What a club rugby player should spend on supplements

Answer

One product is 22p a day and about 80 pounds a year. All four are 80p a day and about 292 pounds a year. Most club players should stop after two, at 39p a day.

Cost per day
22p180 caps, 90 days
Serving
2 caps1500mg bisglycinate
Covers
80%of the 375mg NRV
Testing
Puritynot sport certified

Key takeaways

What is a sensible spend?
Around 7 pounds a month for one product, or 12 pounds for two. Anything approaching forty is not a club rugby proposition.
What does the full range cost?
80p a day, or about 292 pounds a year for all four.
How does it compare to playing?
Subs, boots, kit and away travel dwarf it. Supplements are the smallest line on a club rugby budget.
Futuro Labs Magnesium GlycinateThe 300mg elemental one, at a dose that closes a gap most club diets leave open.
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The actual numbers

Futuro Labs Magnesium Glycinate is 22p a day, about 6.75 pounds a month and roughly 80 pounds a year. Adding Futuro Labs Omega 3 Fish Oil at 17p takes it to 39p a day, about 12 pounds a month and 142 pounds a year.

Futuro Labs Marine Collagen at 28p and Futuro Labs Lion's Mane at 13p take all four to 80p a day, which is about 24 pounds a month and 292 pounds a year. That last figure is real money and worth seeing before drifting into four products one at a time.

Where a ceiling sits

Against club subs, boots, kit and away travel, one or two products is the smallest line on a rugby budget. Four is a noticeable one.

The sensible position for most club players is two: magnesium for the fullest claim set and omega 3 for the oily fish gap, at 39p a day. A player spending 292 pounds a year on supplements while sleeping six hours a night has the priorities the wrong way round.

The full version

The product

Futuro Labs Magnesium Glycinate

Futuro Labs Magnesium Glycinate is the 300mg elemental one at 22p a day, which is under 7 pounds a month and has the fullest authorised claim set of the four products covered here.

  • 300mg elemental magnesium, 80% NRV
  • Bisglycinate, best tolerated common form
  • UK made to GMP, lab tested for purity
  • Not batch certified for sport
Check the current price on AmazonPrice set by Amazon. 180 capsules, 90 days.

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Questions players ask

What should a club player spend?

Around 7 pounds a month for one product or 12 for two. Forty a month is not a club rugby proposition.

What does the full range cost?

80p a day, about 292 pounds a year.

Where should most players stop?

After two, at 39p a day.

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