A multi‐ingredient athletic supplement disproportionately enhances hind leg musculature, jumping performance, and spontaneous locomotion in crickets (Acheta domesticus)

Abstract Nutrition is a key component of life‐history theory with profound impacts on fitness traits. We examined lifetime impacts of a multi‐ingredient athletic supplement ( MAS ) on physical performance, anatomical morphology, survivorship, and general life‐history features in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). The MAS was formulated using 13 nutraceutical supplements that are commonly used by human athletes …