Dymatize BCAA Powder – Reviewed

December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

Dymatize BCAA Powder

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Dymatize BCAA Product Description

Dymatize has created a concentrated powder of the amino acids Valine, Leucine, and Isoleucine. This trio of amino acids is often referred to as BCAAs or branched chain amino acids. These three amino acids are believed to have a “protein sparring” effect. The goal of taking Dymatize BCAAs is to prevent muscle breakdown in the face of intense training while also fostering an anabolic environment so that muscle synthesis can also occur.

Dymatize BCAA Scientific Backing

Unlike research on supplements such as creatine or caffeine, the research on BCAAs is a bit more mixed. BCAAs can often be found in protein powders, like Dymatize’s Elite Whey. These three particular amino acids can help provide energy during strenuous workouts and it is believed that a lack of BCAAs in the blood stream at the time can cause your muscles to break down to compensate.

However, since BCAAs can be used directly, it is thought that preservation of muscle mass is possible when you are performing in a situation that is highly intense and long in duration. A prolonged weight lifting session for a bodybuilder is one possible instance. At this point, supplementing with BCAAs can reduce some of the counter-productive aspects of a long workout and allow you to continue to reap the benefits of a high volume, longer workout, workload.

Unfortunately, research that actually supports this idea have not been done, and those that have primarily look at endurance based sports like long distance cycling.

Using Dymatize BCAA

  • Measure out 1 rounded teaspon of Dymatize BCAA
  • Mix Dymatize BCAA powder into an aqueous solution of water or a sports drink until it dissolves.
  • Consume immediately
  • For the best results, utilize Dymatize BCAAs when on a calorie restricted diet when your body is most likely to utilize BCAAs for energy during high intensity long duration lifting sessions

Dymatize BCAA Mixibility and Taste

While Dymatize BCAAs are excellently priced, it does have some minor issues in the mixibility and taste department. Like most BCAA powders, Dymatize takes vigorous mixing to ensure that the powder does not clump up. A mixing with help with this issue, but if you use just a fork or spoon be prepared to mix for a few minutes.

Since the BCAAs are highly concentrated proteins and do not contain any other sweeteners, the flavor can be a bit bitter tasting to some. Outside of the slightly bitter taste, it is relatively flavorless. This make Dymatize excellent to mix into sugary sports drinks which also help replenish you during a workout.

Dymatize BCAA Ingredients

Each serving of Dymatize BCAA powder is packed with 5.2 grams of BCAAs.

  • L-Valine – 1,262mg
  • L-Leucine – 2,526mg
  • L-Isoleucine – 1,262mg
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Dymatize Elite Whey – Reviewed

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Elite Whey

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Dymatize Elite Whey Product Description

Dymatize Elite Whey comes in an assortment of flavors and is an excellent choice for your supplemental protein needs.  Dymatize touts the multitude of flavor offerings for Elite Whey and states that its one of the tastiest protein powders out there. This comes with the fact that the product is aspartame free and only contains 1 to 2 grams of sugar per serving. Dymatize is also one of the cheaper protein powders on the market, and it does so without sacrificing quality either.

Dymatize Elite Whey Scientific Backing

A review of research by the National Strength and Conditioning Association has noted that individuals looking to build muscle mass require 1.5 to 2.0 grams of protein per kilogram bodyweight. However, it is hard to get this much protein throughout the day through normal foods alone. This is where Dymatize Elite Whey can help. A single serving of Dymatize whey provides a whooping 24 grams of protein. This is roughly 15 to 25 percent of the protein requirement for an average male.

Furthermore, supplementing with protein right after your bodybuilding workout can be more beneficial than eating food with protein. The whey in Dymatize Elite Whey is readily absorbed by your body. This is crucial after a workout when your muscles are starved for the nutrients needed to repair the damaged tissue.

Using Dymatize Elite Whey

  • Measure out one full scoop of Dymatize Elite Whey with included scooper
  • Measure out at least 5 to 6 ounces of water, milk, or juice.
  • Mix whey into your drink until it has been completely dissolved. For easiest mixing, use a shaker bottle.
  • Drink immediately after mixing.

Dymatize Elite Whey Mixibility and Taste

Like other Dymatize products, Elite Whey mixes very easily even without a shaker bottle. The rich chocolate flavor is very tasty and tastes like chocolate milk. If chocolate isn’t your favorite flavor, that’s okay because Dymatize comes in 8 other flavors. There is Berry Blast, Butter Cream Toffee, Cafe Mocha, Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Mint, Gourmet Vanilla, Pina Colada, and Smooth Banana.

Dymatize Elite Whey Ingredients

  • Ion-Exchange Whey Protein Isolates
  • Cross Flow Ultra Filtration Whey Protein Concentrate(Providing Di-Peptides, Tri-Peptides, Oligo-Peptides, And Poly-Peptides)
  • Whey Peptides
  • Cocoa
  • Natural And Artificial Flavors
  • Guar Gum
  • Potassium Chloride
  • Acesulfame Potassium
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Soy Bean Oil
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Dymatize Creatine – Reviewed

December 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Dymatize Creatine

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Dymatize Creatine Product Description

Dymatize, a highly reputable supplement company, has developed their own specific formulation of creatine. What separates Dymatize’s Creatine from other companies is that the creatine has been processed so that the powder is extra fine and no larger than 180 microns. Quite simply, each individual spec of Dymatize creatine is extremely small. This means Dymatize Creatine mixes extremely well and can be absorbed quite quickly by your body.

Dymatize Creatine Scientific Backing

Creatine is a naturally occurring substance that appears in a wide variety of meats and fish. Your body also naturally synthesizes creatine as well; however, what supplementing with creatine has repeatedly shown in research is that you can boost your creatine levels beyond what is possible through a regular diet.

With your muscle cells loaded with creatine, you are able to lift heavier weights for more repetitions than you normally would. This can have profound implications for strength and size athletes. For bodybuilders in particular, this means that taking creatine will allow you to get a more intense workout. With your workout intensity bolstered, you should see a quicker increase in muscle size.

Using Dymatize Creatine

  • Measure out 5 grams of Dymatize Creatine.
  • Pour 5 grams into 12 oz. of water or sports drink
  • Stir until creatine has dissolved into drink
  • Consume entire drink immediately

Dymatize Creatine Product Mixibility and Taste

Dymatize creatine was tested by a 3rd party for mixibility and taste. When mixed in 12 ounces of cold water, Dymatize creatine was completely dissolved within two minutes of pouring it into the drink and stirring. When consumed, Dymatize had a relatively smooth taste and was not gritty like some other creatine products. Furthermore, there was very little creatine residue found at the bottom of the cup after it had been consumed. This means you only have to drink it once and won’t have to pour more water in the cup to pickup the creatine that didn’t get consumed the first time. This ensures you don’t waste the product.

The flavor of the creatine was pretty much non-existent, which is a good thing. This means you can mix the creatine into a protein powder shake, a sports drink, or a smoothie without it influencing the taste. This means you’ll have no problem drinking the creatine solution. Unfortunately, some creatine products have a rancid taste. Fortunately, Dymatize Creatine is not one of those.

Dymatize Creatine Ingredients

Dymatize creatine contains 100-percent creatine monohydrate. Some companies try to add fillers to their creatine products while Dymatize does not. They even have their product HPLC certified so that you know you are getting what you pay for.

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Arm Workout

December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Arm Workout – Intense Arm Workout

Arm Workout

 

Arm Destroyer Workout

Dedicating a whole workout to destroy your arms is a great way to add size across the whole length of your arm from your shoulders to your wrists. The arm destroyer workout hits all of the major muscle groups in your arms and is designed to fatigue each part worked quickly. That makes this workout excellent if your pressed for time but still want muscle development. The workout is extremely intense and contains three different sets of supersets. This truncates the duration of the workout while pushing each muscle to its limit.

 

Exercise Name

Reps

Sets

Intensity

Recovery

Push Press

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

90 seconds

(SS) EZ-Bar Skull Crusher

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

-

(SS) CG Bench Press

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

90 seconds

(SS2) EZ-Bar Preacher

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

-

(SS2) EZ-Bar Reverse Preacher Curl

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

90 seconds

(SS3) Dumbbell Wrist Curl

12

3

70% – 80% 1-RM

-

(SS3) Reverse Dumbbell Wrist Curl

12

3

70% – 80% 1-RM

90 seconds

 

Breaking Down the Benefits of the Arm Workout

The four primary muscle groups of your arms are worked: the deltoids, biceps, triceps and forearms. The supersetting of exercises limits the amount of total recovery time and these specific pairings allow you to transition from one exercise to the other very quickly. That makes this workout amazing for cramming an intense workout session into a short amount of time.

Furthermore, each combined superset works the same muscle group; however, the angle at which the muscles are worked is different. This ensures that all, or almost all of the muscle fibers within each muscle are being worked. This ensures muscle growth in these particular muscles is optimally stimulated.

Arm Workout Exercise Specifics

The structure of the arm destroyer workout is primarily a superset routine. This means that exercises are paired together to up the intensity. Each exercise of a particular supetset are performed back-to-back. This means EZ-Bar skull crusher should be immediately followed with the close grip bench press before you take a rest.

The only exercise that is not supersetted is the dumbbell push press. The dumbbell push press is unique in that your legs will help your shoulders in the extension of the arm overhead; however, bringing the dumbbells back to the starting position will require a greater amount of strength. The focus on the “negative” aspect of the push press creates a large amount of muscle damage that will produce explosive growth in the shoulders.

(TFSupplements is not responsible for any health complications stemming from this workout. Always consult an doctor before starting / changing a workout routine) 

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Extreme Chest Workout

December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Extreme Chest Workout

 

 

For bodybuilders, developing a large, well-sculpted chest is crucial for performance on the stage. When building your chest, you need to make sure you hit each specific muscle group in the chest, from multiple angles so that each area is trained maximally. Furthermore, you need to include at least one highly explosive lift and one stabilization lift. The highly explosive chest lift will maximize development of the larger type II muscle fibers of the chest. The stabilization chest exercise will ensure all possible fibers of the chest have been recruited. This ensures every area gets worked.

 

The Extreme Chest Routine

Exercise Name

Reps

Sets

Intensity

Recovery

Dumbbell Bench Press

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

90 seconds

Decline Dumbbell Bench Press

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

90 seconds

Incline Cable Flyes

8 – 10

3

85% 1-RM

90 seconds

Medball Chest Pass

20

3

40% to 60% 1-RM

90 seconds

Stability Ball Pushups with Feet on Bench

Failure

3

Bodyweight

90 seconds

 

Breaking Down the Benefits of the Extreme Chest Workout

The extreme chest routine hits both the pec major and pec minor muscles of your chest. More importantly both the clavicular portion of your pecs and sternal portion of your pec major are addressed. Many routines fail to include a specific exercise that hits each of these parts. This particular workout does that for you. The extreme chest routine is also versatile in that you will not only gain mass but power and stabilization strength as well. Being more powerful in the chest and being able to stabilize heavier weights will allow you to progress future workouts to new heights and further increase chest development.

 

Extreme Chest Workout Exercise Specifics

The dumbbell bench press is used in place of a traditional barbell bench for two reasons. You have to dynamically stabilize the dumbbells with each arm which maximizes the amount of musculature used at the chest and it allows for a more natural movement at the shoulder joint reducing the risk of injury. The decline dumbbell bench takes this concept and applies it to your pec minor muscles. The incline flyes address sternal and clavicular pec muscle fibers while keeping even tension across the chest. This is one motion where cables are actually superior to dumbbells because of how gravity works in relation to your body position.

The chest pass should be done at maximal speed against a wall. Type II fibers respond best to heavy weight or extreme speeds. Since the weight will be lower, use a fast, forceful push. The stability ball pushup is really going to finish off your chest. Your bigger type II fibers are normally responsible for force production while your smaller type I fibers are responsible for stabilization; however, type I fiber training should not be neglected as these can get larger in size if trained appropriately. The stability ball pushup will accomplish this goal when performed at the end of this particular workout.

 (TFSupplements is not responsible for any health complications stemming from this workout. Always consult an doctor before starting / changing a workout routine) 

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Friction by VPX Review

December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Friction by VPX

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Introduction

Friction by VPX Sports is a state of the art pre-workout supplement aimed at sparking extreme intensity during training sessions. Unlike other pre-workout products, Friction comes with 30 full doses – one scoop per dose.

 

How does Friction Work?

Like most pre-workout supplements, Friction comes in a powdered form that mixes easily with water. It is an extremely potent stimulant with thermogenic properties to enhance strength, pumps and intensity in the gym. The following ingredients are incorporated into the Friction blend:

Creatine Monohydrate - Nitrogenous organic acid that helps to supply energy to all cells in the body, primarily muscle. Helps support and promote lean muscle mass.

Beta-Alanine - A non essential amino acid pivotal to increasing muscular strength, power output, muscle mass, and endurance. It is also associated with delay in muscle fatigue – so you can train harder for longer.

Caffeine - Stimulant to keep you alert and focused.

B-Phenylethylamine - A natural monoamine alkaloid which functions as a neuromodulator to enhance mood and wakefulness, as well as, stimulate fat loss.

Yohimbine - An all natural alkaloid with stimulant and aphrodisiac effects.

Halostachine - A stimulating agent with intense thermogenic properties.

Pros and Cons 

Pros:

1. Increased wakefulness, alertness and
focus

2. Significant increases in intensity
and stamina during workouts

3. Delayed onset of muscle fatigue –
train harder for longer.

Cons:

1. Potential overstimulation which is
associated with anxiety and anxiety-related physical symptoms such as elevated
pulse, elevated blood pressure, sweating and abdominal cramps.

2. Increases risk of dehydration.

 

Conclusion

Because Friction by VPX Sports is new to the market, there is a lack of user testimonials. So while Friction has the potential to be a very effective and powerful pre-workout supplement, we can’t be positive as to what users may experience. However, unlike many pre-workouts, Friction only requires one scoop per dose – so it seems that it is extremely potent.

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Compound 20 Review

December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Introduction

Compound 20 by USP Labs is a leaning and hardening cocktail designed to enhance strength gains, accelerate loss of body fat and increase explosive intensity during workouts.

 

How does Compound 20 Work?

Compound 20 comes in a convenient capsule form which is meant to be taken before meals for complete absorption; however, some users have suggested dosing on an empty stomach prior to training sessions.

 

USP Labs promotes Compound 20 as an all-natural version of Clenbuterol, a powerful pharmaceutical Beta 2-Agonist. Clenbuterol promotes fat loss by stimulating beta-2 receptors, which allow your body to release and burn stored fat at a higher rate. Thus, it is believed that Compound 20 mimics this action to achieve weight loss results.

 

Compound 20 by USP Labs is a proprietary blend; therefore, the percent composition of the three following ingredients is unknown:

  1. Symplocos Racemosa Extract (Bark)
  2. N-Coumaroyldopamine
  3. N-Caffeoyldopamine

 

Does Compound 20 Deliver?

Beta testers for Compound 20 have given it positive overall reviews. Users reported noticeable strength gains shortly after beginning dosing regimens. Testers also reported enhanced hardness and vascularity for extended periods of time post-workouts. The evidence of this product’s effectiveness is apparent in numerous user videos and before and after photos – the transformations are incredible.

 

How Much Weight Will I Lose?

Compound 20 has been designed to help promote and sustain lean muscle mass while simultaneously cutting fat. The majority of testers reported positive results to this claim which again is evident in trial videos and photographs. Weight loss is significant while using Compound 20 by USP Labs.

 

Side Effects

Some users experienced some noticeable side effects at the beginning of their Compound 20 trial; however, they also reported the disappearance of these symptoms as the trial continued. These users reported some stomach upset when they first tried dosing on an empty stomach prior to training sessions. Additionally, some users have experienced significant increases in libido and sex drive during the first few weeks of dosing; however, the majority of testers have claimed to have experienced no side effects at all. Either way, it’s always smart to consult your physician before beginning any new supplement regimen.

 

Pros and Cons 

Pros:

  1. Significant increase in strength
    gains
  2. Enhanced hardness and vascularity
  3. Explosive workouts

Cons:

  1. Some stomach upset has been
    reported
  2. May take awhile to “kick in”

 

Conclusion

Compound 20 by USP Labs has shown to be effective in maintaining muscle tone and strength while also ridding the body of unwanted fat. While there have been a few reports of stomach upset, there have been no serious side effects reported. For many, Compound 20 by USP Labs has been a complete game changer.

 

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