Amino-MAX · Supports Proper Muscle Function

Lean muscle. Faster recovery.
One pump a day.

Topline & MuscleRecoveryPerformance

Muscle tissue is built from protein, and protein is built from amino acids. Amino-MAX supplies a concentrated blend of essential and nonessential amino acids to support protein nutrition, muscle maintenance, and recovery around training, competition, and hauling.

One pump is one ounce and carries 15,250 mg of that blend, delivered in a proprietary liquid form with up to 99% availability1, 2. Powders & pellets must first break apart, hydrate, & disperse into usable surface area inside a moving gut, a slow, variable process that leaves availability as low as 2.5%3.

1Goodridge et al. (2011). doi.org/10.1038/nature100712Balogh et al. (2008). doi.org/10.1021/jf80170293Du et al. (2004). doi.org/10.1002/bdd.392
Free shipping 90-day money-back Pause or cancel anytime
Your 2 Gallon Subscription includes
  • 2 Gallons of Amino-MAX + 2 pumps
  • 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee
  • Free Equine Nutritionist Consultation
Amino-MAX · 2 Gallon
SUGAR FREENo filler
USEF / FEIShow compliant
FREE SHIPPINGSame day, ship by 3pm CST
128 DAYSSupply per gallon
Customer reviews

747 verified reviews from working barns.

Every discipline. Every level. Real horses on Dr. Peterson’s Protocol.

4.9
★★★★★
out of 5
Based on 747 verified reviews
5 stars
87%
4 stars
9%
3 stars
2%
2 stars
1%
1 stars
1%
30 Days · The Peterson Protocol

This is what doing well looks like.

Same mare, 30 days apart. One pump a day.

Breeze · 30 days on Amino-MAX

Shot on the first day of the protocol and again on day 30. One pump of Amino-MAX a day in between.

Day 1

Day 1. The day the protocol started.

Day 30

Day 30. Same mare, 30 days of daily feeding.

The absorption gap

What your horse can’t absorb,
your horse can’t use.

Most amino acid supplements are powders or pellets. They have to dissolve and survive the gut before any of it counts, and most of it never does. Amino-MAX is liquid and pre-dispersed, so it’s ready the moment it reaches the gut wall.

Liquid Amino-MAX
99%
up to 99% availability
vs
Powders & pellets
2.5%
absorption as low as 2.5%1

Oral bioavailability of administered actives. Powder/pellet figure per Du et al. (2004)1; cited in full above.

With most supplements, you pay for a full dose and your horse absorbs a fraction of it. You’re not getting what you think you’re paying for. With Amino-MAX, what’s on the label is what reaches your horse.

Orthosilicic acid

Already in solution. The amino acids arrive in the form muscle can actually use, with no dispersion step in between.

Hyaluronan

High molecular weight, pre-hydrated. No breakdown step to lose it in, which matters for a molecule this large.

The physiology

It’s not marketing. Liquid delivery has been the standard in human medicine for decades. Amino-MAX brings it to the barn.

Liquid vs. the rest

Why form is the whole game.

The actives aren’t the differentiator, delivery is. Here’s how liquid stacks up against the pelleted and powdered joint supplements in most feed rooms.

Amino-MAX · Liquid
Powders
Pellets
Availability
Up to 99%1,2
3–30%3
3–15%4
Goes to work
On contact
Must dissolve first
Needs to break down first
Dose accuracy
One pump, exact
Scoop & settle
Eats around it
Picky-eater approved
Yes
Hit or miss
Hit or miss
Show safe
USEF / FEI
It depends
It depends
References
1Goodridge et al. (2011). doi.org/10.1038/nature10071
2Balogh et al. (2008). doi.org/10.1021/jf8017029
3Du et al. (2004). doi.org/10.1002/bdd.392
Ingredients

What’s in the jug, why it’s there, and what the science says.

One pump is one ounce. All twelve amino acids in the blend are named below, in panel order. Equine studies show that amino acid balance, especially adequate lysine and threonine, can influence nitrogen metabolism, plasma amino acid availability, and maintenance of muscle mass.

The system

Liquid SystemProprietary liquid carrier

Amino-MAX is delivered in a proprietary liquid form with up to 99% availability1, 2. Powders & pellets must first break apart, hydrate, & disperse into usable surface area inside a moving gut, a slow, variable process that leaves availability as low as 2.5%3. Amino-MAX arrives dispersed, at the correct particle size, suspended and ready on contact, so the gut isn’t left to solve dispersion problems it was never designed to solve.

up to
99%
availability

Proprietary Amino Acid BlendTwelve amino acids, listed below

One pump is one ounce and supplies 15,250 mg of a proprietary amino acid blend: twelve amino acids, every one of them named on the panel. Individual amounts stay proprietary.

15,250
mg / oz

Magnesium GlycinateGlycine bound to magnesium

Supplies glycine, which contributes to the amino acid pool used for protein synthesis and normal tissue maintenance, carried on magnesium.4–6, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20

HistidineL-histidine base

An essential amino acid: it must come from the diet. Histidine supplies substrates used in protein synthesis and muscle maintenance.4–19

ArginineL-arginine

Arginine contributes to the horse’s total amino acid supply and participates in amino acid and nitrogen metabolism.5, 6, 9–20

Aspartic AcidL-aspartic acid

A protein-forming amino acid that contributes to the horse’s total amino acid supply.4–6, 19

GlutamineL-glutamine

Glutamine adds to that same supply. Equine studies show dietary protein balance and feeding timing can alter circulating and muscle amino acid profiles.5, 6, 9–20

LysineL-lysine

An essential amino acid, and with threonine one of the two most often evaluated in horse diets. Equine studies in exercising, growing, mature, and aged horses link balanced intake with nitrogen metabolism, plasma amino acid responses, whole-body protein metabolism, and maintenance of muscle mass.4–19

OrnithineL-ornithine

Ornithine contributes to the horse’s total amino acid supply and participates in amino acid and nitrogen metabolism.5, 6, 9–20

PhenylalanineL-phenylalanine

An essential amino acid: it must come from the diet. Phenylalanine supplies substrates used in protein synthesis and muscle maintenance.4–19

ProlineL-proline

Proline contributes to the same amino acid pool, drawn on for protein synthesis and normal tissue maintenance.4–6, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20

ThreonineL-threonine

An essential amino acid, and with lysine one of the two most often evaluated in horse diets. Equine studies link balanced intake with nitrogen metabolism, plasma amino acid responses, and whole-body protein metabolism.4–19

ValineL-valine

An essential amino acid and a branched-chain amino acid. Equine studies show that plasma and muscle amino acid concentrations respond to dietary amino acid balance and feeding conditions.4–20

Serine

Serine rounds out that pool, alongside glycine and proline, for protein synthesis and normal tissue maintenance.4–6, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20

References
  1. 1Goodridge, H. S., Reyes, C. N., Becker, C. A., et al. (2011). Activation of the innate immune receptor Dectin-1 upon formation of a phagocytic synapse. Nature, 472, 471–475. doi.org/10.1038/nature10071
  2. 2Balogh, L., Polyak, A., Mathe, D., et al. (2008). Absorption, uptake and tissue affinity of high-molecular-weight hyaluronan after oral administration in rats and dogs. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 56(22), 10582–10593. doi.org/10.1021/jf8017029
  3. 3Du, J., White, N., & Eddington, N. D. (2004). Bioavailability of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in horses. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition, 25(3), 109–116. doi.org/10.1002/bdd.392
  4. 4National Research Council. (2007). Nutrient Requirements of Horses, 6th Revised Edition. National Academies Press. doi.org/10.17226/11653
  5. 5Mok, C. H., & Urschel, K. L. (2020). Amino acid requirements in horses. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7206390
  6. 6Urschel, K. L., & McKenzie, E. C. (2021). Nutritional influences on skeletal muscle and muscular disease. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. vetequine.theclinics.com
  7. 7Graham-Thiers, P. M., & Kronfeld, D. S. (2005). Amino acid supplementation improves muscle mass in aged and young horses. Journal of Animal Science, 83(12), 2783–2788. academic.oup.com/jas
  8. 8Graham-Thiers, P. M., Kronfeld, D. S., Kline, K. A., et al. (2000). Protein status of exercising Arabian horses fed diets containing 14% or 7.5% crude protein fortified with lysine and threonine. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. sciencedirect.com
  9. 9Graham-Thiers, P. M., & Bowen, L. K. (2024). Effect of balanced vs. standard protein on muscle mass development in exercising horses. Translational Animal Science. doi.org/10.1093/tas/txae118
  10. 10Graham-Thiers, P. M., & Bowen, K. (2024). Timing of feeding a protein supplement on nitrogen balance and plasma amino acids during exercise recovery in horses. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. doi.org/10.1111/jpn.14012
  11. 11Latham, C. M., Wagner, A. L., et al. (2019). Effects of dietary amino acid supplementation on measures of whole-body and muscle protein metabolism in aged horses. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12992
  12. 12Tanner, S. L., Wagner, A. L., Digianantonio, R. N., et al. (2014). Dietary crude protein intake influences rates of whole-body protein synthesis in weanling horses. The Veterinary Journal. sciencedirect.com
  13. 13Malesky, S., Turner, J., Loest, C., et al. (2013). Nitrogen retention and plasma amino acid responses in mature geldings fed three dietary concentrations of lysine. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. sciencedirect.com
  14. 14Van den Hoven, R., Bauer, A., Hackl, S., et al. (2011). Changes in potential markers of muscle-cell degradation in exercised horses supplemented with a protein and amino acid mixture. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0396.2010.01097.x
  15. 15Mastellar, S. L., Coleman, R. J., & Urschel, K. L. (2016). Controlled trial of whole body protein synthesis and plasma amino acid concentrations in yearling horses fed graded amounts of lysine. The Veterinary Journal. sciencedirect.com
  16. 16Mastellar, S. L., Moffet, A., Harris, P. A., & Urschel, K. L. (2016). Effects of threonine supplementation on whole-body protein synthesis and plasma metabolites in growing and mature horses. The Veterinary Journal. sciencedirect.com
  17. 17Urschel, K. L., Geor, R. J., Hanigan, M. D., & Harris, P. A. (2012). Amino acid supplementation does not alter whole-body phenylalanine kinetics in Arabian geldings. The Journal of Nutrition. sciencedirect.com
  18. 18Mok, C. H., Levesque, C. L., & Urschel, K. L. (2021). Evaluation of threonine requirements in mature horses fed a 1:1 ratio of forage to concentrate using the indicator amino acid oxidation technique. Animal Feed Science and Technology. sciencedirect.com
  19. 19Bachmann, M., Czetó, A., Romanowski, K., et al. (2018). Effects of grain species, genotype and starch quantity on the postprandial plasma amino acid response in horses. Research in Veterinary Science. sciencedirect.com
  20. 20Semanchik, P. L., Wesolowski, L. T., Ryan, P. J., et al. (2023). Influence of mechanistic target of rapamycin-regulated anabolic pathways on equine skeletal muscle health. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. sciencedirect.com
  21. 21Siciliano, P. D. (2002). Nutrition and feeding of the geriatric horse. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. vetequine.theclinics.com
  22. 22Robles, M., Hammer, C., Staniar, W. B., et al. (2021). Nutrition of broodmares. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. vetequine.theclinics.com
  23. 23Pagan, J. D., & Valberg, S. J. (2025). The role of nutrition in managing muscle disorders. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. vetequine.theclinics.com
  24. 24Vervuert, I., & Stratton-Phelps, M. (2021). The safety and efficacy in horses of certain nutraceuticals that claim to have health benefits. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. vetequine.theclinics.com
  25. 25Sankaranarayanan, A. (2019). Nutraceuticals in equine medicine. Nutraceuticals in Veterinary Medicine. link.springer.com
  26. 26Hintz, H. F. (2000). Equine nutrition update. Proceedings of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. ivis.org
  27. 27Argo, C. M. G. (2016). Nutritional management of the older horse. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. vetequine.theclinics.com
  28. 28Vidal Moreno de Vega, C., et al. (2024). Baselining physiological parameters in three muscles across three equine breeds. What can we learn from the horse? Frontiers in Physiology. frontiersin.org
  29. 29Gaikwad, S. S., et al. (2024). Exploring paediatric oral suspension development: Challenges, requirements, and formulation advancements. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. sciencedirect.com
  30. 30Jîtcă, C. M., et al. (2023). Stability of oral liquid dosage forms in pediatric cardiology: A prerequisite for patient safety, a narrative review. Pharmaceutics, 15(4), 1306. doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15041306
The Protocol

Dr. Peterson’s two-dose protocol

One pump a day, every day. On work days, competition days, and hauling days, give two.

Every day · Maintenance 1 oz / day
Work days ·
Performance
2 oz / day
≈ 4-month supply per gallon
≈ 2-month supply per gallon
How much should I order? Answer 4 questions & we’ll size it for you.
From the barn

Real horses. Here are a few of them.

Real members, real horses, real results. Tag #100XEquine to be featured.

Customer photo from Sonya H.
Customer photo from Melinda V.
Customer photo from Katy H.2
Customer photo from Megan B.4
Customer photo from Rebecca L.4
Customer photo from Christine W.3
Customer photo from Kernee D.
Customer photo from Taylor M.2
Customer photo from Ashley L.
Customer photo from Amaris S.5
Customer photo from Kristin P.2
Customer photo from Jamie S.
Customer photo from Marika M.
Customer photo from Danielle W.
Customer photo from Katrina S.2
Customer photo from Wendy C.2
Customer photo from Wendy C.
Customer photo from Shawn B.
Customer photo from Amy C.
Customer photo from Tamara S.
Customer photo from Megan F.
Customer photo from Joann R.
Customer photo from Ashlyn C.
Customer photo from Donna S.2
Customer photo from Amber E.2
Customer photo from Tammy F.
Customer photo from Mackenzie B.
Customer photo from Tiffany M.3
Customer photo from Piper R.2
Customer photo from Marisa M.2
Customer photo from Brittany M.2
Customer photo from Anna O.2
Customer photo from Brooklyn B.
Customer photo from Michelle M.
Customer photo from Loren F.4
Customer photo from Mason D.
Customer photo from Felicia W.
Customer photo from Crystal R.
Customer photo from Jenna D.
Customer photo from Hannah Y.2
Dr. Russ Peterson, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer, 100X Equine
Chief Veterinary Officer

47 years of Equine Medicine, in one jug.

The Veterinary Standard Behind 100X Equine

Dr. Russ Peterson, DVM, MS, DACVSMR, Cert. ISELP brings nearly five decades of equine medicine, sport horse performance, rehabilitation, nutrition, and clinical decision-making to 100X Equine.

As Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. Peterson helps guide the clinical thinking behind every 100X Equine formula, from ingredient selection to dosing strategy to how those actives are delivered inside the horse.

Amino-MAX reflects that standard: twelve amino acids, every one of them named on the panel, delivered in a proprietary liquid carrier built to keep them stable and ready for biological contact.

Board-certifiedSports Medicine & RehabilitationEquine NutritionFormulation Science
The amino acid blend

Build it. Repair it. Recover it.

Muscle is built, broken down, and rebuilt out of amino acids. Amino-MAX supplies twelve of them, essential and nonessential, in one daily ounce.

01

Build

Muscle tissue is built from protein, and protein is built from amino acids. Fed daily, the blend supports protein nutrition and the maintenance of muscle mass.

02

Repair

Equine studies link balanced lysine and threonine intake with nitrogen metabolism and whole-body protein metabolism, in exercising, growing, mature, and aged horses alike.

03

Recover

Equine work on feeding timing links a protein and amino acid supply around exercise with nitrogen balance and plasma amino acid response through recovery. Given an hour before work, competition, or hauling.

15,250 mgAmino acid blend per ounce
12Amino acids, all named
1 hrBefore work or competition

Amounts are per one-ounce pump, as listed on the current Product Facts panel. See the full panel.

Show-Safe Formula

No prohibited substances. Amino-MAX is USEF and FEI compliant, so it stays legal for horses competing under both rule sets.

90-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Feed it daily for 90 days. If you don’t see the difference, we refund you, with free shipping on every order.

Subscribe & Save

Put any protocol on auto-delivery and lock in a better price on every order. Pause, skip, swap, or change your delivery dates anytime, fully in your control.

Still deciding

Questions, answered.

Amino-MAX begins delivering amino acids within the first hour. After feeding, circulating amino acid availability rises quickly, with lysine reaching peak plasma concentration at about 60 minutes in horses.1 That is why, on work days, the second pump should be given about an hour before you ride, so the amino acids are available when your horse’s muscles need them most.

Amino-MAX delivers a 15,250 mg blend per ounce with twelve essential and nonessential amino acids in liquid form. A horse has no dedicated amino acid reserve to draw from. When his diet does not provide what the work demands, his body must obtain those amino acids from its own proteins, including skeletal muscle. Feeding before work provides an outside source instead.

The first change happens within about 60 minutes. The visible change comes next. Most owners begin seeing improved topline and muscle definition within 14 to 21 days. Muscle is rebuilt on a training clock, not overnight, and gains can continue building through 180 days of consistent feeding and work.

1Bockisch, F., Taubert, J., Coenen, M., & Vervuert, I. (2023). Protein evaluation of feedstuffs for horses. Animals, 13(16), 2624. doi.org/10.3390/ani13162624
Amino-MAX is a palatable liquid that coats the existing ration, so most horses accept it with no fuss. If yours is especially fussy, our equine nutritionists help you transition, included free with every order.
Your Amino-MAX subscription is fully flexible. Manage it anytime in your account or by SMS: pause, change delivery dates, or cancel with no fees and no phone tree.
Yes. USEF and FEI compliant. No prohibited substances, so it’s cleared for horses showing under both rule sets.
The full system

Pair Amino-MAX with another protocol.

Stack more and save up to 40% off. Adjust anytime.

Put your horse on the protocol.

Start with Amino-MAX. Lean muscle, repair, and recovery support in one pump a day, built on Dr. Peterson’s 47+ years of equine medicine.

Start with Amino-MAX

Feed it daily for 90 days. If you don’t see the difference,
we refund you.