Mini-Reviews 13 [10]
I’ve decided to keep updating this post indefinitely:
Stacker 2’s Black Jax may be the only thing worse-tasting than Stacker 2’s Yellow Jacket. Black Jax is useful if you want the niacin flush, I guess, though it is remarkably short-lived. Stacker 2 seems to like to make ill-tasting junk.
Designer Supplements ActivaTe Xtreme: Once this kicked in, it really kicked in. This definitely turned up aggression and pushed strength gains fairly quickly. With the additions in this formulation, anti-Es are superfluous. This is one of the better test-boosters on the market, as far as I’m concerned. I’ll probably run it again in a few months.
Designer Supplements Rebound Reloaded: I did not use it solo, but in conjunction with ActivaTe Extreme, it managed to create some undesirable sides, such as patches of extremely dry skin and some random vague joint pains. Matt Cahill warned me that it was very strong and he sure wasn’t kidding…
Millenium Sports MVP-365 : This seems to be a nice mid-level multi. There are a lot of vitamins out there that I like better and even more that are junk in comparison. I’d put this one squarely in the middle.
Millenium Sports ZMK: I’m not especially sold on the current Zinc craze. Used as directed at full dosage, this put me out and kept me out, which made waking up even more difficult than usual. This is extremely detrimental, of course. Even at a reduced dose, it still created too much of a head fog that I will never be able to afford and I eventually had to discontinue usage.
Hard Nutrition Vita-X: This is the first "pack" multi-vitamin I’ve liked at all. I’m not with the idea of taking it more than once per day, however and I find it to be over-packaged, though not grossly overpackaged like the other current popular vitamin "pack" on the market. I like this one better than MVP and probably better than any multi I’ve ever taken to this point. It’s kind of interesting how easily vitamins can be overlooked until you stumble across one that creates a vastly noticeable difference, such as this one. This trend is one of the reasons I like to switch up vitamins, until the one day that I find the perfect one.
VPX Redline Power RUSH: Another of the "shot"-type drinks, apparently aimed at the 5-Hour Energy Drink market. Unlike that particular drink, this one actually works, though I’m not sure what to make of it entirely. The first bottle I had gave me a very mild energy charge and lots of focus, the second one didn’t start doing anything until about 4 hours after I took it and then just kept me awake and the third bottle was more or less a duplicate of the first one, minus the focus. The third was mostly mindless energy, though not huge amounts of it. This might do in a pinch if you’re driving or something, but it leaves much to be desired in terms of workout applications and does not seem consistent.
Steaz Energy Drink: So-called "organic" energy drink…let’s hear it for holistic hype. Not very good tasting and did a great job of giving me a headache, which usually means cheap ingredients. No energy increase to speak of.
Sport Pharma Thermadrene: From the formulation, I didn’t expect really anything from this and was somewhat surprised to see that it yields a slight energy charge as well as a noticeable metabolic increase and at times a slight thermal increase. One bottle yields about 2 weeks (4 tabs/day), which puts it at around $25/month. It is not comparable with the stuff at the top of the market, but is worth having a bottle around here and there for $12. I did not use it regularly enough with the intent of actual fat burning to really comment on direct numbers, but every time I did use it, effects were noticeable.
Precision Engineered Proto Pure protein bars: I really liked the Choc Peanut Butter, Chocolate Deluxe was ok and the other one I had I didn’t really like. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the name of it…These were $2 and change at Vitamin Shoppe and while not worth it, definitely useful in a pinch…
