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Legion Pre-Workout Range

A pre-workout is worth buying only if the actives are dosed where the research puts them: around 6–8 g citrulline, 3.2–6 g beta-alanine, and a caffeine dose you can see. Proprietary blends exist to hide the answer to that question.

Updated 2026-08-284 Legion products
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Pre-Workout

Legion Pulse

  • 8 g citrulline malate
  • 3.6 g beta-alanine
  • 350 mg caffeine
  • 350 mg L-theanine
  • 2.5 g betaine
  • 300 mg alpha-GPC
  • Every dose disclosed - no proprietary blend
  • 4.6/5 from 22,589 reviews
One-time purchase $49.99 — $2.50 per dose
With a subscription $37.49 — $1.87 per dose
Prices verified 29 August 2026. The subscription price is a recurring Subscribe & Save rate, not a discount on a single order.

We rated Pulse fully dosed in our own dose comparison before any commercial relationship with Legion existed. The doses are the reason, not the commission.

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Essential Amino Acids

Legion EAA

  • Full essential amino acid profile
  • Every dose disclosed
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Thermogenic Pre-Workout
  • Pre-workout with a thermogenic profile
  • Every dose disclosed
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Caffeine-Free Pre-Workout

Legion Pulse Stim-Free

  • Same actives as Pulse, zero caffeine
  • Every dose disclosed
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How to read a pre-workout label

Almost every pre-workout on the market is built from the same short list of ingredients that actually have evidence behind them. What separates one from another is whether those ingredients are present at the dose the research used, and whether the label lets you check.

Ingredient Evidence-based dose What it actually does
Citrulline malate6–8 gRaises nitric oxide; modest gains in training volume
Beta-alanine3.2–6.4 g dailyBuffers acidity in 1–4 minute efforts; needs weeks, not one scoop
Caffeine3–6 mg/kgLowers perceived effort; the strongest effect on the list
Betaine2.5 gSmall, inconsistent gains in power output
L-theanine100–400 mgSmooths the caffeine edge without blunting the benefit

Why proprietary blends are the whole problem

A proprietary blend lists its ingredients in order of weight but gives you a single total for the group. A product can advertise citrulline, beta-alanine and betaine inside a 6 g blend when the research doses for those three alone come to more than 12 g. The label is technically accurate and tells you nothing. There is no reason to hide doses that are worth paying for — brands hide them precisely when they are not.

Do the arithmetic yourself: add up the evidence-based doses from the table for everything a product claims to contain. If the total exceeds the scoop size, the product cannot contain them at those doses. That single check disqualifies most of the shelf.

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