it every day, training or not; timing barely matters, consistency does. Stack it in your Ballistic scoop before a session or drop it in water with breakfast.
Asked constantly, answered straight
Do I need a loading phase?
No. Five grams a day fills muscle creatine stores in three to four weeks on its own. Loading (about 20 g a day for five to seven days) just gets you there in a week; the end state is the same. Pick whichever your stomach prefers.
When should I take it?
Any time, every day, including rest days. Timing matters far less than never missing. Most people drop it in their Ballistic scoop before training or in water with breakfast.
Will it make me hold water?
Creatine pulls water into the muscle cell, which is part of how it works, so a small early rise on the scale (a pound or two) is normal. That water is inside the muscle, not under the skin.
Why unflavored?
So it disappears into whatever you already drink, and so the tub holds nothing but creatine: no flavor system, no sweeteners, no dyes. Other ingredients: none, and that's printed on the label.
Is it safe to take every day?
Creatine monohydrate is the most studied sports supplement in existence, with decades of research in healthy adults at 3 to 5 g a day. If you have a kidney condition, are pregnant or nursing, or take medication, talk to your doctor first, as the label says.
The thermogenic, dose by dose
Two capsules a serving, 30 servings a bottle, nine actives, every one with a milligram figure next to it. In label order, here's what each one is doing.
Carnitine, in the form that crosses over
Carnitine is the molecule that carries fatty acids into your mitochondria to be burned for energy. The acetyl form is the version that also crosses into the brain, which is why it turns up in focus formulas as often as in thermogenics. It's named from carnis, Latin for flesh, because red meat is where the body gets most of it.
200 mg here, disclosed, first line on the panel.
The thermogenic core
Caffeine is the most studied thermogenic ingredient there is: it raises alertness and energy expenditure, and it's why two capsules can carry a session. Afterburn takes its 275 mg from two forms, plain anhydrous for onset and a sustained-release caffeine for the long tail, so the energy arrives as a curve rather than a spike and a wall.
For scale, that's roughly three cups of coffee. It's a full dose, so it isn't meant to be stacked with Ballistic on the same day.
Catechins that work with the caffeine
Standardized to 50 percent polyphenols and 15 percent EGCG, the catechin most of the green-tea research centers on. Green tea catechins and caffeine are the most studied thermogenic pairing in the category, each supporting the other's effect on energy expenditure.
The percentages matter. A label that just says green tea extract could mean almost anything.
The focus half of the formula
The same choline source that anchors Ballistic's focus stack, at 150 mg here. Alpha-GPC supports acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter behind concentration and the mind-to-muscle connection.
It's why the reviews on this bottle talk about focus as often as they talk about energy.
The no-jitters clause
An amino acid from tea leaves that smooths caffeine's edge without blunting its alertness: calmer focus, less jitter, softer landing. Ballistic carries the same 100 mg for the same reason.
Three of the five reviews on the store bring up jitters unprompted, to say there weren't any.
The thermogenic seed
Grains of paradise is a West African seed in the ginger family, and Paradoxine is its standardized extract. Its compounds act on the same heat-sensing pathway as capsaicin, and it's been studied in humans for raising whole-body energy expenditure.
30 mg a day is the dose used in that human research, and it's exactly what's here, printed, not tucked into a blend.
The carnitine precursor
Gamma-butyrobetaine is the compound your body converts into carnitine in the final step of making its own. ProGBB is a stable ester form of it, included at 25 mg to support that pathway alongside the acetyl-L-carnitine above.
Small dose, named and disclosed. That's the point.
Red pepper heat, without the burn
Capsaicinoids are the compounds that make peppers hot, and the reason capsicum shows up in thermogenics: they support energy expenditure and heat production. Capsimax standardizes them to 2 percent and coats them in a beadlet that releases past the stomach, so you get the effect without the burn on the way down.
The absorption multiplier
Black pepper extract standardized to 95 percent piperine. Its whole job is to improve the absorption of the ingredients beside it, which is why it closes out both the Afterburn and Tango panels at 5 mg.
Read the actual label
This is the real Afterburn Mach-I panel: nine actives, two capsules a serving, 30 servings a bottle, every line with a milligram figure next to it. Other ingredients are microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate: filler and flow agents, nothing active.
The store's directions are two capsules 20 to 30 minutes before training. With 275 mg of caffeine a serving, treat it as your one stimulant of the day.
Asked constantly, answered straight
How much caffeine is in a serving?
275 mg per two capsules, from caffeine anhydrous plus a sustained-release form. That's roughly three cups of coffee. Ballistic carries 300 mg on its own, so the two aren't meant to be taken on the same day: 575 mg is well past the 400 mg a day generally considered the ceiling for healthy adults.
When do I take it?
The store's directions: two capsules, 20 to 30 minutes before training. Because of the caffeine, keep it out of the evening.
Will it make me jittery?
That's what the 100 mg of L-Theanine is for: it smooths caffeine's edge while leaving the alertness alone. Three of the five reviews on the store bring up jitters unprompted, to say there weren't any.
Is it a fat burner?
The store calls it a thermogenic, and that's what the panel says too: caffeine, green tea catechins, capsaicinoids and grains of paradise are the ingredients studied for energy expenditure, alongside a focus stack. It works with training and diet, not instead of them.
Who should not take it?
Anyone sensitive to caffeine, pregnant or nursing, or on medication should talk to a doctor first, and it shouldn't be combined with other stimulants.
Seven actives, seven doses
Three capsules a serving, 30 servings a bottle. Four botanicals, a vitamin, a mineral and an absorption agent, all disclosed. Ingredient by ingredient, here's the case for each.
The full studied dose
KSM-66 is a branded, root-only ashwagandha extract, and it's the most clinically studied ashwagandha on the market. Nearly all of that research, on stress resilience, recovery and vitality markers, runs at 600 mg a day, so that's the dose here.
Not 300 mg in a blend. The full 600, on the label.
Mountain resin, mineral dense
Shilajit is a tar-like resin that seeps from Himalayan rock, formed over centuries from compressed plant matter, and it's been used in traditional practice as a vitality tonic for as long as records exist. It's rich in fulvic acid and trace minerals.
400 mg of the extract, disclosed.
Southeast Asia's root
A Southeast Asian root used traditionally for stamina and vitality, and studied in men for stress-hormone balance and vitality markers. Tango carries 200 mg of the extract, named on the panel with its Latin binomial so there's no confusion about what's in the capsule.
The sunshine vitamin
Your skin makes D3 from sunlight, and most people who train indoors, work indoors, or live through a real winter run low. D3 supports immune function, bone and muscle function and healthy hormone production.
5,000 IU is a full daily replenishment dose, 625 percent of the daily value, as cholecalciferol, the form your body makes itself.
The mineral you sweat out
Zinc is a cofactor in hundreds of enzymes, including ones involved in testosterone production and recovery, and hard training loses it in sweat. Bisglycinate is the chelated form: zinc bound to the amino acid glycine, better absorbed and gentler on the stomach than the cheap oxide form.
30 mg, 273 percent of the daily value, disclosed.
The trace mineral most formulas skip
Boron is a trace mineral found in almonds, raisins and avocados, and it plays a role in how the body handles calcium, magnesium and vitamin D, and in hormone metabolism. Most formulas leave it out entirely.
Tango runs 10 mg, as boron glycinate, on the label.
The absorption multiplier
Black pepper extract standardized to 95 percent piperine, whose job is to raise the absorption of everything beside it: the botanicals, the zinc, the D3. Five milligrams, the same dose that closes Afterburn's panel.
Read the actual label
This is the real Tango Protocol panel: three capsules a serving, 30 servings a bottle, seven actives with every dose printed. Two lines carry a daily value (D3 at 625 percent, zinc at 273 percent); the other five have no established daily value, so the panel says so instead of inventing a number. Other ingredients: gelatin capsule, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, microcrystalline cellulose.
Botanicals like ashwagandha build their effect over weeks of consistent use, so a bottle is a month taken daily, not an on-demand capsule.
Asked constantly, answered straight
What does KSM-66 mean?
It's a branded, root-only ashwagandha extract, and it's the most clinically studied ashwagandha there is. Its research runs at 600 mg a day, which is why Tango carries exactly 600 mg rather than a smaller amount hidden in a blend.
How do I take it?
One serving is three capsules; a bottle is 30 servings. Follow the label directions and take it consistently: botanicals like ashwagandha build their effect over weeks, not hours.
Does it contain hormones or stimulants?
Neither. Every line on the panel is a botanical extract, a vitamin or a mineral: no hormones, no caffeine, nothing that keeps you up. It stacks with Ballistic or Afterburn without adding to their caffeine.
Why is there black pepper in it?
That's BioPerine, 5 mg of black pepper extract standardized to 95 percent piperine. It's there to improve absorption of everything else in the capsule, and it's a named, dosed line on the panel rather than a mystery.
Who should not take it?
As with any supplement, if you're pregnant or nursing, have a medical condition, or take medication, talk to your doctor before starting. Ashwagandha in particular can interact with thyroid and sedative medications, so ask if that applies to you.