Optimum Nutrition
Gold Standard Pre-Workout
Servings / tub
30
Price per serving
$1.00
Cost per point
$0.21
per formula score point
Caffeine
175 mg
≈ 1.8 cups of coffee
Strengths
- Full clinical creatine monohydrate dose even at 1 scoop
- Small, manageable 1-scoop serving size
- Scales into a genuinely well-rounded formula at 2 scoops
- Fully disclosed, no proprietary blends
- At 1 scoop: real strength support from creatine, but a mild energy lift and little pump
Watch-outs
- At 1 scoop, citrulline, beta-alanine, and caffeine are all under-dosed
- Reaching an effective dose on those means taking double the labeled serving
- Doubling the serving also doubles caffeine and shortens how long a tub lasts
- A single scoop alone won't deliver a strong pump or energy lift -- expect to need two
Effects Timeline
AI-estimated changes in effects over the first 3 hours after taking the recommended serving.
AI analysis
At the standard single scoop, this is a real-creatine, light-everywhere-else formula -- solid strength support, but modest pump, endurance, and energy. Take 2 scoops and citrulline, beta-alanine, and caffeine all step up meaningfully, closer to a fully competitive pre-workout. Just know that doubling the serving also doubles caffeine intake and halves how many workouts a tub covers.
Ingredient breakdown
Every dose · every gap| Ingredient | Clinically effective dose | Dose in Gold Standard Pre-Workout | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creatine | 3 g | 3.3 g | 100%Clinically effective |
| Beta Alanine | 4.5 g | 1.6 g | 36%Under-dosed |
| Citrulline | 4 g | 0.75 g | 19%Under-dosed |
- Creatine3.3 g100%Clinically effective
- Beta Alanine1.6 g36%Under-dosed
- Citrulline0.75 g19%Under-dosed
