Supercharge your sessions: The best pre-workouts 2024

If you're after something that will give you a serious surge of energy, look no further than All Black Everything, or ABE for short. Turn to the back of its all-black packaging, and you'll find it has pretty much everything you can think of for smashing your gym sessions. There's citrulline, creatine as well as beta-alanine and each serving packs a massive 200mg of caffeine. In practice, it's one of the most powerful pre-workouts we've used and we'd recommend starting off on a half dose to begin with. It's not too expensive and also comes in a range of surprisingly drinkable flavours, from Gin and Tonic to Sour Gummy Bear.

Myprotein Impact Pre-Workout energizes your training sessions with a powerful blend of scientifically backed ingredients. Packed with caffeine, beta-alanine, and essential vitamins, it sharpens focus, boosts energy levels, and ups endurance.

This formula is designed to help you achieve peak performance and tackle even the most intense workouts with vigor. Get ready to make an impact.

Unleash ferocious strength and relentless endurance with Warrior Rage Pre-Workout Powder. Here is a potent formula combining high-powered stimulants like caffeine and beta-alanine with essential nutrients to enhance focus, increase energy, and maximise recovery. Perfect for athletes looking to push their limits, Warrior Rage comes in delicious flavours, ensuring your path to peak performance is as enjoyable as it is optimal.

In some ways, BSN's NO Xplode started the whole pre-workout thing off, so it's fitting it remains one of the best supplements you can buy. Now featuring everything from amino acids, beta-alanine, vitamin C and zinc, NO Xplode still contains a solid 200mg of caffeine in every serving. It's a little more expensive than some other supplements on this list, but you're paying for a more active ingredients than other brands as well as the quality you'd expect from BSN. The only catch? We've only seen it in three flavours; Red Rush, Green Burst or Strawberry, and they could taste a little better.

NXT TNT Pre-Workout Drinks supercharge your workouts with explosive energy and enhanced focus. Made to fuel athletes, these scientifically formulated shots deliver a blend of caffeine, beta-alanine, and amino acids, boosting endurance and performance. With zero sugar and refreshing flavours, they’re the perfect pre-training boost to maximise every set and every rep. There's even 10g protein per shot, which is practically unheard of for pre-workout.

Optimum Nutrition is another tried and tested brand when it comes to supplements, so it's no wonder its Gold Standard pre-workout is one of the best. It's pretty cheap and packs in a strong range of ingredients for a decent amount of focus. Its 175mg of caffeine per serving isn't as high as some others on this list but it also adds creatine monohydrate, beta-alanine, and vitamin B complex to support your body during a workout. In practice, it doesn't offer the same rush as other products, but it'll certainly help you perform better than without. And sometimes, milder is better.

Raze Zero-Caff Pre-Workout offers a powerful boost without caffeine, perfect for those sensitive to stimulants. This innovative formula features nine heavily researched ingredients, including essential amino acids, beta-alanine, and creatine, to enhance endurance, increase strength, and improve focus. Enjoy sustained energy and peak performance with each sugar-free serving, available in two delicious flavours. Maximise your workout naturally with Raze Zero-Caff, the smarter way to train.

Not actually a pre-workout as such, Grenade's Thermo Detonator 100 is classed as a weight management product, but it also works well as a pre-workout too. It's technically designed to help you burn fat, but the ingredients mean it'll give you a boost at the gym. Slightly more natural than some of the other solutions on this list, Grenade's capsules contain green tea, orange powder, cayenne pepper and green coffee, as well as 175mg of caffeine in total. If you want something cleaner and a little more subtle and also have a focus on burning fat, Grenade's Thermo Detonator is one to check out.

Although not as popular as some of the other brands on this list, Cellucor's C4 pre-workout is a go-to supplement for many. The ingredients list is up there with the best; you'll find 200mg green coffee beans, 50mg of cayenne and 1500mg of micronized creatine. The only catch? Just 150mg of caffeine per serving, which is around 50mg less than some of the highest here. Still, it's hardly noticeable during a workout. Strangely, we found C4's original pre-workout one of the best focusing, second only to the equally matched BSN NO Xplode and Applied Nutrition ABE.

Energize with Myprotein Pure Caffeine Tablets, the quick and convenient way to enhance alertness and improve concentration. Each tablet delivers a potent 200mg dose of caffeine, equivalent to roughly two cups of coffee, providing the boost needed to power through workouts or other physically demanding tasks. Perfect for on-the-go support, these tablets help you stay sharp and focused anytime and anywhere.