“Knowing that our hard work is paying off fills me with happiness, satisfaction, pride and humility. I am proud to know that our FitLine products are improving peoples’ lives and helping support so many successful careers of top athletes worldwide.”

Health and performance are two key pillars of living a happy and fulfilled life. Performance is key, especially for athletes. This means being able to access the performance you need at the right moment, as well as to recover quickly. Two keyways to influence the careers of top athletes is to protect their bodies and give them all the vital nutrients and minerals they need.

These athletes compete under a strict regimen of anti- doping regulations - failing to observe these regulations could end their sports careers in an instant.In short: food is fuel for our bodies. But how can competitive athletes safely and reliably meet their needs for vital nutrients and minerals? That kind of nutrition takes a lot of time (time that takes away from their training). It also takes extensive knowledge about the human body and the latest research.

This can be an almost impossible challenge, even for highly paid top athletes with a good support team. Our solution is called FitLine. With our FitLine products, we have developed a solution for fulfilling athletes’ nutritional needs, offering best results, maximum safety and the highest quality.

Our products are built on the foundation of the latest scientific findings, backed by a team of experts that is the only one of its kind in the world. We offer one hundred percent security our athletes can trust - and we have done so for over 20 years.

This PM-International sports catalogue is unique. I don’t know of any other company in the world with such a large portfolio of athletes who are fans of their products and willing to publicly endorse them in this way. And we are only able to include a fraction of all of our FitLine athletes in this catalogue. I am proud to offer you this newest edition of the PM-International sports catalogue. For our athletes, it serves as confirmation that they have the right, reliable partner on their team. For our distribution partners, it is motivation and a tool for inspiring even more athletes and sports fans to try our products.

"I want to wish all of our FitLine athletes a successful 2021!"

Rolf Sorg

Founder and CEOof PM-International AG

“Well over 1,000 top athletes from more than 60 disciplines and 30 nations trust in FitLine nutritional supplements and FitLine is the official supplier of numerous sports associations and national teams. Within the framework of a unique sports marketing concept, there are cooperation’s with the German, Austrian, Polish and Canadian Ski Associations (DSV, ÖSV, PZN, ACA), the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB), the Federation of German Cyclists (BDR), the German Athletics Association (DLV), the Olympic base Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (OSP), the Swiss Sliding Association (including bobsleigh), the Swiss and Luxembourg Handball Federations (SHV, FLH) and the FLBB - Luxembourg Basketball Federation, among others.”

OPTIMIZED  ATHLETIC NUTRITION

A KEY SUCCESS FACTOR !

The FitLine Optimal-Set,

“An international team of experts from multiple fields – physicians, nutritional scientists, biologists, biochemists, physiologists, and others are part of the scientific board that developed our unique nutrient transport concept. We have been developing the NTC® for 20 years, continuing to optimise it over the years”.

Dr. Tobias Kühne Scientific Director

More safety through tested products

All the FitLine nutritional supplement products are on the Cologne List®.That list publishes products that have been tested by one of the World’s leading laboratories for analysing nutritional supplements for doping substances. The Cologne List® provides athletes and companies an independent service platform for publishing information in a transparent way, increasing security for both sides.

Further information is available at: www.koelnerliste.com

Many top athletes who use FitLine emphasise the importance of the Cologne List® and highlight it as one reason they choose FitLine products.Tested, effective nutritional supplements for top performance with FitLine!

Product Quality

The manufacture of the FitLine products is subjected to the strictest international quality and purity controls, as well as to the greatest possible transparency.

‘GMP’ - Good Manufacturing Practice

There are directives for the ensuring of quality control of the manufacturing processes and environment, for example for the manufacture of medication and effective ingredient substances. The raw materials (and each raw material batch), as well as the finished products, are subjected to microbiological, chemical, organoleptic and physical controls, to ensure the best possible purity and security for the consumer. A durable shelf life and the creation of reference and retention samples are of course taken into consideration. The traceability of the products is ensured for at least three months beyond the expiry date.

Research and development

PM-International has been collaborating for a long time in research and development with several universities and institutions, such as the Frauenhofer Institute in Europe. Since 2016, a strategic collaboration exists with ‘LIST’ – Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, in order to push ahead considerably with research and development work, with the aim of developing innovative organic-based nutritional supplements for health, wellness and beauty product lines. The Scientific Advisory Board of experienced experts from various disciplines, a variety

of research and development areas, beginning with the recipes, right through to production. The research and development of innovative product concepts and theonward development of the exclusive NTC® – Nutrition Transport Concept are of course of primary importance.

DIN ISO 9001

There also exists a quality control management standard, of which customers can be convinced when inspecting the premises of the suppliers. Thus, a transparent quality control system is ensured in this case.

PM-International has ascertained, through its many contacts throughout the world of top-performance sport, that there exists ambiguity over the active ingredient substance of ‘caf- feine’, in regard to anti- doping aspects. The ‘WADA’ – World Anti- Doping Agency passed a resolution in September 2003 to the effect that caffeine is no longer on the list of forbidden substances, as of 01 April 2004. The ‘WADA’ decision has been legally recognised as binding in 193 countries by signing the ‘Copenhagen Declaration’.

Why do the FitLine products: PowerCocktail, Activize Oxyplus, Sensitive and Activize® Power Drink, contain ‘caffeine’?

The forementioned FitLine products contain natural caffeine physiologically bound to the tannins in Guarana, which is very well tolerable, because it stimulates lipometabolism and maintains the glycogen muscle reserves against repletion where intensive sporting activities are pursued. The bound form of the substance thus reduces any maximum increase of caffeine concentration, in contrast to free caffeine found in black tea, coffee and other soft- drink beverages.

Caffeine content concentration per drink  (information purposes only)  

Coffee 60-150 mg per cup

Tee  40-75 mg per cup

Chocolate  20-30 mg per 100 g

Cola beverages  150 mg per litre 

RB Energy Drink Austria 532 mg per litre

RB Energy Drink Germany 320 mg per litre

Activize Oxyplus  30 mg per daily ration 

Fitness-Drink 0 mg per daily ration 

PowerCocktail 30 mg per daily ration

Anti-Doping Controls

In 2020, as in previous years, over 1,000 anti-doping inspections were conducted on the elite sportspeople who regularly take the FitLine products. In none of these athletes were positive findings ascertained as a result of the use of FitLine products.

Greater safety as a result of tested products

All the FitLine nutritional supplement products are on the ‘Cologne List®’. That list publishes products that have been tested by one of the World‘s leading laboratories for analyzing nutritional supplements for doping substances. More information can be found under: www.koelnerliste.com

In national and international sporting activities and events, the competitive intensity and the performance levels are constantly on the increase. When sportspeople seek to become elite athletes, they need to address as far as possible even greater and more extreme demands. As soon as they succeed in approximating more and more to the level of factors such as talent, training intensity and competitive performance, they find that other factors govern wins and defeats, such as the nutrition situation and recuperative and regenerative capabilities.

Optimal nutritional supply as key factor

For many elite sportspeople and their coaches, an enhanced nutrition has proved to be the key factor for performance capacity:

• A greater performance level
• Greater competitive creativity
• Greater performance will
• Improved immune system
• Greater fortification against stresses and strains
• Greater recuperative and regenerative capabilities

• Significantly greater resilience

  The sportspeople or the officials of their clubs, associations or federations should ask themselves: what about seeking to improve the chances for sporting successes by way of an optimised nutrition with high-grade vital substances?

  The persistent intake of FitLine products can achieve a supplementary increase in performance of some 2-5 %*, even in cases of the best-coached professional athletes.

  *Iinternal survey of athletes, teams, coaches, physiotherapists and service personnel.

Capital investment in the sporting successes of the athletes

Professional athletes are dependent for their income on prizes or the contributions of sponsors to finance their expenditure. Financial success is thus only accompanied by sporting success. The FitLine product range is a success- promising capital investment for personal success, from a sporting as well as from an economic perspective.

A capital investment of € 100 to € 200 will assist in best supporting a maximum of performance capacity, to achieve greater and more sporting successes, and thus secure an economic existence in the long term. At the same time, the athlete protects his or her own body, and thus gains significantly greater quality of life.

This involves also a capital investment in the economic success of a club, team, association or federation

For the officials responsible for athletes, teams, clubs, associations or federations, entrepreneurial thinking and acting should be essential. In the end, the team has to display sporting successes in order to be marketed as the best possible, and therefore to be able to post the necessarily required income to the accounts.

A point of approach here is presented by the FitLine product range. With a capital investment volume of some € 100 to € 200 per athlete  per month, the overall economic results can be significantly improved in the short and long term, independent of the type of sport pursued and the interest of the media. Even on the basis of an increase in performance of only 2 %, the first positive improvement in results will become noticeable within a short time, with which a ‘plus’ in income will be generated. Such a return on investment can then be reinvested in training possibilities, the acquisition of new sponsors or the furtherance of trainees and junior staff.

An optimized nutrient supply and cultivated intestinal flora are important for more energy and performance. A stable immune system offers protection against challenges in sports, at work and in everyday life. The new PowerCocktail is a 2-in-1 solution: it provides energy and concentration and simultaneously supports the normal function of the immune system.

Kalvis Kalnins European Champion - Karate (Latvia)

Zellschutz Antioxy*

microSolve+ Q10 Plus

Coenzyme Q10 and vitamin E in its fluid form, the preparation serves an improved systematic bioavailability:

• NTC® supports optimum nutrient intake
  
• Vitamin E contributes to protect the cells from oxydative stress
  

microSolve+ Omega 3 

Multi-processed essential unsaturated fatty acids have the effect of being ‘fitness makers’ for the brain and the circulatory system, and for a normal brain function*

• NTC® supports optimum nutrient intake
  
• *Contains DHA, which contribute to a normal brain function, from just 250mg
  
• Vegan: first 100% plant-based Omega 3 from sustainable source, fishy taste free (with high EPA and DHA content)
  

microSolve+ Heart Duo

Omega 3 in conjunction with vitamin E and microSolve-Q10 contribute in stabilising the functions of the brain* and the heart**

• *Just 250mg of DHA / day help maintain normal brain function
  
• **Just 250mg of EPA and DHA / day help maintain normal cardiac function
• Now available in a vegan option with no fishy taste

Munogen

An exclusive, comprehensive combination of several natural ingredients with synergetic effects. To take also before intensive training sessions.

• Reduce fatigue (endurance sports, weight training, physical activity)
  
• With natural, high-quality green apple, grape and red spinach extracts, com bined with highly pure L-Arginin and L-Citrullin
  

• *Vitamin B6, B12 and folic acid contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue

Gelenk-Fit

FitLine Joint-Health with glucosamin, chondroitin and vitamin C, which contributes to a normal collagen formation, thus enabling a normal function of the bones and cartilages.

• NTC® supports optimum nutrient intake
  
• Zinc contributes to the maintenance of normal bone tissue
  
• Copper contributes in maintain normal connective tissue.
  
• It can also be combined with FitLine Restorate.

ProShape® Amino

Protein Max

Whey

• For muscle building – proteins help increase and maintain muscle mass
• High-quality protein with a balanced amino acid profile
• Low fat, highly soluble in any (cold) drink, without added sugar

ProShape All-in-1

ProShape 2 go

Mornings (the basic dosage)

Midday (the basic dosage)

N.B.: These are only recommendations, which have proved themselves excellent with many elite athletes in practise. But essentially such recommendations should be tried out in training and adjusted to suit personal requirements. The recommendations can of course vary depending on the loading intensity, bodyweight and age, as well as according to the type of sport.

Increased fat burning

When you start playing sports, you need your body to deliver energyright away. Carbohydrates you eat or carbohydrates stored in your body provide the quickest energy availability. Only after consuming its carbohydrates does your body mobilise its fat reserves, which it needs for longer- term endurance activities. Burning fat serves as a primary source of energy, since fat stores much more energy than carbohydrates. The advantage of maximizing fat burning is that you have more energy for athletic activities for a longer period of time. One way to encourage fat burning is intensive endurance training, although this training should not be too strenuous.

Increasing your lactate threshold

The lactate threshold is an indicator of an athlete’s endurance level. Up to this threshold, lactate is produced and broken down in equal amounts. It is difficult to train for very long above this threshold, as muscles “over acidify”. If a person has a high lactate threshold, they will be able to run marathons faster, for instance. The only way to increase your threshold is through slow and targeted increases in training capacity.

Increase performance with FitLine Munogen and Activize

A user study of FitLine Munogen and FitLine Activize Oxyplus has clearly demonstratedthe key role nutrition plays as a compliment to the right training regimen. 14 endurance cyclists took Munogen 30 min before training and Activize in the morning and before training, over a period of 4 weeks. The athletes were good or very good recreational athletes, primarily male and between 40 and 55 years of age.

The results: On average, participants saw a 24 percent improvement in maximum fat burning and an average lactate threshold increase of 7.2 percent. This means that the period during which their bodies were delivering energy from fat was extended, allowing them to maintain a higher level of performance for longer.

Conclusion: The right nutrients can be used to support and improve targeted energy delivery. FitLine Munogen and Activize Oxyplus deliver significant results.

“HEALTH BUTTONS”: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON OUR FITLINE PRODUCTS

The buttons show you at a glance whether a FitLine product is gluten-free or vegan, lactose-free or suitable for better concentration. The table allows you to check quickly which feature applies to which product.