HMB helps aging athletes combat age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia) by slowing the rate of muscle protein breakdown and supporting new protein production. This allows you to maintain more of your hard-earned size and strength, even as the body’s natural anabolic response declines with age.

When you take HMB consistently, you may notice:

• Slower decline in muscle size and strength over the long term
• Better ability to sustain performance in strength, power, and high-intensity training over time
• Greater muscle preservation during lighter training phases or injury downtime

What the science shows:

Taking 3g of HMB per day impacts key mechanisms: it inhibits the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway, your body’s primary system for breaking down muscle proteins, and activates the mTOR pathway, which signals for new muscle protein synthesis. In aging athletes, this dual action helps offset the reduced anabolic sensitivity that comes with age, preserving lean mass and strength over the long term. Studies also show HMB supplementation can mitigate the impact of inactivity and injury, helping maintain muscle integrity over the long term.

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Blonyx HMB Sport delivers the clinically proven 3g per day dose shown to maintain muscle integrity and athletic capacity well into later years.

With age, your muscle creatine stores naturally decline, which can slow your ability to produce rapid power, reduce strength, and even impact everyday tasks like stair climbing, lifting, and grip. Creatine helps keep those crucial energy reserves up, helping you maintain performance, protect muscle mass, and in addition, support bone and brain health as you age.

When you take HMB consistently, you may notice:

• You can retain more strength and power, even as natural muscle breakdown occurs
• Regaining strength is easier after breaks away from training
• Greater resilience in high-intensity efforts, allowing you to push hard without feeling depleted as quickly

What the science shows:

Creatine elevates your intramuscular phosphocreatine stores, which power ATP regeneration and are critical for short, powerful movements. In older adults, combining creatine with resistance training consistently increases lean tissue mass, upper and lower body strength, and functional performance. There's emerging evidence that creatine may support bone health, not by directly rebuilding bone, but by reducing bone breakdown and enhancing bone formation pathways when paired with training. Additionally, creatine may offer cognitive benefits by supplying energy to the brain, supporting memory and processing power under mental stress.

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Building on the muscle and strength preservation benefits of HMB, Blonyx HMB+ Creatine combines 5g of creatine and 3g of HMB for a combined approach to active aging.

Muscle buffering capacity weakens over time, meaning fatigue sets in faster, even at moderate intensities. Beta‑alanine equips your muscles to sustain effort longer by increasing carnosine levels, which can delay burning and fatigue.

When you take beta-alanine consistently, you may notice:

• Delayed onset of muscular fatigue, letting you push longer during at medium- and high-intensity efforts
• Higher training quality, with fewer mid-session performance drops
• Improved functional endurance, making daily tasks and training feel less taxing

What the science shows:

Beta-alanine increases intramuscular carnosine levels, which buffer the lactic acid that causes the burning sensation and loss of power during intense exercise. This buffering effect delays neuromuscular fatigue, allowing you to sustain higher outputs for longer In older adults, studies have shown significant improvements in physical working capacity and fatigue thresholds, helping counteract the age-related decline in muscle endurance. Daily doses of 4–6g for several weeks enhances performance, with the biggest benefits seen in efforts lasting 1–4 minutes, but also with carryover to longer sustained work.

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For a clean, single-ingredient supplement that provides the full 6g daily dose for maintaining and improving exercise capacity, check out Blonyx Beta Alanine.

As you get older, your body’s ability to use oxygen efficiently and maintain muscle function declines, making it harder to sustain pace, recover quickly between efforts, or perform explosive movements. Dietary nitrates help combat these effects by increasing nitric oxide production, which widens blood vessels, improves blood flow, and enhances muscle contractile efficiency.

When you take dietary nitrates consistently, you may notice:

• Greater endurance capacity, allowing you to sustain pace and delay fatigue during training or competition
• Improved muscle function during fatigue, supporting strength, endurance, and quick, powerful movements
• More efficient oxygen use and easier breathing, helping you perform at a higher intensity without feeling as winded

What the science shows:

Research shows nitrates improve exercise efficiency, VO₂ max, and aerobic capacity by reducing the oxygen cost of movement. These benefits help offset the natural aerobic and muscular decline that comes with age. Higher nitrate intake is also associated with better muscle strength and physical function in older adults, which are key for maintaining mobility and reducing injury risk. The International olympic Comittee (IOC) recommends 400mg of dietary nitrates for performance support.

Beet juice is the most researched source of dietary nitrates. Read the science behind beet juice and athletic performance.

Muscles take longer to bounce back from training with age, whether it’s heavy lifting, hard intervals, or high-volume endurance work. HMB helps you recover faster by reducing exercise-induced muscle damage and accelerating repair, so you can train more consistently without feeling the effects as intensely afterward.

When you take HMB consistently, you may notice:

• Less post-training soreness so you can move and train more comfortably
• Quicker turnaround between sessions as muscle repair processes kick in faster
• Easier ramp-up after hard blocks or events without muscle soreness holding you back as much

What the science shows:

HMB taken at 3g daily reduces the structural damage that occurs to muscle fibres during intense exercise by stabilizing cell membranes and limiting the inflammatory response. It also accelerates the repair process by boosting protein synthesis through mTOR pathway activation. This combination not only lessens post-exercise soreness but also speeds the rebuilding of muscle tissue, allowing aging athletes, who typically experience slower repair rates, to recover faster and train again sooner.

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Protein becomes even more important as you age because muscle protein production starts to slow down, recovery takes longer, and it’s easier to lose muscle mass, especially during injury or time away from training. There are many protein sources to choose from, with common ones including whey, casein, plant-based, and egg whites.

Read about the differences between common protein sources.

What the science shows:

Older athletes need more protein than younger ones, around 1–1.5 g/kg of body weight daily to maintain lean mass during inactivity, and 2 g/kg or more during higher-intensity training. Additional protein intake, especially when timed close to training, provides the building blocks for muscle protein synthesis and smoother recovery. Egg white protein stands above the rest, known for for its full amino acid profile in optimal ratios for muscle repair, high digestibility, and low allergenicity, making it one of the best real-food protein sources for older athletes looking to support their recovery process.

See why more athletes are switching to egg white protein from whey, casein, and plant-based proteins.

To make sure athletes have easy access to the highest-quality real-food protein source available, we used egg whites as the base for Blonyx Egg White Protein Isolate.

Tart cherry juice helps athletes manage the inflammation, soreness, and joint stiffness that tend to last longer with age, making it easier to maintain consistent training. It can also support better sleep quality, another key factor that often becomes harder to maintain over time but is critical for full recovery.

When you take tart cherry juice consistently, you may notice:

• Less lingering muscle and joint soreness after intense or high-volume training
• Reduced stiffness and swelling that can slow recovery between sessions
• It's easier to fall asleep, likely due to reductions in soreness, which enhances your body’s ability to repair and restore

What the science shows:

Tart cherry juice is rich in anthocyanins and polyphenols, compounds with powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Research shows it reduces muscle soreness, preserves strength after strenuous exercise, and protects muscle tissue following intense resistance work. It can also help sustain endurance performance while supporting faster recovery, a key advantages for aging athletes facing slower repair processes.