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Built for Big Carb Days: One Capsule With Every Carb Meal

Serious lifters eat big carbs around training, and they plan every one of those plates. Matador is the stim-free capsule that goes with them: one with the meal before you train, one with the meal after.

By the Project AD Formulation Team Updated October 2026 4 min read
A muscular man in a sweaty training tank eats a post-workout plate of rice, chicken and sweet potato at a kitchen bar, a Matador bottle and one capsule beside his plate.

Some days are built around rice, oats and potatoes. The meal before training, the meal after it, sometimes one more on top. Train like an IFBB pro and you eat like one: plates planned, weighed and on time.

Matador was built to sit next to those plates. One capsule with each carb meal, straight from the label. No stimulants. It comes from the Elite line of a brand that started out formulating for pro bodybuilders, and it holds 4.9 stars from 24 verified reviews.

See what 24 verified reviewers sayFrom $0.61 a capsule. 4.9 stars from 24 verified reviews.
The day

One big carb training day, start to finish

7:30
Breakfast. Oats, eggs, fruit. The day is planned around one session, so the big plates come later.
3:30
Pre-training meal, capsule one. Rice, chicken, a real plate of carbs, and one Matador capsule with it.
5:00
The session. The hour the whole day was built around. This is what the carbs were for.
6:45
Post-training meal, capsule two. The biggest plate of the day, with the second capsule, per the label.
10:30
Lights out. Nothing in the formula is a stimulant, so the late meal and its capsule come with no cutoff time.

Two capsules, two carb meals, both tied to training. That is the whole protocol on a training day. On rest days, the label lets it ride along with your other high-carb meals.

The formula

What goes down with every plate

One capsule, a deep panel. Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract standardized to 75% gymnemic acids, with R-alpha lipoic acid. Bitter melon, 20:1 cinnamon bark, prickly pear and fenugreek. A 130 mg berberine complex at 97% berberine HCl. 260 mcg of chromium as Chromax, BioPerine, and vitamins C, B6 and D3 with biotin and copper.

What is in one capsule
Gymnema sylvestre + R-Alpha Lipoic Acid 475 mg Gymnema leaf extract standardized to 75% gymnemic acids, with sodium R-ALA
Bitter melon, cinnamon, prickly pear, fenugreek 535 mg Bitter melon extract (10% bitters), 20:1 cinnamon bark extract, prickly pear extract, fenugreek extract
Berberine complex 130 mg Berberine HCl (97%) with beta-cyclodextrin and MSM
Chromium (Chromax) 260 mcg As chromium picolinate
Vitamin C + Vitamin B6 50 mg + 4 mg
Copper, Vitamin D3, Biotin 2 mg, 4.25 mcg, 30 mcg
BioPerine complex 15 mg BioPerine black pepper extract (95% piperine) with ginger root extract

60 capsules per bottle. One capsule per serving. No stimulants. Full Supplement Facts on the product page.

No stimulants, and the label says it does not need to be cycled. It simply stays in the routine.

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60 capsules per bottle. One with each carb meal.

The proof

4.9 stars from 24 verified reviews

The people who use it keep it next to the plate.

★★★★★

"Matador is a must when you have a high-carb meal."

Alina C. · Verified Buyer, November 2023

★★★★★

"Great product I've used it for years"

Jerry S. · Verified Buyer, November 2023

★★★★★

"Best thing I could've added to my routine!"

Nicole A. · Verified Buyer, May 2026

The fit

Why it fits a pro meal plan

How the label says to take it. One capsule with your pre-workout meal and one with your post-workout meal or drink. Both should contain carbohydrates. On non-training days, it can also be taken with other high-carbohydrate meals. It does not need to be cycled.
Matador

Big carb days. One capsule a plate.

★★★★★ 4.9 from 24 verified reviews

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Before you decide

When do I take it?

With carbs. On training days, one capsule with your pre-workout meal and one with your post-workout meal or drink, and both should contain carbohydrates. On rest days, it can go with your other high-carb meals.

Does it have caffeine or other stimulants?

No. Matador is stimulant free, so it fits around training and a late post-workout meal without adding to your stimulant intake.

Do I need to cycle it?

No. Per the label, Matador does not need to be cycled.

Who is it for?

Male and female athletes eating and training hard, in the label's words. If your training days are built around big carb meals, it was made for your plate.

How long does a bottle last?

60 capsules. At two a training day, that is 30 training days: $0.82 a capsule for a single bottle, or from $0.61 a capsule on the 3-bottle monthly plan.