Built by people who live this.
Headstrong exists because the people building it needed it themselves. Here's why, and what we stand for.
Our standards aren't optional.
Every formula is built on clinically studied ingredients at full, disclosed doses, developed by a PhD in Sport & Exercise Science, not trend-chasing marketing claims.
Every batch is independently tested against the WADA prohibited substance list, heavy metals, and label accuracy, the standard most competitive athletes actually need.
Used daily by 500+ professional athletes across the NHL, NFL, PWHL, and MLB, not just endorsed by them.
No proprietary blends, ever. Every ingredient and every dose is listed on the label so you know exactly what you're taking.
The Headstrong timeline.
Dr Darren Burke started researching nutritional strategies for athletes in contact sport. He met Evan Nause, a pro hockey player in the Florida Panthers Organization, who had battled concussions, brain fog, and mental fatigue. They became fast friends and aligned on a mission to build brain-first sports nutrition products for athletes and other top performers.
Darren and Evan started to work on their mission and vision for Headstrong. They met with athletes, entrepreneurs, c-suite executives, and busy working parents. Through this process they developed concepts for what would become Headstrong.
A key part of Headstrong is making products with the highest standards. This included NSF Certified for Sport so that the worlds greatest athletes could enjoy Headstrong as well as others interested in cognitive performance optimization.
This marked the official launch of Headstrong. Including the unveiling of our website, release of our three core products - Headstrong, Encharge, and Sleeptite. Stay-tuned for our next milestone.
Built by people who live this.
Darren spent two decades in elite sports nutrition research, studying how the brain holds up — or doesn't — under sustained physical and cognitive load, and testing products for the biggest brands in the world. He kept seeing the same gap: everyone was formulating recovery for the body under fatigue and nobody was formulating recovery for the brain under fatigue. He previously founded and scaled a sports nutrition company from zero to category leader.
Evan did not build Headstrong because it was a good business idea. As an active professional hockey player, he lived the fatigue firsthand — mental exhaustion that didn't clear overnight, focus that wasn't there late in a game, energy that outlasted his legs but not his head. Nothing on the market addressed it, so he built the product himself.