Showing posts with label caffeine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label caffeine. Show all posts

Monday, June 24, 2013

Gamma Labs G Fuel Review... Quick and Easy Pre Workout Energy

The other day when I was at 7/11 picking up a bottle of water they had these little packets on display on the door; they were only around like 75 cents a packet so why not try it out. I didn't know anything about the brand or the company and I wasn't even 100% sure what this was exactly until I read the back. It's pretty much a light pre workout or energy drink you can take before "playing" it says on the back. There isn't a huge and crazy ingredients list, just some vitamins, and a few other interesting things; there is 150mg of caffeine which actually isn't too crazy at all for most people, and there also is a really cool antioxidant complex that they threw into the mix as well.

I used it the other afternoon before the gym, just threw it in a bottle of water and it mixed very easily. I was never one to care about the taste of supplements, whether bad or good, it was just never a big deal to me, but I do know a lot of you out there do care so I will add that it tasted pretty crappy. Like putrid lemonade that had been sitting in the sun for a few days bad; it actually had my face cringing a little bit like I was eating some sour candy.

I really wasn't expecting much, but I'm surprised to say that this stuff wasn't too bad! I felt good shortly after taking it, and had a great workout; to me personally it felt like it was effecting my mood in a positive way rather than my strength or stamina for instance which is perfectly fine for me. I just felt in the zone I guess would be the best way to put it, like I was actually bumping my head every now and then when a good song on my ipod would come on.  Just keep one thing in mind though, I don't normally take pre-workout supps at all so my tolerance to them is very low; if you do normally drink them than you might not get crap out of this stuff; some of you may not even consider this a pre-workout at all! As I said before look at the ingredient profile, it's very light.

So if you don't like taking hard core pre-workouts for whatever reason, they get you too wired, edgy, you don't feel well, then I do recommend that you try this stuff as it's not as harsh!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Green-Coffee-Extract Burns Body Fat

There's a lot of craze today about green coffee bean extract and all of the benefits it has to offer you. I was reading an article in Muscle & Performance about one of the benefits of green coffee extract, and that is that it burns body fat! Green coffee extract coming from raw, unroasted, green coffee beans contains chlorogenic acid; a crucial component for fat loss that is diminished when the usual roasting process of coffee takes place.

 "This fat-loss booster (chlorogenic acid) works synergistically with caffeine to burn the body fat that has been released from storage by caffeine. Look for products that contain 200 to 400 milligrams of green-coffee extract that's been standardized to 50% chlorogenic acid, and take it 2-3 times a day between meals." <Stiefel, Steven, and Chris Logan. "Coffee Craze." Muscle & Performance 1 Apr. 2013: 13. Print.>

Also if you guys remember I did a product review for Amino Energy, guess what, it has green coffee extract in there! if you haven't seen it yet take a look, I definitely recommend you try it out!

http://blog.renovatemybody.com/2013/04/product-review-amino-energy-by-optimum.html