Performance Essentials
7 products
The short version
Building the training-day toolkit
Match the product to the moment — that is the entire logic of this collection. A training day has four moments: the stretch before a session, the session itself, the window right after, and the plain days in between. Every product here exists to do one clear job in one of those slots, and the anchor lives in the least glamorous slot of all. Creatine monohydrate is the best-evidenced supplement in sports nutrition — decades of research keep arriving at the same steady conclusion about supporting exercise performance — and it earns that standing as a daily habit on the in-between days, not as a pre-workout ritual.
The anchor comes in two versions. Creatine Monohydrate is the plain one: 5 g per scoop, a single ingredient, unflavored, fifty servings to the tub, built to disappear into whatever you already drink. Creatine Hydration Powder carries the same 5 g of creatine monohydrate alongside 1,000 mg of sodium from sea salt plus potassium and magnesium — one scoop doing two jobs, for people whose sessions leave a salt line on their shirt. Around the session itself, Nitric Oxide is the before piece, a two-capsule serving led by 400 mg of L-citrulline DL-malate to support healthy blood flow, and BCAA Post Workout Powder is the after piece — 4 g of BCAAs in the 2:1:1 ratio plus a full gram of L-glutamine in a light honeydew-watermelon scoop.
Running the toolkit is simpler than assembling it. Creatine goes in daily, rest days included — consistency is the whole trick — while the session pieces keep to their own label timing, and Hydration Powder earns a place any day you sweat, pairing caffeine-free electrolytes with a B-vitamin complex. Judge the routine in weeks, not workouts, and put the anchor on Subscribe & Save — 10% off, with skip, pause and cancel in your account — because a habit product you run out of is no habit at all. This collection is also deliberately half of the training picture: the other half is real meals and the recovery staples in the protein collection. Whichever pieces you choose, the full supplement facts panel sits on each product page — the whole label, before you buy is the standard everything here had to clear.
Read first
Guides for Performance Essentials
Start with the anchor: creatine explained for beginners settles dose, timing, loading and the myths in one short read, and makes the rest of this page much easier to shop.
What to Take After a Workout: A Simple Recovery Routine
What to take after a workout, in order: fluids and electrolytes first, then protein, then daily staples like creatine. A simple, honest recovery routine.
Electrolytes 101: When You Need Them
What electrolytes actually do, when plain water is enough, and when a mix earns its place — plus how to choose between our two hydration powders.
Best Hydration Powder: An Honest Guide to Choosing One
What a hydration powder actually does, the electrolyte amounts that matter, when water alone is enough — and how to pick a mix you will actually drink.
L-Glutamine for Gut Health: A Complete Guide
What L-glutamine for gut health really means: how it fuels the gut lining, what research suggests, how much to take, and powder vs capsules.
Building a Simple Daily Supplement Routine
A calm, practical guide to building a daily supplement routine that fits your real life — and actually sticks past the first week.
The rest of the routine — sleep, gut, focus and the everyday base — has its own explainers in the complete guide library.
Before you buy
Performance Essentials questions, answered
- Do I need to do a loading phase with creatine?
- No. Loading is a shortcut, not a requirement — a consistent daily scoop reaches the same destination on a slower clock, and the beginner's guide above walks through both routes. Follow the directions on the Creatine Monohydrate label rather than improvising, and talk to your healthcare provider before use if you take medication or have a medical condition.
- Is creatine with electrolytes better than plain creatine monohydrate?
- Neither is better — the creatine is identical at 5 g per serving in both. Creatine Hydration Powder folds sea-salt sodium, potassium and magnesium into the same scoop so the hydration job rides along, while the plain tub stays unflavored and single-ingredient for people who mix it into something else. Both full supplement facts panels are published on their product pages, so you can compare them line by line.
- What is the difference between nitric oxide supplements and L-citrulline?
- Usually less than the labels suggest: most nitric-oxide products are citrulline and arginine under another name, because those are the amino acids the body draws on for its own nitric-oxide production. Ours is exactly that — Nitric Oxide is a citrulline-and-arginine capsule to support healthy circulation, closely related to the stack featured above. The complete panel for each is on its product page, so read both before choosing; the overlap is real and we would rather you see it than discover it.
- Is L-glutamine good for muscle recovery?
- Glutamine is a training-room veteran — an amino acid long used to support muscle recovery that also pulls double duty in gut routines, which is why the guide above covers that half of its story. L-Glutamine keeps the format honest: a single-ingredient powder at 3.15 g per scoop, thirty servings to the tub. Follow the label directions, and check with your healthcare provider first if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Shop by goal
The rest of the range
A training block is carried by everything around it: protein to rebuild, sleep to adapt, a base layer underneath. The other goals we formulate for, one page each:
- ProteinWhey and plant protein with the grams printed up front.the Protein collection7 products
- Energy SupportDaily energy from cordyceps, shilajit, matcha and beetroot — no jitters.the Energy Support collection4 products
- Nootropics & FocusFocus support from lion’s mane to calm-focus strips.the Nootropics & Focus collection5 products
- NAD+ & LongevityNAD+, NMN and berberine for cellular-energy support.the NAD+ & Longevity collection4 products
- MushroomsFunctional mushrooms, one job each — plus the 10-X complex.the Mushrooms collection5 products
- AdaptogensSlow-building herbs for everyday stress support.the Adaptogens collection3 products
- Sleep & Stress ReliefThe evening shelf: magnesium, melatonin strips and gentle blends.the Sleep & Stress Relief collection6 products
- Weight SupportStimulant-free support alongside the real work.the Weight Support collection4 products
- Greens & SuperfoodsPlant density in a scoop — greens, reds, sea moss and beetroot.the Greens & Superfoods collection6 products
- Gut Health & DigestionProbiotic support, fiber and glutamine for daily digestion.the Gut Health & Digestion collection4 products
- Immune SupportMushrooms, sea moss and multivitamin basics for everyday defenses.the Immune Support collection5 products
- Hair, Skin & NailsBiotin, zinc and a peptide serum — glow from the inside.the Hair, Skin & Nails collection3 products
- Targeted SupportOne clearly-labeled product per job.the Targeted Support shelf5 products
Prefer to see everything at once? Browse all 52 Betterly supplements and filter by format, price or dietary preference.
Ordering
Shipping, returns and support
Most of this collection ships as tubs, and tubs travel at weight-based USPS rates charged at cost. The practical details before you build a cart:
- How we price shipping and how long it takes
Weight-based USPS rates, charged at cost with no markup — powders weigh more than capsules, so they cost a little more to send. Most orders arrive in about 4–9 business days. Lower 48 only.
- How refunds and replacements work
Damaged, wrong, or never arrived? Tell us within 30 days for a refund or replacement — nothing to ship back.
- Ordering, subscription and ingredient FAQs
Subscribe & Save, the roughly 4% handling fee, ingredients and label questions — all in one place.
- Check an order with your reference and email
Your order reference and the email you ordered with is all it takes. No account needed.
- Ask us before you order
Ingredient questions and order changes go straight to our support team.