---

Our Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner Review

 

We’re becoming more and more impressed with the Performance Lab SPORT range. While the brand seems to focus more on overall human enhancement than bodybuilding supplements, their SPORT range includes some top quality stacks. We’ve already reviewed the Performance Lab testosterone booster, and we were seriously impressed. Hopefully their fat burner will prove to be just as good. 

So what does Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner do?

What sets it apart from the competition?

 

 

As usual, the Performance Lab website gives us a lot of detail about what users can expect from using their Fat Burner:

• Enhances lipolysis (stored fat breakdown) by stimulating the fat-splitting enzyme lipase and fat-burning hormones epinephrine, norepinephrine and acetylcholine
• Supports the signaling compound cAMP, which helps optimize hormonal bioactivities related to metabolism and anabolic muscle growth
• Neutralizes muscle-damaging enzymes induced by high-intensity training, helping to preserve lean mass in fasted and non-fasted states
• Promotes thermogenesis, the process of cell energy production that increases energy expenditure for maximum calorie-burning during exercise
• Intensifies training sessions by optimizing maximal oxygen consumption and supporting physical endurance

That’s a pretty damn impressive list of effects.

It’s really refreshing to see a supplement manufacturer who is willing to go into detail about what the product actually does and how it does it! Most of the time, all we get are vague promises littered with buzzwords like “shred” and “clean burn”. 

If this fat burner can really do all of these things, then it will be one exceptional supplement. A good fat loss aid needs to target fat via multiple different pathways – increased energy, metabolism/hunger support, and increased lipolysis. According to the manufacturer, this product ticks all these boxes. 

But we can’t take the manufacturer’s word for it!

Does it really work?

How does it compare to some of the best fat burners out today?

Find out by reading our full Performance Lab Fat Burner review below. We take a much closer look at the formula than any other reviewers out there. We’ll explain the major strengths and the major flaws of this popular fat burner. We’ll talk side effects, value for money, and more. Have you used SPORT Fat Burner yourself? Did you like it? Let us know in the comments!

 

---

Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner Formula

Let’s get right into it. Here’s the formula as it is shown on the box:

 

 

That is a really nice formula. 

Simple, streamlined, and powerful. This is what we love about Performance Lab products; there’s never any fluff or waste. Everything has a purpose, and each ingredient contributes to enhanced fat loss in a different way. 

One thing that we really like is the inclusion of HMB. This stuff helps preserve muscle mass even while you train with heavy weights in a caloric deficit. It doesn’t allow you to retain 100% of the muscle of course, but it does significantly reduce muscle breakdown during intense weight training.

Obviously, this stuff is gold for anyone looking to stay jacked while they diet!

The Cayenne Chili Extract will increase caloric expenditure from baseline, putting you into a relatively deeper caloric deficit, and thus making your progress a whole lot faster.

To top it all off, we have a very good serving of Coleus Forskohlii. This stuff enhances fat loss in several different ways, which we’ll discuss in detail later. 

Overall, we’re looking at a high quality fat burner here. It’s trim, minimalist, and focused. No bloat, no bogus herbs or dangerous chemicals. In our opinion, this is easily one of the better fat burners on the market today. 

Let’s go through some of the main benefits – and main drawbacks – in more detail. 

 

Main Strengths

• Excellent serving of HMB which preserves muscle mass
• Good dose of Forskolin
• Forskolin is a multi-faceted fat burner – hits lipolysis, hormones, and hunger at the same time

If we were going to design a fat burner, there would be two main goals that we’d look to achieve – greater lipolysis and reduced muscle breakdown.

These are the exact two things that Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner focuses on!

 

 

Let’s start with the generous serving of HMB.

Each serving of Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner provides 1000mg of HMB, or ß-Hydroxy ß-Methylbutyrate. This stuff has only recently come to the attention of the bodybuilding world, so you will not find it in many supplements. But this is sure to change in the near future, and a few brands are already starting to incorporate it into their pre-workouts, fat burners, and protein shakes. 

HMB is a metabolite of leucine. Some of you may already know that leucine is often referred to as the “anabolic trigger”. When your muscle cells detect the presence of leucine in the blood, they begin protein synthesis. It is essentially an anabolic branched chain amino acid (ref). 

 By extension, this means that leucine prevents muscle breakdown, both during prolonged fasts, periods of inactivity, and intense weight training. As a metabolite of leucine, HMB has an even greater effect on muscle breakdown. Studies have shown that HMB supplementation significantly reduces muscle degradation, both during rapid weight loss (ref) and during intense weight training (ref). 

If your goal is dropping body fat while preserving as muscle mass as you can, then HMB should definitely be in your supplement regimen. The 1000mg in Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner is a major selling point!

 

 

While the HMB is helping to prevent muscle breakdown, another ingredient in Performance Lab Fat Burner gets to work ramping up fat breakdown: Coleus Forskohlii. 

Coleus Forskohlii is used in fat burners for the forskolin it contains. This is the stuff that actually has a physiological effect on humans, and coleus forskohlii is the only natural source.

Forskolin works in multiple different – but complimentary and synergistic – ways. 

The most important mechanism is the activation of protein kinase. This enzyme stimulates the enzyme lipase, which breaks down triglycerides (the stuff that makes up your stored body fat). Forskolin therefore indirectly promotes the breakdown of body fat, accelerating fat loss.

Many of you wont care about the mechanisms behind Forskolin, however. You’ll just want to know if it works or not! There have been lots of studies on Forskolin supplementation and body composition, and the results have all been extremely encouraging. 

If you read this paper, you’ll see that participants who consumed 50mg of Forskolin (from 500mg of Coleus Forskohlii) per day for 8 weeks lost significantly more body fat than those given placebo. The results and findings are worth quoting at length:

“Weight loss was statistically significant (p<0.05) after 4 and 8 weeks, and the mean amounted to 4.3 and 9.17 lbs respectively. The body fat values expressed as % body fat were: 0 weeks 33.63 ± 3.02, 4 weeks 30.10 ± 4.34 (statistically not significant or n.s.), and 8 weeks 25.88 ± 4.77 (p<0.05). The lean body mass values expressed as % lean body mass were: 0 weeks 67.07 ± 3.02, 4 weeks 69.90 ± 4.34 (n.s.), and 8 weeks 74.13 ± 4.77 (p<0.05)… This preliminary data obtained with 250 mg bid of a 10% extract of Coleus forskohlii indicate that this botanical bears promise as a safe and effective weight loss regimen. The effect of Coleus forskohlii is particularly valid in the absence of change in frequency and intensity of physical exercise and without diet restrictions during the course of the trial.” (Published 2002 in Nutraceuticals). 

The most notable thing for us here is the fact that Forskolin was able to increase fat loss without any change in diet or exercise parameters.

It is a true fat burner, directly increasing the metabolism of stored fat. Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner contains 250mg of 10% extract, which means we get 25mg of Forskolin per daily serving. That is absolutely perfect for boosting fat loss during a cut. 

 

Main Weakness – Great Product But Still Not Perfect!

• No Glucomannan
• No Green Tea Extract
• No Green Coffee Bean Extract

This is a fantastic fat burner – absolutely no doubt about that. However, it is not perfect.

There are some areas where we could significantly improve Performance Lab Fat Burner without taking anything away from its simplicity or potency. 

For example, the addition of some green tea extract would make this a much better product. 

Green tea contains a catechin called EGCG. We know that EGCG consumption dramatically increases fat loss. It does this independently of diet or exercise; like Forskolin, it seems to directly break down stored triglycerides for energy. Most good fat burners contain some green tea extract; that SPORT Fat Burner is missing any is a bit of a disappointment. 

 

 

We would also like to see some Glucomannan added in here. 

Glucomannan is without question the single best appetite control/hunger suppressing substance that we now of. It works by expanding in the stomach to make you feel fuller after meals. Forskolin has some appetite suppressing qualities (helping you avoid over-eating or snacking). However, the evidence this far does not show that it is as powerful as glucomannan. 

However, we really are just pointing out imperfections here – we could do this for any fat burner no matter the formula. 

No other fat burners have this product’s unique combination of benefits. The stacking of substances to simultaneously preserve muscle mass while accelerating fat loss may seem obvious, but we’ve never come across another fat burner which gets it right. 

Overall, the Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner formula is excellent. It isn’t perfect, but nothing is! Despite the absence of some great ingredients, this remains one of our top rated fat burners. 

 

-Visit The Website-

 

 

---

Side Effects – Is Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner Safe?

Side effects are not something most people need to be worried about here. Having looked at the formula, we think it is highly unlikely that anybody will experience any side effects at all while using Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner. 

For one thing, the ingredients used here are all natural plant extracts and amino acid metabolites. They are things which are either prevalent in the human diet, found naturally in the body, or they have been used for a very long time in traditional medicine (in the case of Coleus Forskohlii). 

More importantly, the ingredients in this fat burner have all been thoroughly tested in robust, peer-reviewed clinical trials, using human subjects. These studies never report serious adverse effects. Even mild side effects are uncommon. 

Each ingredient in Performance Lab Fat Burner has been deemed perfectly safe for regular human consumption. 

It doesn’t look like there’s much to worry about in the way of long-term risks either. 

There are no stimulants in here. That fact alone makes this product significantly safer than most fat burners on the market today. 

There are no synthetic pro-hormones, no scammy ‘carb blockers’, and no amphetamine analogues (it’s more common than you think). 

Of course, this is assuming that you don’t have any allergies or pre-existing medical conditions which makes this fat burner unsuitable for you. We’re speaking generally about the average user here. Just because something is safe for 99.9% of people does not mean it is safe for you right now. 

If you have any particular allergies or circumstances which might make a fat burner unsafe for you (e.g if you’re taking unusual medications, you’ve recently had major surgery, etc), then it is worth getting in touch with Performance Lab and asking their opinion: https://www.performancelab.com

 

---

Pricing – How Much Does Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner Cost?

One of the best things about this supplement is the price. 

Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner is probably one of the best products out there in this niche in terms of value for money. All Performance Lab products are positioned to blend value with quality, and this fat burner is no different. 

 

 

A single box of Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner  – containing 60 capsules/a 30 day supply – costs just $50. 

That works out at just over $1.60 per day. Not bad for a professional-quality fat burner!

Of course, things get much cheaper when you factor in multi-buy discounts. 

Buying 3 boxes at once costs a total of $135. That is $45 per box. 

That works out at just $1.50 per day – an absolute bargain for such a high quality sports supplement!

You will be hard pressed to find a HMB supplement that costs less than $1.50 per day; let alone one with Capsimax™ and Forslean™ added in.

The Performance Lab merchant site supports multiple currencies and different payment methods. Click here to check out the prices in your jurisdiction and see if you could save even more.

 

---

Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner Review Summary – How Good Is It Really?

There’s no two ways about it – Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner is one of the best fat loss supplements on the market right now. 

It is absolutely ideal for bodybuilders looking to ramp up fat loss while maintaining as much lean muscle mass as possible. Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner is one of the few products of its kind of stack HMB with potent fat loss aids – surprising, but nobody else seems to get this right!

Like all Performance Lab products, Fat Burner gets it right in all the key areas – low side effect risks, great value for money, top-notch ingredient quality. 

It’s the total package – something that’s hard to believe since it only contains 4 ingredients!

If you’re looking for a supplement to help you get through your next cut faster, with better results, and with less muscle wastage, this is an excellent choice. 

 

-Check Out The Website-

 

---

FAQs

 

Is Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner Vegan?

Yes, this product is vegan-friendly. The ingredients are all derived from plants, and the capsule itself is 100% plant matter (pullulan). This is made from fermented tapioca. The Performance Lab capsules are actually prebiotics themselves, meaning they help your gut bacteria thrive. 

 

How Should I Take Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner?

Each daily serving comes in two capsules. We recommend taking one in the morning with breakfast, and the other with the meal you have before training. Of course, since it is stimulant-free, you can take the first serving before training and the last serving at night. We just think first thing in the morning is best.

 

How Long Should I Use Performance Lab SPORT Fat Burner For?

Performance Lab Sport Fat Burner can be used on a regular basis. In order to get the best results, it should be taken daily for at least 5 weeks. But like all fat burners, this product is not supposed to be taken for extended periods of time. This is for several reasons: you shouldn’t be consistently trying to lose fat for prolonged periods; you shouldn’t require a fat burner to lose weight steadily over long periods; you will build up a tolerance. 

In order to avoid developing a tolerance to Performance Lab Sport Fat Burner, we recommend taking a week-long break every 6 weeks. Use it for a maximum of 3 cycles before taking a prolonged break.