Bradley Spreadborough
Absolutely loving the Hydroboost carb+! Keeping me fuelled for all my sessions especially the engine pieces!
Product details
Fortify VO2MAX makes breathing feel cleaner from your first serve, and one bottle covers a 4‑week block of the training that raises the ceiling.
What this does for you
Legs feel fine. Lungs on fire.
You are fit enough to go faster. The ceiling is how much oxygen your body can take in, deliver and burn each minute.
“Does it contain caffeine?”
No. Fortify VO2MAX is completely caffeine free. That means you can take it before evening sessions, stack it with the pre-workout you already use, and skip the spike-and-crash cycle stimulants bring.
“When do I take it?”
Around 30 minutes before training, with water. Interval and threshold days are where the airway and focus support earn their keep.
“Will I feel it in my first session?”
The menthol airway effect and the focus support are acute, so most people notice breathing feels cleaner from the first serve. The engine itself grows over weeks of training. The formula makes the sessions better. The sessions make you faster.
“Do I still have to do the training?”
Yes. Nothing in a bottle replaces VO2 intervals and Zone 2 volume. Fortify VO2MAX is built to raise the quality of that work, and the results compound from there.
“Who is it for?”
Runners chasing target times, hybrid and CrossFit athletes who redline mid workout, team sport players who fade late, and anyone whose breathing gives out before their muscles do.
“Can I take it every day?”
It is formulated to be taken before sessions, and many of our athletes use it daily across a training block. If you have a medical condition or take medication, check with your health professional first.
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Your engine has a pipeline
Every rep and every stride runs on the same supply chain. Air comes in, oxygen rides your blood to the muscle, and mitochondria burn it for power. VO2 max is the width of that pipeline. When demand passes it, the debt gets paid in acid, heart rate and panic.
Intake: Air moves through your airways into the lungs. Tight, irritated airways mean every breath delivers less than it should.
Delivery: Oxygen loads onto red blood cells and travels to the working muscle. Circulation and hydration decide how fast it arrives.
Burn: Mitochondria combine oxygen with fuel to make clean, aerobic power. More mitochondria and more fuel access mean more watts.
The ceiling: Demand passes supply. Lactic acid builds, heart rate spikes, focus fogs and pace drops. That moment is the bottleneck.
How to have it
- Take it around 30 minutes before your session with water.
- Interval days are where you will notice it first.
What's in it
Six ingredients, one pipeline
- Peppermint oil: Menthol supports clear, open airways so each breath moves more air with less fight.
- Alpha-GPC: Feeds acetylcholine production for sharper focus and a stronger mind-to-muscle signal when fatigue starts fogging decisions.
- Acetyl L-Carnitine: Shuttles fatty acids into the mitochondria so working muscle keeps producing energy aerobically instead of drowning in acid.
- MCT oil: Converts rapidly to ketones, opening a second clean fuel line for the engine when glycogen runs low late in a session.
- Grape seed extract: Antioxidant support for circulation, helping the delivery leg of the pipeline and post-session recovery.
- Glycerol: Helps cells hold water so blood volume, cooling and delivery hold up deep into hard work.
We formulate and make Fortify VO2MAX ourselves in Brisbane with European and Australian ingredients. Questions about the formula come straight to the people who built it.
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Recent Store Reviews
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12 published reviews
krysten
Love the passion punch flavour
Gerard Adams
Great product with a great taste.
Matthew Whittall
Love it
Chez Harb
Love this, keeps my water cold whilst I work and then do my workout so I can mox my protein
Sara Crowe
The best dairy free protein i have tried!
Mick Chernih
This is the best pre ive ever had i highly recommend this product
Jake Barkey
I've tried plenty of protein powders, and most taste like they're part of the workout. 😂 This one is easily the best I've ever tasted. It mixes smoothly, has no chalky aftertaste, and I actually look forward to drinking it. My only mistake was not buying a bigger tub!
LEANNE SMITH
Absolutely love this powder, it's the best tasting one I've come across and being dairy free means absolutely no digestion issues. I've been mixing it into my yogurt every day for ages and still love the taste.
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