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/ani13162624Lean muscle. Faster recovery.
One pump a day.
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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.
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Same mare, 30 days apart. One pump a day.
Shot on the first day of the protocol and again on day 30. One pump of Amino-MAX a day in between.
Day 1. The day the protocol started.
Day 30. Same mare, 30 days of daily feeding.
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.
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.
Already in solution. The amino acids arrive in the form muscle can actually use, with no dispersion step in between.
High molecular weight, pre-hydrated. No breakdown step to lose it in, which matters for a molecule this large.
It’s not marketing. Liquid delivery has been the standard in human medicine for decades. Amino-MAX brings it to the barn.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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- 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
- 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
- 4National Research Council. (2007). Nutrient Requirements of Horses, 6th Revised Edition. National Academies Press. doi.org/10.17226/11653
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amounts are per one-ounce pump, as listed on the current Product Facts panel. See the full panel.
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No prohibited substances. Amino-MAX is USEF and FEI compliant, so it stays legal for horses competing under both rule sets.
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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/ani13162624Pair Amino-MAX with another protocol.
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