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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202625 issues · 76 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on primalmuscle.com, 8 of them high impact, across 76 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.2 s1.6 sMay 23Nov 71.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20261.9 s
May 30, 20262.0 s
Jun 6, 20262.0 s
Jun 13, 20262.0 s
Jun 20, 20262.0 s
Jun 27, 20262.1 s
Jul 4, 20262.1 s
Jul 11, 20262.0 s
Jul 18, 20262.0 s
Jul 25, 20262.1 s
Aug 1, 20262.1 s
Aug 8, 20262.1 s
Aug 15, 20262.1 s
Aug 22, 20262.0 s
Aug 29, 20262.0 s
Sep 5, 20262.0 s
Sep 12, 20262.0 s
Sep 19, 20262.0 s
Sep 26, 20261.9 s
Oct 3, 20261.9 s
Oct 10, 20261.9 s
Oct 17, 20261.9 s
Oct 24, 20261.8 s
Oct 31, 20261.7 s
Nov 7, 20261.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
175 ms149 msMay 23Nov 7154 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026154 ms
May 30, 2026152 ms
Jun 6, 2026155 ms
Jun 13, 2026161 ms
Jun 20, 2026163 ms
Jun 27, 2026165 ms
Jul 4, 2026169 ms
Jul 11, 2026163 ms
Jul 18, 2026162 ms
Jul 25, 2026163 ms
Aug 1, 2026164 ms
Aug 8, 2026166 ms
Aug 15, 2026169 ms
Aug 22, 2026172 ms
Aug 29, 2026170 ms
Sep 5, 2026171 ms
Sep 12, 2026171 ms
Sep 19, 2026169 ms
Sep 26, 2026166 ms
Oct 3, 2026171 ms
Oct 10, 2026170 ms
Oct 17, 2026170 ms
Oct 24, 2026163 ms
Oct 31, 2026156 ms
Nov 7, 2026154 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of primalmuscle.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. primalmuscle.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. primalmuscle.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. primalmuscle.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. primalmuscle.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. primalmuscle.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. primalmuscle.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. primalmuscle.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. primalmuscle.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

6 to fix57
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.7 s · 327 KiB

    About 327 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.7 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1.1 s · 213 KiB

    7 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (213 KiB).

  • Mobile performance score: 57

    57/100

    Your mobile performance score is 57. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, upstackified.com and Klaviyo and others), adding 1.1 MB and 715 ms of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 271 ms

    271 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 271 ms of main-thread work and 344 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • 6 long tasks on the main thread

    6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 253 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Improve image delivery

    42 KiB

    2 images could be 42 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    19 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

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  • Main-thread work: 1.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 843 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 6 ms

    6 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

6 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 14.3 s

    14.3 s

    Your largest element takes 14.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “GET BIGGER GET STRONGER. GET RIPPED. NO NEEDLES. NO RISK Pr…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 14.4 s

    14.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 14.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 5.9 s

    5.9 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 448 ms

    448 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 448 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 1 image without width and height

    1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +1%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 154 ms to 154 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 174 ms

    174 ms

    Real visitors wait 174 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 589 ms

    589 ms

    Real visitors wait 589 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 14% faster for real visitors

    -14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 1.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.6 MB in 188 requests

    2.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.6 MB in 188 requests on a phone: scripts 1.0 MB (67), other files 676 KiB (81) and images 626 KiB (12). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (25 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.73 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.73 g of CO₂e: 87.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

6 to fixGoogle 8892
  • 31 text elements with low contrast

    31 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)

    Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 1 image without alt text

    1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 1 link without text

    1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (6 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

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  • 48 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 6 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 8593
  • 2 H1 headlines

    There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “GET BIGGER”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • 6 links with vague text

    6 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 36 internal links, 3 external

    The homepage links to 36 pages on primalmuscle.com and 3 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 146 characters

    Your meta description is 146 characters: “Primal Muscle: World Class Sports Performance Supplements - Pre Workout - Muscle Builders - Fat Burners - Weight Liftin…”.

  • Title: 63 characters

    Your title is a healthy 63 characters: “Primal Muscle: Sports Supplements, Muscle Builders, Fat Burners”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://primalmuscle.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.

  • Open Graph tags complete

    Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://primalmuscle.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Organization data: 4 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,680 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://primalmuscle.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without a meta description

    https://primalmuscle.com/pages/contact-us has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 19 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 10093
  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    9 of 9 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

1 to fix93
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • About 1,643 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,643 words of visible text.

6 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP NOW”.

  • 9 calls to action

    The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “SHOP”, “SHOP NOW” and “Sign Up”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 5 trackers load before any consent

    5

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Pinterest Tag (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.

  • 14 cookies set on arrival

    14

    Opening the homepage sets 14 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • No consent tool detected

    No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.

  • 26 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 26 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at primalmuscle.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Upstack Data Tracking Pixel · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Aftersell · rechargecdn.com

Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
San Diego

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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