Gary Kehoe on daily habits that keep men steady

Take it with breakfast and forget the guesswork.

A crowded shelf gets quieter when every bottle has a time and a place. Gary Kehoe launched Mdrive in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2009 after more than 30 years developing nutrition products, and he designed it for men over 30 who want steady testosterone support without label puzzles. Every ingredient appears with its amount, with no proprietary blends, and farmed botanicals such as ashwagandha sit beside patented extracts that ship with test papers.

The routine problem is familiar. You start strong on Monday, then travel or late nights break the chain by Thursday. Kehoe knows the pattern because he lived it as his first user. In his forties, he writes, he started to lose strength, endurance and drive. He could no longer hike or run or ride with the stamina he once had.

A reader sent the moment that opens this interview. More than twenty years ago, at a foreign embassy, Kehoe was handed tea with a mushroom floating in it. He sipped carefully, then noticed calm and even energy instead of a spike. That mushroom was cordyceps. It prompted ten years of reading on adaptogens such as ginseng and ashwagandha, followed by ten years of research and two years of testing before Mdrive Classic arrived.

What matters here is not only sourcing but scheduling. The line is made in the USA with globally sourced ingredients, developed in house by nutrition scientists, chemists and formulators at parent company DreamBrands, and shipped from Scottsdale. The company does not publish field level grower names. What you can track is the paper trail: named extracts, stated amounts, and batch testing tied to the finished bottle.

You left a well paid job formulating for a Fortune 500 company to start DreamBrands and make supplements for men using only top ingredients. What habits from that corporate work did you refuse to bring into your routine?

I built Mdrive around my own mornings. Yes, in my 40s, I started to notice less strength, endurance, and drive. I could no longer hike or run or ride with the stamina I once had. I did not accept those slides as fixed.

That embassy tea came much earlier. Over twenty years ago I was handed tea with a floating mushroom at a foreign embassy. I tasted it warily. What I noticed was settled natural energy instead of a jolt. That mushroom was cordyceps, my first meeting with adaptogens. It set off a ten year study of natural ways to support energy and slow aging, including ginseng and ashwagandha.

For me, the goal was a blended formula with ingredients that sit well together to support performance, stamina, and focus. Not peaks. Not quick hits. A daytime pattern a man can repeat. Some label it vitality, others longevity or anti aging. I label it Men being Men.

You sipped tea with cordyceps floating in it at a foreign embassy over twenty years ago, and you recall calm energy instead of a rush. What did that cup show you about steady routine that still guides Mdrive today?

So, I left my well paying role developing formulas for one of many Fortune 500 companies, and started DreamBrands to produce uncompromising, top tier supplements for men, with only the best ingredients. With over 30 years of developing nutrition products, I have picked up plenty, or seven hundred things, about nutrient science, the why and how they work.

What I left behind was hidden math. Neither myself nor any of our committed team is a marketer or PR exec. We are simply keen on what we do and hold that we craft the best supplement for men over 30 who seek more strength, stamina, energy and sex drive.

That is why we avoid proprietary blends on packaging. If ashwagandha or a vitamin or a mineral sits in the capsule, the panel names it plus the amount. It is also why we avoid tricky subscription traps or phone trees. Guys needed a aid to help slow the aging process, hold it back. The aid should state plainly what it holds.

Your labels list every amount and you note the products are made in the USA with globally sourced ingredients. For a careful buyer building a routine, what does that paper trail actually confirm, and where does it end?

It confirms identity, amount and repeatability. Identity means the extract named in the spec matches the extract in the drum. Amount means the Supplement Facts panel prints each ingredient instead of folding a group into one total weight. Repeatability means every lot is checked against that spec before encapsulation, then fill weight is verified so each capsule matches what the batch record calls for.

Our group holds nutrition scientists, chemists and formulators along with quality staff at DreamBrands. We develop in house. We manufacture the products in the USA. The plants and other inputs are globally sourced, because ashwagandha root or boswellia resin or marigold for lutein do not all grow in Arizona.

Where it ends is the farm name. I cannot give you each grower for each harvest on this page. The link I can share is the records link from extract vendor to certificate of analysis to finished batch. That is what the label keeps in and keeps out. The label states what sits in the capsule and how much. It does not state the farm gate. We acknowledge what is traceable and we state what is not yet.

Not extremes. Not short bursts. A simple daily routine a man can actually maintain.

Gary Kehoe

Mdrive Classic arrived in 2009 built around KSM 66 ashwagandha, Phytopin beta sitosterols, AquaLOX boswellia serrata and Lutemax 2020 for a steady daily routine. Why did you begin with that stack, and where did each part first fit?

After 10 years of research and 2 years of testing I built M Drive as a blended formula. I sought adaptogens plus patent backed tested ingredients and central vitamins and minerals in a single daily formula.

KSM-66 ashwagandha starts as root cultivated on farms in India, gathered, dried, then processed to a standardised root extract. Phytopin beta sitosterols start as plant sterols from pine sources. AquaLOX boswellia serrata starts as gum resin from boswellia trees, handled with a water based method. Lutemax 2020 starts as marigold blooms cultivated for lutein and zeaxanthin, then extracted and refined.

I picked them since they fit well together in a morning pattern. One side points to roots and resins and blooms. The other side points to patents and clinical testing and certificates of analysis. The farm counts. The lab counts. We released one product in 2009, reached GNC in 2010, then moved into Vitamin Shoppe and Sprouts by 2015. The formula held because the documents were complete.

Prime at 34.99 dollars stays the core morning formula for testosterone support, energy and lean muscle. How should a buyer read that label line by line before adding it to a stack?

Scan it top to bottom. The Supplement Facts panel names the adaptogens first, including KSM-66 ashwagandha, then companion plants and central vitamins and minerals. Each row lists a weight. There is no proprietary blend row. Then scan the other ingredients row. That names the capsule shell and the minor helpers used in encapsulation, such as flow aids.

Use it daily for even support as part of a steady pattern. That is the use we list. Prime is mentioned by steady users for strength and performance, and we place it for general support. The label notes support for healthy testosterone levels, energy, performance and lean muscle. Like all our labels, it also notes that these statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and the product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

If you hold a small shelf for years, save the lot number on the bottle until it is empty. That code connects your bottle to our batch record and the vendor certificates behind it.

Boost and Burn at 49.99 dollars is now the home page lead and a bestseller, combining testosterone support with thermogenics and adaptogens. What shifts in sourcing and testing when heat and drive share one morning capsule?

The sourcing broadens and the checks tighten. A thermogenic plus adaptogen mix draws from more origins. Roots, leaves and resins land as powders or extracts with varied moisture and varied bulk density. That shifts blend time, fill weight checks and how the powder flows into the capsule.

What stays fixed is the rule. Each input requires a specification and a certificate of analysis. Every lot is reviewed. The finished batch is reviewed. Use daily for even support as part of a steady pattern. We list support for healthy testosterone levels and fat management with diet and activity, plus support for stress linked eating patterns through adaptogen support. We do not claim that the capsule by itself alters body composition.

In 2018 we moved customer experience to digital with auto ship, a quiz and Amazon access. What we found is that men seek reliable supply without pressure. So we decline to depend on extremes or short bursts, and we decline to make cancelling hard.

Elite at 59.99 dollars is positioned as sport legal support for performance and healthy testosterone levels in training days. What does sport legal mean in your testing routine, and what does it leave out?

Sport legal means we build without ingredients prohibited by major sport lists and we produce with controls that reduce cross contact, then we describe the intended use simply. Use daily for continued training support. We note support for endurance, muscle mass and markers such as VO2 max in training settings, inside the structure function wording permitted for supplements.

What it fails to mean is league certification or assurance for any drug tested athlete. Athletes under testing still must review their own federation list and, where needed, select lots covered by a separate sport certification. Our files show formula, lot and test outcomes. They do not add a product to a banned list or remove it. Mdrive products are American owned and operated and ship from Scottsdale, Arizona, so restocks land reliably. That address is on file, and it is where queries about a lot may be sent.

Start arrived on August 9 2021 as a 9 in 1 shake for 79.99 dollars that bundles multivitamin, collagen, protein and testosterone support into one morning habit. You said it was formulated to remove morning guesswork from the routine. Why expand from capsules into morning nutrition for the stack?

Mdrive Start was built to remove your morning guess work. It is now simpler than ever to recall to use this each morning. Everyone asked me when I would make this move with Mdrive into nutrition and here we are.

The shake holds seven clinically tested ingredients and six protein sources. Blend one scoop in the morning for daily nutrition. On sourcing, protein and collagen introduce dairy and animal origin chains next to the botanical chains, each with separate allergen and identity checks. On labeling, the habit stays the same. List each amount. List the other ingredients. List the daily use.

Guys needed a aid to help slow the aging process, hold it back. Do not let age slow your routine. Stay stronger today than you were yesterday. Refind your prime. Those lines recur because the pattern recurs. Trusted by over one million men speaks to scale, not a pledge about any single man.

Closing note from the desk

What remains after this talk is timing. Kehoe built for his own 7 a.m. first, then kept the same cadence for more than one million customers. Anchor the bottle to breakfast. Pair capsules with food and water. Space training formulas away from late night. Track the lot number and track how the week feels.

Mdrive aims to support healthy testosterone levels, even energy and metabolism with daily use so training, sleep and work still add up. Talk with a doctor or pharmacist before you pair these formulas with a medication, a condition or pregnancy in the household, and follow serving size and timing on the label. The repeatable morning is the product.

Product spotlight

Prime runs 34.99 dollars for a 30 day supply and 104.97 dollars for a 90 day supply to keep mornings simple. A morning capsule for healthy testosterone levels, energy, performance and lean muscle support. Take daily with food and water beside breakfast and training plus sleep. Pick this first if you want the core daily stack.

Boost and Burn runs 49.99 dollars for a 30 day supply and 149.97 dollars for a 90 day supply for daily use. A morning capsule that joins testosterone support with thermogenics and adaptogens. Take daily as directed beside meals and movement. Pick this if you want drive plus weight management support in one bottle.