The Best of the Boost – Test Boosters for Muscle Building

Last modified: 27th April 2019

Top Test Boosters Guide

Welcome to our ‘best test boosters’ for the muscle building category.

We’ve pulled together lots of useful information from around the site to give you a one-stop article on buying test boosters. What to look for, what to look out for. Including the products we currently rate as the best of breed.

Rating System Summary

How do we evaluate the products we review? We look at a number of aspects, it’s not just what’s in it (or what’s not).

The following are the areas we look at;

• Formula/Ingredients
• Price
• Availability
• Reputation / Trustworthiness
• Where it’s made
• What others are saying about it
• The Company behind the product

We’ve toiled for you for years, reviewing literally hundreds of products. Boy has there been some garbage … but there have also been some diamonds. You don’t have to dig for those diamonds, we’ve summarized them here for you.

Our top 3 are shown below, with shortened versions of the full reviews (the links to the full reviews are there too).

Summary of Scores – Top 3 Muscle Boosters

Hunter Test

TestoFuel

Testogen

Our Top 3 Test Boosters – 2019

Find out who are currently in the top three podium positions…

#1 Hunter Test

Hunter Test has been aimed squarely at the professional men who want the very best … and are prepared to dig deep for it.

Make no mistake – this product is at the top of the test boosting pyramid and that’s reflected in the price. It’s a high dose, no messing product with a heavy (6 pills a day) regime. But it’s turned into the blockbuster muscle building test booster of 2019 for good reason. This is the product bought by the guys that really want to invest in themselves.

It has a very strong formula using modern well researched ingredients in effective dosages. Would we use this all the time as a lifestyle product? No. Would we recommend it as a 3 month program to kickstart a serious testosterone revival in guys that like to hit the gym? Absolutely!!

HUNTER TEST – POSITIVES & NEGATIVES

HUNTER TEST VERDICT

GOLD MEDAL – Time to stop being the hunted, and start being The Hunter.

A very strong formula, and free nutrition and workout guide on the 4 box deal make it the muscle building test booster to beat.

#2 TestoFuel

It’s been around for 7 years and it’s formula has evolved as new research has emerged. Coca Cola is to colas as TestoFuel is to t-boosters.

You can’t go far when Googling test boosters without bumping into TestoFuel. It is predominantly used by younger guys who are trying to get more out of their gym sessions.

It has been well researched and formulated, and the company has an excellent reputation. Tons of genuine testimonials from it’s army of devoted fans, the ingredients list is fully disclosed and justified.

TESTOFUEL – POSITIVES & NEGATIVES

TESTOFUEL VERDICT

SILVER MEDAL – ‘Quality’ is the word to sum up TestoFuel. There is a wealth of up to date research backing up each individual all-natural component.

Unlike many manufacturers, they have not tried to cram in as many ingredients as humanly possible in tiny doses so that the ingredients label is impressive. They have picked the right blend for their market, and ensured that the doses are sufficiently high for it to actually work.

#3 Testogen

Testogen was originally launched with a formula which had more holes than a swiss cheese. It took a full-scale mauling on this site and was ranked badly. It’s fair to say we weren’t impressed.

What an incredible turnaround since then. Not only has the formula been completely overhauled, but so has the service, the shipping options, and the goodies on offer when you make a purchase. All it took was for the company owners to change hands.

TESTOGEN – POSITIVES & NEGATIVES

TESTOGEN VERDICT

BRONZE MEDAL – It’s a tough call for Testogen but we’ve placed them in the bronze medal position.

You can’t turn your nose up at free shipping on every order (regardless of size). Ultimately although the formula is very good the dosages lets it down, and we wish the user testimonials were as convincing as the silver medal winner.

Buyer’s Guide to Test Boosters

Supplement Industry Scams to Be Aware Of

Even guys that have used supplements for years are unaware of aspects of the industry.

We’ve put together a short buyer’s guide to help you navigate the choppy waters.

Where is it made?

A question that a worrying number of buyers fail to ask. The manufacturers that are doing it right will not be shy about telling you so – look out for mentions of cGMP facilities.

cGMP is an abbreviation for ‘current good manufacturing practice’. It applies to pharmaceutical and food manufacturing plants in the US, UK and EU. The facility will have to have proven that it can deliver supplements which;

• Are consistently high quality, and use the best raw ingredients
• Ensure safety and accuracy by using the modern manufacturing methodology
• Be appropriate for their intended use
• Guarantee the ingredients and specification on the packaging

The facilities are inspected to make sure they comply.

Without this you are risking your health and money. At best products may be inconsistent, with dosages varying between capsule or batches. At worst they could be contaminated, or contain off-label ingredients. The mainstream media is full of tragic incidents where this has been the case – Look for cGMP!

Proprietary Blends

On this site we don’t hide our dislike of proprietary blends.

Many companies (sadly) use these, often the US based ones manufacturing solely in the US. The ‘proprietary blend’ is an FDA conceived loophole to prevent the manufacturers actually telling you what is in the product. The are allowed to give the ingredient list … but don’t have to give the dosages.

So you therefore have no idea what you are taking.

They take a number of the ingredients and wrap them up in some fancy sounding quasi-futuristic package – “Hydro-release Muscle Response Matrix”™, “Estro-control Free Test Synergy System”™.

They are a nonsense. The manufacturer only has to include the total weight, so they can include the expensive ingredients in tiny trace dosages and use the cheap filler ingredients to make up the rest.

There is nothing fancy, scientific or advanced about them – it is pure marketing. Avoid.

Free Trials

This is a classic supplement industry scam. We quite often get confused readers writing to us (accidentally thinking because we’ve written a review of the product that we are in charge of selling it).

Here is a typical message we got as a comment on one of the products;

Of course, we can’t do anything for them. They have been scammed.

Here’s another. It was left on our Facebook page but a reader who had been caught out. This is the type of small print they want you to miss;

Ouch!!

The Free Trial will ask for your bank details for ‘verification purposes’. In the extensive (and cleverly worded) small print you will find that you are actually signing a contract for a subscription of these pills.

You will find it extremely hard to cancel it. Think you can just call your credit card company and issue a chargeback? Think again, that clever small print gets them out of that too. You will end up paying very dearly for your Free Trial.

Note that if you want to know more we’ve gone into this in detail in the article Silence of the Scams

cGMP – Why is it important?

As this is just a short buyer’s guide we’ve not gone into the full details here, we have a more in-depth article on cGMP on it’s way.

In summary though, cGMP stands for Current Good Manufacturing Practice, it refers to the standards in place at various agencies throughout the world on the manufacture of food and pharmaceutical products.

So in the USA this falls under the remit of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) but in other countries it would be in the jurisdiction of the following agencies;

• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency – The UK
• Health Canada – Canada
• Therapeutic Goods Administration – Australia
• Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé – France

In short – It is something you should always look for in relation to a supplement.

It is your reassurance that the products have been made in a properly regulated and controlled, professional facility. That the ingredients have been properly sourced, handled and stored. That the manufacturing process and facilities, are clean, organized and fit for purpose. That the batch of product you are swallowing has been properly tested.

This is so important. Don’t think some of the products you see online have not been homemade, mixed together in somebody’s garage and then stored in their spare bedroom while they sell them on eBay, Amazon etc.

It’s not difficult to do, the ingredients are officially classed as food stuffs so you don’t require any kind of license to purchase them in any of the above named countries. Bottles can be bought cheaply, packaging printed and applied.

Beware, whenever there is money to be made, crooks will be attracted. Stay safe out there people.

Test Boosting Questions Answered

1. Do these need to be cycled?

It depends, but in the main – No. There’s a good reason why many test boosting manufacturers claim their product needs to be cycled. And it’s not for health reasons, it’s driven by the marketing department.

They like to infer that, by saying their product needs to be cycled, you will assume it is as powerful and effective as steroids or prohormones.

Of course it isn’t. Natural testosterone boosters work by;

• Stimulating your body to produce more of it’s own testosterone.
• Limiting the production and effects of estrogen
• Enabling more test to be available as ‘free’ testosterone

Sure, there are often many other beneficial effects from these ingredients. And many products add other ingredients depending on their targeted aims (ie fat burning or nootropic ingredients).

But let’s get one thing very VERY clear here. They will not be as powerful or as effective as injecting synthetic testosterone directly into your body.

Thankfully though, natural test boosters are much cheaper, much safer and do not have the same terrible side effects.

However, there are some supplements that should be cycled. Bad ones. If the manufacturer has created a poor formula which contains ingredients in dosages large enough to cause side effects then we wouldn’t recommend taking that long term.

We wouldn’t recommend taking it at all of course.

For example, we did a review recently which contained a very high level of vitamin B6. In this instance you would do well to cycle the booster because prolonged continuous exposure to the levels in the formula could lead to neurological impairment (Dalton and Dalton (1987)).

2. Can I stack test boosters with creatine and protein?

Yes. In a word.

Creatine in particular is a very common stack addition for lifters buying test boosting supplements. It’s perfectly safe using the two in combination if you are wanting to build mass.

If you are looking to boost test and cut fat you might want to augment your test booster with fish oil tablets.

In a nutshell : the only thing you should avoid stacking with a test booster is another test booster or ZMA. There is likely to be an overlap on the ingredients, which may mean that you are taking more than your tolerance and therefore side effects may ensue.

But this will not be the case for creatine or protein, it is safe to stack them with a safe test booster

3. I suffer from XXX – is it safe to take a test boosting supplement?

Another popular one we get a lot. Reader is researching a supplement and asks us if it’s safe to take it when they are suffering from some obscure medical condition.

Guys – this doesn’t just apply to our website, this applies anywhere on the internet. Consult your doctor. Doesn’t matter how experienced or knowledgeable that guy you are chatting to on that body building forum sounds. He is a guy on a forum. He might be 14. He might be a dog.

OK, admittedly … you can’t say for certain he isn’t a doctor. He may well have spent 7 years in med school (hmmmm). What he definitely doesn’t have is access to your medical records. He cannot know the full extent of your medical history. Your doctor does. Ask them.