Showing posts with label drink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drink. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2013

FINAFLEX Ignite 2 - Best Pre-Workout Supp I've Tried in a Minute!!

Got a bunch of free samples of this stuff at work the other day and I was eager to try it. Usually I don't like pre-workouts, especially in today's market I think they're just a bunch of crap with a bunch of caffeine to get you cracked out. Finaflex brand products on the other hand I have always wanted to try but I just never had the opportunity to before. Usually the ingredients on all of their supplements sound so crazy and sketchy, but in a good way. It's all stuff that sounds like it's going to be banned any day now, but it's also stuff that's really going to do what the product was made for. Then again for all I know it could all be a load of crap and marketing tactics, but lets talk about the actual product now...

Right off the bat I'll give you some my favorite things about Ignite 2, the first was that you can drink this and start your workout within 5-15 minutes right after, it kicks in so fast, and you will feel it. Most other pre-workouts direct you to drink them 30-45 min before which can suck a lot of the time in my opinion. The second highlight for me was the insane pumps I got from it; I haven't had pumps like this in a long time! The ones where it literally feels like your skin is tearing with each rep, your veins are bulging out, and there's heat radiating from your muscles. It makes you feel dense and very tight, one of the best supplements I've used for getting a great pump and I love it for that; it gets so much blood to the muscles that from training arms I actually have new stretch marks forming on my biceps! The third and final thing I liked about it was that it got me focused and energized, but not cracked out! I can't tell you how many times I've taken a pre-workout supplement and felt like I was going to have a heart attack mid workout, or how many times I've taken one and felt like crap, weak, and shaky. Finaflex got the formula down perfect for this one so that I didn't experience any of that.

Those were the 3 main things I love most about this product; now for the people out there who care about taste, it does taste overly sweet like most other similar supplements out there but it's not a deal breaker. As for the mixability it mixes really easily in a glass or bottle. Also just to compare it to another product for those of you who are curious; I've tried C4 by Cellucor many times and have hated it every single time, so if you feel the same way then you may just love Ignite 2 as well!

Overall I'll give this product a 5/5 because it delivered exactly what it was supposed to do, along with extra goodies like Aminosterone and Crea-Trona which you can see about in the pictures. You definitely have to try this product!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

You Should be Drinking Water and Plenty of It!


I tell all of my clients that they need to drink at least 3 liters of water every day; it doesn’t matter how old you are, if you’re a guy, if you’re a girl, or how much you weigh… you need to be drinking a minimum of 3 liters of water every day! Not only is water great for the body and you only need it to survive, but if you’re drinking enough it actually increases fat oxidation in the body! One way to tell that you’re taking in enough water is when you’re working out you shouldn't feel thirsty, or feel the need to go get a drink; no matter how hard you’re working out. If you do get thirsty when you’re working out then it is too late and believe it or not you’re actually dehydrated! Being dehydrated actually slows fat oxidation, or in other words the burning away of fat for fuel for the body. It also makes you feel crappy, and drastically effects your performance levels.

If you drink any flavored beverages as well like sodas, juices, sweet teas, etc. they are loaded with sugar and empty calories; meaning that you’ll drink them but you’re not going to feel full even though there are calories in them. So if you could just cut out all flavored drinks and replace them with water you’re already cutting out hundreds of thousands of calories which can help you lose up to anywhere around 10lbs a year alone!

A lot of you may think that it’s way too hard to drink all that water in a day, it’s not! Just divide your day up into thirds. 9am-1pm drink 1 liter, 1pm-4pm drink one liter, and 4pm-8pm drink one liter. As a rule of thumb as well, it’s better to get your water in the day before you actually exercise rather than the day of. Reason being is so that the body can flush out its system of any toxins and it takes time to get hydrated.