EMISGOD’s BodyBlog

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Blender Bottle: All the hype is real.  Everything else in the shaker bottle category is a piece of shit next to this. Everything. The only thing that came close was my beloved old GNC shaker, that I finally wore out.

Turbo Shaker: This cap will never come off, which makes it kind of convenient and it’s very easy to clean. However, unless you have something that mixes readily and easily, such as my PWO formulation, this thing is hopeless.

RPN Gut Health:  This is much like DS Vigor in that it doesn’t seem like much, but you have no idea how much you’re missing it until after you start taking it for a while. Digestion is better on the order of about a thousandfold and I feel overall much better and healthier than I did before…hopefully, this will mean I will never get sick again.

ZizZazz Extreme Energy:  This is sort of like a powdered version of Twinlab’s Energy Fuel in how it acts, both in curve to energy and dropoff. This one gives a slightly higher energy charge than Energy Fuel. I will update how it tastes once I’ve tried all the flavors. Lemon Fizz is excellent. Tangerine Tango is ok, but not as good as Lemon. Pom Mango is junk and Cherry Lime is average, at best. If you’re going to go with this (and I might, as it is more convenient than Energy Fuel at the moment),  stick with the Lemon Fizz.

Optimum Nutrition Lift Bar Peanut Butter:  Very good tasting, decent texture. Profile is very suspect.

DZL Gear Fitness Drink: Flavoring is pretty decent…sort of like a very expensive protein drink with not very much protein for the price…decent array of vitamins. Worth trying, but I wouldn’t make a habit of it.

Zantrex 3 Energy Shot: I’m coming to the belief that all shot-type energy drinks (ErgoPharm ClearShot does not count as it is not really a "shot", per se) are basically bullshit.  This one does nothing to disprove it, from the toxic and vile "orange-kinda" taste to the ramp-up time (not particularly fast), to the energy charge itself (minimal, at best).

I know I’ve been promising this for a while, but I avoided this for a while because it looked momentarily like the supplement industry was somewhat kinda sorta heading in the right-ish direction. It seems very clearly that this is not the case and since there is very little barrier or entry into it, bullshit mish-mashed together can be mistaken for things of quality. Some think we should let this shit slide and just consider it part of the territory and par for the course and that can be done, I suppose, but I’m not wired like that, I guess.

I’m going to keep updating this (and if you want to submit someone for future/further consideration, drop me a PM and a start spot) as the situation warrants. This is not intended to represent companies with questionable or bad formulations (oh HAI Nutrabolics), but the worst of the worst…this means nothing of any value in their respective lines and everything that is there carries my Recommendation To Avoid.
1) S103/Syntrax and all related companies, ZIMA Nutrition, Forge Nutrition, Creative Compounds, Thrive and Source Nutrition. Here we have a company that has created products that killed and badly damaged many people. When news of an FDA ban was coming because of this nagging aspect, instead of pulling the product, as a respectable company would do, they dumped it to distributors at a "fire sale" price. That distributors were stupid enough to fall for this is perhaps partly due to the former aura surrounding Derek Cornelius, architect of death and damage and ace supplement formulator. After losing a number of lawsuits in relation to this, the company promptly declared bankruptcy to avoid paying those pesky judgments and resurfaced under a variety of different companies, which has not stopped them from being in repeated lawsuits, including one filed by their former legal team for non-payment (shocking, I know). The most recent brilliant move by tacticians who would probably struggle with hopscotch conceptually was to sue a number of bb.com posters and then bb.com itself. If you buy anything from these disreputable shitheads, that is what you are supporting, a company that poisons and abandons their customers and tries to SLAPP anyone who points this out.

2) SSE/Supreme Sport Enhancements has finally made it into the bb.com store, after making endless threads with RANDOM and POINTLESS capitalization about something called Androgenerator. The only product is Omnibolic, which is evidently a direct ripoff of Thermolife’s E-BOL with the trendy supplement du jour, citrulline malate added in. Whoo, stop me now before I order the entire run of a handful of bottles…if you support this company, you support a little rich kid’s hobby horse. You also support someone who is not innovating anything, but merely copying existing supplements, stealing write-ups and who is perhaps a chronic fabricator. In short, you support disingenuous with every purchase. This just in: as of 08/13/08, this company has easily the worst board reps on the site.
3) IBE still gets to make the list. Supposedly, they are turning the company around, which only mark the 40 thousandth time I’ve heard that. Their formulator is "Phat Daddy" Steve Dunlop, who deserves his very own Google search. Once again, we have a company ripping off other stuff and behaving in general like a bunch of disgraceful cretins. Their antics richly deserve a bb.com Forum search, so you very thoroughly witness what kind of company you support if you buy anything from them.

4) Garbage is one of the reasons that a good majority of the masses out there think the entire supplement industry is full of shit…well, that and the before/after pics taken in reverse order that dot so many of the ads out there. Perhaps the most aptly named product on the market, yet someone is buying enough of this to keep them around. It should go without saying, but in case it doesn’t, buying from them means you get EXACTLY what you pay for. At least they are truthful, if probably unintentionally.

5) Fizogen should not be around and I’d like to know which one dumb ****er out there is still buying their stuff. One look at their product line should be all you need to know to understand the contempt in which they hold you and if you don’t believe me, take a look into a little something called "The Strap." If you support this company, you should shoot yourself for being stupid.

You can figure out how to get to the full list yourself, but I thought I would comment briefly on the nominees for the bb.com Awards for 2008.

I imagine they are doing the list now so that they can hand out whatever trophies are appropriate at Mr. Olympia, but what is some great stuff comes out between now and September? If they are keying on the O, why not make it from O to O, meaning the "year" would start after last year’s Olympia?

Anyway, I have eliminated a number of categories for consideration, largely because I think they’re somewhat irrelevant. Here, then is the list, with both what I voted for, out of the available choices and what I feel a more accurate answer is (* = best out of choices, bold = the more accurate answer:
Best Breakout Brand of the Year

* VPX

The growth of this company is astronomical and before anyone starts talking about anyone else, you can’t swing a dead cat over your head without hitting a bottle of Redline somewhere. Their market penetration is awesome.

VPX. At this point in the year, I would still not change this answer. I believe AEN has done and continues to do great things and probably are deserving of at least consideration for this, I think also that next year will be the year they break. For now, it is VPX.

Best Labels of the Year

* Muscle Asylum Project

I chose these because they were the most visually interesting, but I didn’t like any of these choices.

Fusion Nutrition: I really like what they did with their packaging. Just excellent.

Best Weight Gainer of the Year

* Prolab N-Large II

I have always been a big fan of CytoGainer and think Champion’s Gainer also has a lot of strength going for it, but since I use none of these, I deferred to Vanessa’s wisdom on this.

N/A - This choice is as good as any other…I think the entire category is kind of silly.

Brand of the Year

* Controlled Labs

What the Hell….they have no real shot, but just in case they do…this is an interesting experiment, in a way, on the effect, if any, of the Forums…

Athletic Edge Nutrition: So far everything Sebastian does is magic and his is the only product line I would say carries all “ringers”. I use every single thing AEN makes regularly and can say that about literally no one else.

Creatine Product of the Year

* Controlled Labs Green MAGnitude

I almost skipped this one, but again, let’s run with the experiment some more.

MAN Orotine: I don’t use creatine at all, but this one worked by far the best.

Energy Supplement of the Year

* NOW Dextrose

I thought all the choices here were useless for energy and just picked the one that was more or less food…

ErgoPharm ClearShot: While not as great as some of the predecessors out there have been historically, it is far and away the best thing on the market currently.

Fat Loss Product of the Year

* MAN Scorch

Out of that list, this is the only one I would consider purchasing or recommending.

Tie: Designer Supplements Lean Extreme/ErgoPharm AMP2: I should try stacking these two together sometime to see what happens. Both of these products are at the top of their prospective categories (stim & non-stim fat reducing agents).

Glutamine Product of the Year

* Prolab Glutamine Powder

Not sure why this is a category, but again, voted along brand lines.

N/A: I have no issues with Primaforce’s Glutaform, but have no doubt Prolab is as good, if not better.

Joint Supplement of the Year

* TKE Joint Boost With MSM

Again, rather useless choices, so I went with the one with the coolest name.

Labrada Elasti-Joint: Tastes like shit, but has been effective for many years. The best formulation out there, without question.

Multivitamin of the Year

* Controlled Labs Orange Triad

Normally would have picked Activite, but again with the experiment…

AOR Multi Basics 3: Once again, nothing is even remotely close. I wish bb.com carried this.

Muscle Builder of the Year

* ErgoPharm 6-OXO

This category is the biggest mess of all of them. Again, voted on brand lines.

N/A: This seems to be a test booster category, but it is a bit of a misnomer. Test will not build by itself; it needs protein, so protein in general is the best protein. WPH is the best protein, so any WPH is the best muscle builder. If they mean test boosters, then I’d pick Designer Supplements ActivaTe Extreme.

New Brand of the Year

* Jarrow Formulas

Again, no shot in Hell of winning, but Jarrow is a fairly well established line and seems to have a lot of quality stuff.

N/A: I don’t know what they mean by this category.

New Product of the Year

* Blender Bottle Blender Bottle

Because, I figured, you know, why not…again not a lot of good choices.

Athletic Edge Nutrition IntrAbolic: This is one of the best things put out by anyone and should have been in the list.

Nitric Oxide Product of the Year

* VPX NO Shotgun V.3

A very solidly named product…which is the only one that has anything going for it at all, in my view.

N/A: Could really care less about this. NO products have historically not worked for me.

Protein Bar of the Year

* VPX Zero Impact Bars

As long as they make Zero Impact bars, this category will never be close.

VPX Zero Impact: Once again, nothing is even close.

Protein of the Year

* BSN Syntha-6

This has a lot of excellent tasting flavors, if nothing else. This category again has some less than solid choices…

Champion Nutrition Pure Whey Stack: One of the most underlooked and undersung products out there. I’d also include ErgoPharm’s GF-Pro V2 for consideration as well as Black Star Labs Whey Supremacy, were it still around.

Supplement of the Year

* Controlled Labs Purple Wraath

On with the experiment…

Athletic Edge Nutriton IntrAbolic: This has been phenomenal right out of the gate, since Day One. I’m hoping that my PWO formulation will be available this time next year, as I think that has the potential to rule this category…<strong />

So, somewhere along the lines this year, I got it into my head that I wanted to get a bike and once I got it, to start training to race it. Prior to this, I have never owned a bike with more than 1 working gear, nor had I ridden one in over 2 decades. Now, almost 3 months removed, I race cars on the city streets with it.

I put up a post in my Archive Journal in the OV-35 section about some of my goals. I also put dates of completion, but I’ll address that in that Journal. For now, here are those Goals:

* - Inverted Leg Press @ 20 plates, which is 1,025 lbs - Status is on track.
* - Equal or over 40 mph on bike - Status is that I’ve hit 33 mph.
* - Maintain 20 mph on bike as a standard riding speed — I can currently maintain 17 - 18.
* - Break 10% bf barrier - Status is that I’m closing in but probably a couple months away.

Getting sick twice this year (super-sick in February) and considerably less in early June has not exactly done me any favors. It confuses me when I get ill at all. I’m in easily the best shape overall of my life and yet still get tagged. The recent sickness killed my steady progress to lower bf%. I do not believe I will see single digits until late July or possibly August, but I will see it this year.

I’ve also moved away from testing every single supplement under the sun, to the point where I’m now struggling to find things to Log. This is partially why I made the Journal in the OV-35 section. I find it helps me to record things and I do enjoy doing Logs overall.

There is a lot going on beyond this, but this is mainly the bodybuilding/fitness part of things. I should have the PWO formulation finished very soon and might wind up shopping it, depending on what advance interest I have. More on this later…

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…

Just for fun:

Highest weight 2007: 252

Lowest weight 2007 : 217

Weight as of 12/31/07: 219

Mini-Reviews to date: 62

Full Reviews to date: 75

Product Logs to date: 9

As to the year itself, it’s been a rather crazy one, plenty of ups, but also many downs. I wrote, shot, directed, starred in, scored, produced and completed my first movie this year. However, I have also cut loose two long-time associates who I felt were abusing my friendship. I have known both of them for 10 years and in that time, it would be accurate to say that I on and off considered them friends. My band is back together, but we have not reached a consistency in playing.

As to me personally as regards bodybuilding, the 219 is +9 from my desired goal of 210 by year’s end. I believe I would have made it were it not for the very late in the year attack of a pair of viruses that sidelined me for 2 1/2 weeks. However, I emerged considerably stronger than ever before and set numerous PRs this year. My cardiovascular conditioning, however, is not yet at the peak it once was. That, among the continued reduction of bodyfat, is paramount among my goals for 2008.

Also, for those of you following along in my Logs, you already know, but for those not, I will be trying my hand at formulating a PWO recovery shake next year sometime in January.

This is mostly a catch-up post…

First up is Prolab’s ThermoFire. This reminds me a lot of MAN Scorch, which has been one of my favorites for a while. ThermoFire does not seem to have any of the sides that Scorch sometimes does. The dosing is also very similar. This needs to be run at 3 caps or there is not much effect. This is a very smooth supplement and very enjoyable. If the sides of Scorch are troublesome, this presents an excellent alternative.

Next is 5 Hour Energy. I had both of these recently. The berry flavor was not very good, but the Lemon-Lime was very tasty. Both were good for somewhere between 2 -3 hours of energy, with an initial spike lasting for roughly an hour and then a rather linear downgrading line after that. These are also more expensive than they probably should be, which does not make them very useful, particularly considering that Twinlab’s Energy Fuel, which acts very similarly, can be obtained for about 1/2 of the price (or less). I also tried the Extra Strength version, which yielded a slightly higher amount of energy initially but was ultimately extra shitty and not worth the bother.
Nitro2Go’s Instant Energy is fairly similar, though it packs a ridiculous amount of stimulant-related material into that very small bottle. The taste is also pretty decent. This is a fairly new entry into the market, having a release date of August 2007. As much as they jam into the bottle, the price is acceptable, depending on where you buy it. 6 hours of energy is claimed, but, of course, there is nowhere near that. I’d put it around 3 hours, maybe a touch more. It’s definitely stronger than either 5 Hour Energy (the main target market) or Energy Fuel, but a large part of this results in an elevated heart rate, basically a spike in heartbeat, which does not necessarily translate into actual energy. Given how this acted, I have some doubt as to the safety of this particular drink, particularly if persons are stupid and take it either to wash down more stim pills or have a bunch of them in a row…

Xyience Xenergy: I got around to trying the Cranberry flavored one. This one resulted in no real energy gain whatsoever, though it tasted better than the "Clear" flavored one. I am not inclined to try Green Apple. This product is essentially worthless.

Resident Evil T-Virus Antidote: Capcom has moved their evil corporation "Umbrella" into the energy drink sphere, perhaps to compete with the Mario Power-Up drink (which I have not tried and probably will not). This tastes like a very, very cheap version of Redbull, albeit considerably more expensive (at least at FYE). I’m not sure who is bottling this for Capcom, but the cheapness in the taste is probably a reflection of the cheapness in ingredients. I say this because I notice that the cheaper energy drinks nearly always inevitably give me a headache and this one bordered right on the verge of that. There was approximately zero energy boost, even on an empty stomach after I hadn’t eaten for 4+ hours. Very cool looking can and nice tie-in. Too bad the product is junk.

The next one is Scivation Dialene 4. This is the same thing as Primaforce RAGE, so the comments from that posting in the BodyBLOG post before this one (I believe) applies here as well.

I also tried Stacker2’s Yellow Jacket energy shot the other day. It is by far the most noxious and disgusting-tasting shot I’ve ever had…it has to almost be experienced to be believed, but it is purely awful. This worked the fastest of almost anything I’ve ever used, but was only good for about 90 minutes…

This time around, first off, we have:

Twinlab Energy Fuel: The taste, despite Twinlab’s advertising hype, is not all that wonderful. It is not particularly awful, either, though. It is tolerable, basically, sort of a citrusy thing with a slightly artificial sweetener aftertaste. The energy rush is good for 2 - 3 hours and then drops off pretty immediately. If you’re tired or taking depressants (such as alcohol), you will likely feel sensations very akin to a crash. Otherwise, the energy is just absent after that time frame. This is very useful for night workouts, as long as your timing is on.

Biotest Hot Rox Extreme: I took this from 09/29 through 10/03 (2007). The first two days, I took one tab and noticed a prominent elevation in heartrate typical of yohimbine HCL/yohimbe, which is one of the components here. When I went to a full dosage, it was extremely detrimental to my sleep, gave me erratic heartrates, very erratic mood swings and somewhat severe energy swings, ranging from nothing to a very slight charge. I have no idea if it had any thermogenic properties or not (nothing detectable certainly) and I wasn’t about to run a full cycle as HRE was just screwing with me too much.  More can be found on this in my Xtreme Formulations Relentless Log.

Primaforce RAGE: I understand this to be the same thing as Scivation’s Dialene 4. I don’t know for sure if that is the case, but I really enjoyed using this. I got a nice heat increase as well as some slight amount of energy charge, just enough to let me know it was there, basically and it was very smooth. I’m considering running a full bottle of this sometime in the future…

Xyience Xenergy: I had the CLEAR version of this. As for an energy drink, it does give off a very slight energy charge. Like the Energy Fuel, it is a zero calorie-listed drink. However, it also lists 2g of carbs per serving, so something is whacked on the label. The taste is similar to a very bad version of 7-UP. I don’t know that I would ever use this again, maybe if there was nothing else good available and I couldn’t spare the 50 - 70g of sugar in "normal" energy drinks…

I’ve updated several of my older reviews as well. A lot of my comments I’m going to save for my next Log, tentatively Xtreme Formulations Relentless reformulation + possibly something else before heading into the last Log of the year, which will be an anabolic-minded Log and will be unsponsored as well.

Xtreme Formulations Vendetta: I finally got a chance to try this and I’m glad I did before buying it. The flavor is a fruit punch that I don’t find particularly enjoyable and it takes a good while to mix up. I added this to my pre-workout loading, but didn’t notice any particular benefit from taking it. I didn’t really expect to with only a couple samples, though. Recovery seemed slightly enhanced this weekend, perhaps due to this or to the ICE.
Xtreme Formulations ICE Wildberry Lemonade: boyscouT wrote a review of this in the review sections that pegged the flavor dead-on. It is pleasant tasting, but very light. This mixed very well and actually works extremely well as an actual lemonade (albeit an expensive one), perhaps better than it does as a during workout supplement. Again, it’s hard to assess with only 2 samples, but in comparison to Purple Wraath, between exercise recovery was notably down and I wound up exhausted at the end of my Leg workout. Chest workout I felt more tired than usual, but not flat-out exhausted. This is atypical from what it has been lately, which is a feeling that I have worked everything thoroughly but not outright exhaustion.

SNACLite Power PB: A sweeter, inferior version of Power Butter.

Here’s a few more of the things that have been running around a bit lately:

FRS Anti-Ox/Energy drinks: The Wild Berry is not as good as the Orange in terms of taste. Neither of them did anything detectable in terms of energy and at $2/pop, they are a very expensive soda…

VPX Zero Impact Protein:  I had both the chocolate and the vanilla. Vanilla I liked quite a lot and might be buying that at some point in the near future. Chocolate was considerably less good and probably not something I will be bothering with again. I didn’t care for the texture, with all the bits and pieces of flax seeds and other debris, but I minded it less with the vanilla, since the taste was so excellent.

VPX Zero Impact Bars: I had two of the Pumpkin flavor, which I like quite a lot. This is a bar that requires water, though. No water and you may as well plan on having stomach/abdominal cramps. The second bar was kind of dry, which reminded me of Layne Norton’s comment that considering the profile, the bar should be like cake…I’m really trying to stay away from bars lately (believe it or not), so this would not be something I’d be much interested in unless I had to eat and was near a GNC and had no other good choices or something.

VPX Redline Extreme:  This was supposed to be the new "supercharged" version of it, when VPX broke up the original kickass Redline RTD (metal can) into a castrated version (Redline regular) and the new hype, Redline Xtreme. I had an old can of the castrated version and I had that the other day. Delightful taste, as always, but no effect. The Redline Xtreme flavor I had was grape and it was an ok flavor, certainly nowhere near the original Redline flavor, but not bad, either. It also had no effect. I took my pulse repeatedly on the way to the gym, after waiting about an hour. No increase. As I was pulling into the parking lot at the gym, I felt a very slight charge, but Excedrin + Coke or Mt. Dew would put the charge I had to shame. VPX has thoroughly ruined what was one of the most consistent and best supplements on the market, ever. For shame. More on Redline here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=884150&highlight=vpx+re
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ISS  Oh Yeah! Chocolate Mint Protein wafer bars: I was fortunate enough to win a box of these in one of Coulaid’s threads and my thanks to him and ISS for that. I love mint and chocolate, always have and have had a great deal of it. Same goes for wafers, which are one of my favorite things on the planet, especially strawberry. Combining them seemed like a dream come true. This is certainly no Ande’s candy, not by a long shot. They are much better cold (I had mine in the freezer). If warm, they tend to melt all over the inside of the wrapper. There is not much here in the way of sweetener, rather obviously I guess. Also, I wasn’t too impressed with the profile, but I think this is a novel experiment, albeit one not very successful from my standpoint. I didn’t hate them or anything, but can’t ever see me buying these as they don’t really fit into my diet very well and are not tasty enough to build around them, either…they might be good for a change of pace and I would consider picking them up, possibly, if the price was right, in the scenario depicted above for the VPX ones, but they would definitely not be a regular thing.

ABB Speed Shot: I’ve used these on and off for a few months, typically on an empty stomach. At times, they will increase my heart rate with no discernible increase in energy, at other times, a slight energy charge, but nothing major. The Subzero Red or Fruit Punch or whatever it is tastes considerably better than grape. These might do in a pinch, but are not worth the $3 per bottle you will need to throw down at GNC to get one…