tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48218142077950090512024-03-12T20:39:59.873-05:00Aesthetic MuscleLose fat. Build Muscle. Be Aesthetic.Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-49767061149334904432014-04-10T16:18:00.000-05:002014-04-10T16:18:30.414-05:00Bulking up for a year (or longer)I've decided that I won't be dieting/cutting/shredding at all this year in 2014 and will be taking my time to "bulk up" and build some more muscle. I want to improve on what I feel are my weak-points and taking this amount of time to focus on them is what I feel would be best.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
For the past few years I've always dieted down to look good for the warm spring and summer months, and bulked during the cold winter months. But the thing is I would stay lean all throughout the warm months and so my dieting/maintenance phase would end up being 9 months long! This only allowed 3 months for me to build new muscle.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Although it seems like I have made progress and built a little muscle through the years, I feel like I could make a lot more progress if I did it for longer than 3 months at a time. I mean how much "real" muscle can you build in 3 months, right? </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
This will be the first time that I've "bulked" for this long in a while. Let's see how comfortable I'll feel being at higher body fat levels for an extended amount of time. I'm the type of a person who prefers to look shredded and feel svelte and lean instead of looking bulky and feeling big.<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
I intend to bulk extremely slow since I have all the time in the world now. I'll be doing what is referred to as "reverse dieting". Basically just slowly increasing carbohydrate and calories instead of jumping straight to bulking level calories right away.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4loXvQq2_E_Wc9fyZK-fvCX1znyUInr-mzhMcCgb6bQkCVvqH7XLtGi8gb6trjdkAHhqKH8TM_gQ0TgiopHleq7Y8dsaxaMA3t8hUnhVJvgZAbMr5Ca5DRyulVuTxliGvHQ9-2id_sU/s1600/2011_2012_Bulk.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4loXvQq2_E_Wc9fyZK-fvCX1znyUInr-mzhMcCgb6bQkCVvqH7XLtGi8gb6trjdkAHhqKH8TM_gQ0TgiopHleq7Y8dsaxaMA3t8hUnhVJvgZAbMr5Ca5DRyulVuTxliGvHQ9-2id_sU/s1600/2011_2012_Bulk.jpeg" height="257" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Results of my 4 month bulk back in 2011-2012</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br />
<b>My Diet</b><br />
<br /></div>
<div>
Since I was not eating any direct carbs in my daily diet while I was staying lean, I added in 30-40 grams of carbs a day to my daily intake. I did this for 2 weeks and gauged my weight and progress from there. I was still losing weight at this carb level which was expected, so I added another 30-40 grams. This means I was then taking in 60-80 grams of carbs a day. I gauged this for 2 weeks and was still losing weight. So now I'll take in about 100-120 grams of carbs. (I'm now at 120-160 grams)</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
During the holiday season it was difficult to just stick to this carb intake level. If it's a holiday or celebration, I won't monitor my carb intake and I'll eat as my heart desires. This does throw off my weight a bit because of the increased water and glycogen. I'll gain anywhere from 6-10 lbs depending on how much pig out. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I do go back to eating at my designated carb level on "regular" days and I my weight will drop and become steady though. I've found it hasn't been difficult at all to go back to "regular" eating with IIFYM.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The carbs I've been eating haven't necessarily been "clean" carbs. Some days I'll have white rice. Other days I'll have pop tarts. Some days I'll have noodles or pasta. The source of cabs doesn't matter really. It's what is known IIFYM (if it fits your macros) these days. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I used to be afraid of eating so many carbs and going overboard eating the "bad" carbs, but it's worked pretty well for me actually. While I was dieting, if I would eat some "bad" carbs I would start eating more and more carbs and all kinds of junk food like they were going out of style. Part of this was because I would go 2-3 weeks of clean eating and then I would have a cheat day. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
But with IIFYM because I know I can eat whatever I want when I want, granted it fits my carb intake level, I don't feel like I need to eat everything I want in one day. I know I can just eat it the next day or the day after that if I have no more room for it in my macros.<br />
<br />
It's been working great so far and I recommend everybody give it a try to improve your relationship with food.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcawQrK9sz_pdXktf9S81yjhXY9E9oETYpHpU4R0qJwj5oUHm5uGHUKie6Jk_OWM4wNcSV6ulVxh8xngYQEC5t_bRWn1UvKi0BaP76AWF8QrUdnBS5WHgTIx6wFdB5n6bEGFTJ8La9F4/s1600/Friedrice_chicken_eggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcawQrK9sz_pdXktf9S81yjhXY9E9oETYpHpU4R0qJwj5oUHm5uGHUKie6Jk_OWM4wNcSV6ulVxh8xngYQEC5t_bRWn1UvKi0BaP76AWF8QrUdnBS5WHgTIx6wFdB5n6bEGFTJ8La9F4/s1600/Friedrice_chicken_eggs.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite homemade meals: Rice stir fried with cut up chicken thighs and eggs</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br />
<b>My Training</b><br />
<br /></div>
<div>
As far as my training goes, I've experienced crazy endurance, stamina, and pumps in the gym. It feels like I can workout forever and not feel like it's time to leave. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
When I was dieting, I would sometimes feel drained at the end of my workouts but with the increased carbs, I definitely feel the increased energy and pumps. My workouts now range anywhere from 90 -120 minutes. Yes, it can get up to 2 hours long but with the increased carbs comes increased training volume and I still feel great when I leave the gym.<br />
<br />
I do a typical bodybuilding split of working each body part once a week. But since I am working on my weak points, chest and biceps, I'll do those two or even three times a week and cut back the volume on my stronger points, triceps.<br />
<br />
Here's my current week split which starts on Tuesday:<br />
<br />
Tuesday - Chest and triceps<br />
Wednesday - Back thickness, traps, and rear delts<br />
Thursday -Rest<br />
Friday - Chest & shoulders<br />
Saturday - Legs<br />
Sunday - Back width and biceps<br />
Monday - Rest<br />
<br />
Here's an example of a Chest and triceps workout:<br />
(format is exercise - sets x rep range)<br />
<br />
Dumbbell incline bench press - 4-6 x 6-12<br />
Incline dumbbell flyes - 4 x 8-15<br />
Weighted dips - 4 x 8-12<br />
Machine flye - 3-4 x 10-15<br />
Cable crossover - 3-4 x 10-15<br />
Tricep pushdown - 3 x 8-12<br />
Cable overhead tricep extension with rope 3 x 10-15<br />
Dips - 2 x reps to failure<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZagOFt3MPVzqfBGUk_8Y8rC65Z1MHIXly2RVv2EZ6ILz2fnrM3Rw-WEU1Lk_NjI9RwcvxvMHL4D1_k5tlJA-MAce5rE3UOc1iORx5z66x83o4FBgMc4st_c_czOegSWGiI2cX22D2PPA/s1600/Thanksgiving_morning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZagOFt3MPVzqfBGUk_8Y8rC65Z1MHIXly2RVv2EZ6ILz2fnrM3Rw-WEU1Lk_NjI9RwcvxvMHL4D1_k5tlJA-MAce5rE3UOc1iORx5z66x83o4FBgMc4st_c_czOegSWGiI2cX22D2PPA/s1600/Thanksgiving_morning.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Began my bulk with a Thanksgiving morning workout!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Another thing I want to mention about my training is that I've really been focusing on the mind muscle connection aspect. Due to some heavy training causing aching joints, I decided to do this to get a better training effect without having to use as much weight.<br />
<br />
I'll write more about this in a different blog post, but I feel like it's working awesome for me! It feels like a totally new way of training.<br />
<br />
I'm very excited about bulking for this long with no dieting phases. It's been such a long time since I've done this. I'm hoping to look like Flex Wheeler at the end of this lol...just kidding :)<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcest2Lf_ljGhH32gwKNhjo1w29iGKkTveO_f5VjyUo1ZRipL3zfbHj4NkivOhay-YFAxXGKXMMQXArOe96dLXQxDM46MsW_EO12UIZ2FmJqdBMcNHQw7U2ZXKVfHNL7-MacFlnegaZw/s1600/Flex_Wheeler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcest2Lf_ljGhH32gwKNhjo1w29iGKkTveO_f5VjyUo1ZRipL3zfbHj4NkivOhay-YFAxXGKXMMQXArOe96dLXQxDM46MsW_EO12UIZ2FmJqdBMcNHQw7U2ZXKVfHNL7-MacFlnegaZw/s1600/Flex_Wheeler.jpg" height="320" width="174" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What i'm going to look like in 2015 lol</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<b>Update</b><br />
<br />
I'm not sure if anybody is still reading this blog since I haven't updated it since last year but I decided to write this post anyway to document and share what I'm doing. I'll still try to post more updates on anything "fitness" related in my life and new supplements I've been able to try out.<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-81671757241142697672013-01-07T16:28:00.000-06:002013-08-21T21:46:43.652-05:00Controlled Labs PROnom 23 Protein Review<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A1L2MXQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00A1L2MXQ"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.controlledlabs.com/images/PROnom23_Choc_HR.png" width="216" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ever since <a href="http://www.gasparinutrition.com/">Gaspari</a> discontinued <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/05/gaspari-nutrition-myofusion-protein.html">Myofusion</a> and Myofusion Hydro, I've been on the search for a new favorite protein. I do love <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/07/syntha-6-protein-5-lbs-for-3549-vanilla.html">BSN's Syntha-6</a> but the carbs and fats are a little high for times when I'm cutting calories. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A1L2MN6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00A1L2MN6&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">PROnom 23</a> is Controlled Labs' newest product and their entry into the protein powder market. It's been getting a lot of great feedback on the forums. Controlled Labs is a trusted company by many so I was very interested in trying out their protein.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AvYkQHwKXHLrjU3iWghwKpvq0yQdeVEl6CipguOoyupqLmnUnmgA8jAXBD5HJ1IlLx6TPlaJBlmzI2hSHw5ZUN-Y3xgxtGAA0V_bQgutmdlQKtBzpfeZvIMG4jfedFuelbFlMr4n2Jg/s1600/2012-12-18_19-33-21_725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AvYkQHwKXHLrjU3iWghwKpvq0yQdeVEl6CipguOoyupqLmnUnmgA8jAXBD5HJ1IlLx6TPlaJBlmzI2hSHw5ZUN-Y3xgxtGAA0V_bQgutmdlQKtBzpfeZvIMG4jfedFuelbFlMr4n2Jg/s320/2012-12-18_19-33-21_725.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanilla Cupcake Batter opened up!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.musclehq.com/">MuscleHQ</a> had this on sale so I decided to buy a jug of each flavor to try it out. The two flavors currently available are Chocolate Cupcake Batter and Vanilla Cupcake Batter. One 4 lb jug provides 53 servings and was on sale for $39 a jug. This is a little pricier than what I would normally spend on protein but I decided to splurge a bit based on Controlled Labs' reputation and feedback.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PROnom 23 isn't a straight whey protein powder but is a protein blend made up of six different proteins which are: <span style="background-color: white;">Whey Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Isolate Whey Protein Hydrolysate, Micellar Casein, Milk Protein Isolate, Calcium Caseinate. Protein blends typically taste better since the company is able to manipulate the texture using different proteins, and additional fats and sugars normally added as well.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Taste</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The protein is one of the better proteins I have tasted. The Vanilla to me doesn't really taste like vanilla but it is still good, perhaps more like a light French vanilla. Some have said it reminds them of Twinkies The chocolate tastes very good and would be the flavor I would choose if I had to choose one. Others say it taste like Swiss Miss hot chocolate. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Texture</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The texture is very smooth and has no clumps as advertised. However, it is a tiny bit chalky. I prefer my shakes to be thicker so I like this protein with very little water, around 6-8 ounces for two scoops. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo71Sg5nilS-e4mDE9ryLkGaEfBnPwwG6z5gbv0wPlJ2jx0_qczNxRVk_a4nZNoh83eSEtWAiGkTCkVsGGJhrABJetTK34jm3lA-h0tb_Q1eAGxd31a6vtUGWe4gWwNcSWadcc_4AqbY/s1600/2012-12-18_19-35-00_182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo71Sg5nilS-e4mDE9ryLkGaEfBnPwwG6z5gbv0wPlJ2jx0_qczNxRVk_a4nZNoh83eSEtWAiGkTCkVsGGJhrABJetTK34jm3lA-h0tb_Q1eAGxd31a6vtUGWe4gWwNcSWadcc_4AqbY/s320/2012-12-18_19-35-00_182.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaken in the Blender Bottle. No clumps!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Smell</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This protein smells awesome. The chocolate cupcake batter smells like a mix of Hershey's chocolate and Qwik powder. The vanilla cupcake batter has a weaker smell but it still smells good. I can smell the vanilla, but it is a very light vanilla smell just like it's light vanilla taste.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Mixability</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The mixability of PROnom 23 is one of the best. It mixes very fast with no clumps and only takes a couple shakes with the blender bottle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Overall</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a protein that I would rank pretty high up there. It tastes great, smells great, mixes great! I would definitely buy this again if I could find a good deal on it. 39 plus shipping for 4 lbs is a little high but 30-32 dollars for 4 lbs would be awesome.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A1L2MN6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00A1L2MN6&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">PROnom 23</a> hasn't taken over as my favorite. I still prefer Myofusion and Syntha-6 but it's a good protein that I would definitely look forward to drinking. This is only my opinion but other users seem to love the protein. I would rate PROnom 23 a 4 out of 5 stars :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyayh8_lfbuvdJbAyoU9H0cRA69a09nxKSogyhQAFpqBcBZdXYDFD5W6a_E-ywAjr6LKOQbyMndvJb3Pe7bUVJsjVszcGE-Dqstak5cajtJkymwNY2MHG2fsWVcE_TO-zdY0N39ms6rW0/s1600/SAM_0221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyayh8_lfbuvdJbAyoU9H0cRA69a09nxKSogyhQAFpqBcBZdXYDFD5W6a_E-ywAjr6LKOQbyMndvJb3Pe7bUVJsjVszcGE-Dqstak5cajtJkymwNY2MHG2fsWVcE_TO-zdY0N39ms6rW0/s320/SAM_0221.JPG" width="224" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two jars :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-9960902482647777062012-09-14T08:31:00.001-05:002013-08-21T21:45:20.886-05:00From Plump to Pumped: The 'Fast' Way to Success<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know it's been a while since I've posted anything on my blog (though I've posted a few quick things on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AestheticMuscle">facebook</a>, so make sure to follow/like the page!). It's been an extremely busy summer for me and so I haven't had the time to post anything. Now that the busy summer is over I can begin posting some more again :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
I'm excited to say my first returning post is an awesome one! One of my friends, Mykey, used the same principles I used last year detailed in my <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/05/12-week-transformation.html">12 week transformation series</a> to get cut up for the summer. He was willing to let me interview him and share his dramatic results with others! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He had tried cutting the previous year but with less success...he basically became a smaller version of himself due to following some bad ideas. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But this year was a different story! The pictures below speak for themselves. He had awesome results and he looks amazing!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out the picture below from his attempted cut in 2011:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPyXhp1u8y0MsATfLrnh8u9LAvao56E5xTfu5En-sBq2hvTppIQxE7ggiVfFFDvu19JAL4Sbk3PY32YIlayYzsnFvVzIRhhkXyzaqwNDix4Z_mbg9PUvgaWM1OEW-BRXoyerDqNJcdW8/s1600/Mykey2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPyXhp1u8y0MsATfLrnh8u9LAvao56E5xTfu5En-sBq2hvTppIQxE7ggiVfFFDvu19JAL4Sbk3PY32YIlayYzsnFvVzIRhhkXyzaqwNDix4Z_mbg9PUvgaWM1OEW-BRXoyerDqNJcdW8/s320/Mykey2011.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">2011 Cut Attempt</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can see that he's significantly smaller but only slightly more defined. This meant he lost fat but also lost quite a bit of muscle :( Now check out the picture below for his 2012 cut! He's 185 lbs in the 'Before' picture and 163 lbs in the 'After' picture. A loss of 22 lbs!<br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EIDwW62YyE0ZFfoVwtipf1T_28B_yu5iHge2A_LlRo6m_JDKgksqd8TXUL5B0F1zd3NTQY9rvhRDYi3f1eZjhcAqu8JF7kupKWH8iUQpQGHBGBSp6e5lNNoGT1LZ5BrIdsTFZLDaFfo/s1600/Mykey2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EIDwW62YyE0ZFfoVwtipf1T_28B_yu5iHge2A_LlRo6m_JDKgksqd8TXUL5B0F1zd3NTQY9rvhRDYi3f1eZjhcAqu8JF7kupKWH8iUQpQGHBGBSp6e5lNNoGT1LZ5BrIdsTFZLDaFfo/s320/Mykey2012.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">2012 Aesthetic Cut!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Notice his abs are clearly defined, he has more of a V-taper, and clear separation in his arms and shoulders. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He just looks damn good! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Compare the 'After' pictures from 2011 and 2012 and you can see a HUGE difference this time around. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Mykey</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> actually weighs 2 lbs </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">less</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in 2012 but he actually looks bigger and more muscular! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mykey was basically was on his own with this and I wasn't personally consulting with him. He would occasionally ask me questions here and there, just like commenters on my blog do, but we weren't discussing his diet and training weekly or anything like that. He read my blog posts, used them as a guideline, and tweaked what he needed to find what worked best for him. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So let's get onto the interview!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> I have to say this is the best I have ever seen you look. When I saw you in Vegas for my bachelor party, you looked aesthetic as f**k! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mykey:</b></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Thanks man, the advice on your blog really helped. It feels great to work hard and finally get awesome results! I knew we would all be shredding for your wedding so it would have been lame if I was the only one in our group of friends that was out of shape for the bachelor party vacation.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> Haha, more like shredding for the bachelor party :) What convinced you to cut this time around the same way I did in my <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/05/12-week-transformation.html">12 week transformation series</a>?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mykey:</b></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Around the holidays last year I was eating and drinking so much and was just getting fat despite working out up to 5 days a week at the gym. After New Years Eve I just felt like a waste of life. I took a picture of myself shirtless in the mirror and was unhappy with myself and decided that it was time for a change. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br />
</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">I looked at pictures from my previous cut last year where I just ate less, lifted and ran on the treadmill everyday. I remembered you saying that my results weren't as </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">pronounced</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> as they could have been because I lost too much weight too fast. I decided to try <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/06/12-week-body-transformation-continued.html">your approach</a> because of your unbelievable results and I knew it couldn't have been a gimmick since I've known you for years.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgNL3m_1r6KKLzZoTScSZV5xxTcU-IlXuEJTKxoHnjZMpWaLxmvT6BYun2XcXJ_fpZpl65HoBWMkwSGb8akAxvHQ6fhIp5fMCc7NozTTU9AVNr7fzb0yNyQHpKskPk5GVJjogVuH6G9Y/s1600/loving-our-bodies.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgNL3m_1r6KKLzZoTScSZV5xxTcU-IlXuEJTKxoHnjZMpWaLxmvT6BYun2XcXJ_fpZpl65HoBWMkwSGb8akAxvHQ6fhIp5fMCc7NozTTU9AVNr7fzb0yNyQHpKskPk5GVJjogVuH6G9Y/s200/loving-our-bodies.gif" width="197" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stop lying to yourselves and make a change!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> Yeah, seeing pictures of yourself is always a real eye-opener. I never understood how people can see themselves in pictures being fatter than everyone else and thinking its okay. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So what did you do different between last year's cut and this year's cut?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mykey:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Last year I was just eating less and killing myself with at least 3 miles of running everyday combined with lifting. </span></span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white;">
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">This year, the biggest difference was in my diet and using intermittent fasting. I would fast for 16 hours and would eat within an 8 hour window. I made sure to count my calories closely this time to ensure I was getting enough protein in my diet. I cut out carbs aside from those I got from fruits and vegetables and I gave myself a cheat day once every weekend, but I made sure not to go overboard. </span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">I also took supplements like protein, creatine, BCAA's , preworkouts, fat burners, fishoil and multivitamins in conjunction with my diet and exercise, which I never regularly did in the past. Below is list of the specific products I used during the cut. I didn't use all of them at once but used a variety of brands just because I wanted to try out different products:</span></span><br />
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Protein: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006B5MUH4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006B5MUH4&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">Gaspari Myofusion</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=syntha%206&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=syntha%2Chpc%2C160&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">BSN Syntha-6</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EHXKU2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004EHXKU2&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">Musclepharm Combat Powder</a></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Creatine: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=universal%20creatine&linkCode=ur2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">Universal Creatine Monohydrate</a></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BCAA: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CH0DT4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005CH0DT4&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">Scivation Xtend</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P0UX4S/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005P0UX4S&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">AI Sports RecoverPro</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=bsn%20amino&linkCode=ur2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">BSN Amino X</a></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Preworkout: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=c4&linkCode=ur2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">Cellucor C4 Extreme</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=0&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=driven%20craze&linkCode=ur2&rh=n%3A3760901%2Ck%3Adriven%20craze&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">Driven Sports Craze</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008UE23TO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008UE23TO&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">USP Jack3d</a></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fatburner: <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=oxyelite+pro&hl=en&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=945&bih=1047&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=964872607485800981&sa=X&ei=Y6FSULTROeX8yQGwoYCwCg&ved=0CE8Q8wIwAA">USP Labs OxyElite Pro</a></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fishoil: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SE5SY6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000SE5SY6&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">NOW Ultra Omega-3</a></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Multivitamin: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=armor%20v&linkCode=ur2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">Musclepharm Armor V</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GOT54C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000GOT54C&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">Universal Animal Pak</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EMNER6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004EMNER6&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl06-20">Universal Animal Flex</a></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/311bxex7P5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/311bxex7P5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GMP4HW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004GMP4HW&linkCode=as2&tag=aesthmuscl-20">One of mine and Mykey's favorite protein powders. It tastes like a milkshake!</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">In terms of exercise, I switched to a 5x5 routine and lifted as heavy as I could. The only cardio I did was about a half hour to an hour of walking on the treadmill or elliptical every other day. This was a huge difference from the endless miles I was running last year. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> I was trying to tell everybody that I didn't jog a single mile last year for my cut! I hope this helps more people realize jogging miles and miles is not going to make them look awesome. Its also too bad they changed the Myofusion formula and OxyElite Pro is harder to get now. Those were two of my favorites!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Which difference did you think helped you the most?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mykey:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I truly believe intermittent fasting really helped. In the past I had always been able to work out and get into decent shape, but I think fasting helped me lose fat while gaining muscle. Before this year, I never really saw good definition in my muscles. Once I started seeing quick results, it was much easier for me to maintain the motivation to go to the gym and intermittent fast everyday.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> Losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time sounds like a wonderful thing to me! Which part did you find to be the most difficult? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mykey:</b></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The first day or two of fasting was a little difficult since the feelings of false hunger were unfamiliar. It seemed like I was surrounded by friends, family and coworkers that ate what they pleased and expected me to as well. The hardest part was blocking out everyone else while disciplining myself to take control of what I would consume to look the way I wanted.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> Yes, that's very true. I used to work in an office environment where everybody was so concerned about what they were going to eat for lunch, all the while they were snacking away at their desk! Plus, everybody is always telling you to eat this and eat that. Offices are a terrible environment people create for themselves in terms of health and good looks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you do anything different than what I had outlined?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mykey: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I did your <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/07/5x5-workout-routine.html">5x5 workout</a> and eventually switched to the <a href="http://stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/">Bill Starr MadCow 5x5</a> for some variety. I also fasted for 16 hours (sometimes more) as opposed to your 20. I also worked out in the mornings instead of evenings so I followed the <a href="http://www.leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html">Lean Gains Early Morning Fasted Training Protocol</a>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />
</span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Instead of having a whole cheat day every 2 weeks, I would just have a moderately sized cheat meal or two once every weekend. If it ever got bad I would fast the entire next day and continue with intermittent fasting the day after that.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />
</span></span> <br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17gh7slrn1mfsjpg/xlarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17gh7slrn1mfsjpg/xlarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A terrible environment for aesthetics. Why does office food have to be all carbs?!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> Haha, there have been plenty of times that I've gone overboard on a cheat so I'll fast the whole day the next day too. Everybody thinks its so dangerous not eating <i>anything</i> but I actually think it feels great! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So now that you've reached a personal best level of aesthetics, what are your plans in regards to your diet and training?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mykey:</b></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">From this point, I'm going to try my best to gain as much additional muscle as I can while minimizing fat accumulation in the upcoming holiday season. Then once Spring and Summer come around, I'd like to cut down again and take some measurements and new photos to see if I improved from this past summer.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
<span style="color: red;">Aesthetic Muscle:</span> Thanks Mykey for sharing your results and success on my blog! Best of luck to you this year!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can see from Mykey's incredible results, I'm not the only one <a href="http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2011/07/suppversity-student-spotlight-duong.html">who can do it</a>. Many people I know have tried intermittent fasting with great success! And if you find intermittent fasting doesn't sit right with you, just try anything else to change your body! Make the decision to change your body and transform your life! Transform your life for the sake of your spouse, for your kids, and for your family and friends. Stop thinking it is okay to get fatter and weaker as you get older. Find the motivation and make a promise to yourself to live a healthier life and do your part in stopping the obesity epidemic! Sorry for the rant ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span> <br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFi6AOVU-o-Uo2v3aDpGhzwi46w9elZy_XaVBS_ObM6eOJMiYBHXa66JOT1xFF2ycOXYMN5eIeK-GzKJPd-MXX9H7XjZxcADIu_r3O6IcvdYd7IJ5mVGwkfrENgKOVRnKD4n647EhhJo/s1600/SAM_0029_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFi6AOVU-o-Uo2v3aDpGhzwi46w9elZy_XaVBS_ObM6eOJMiYBHXa66JOT1xFF2ycOXYMN5eIeK-GzKJPd-MXX9H7XjZxcADIu_r3O6IcvdYd7IJ5mVGwkfrENgKOVRnKD4n647EhhJo/s400/SAM_0029_2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me (far left), Mykey (far right) and few friends celebrating our cutting success at an All You Can Eat Buffet! Remember its okay to eat junk when you don't look like junk :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-62600700467858268942012-04-30T17:07:00.000-05:002012-04-30T17:07:41.751-05:00Universal Shock Therapy Preworkout Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.netrition.com/images/universal_shock_therapy_new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://images.netrition.com/images/universal_shock_therapy_new.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I recently got to try the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=universal%20shock%20therapy&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=universal%20shock%20ther%2Caps%2C191">Universal Shock Therapy</a> preworkout I wrote about in my <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2012/04/universal-samples.html">previous blog post</a>. I was pretty excited to try this after reading the information packet that came with the samples. Universal also really promoted the taste as being something exceptional so I was thinking this may take the number one spot in terms of taste.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Taste</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The flavor sample they sent me was Clyde's Hard Lemonade. It mixed smoothly and left no floating particles. It had a v</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ery good smell like a strong pink lemonade.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As for the actual taste?...It tasted pretty bad with 8 oz of water...very mediciny and bitter. There was also an aftertaste that was bitter too. I thought maybe I just needed to add more water, so I added more water and it pretty much tasted the same, just not as strong. The taste not being great was pretty disappointing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuXW6_KUFVO63wbUs-r9zDOBPBXRBdk1xYEqk5KejYVs0rT03ywrLXT3Sbr37SvkFkdnag27hXA-m6U5gR1UMEWMMHZ0OhkVCRuWFucuoiJUKu9yJmUUSAR1JRXqq0yYVhdSNqicLR7Q/s1600/SAM_9535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuXW6_KUFVO63wbUs-r9zDOBPBXRBdk1xYEqk5KejYVs0rT03ywrLXT3Sbr37SvkFkdnag27hXA-m6U5gR1UMEWMMHZ0OhkVCRuWFucuoiJUKu9yJmUUSAR1JRXqq0yYVhdSNqicLR7Q/s320/SAM_9535.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mixed with 8 oz of water. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Energy</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I only felt a slight increase in energy. However I had a great workout this session. It gave me a feeling of restlessness where I just wanted to do my next set and not rest so long. It was a good thing I took this on my "medium" day (sets of 8-14 reps) instead of my heavy day (sets of 3-5 reps).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Strength</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I felt strong throughout the workout but there was no noticeable "extra" strength I could speak about.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Endurance</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My endurance during this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=universal%20shock%20therapy&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=universal%20shock%20ther%2Caps%2C191">Shock Therapy</a> workout was great. I didn't want to leave the gym when I was done with my workout. I felt like I didn't do enough and wanted to stay and do more!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Pump</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I experienced an awesome pump in my biceps and rear delts. But, this was nothing new for me as I have no problems getting pumps in these body parts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Overall</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really pretty excited to try this preworkout but have to admit...I was let down. From reading the hype on it, I thought it had the chance to be the best tasting preworkout but it wasn't even close and would even say it was the worst, second only to <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/07/white-flood-review.html">White Flood</a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought it also had a disappointing initial feel...there was no burst of energy or focus like with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064FO5OW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0064FO5OW">C4</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00636R9HW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00636R9HW">Craze</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I did end up having a great workout though but the taste was pretty bad!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I would only use this if I got it for free or a huge 75% discount!..even then I think I would combine it with C4 or Craze.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHJTiIPH5XA8qRMnYDux8LrOVN8soqT8BaKXYplQeP4sDJk_KuKycYajXbqA-mq4sYJjXqTgbutO9_mtL8YMbDkQaIxeoSelyQm6Y4hsASywHltv8qDj1Dky_SL1x0YC0vplyt1rKonM/s1600/SAM_9532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHJTiIPH5XA8qRMnYDux8LrOVN8soqT8BaKXYplQeP4sDJk_KuKycYajXbqA-mq4sYJjXqTgbutO9_mtL8YMbDkQaIxeoSelyQm6Y4hsASywHltv8qDj1Dky_SL1x0YC0vplyt1rKonM/s320/SAM_9532.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Free sample!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let me know what you guys think of the samples you get from Universal :)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-57231811019514282752012-04-16T16:54:00.000-05:002013-08-21T21:39:28.450-05:00Universal Samples!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.naturallygreen.co.uk/images/categories/universal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.naturallygreen.co.uk/images/categories/universal.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'd like to thank <a href="http://www.universalnutrition.com/">Universal Nutrition</a> for the package of samples they just recently sent me!</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The package includes:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-1 Sample of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=real%20gains%20universal%20nutrition&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=real%20gains%2Caps%2C135">Real Gains</a> (Weight Gainer)</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-1 Sample of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005AYA8W6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005AYA8W6">Atomic 7</a> (BCAA product with added glutamine and citrulline malate)</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-1 Sample of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=atomic%207&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=atomic%207%2Caps%2C150#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_13?url=search-alias=aps">Shock Therapy</a> (Their new re-worked pump/preworkout product)</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-1 Sticker that says "Univeral is Numero Uno" </span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxg_yCcZeAY8l1UsI0qfqoLvKFIc1kHNz-uwC3GJtAlJV7Ui2xtBcjPW46rWuU12rNTsnsaaQ8RC-FASIyX_mtNJo2TRh14dw2D1pWqk63X-Ml-hflZENfo_U4U9c6WdwG-F6_jR74IA/s1600/SAM_9511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxg_yCcZeAY8l1UsI0qfqoLvKFIc1kHNz-uwC3GJtAlJV7Ui2xtBcjPW46rWuU12rNTsnsaaQ8RC-FASIyX_mtNJo2TRh14dw2D1pWqk63X-Ml-hflZENfo_U4U9c6WdwG-F6_jR74IA/s320/SAM_9511.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3 different samples!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you'd guys like to try some samples from Universal, you can request them at the following link: </span><a href="http://www.universalusa.com/Universal/Products/Try-Samples" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">http://www.universalusa.com/Universal/Products/Try-Samples</a><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let me know how you like the samples! Oh and don't forget to like the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AestheticMuscle">Aesthetic Muscle facebook page</a> as I prefer to post quick updates/supplements deals/samples there instead of writing a blog post!</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-18360905814254519892012-03-19T21:19:00.000-05:002013-08-21T21:37:44.092-05:00Driven Sports Craze Preworkout Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00636R9HW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00636R9HW"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://assets.bodybuilding.com/store/prodimage/prod_prod590046/image_prodprod590046_white450px.jpg" width="280" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00636R9HW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00636R9HW">Driven Sports Craze</a> has been the hottest new preworkout supplement on the market in the past few months. Many users on the forums have been raving about it's effects and I finally got the chance to try it. I was seriously considering buying Craze based on the user reviews but wanted to try it first so I emailed Drive Sports and they were kind enough to send me a sample :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp0WE01PjzOvvFR9OY_6RMzfre6ehyArICdAJFdjVOEoPWkQvLsgjX1KKbM5r00ovLr9ZzZZ1g7hOm7sCcpFXuUTxWCUmHlEmzrBisyxeVeEGjL_K3e3l3TKd9FbtZwHU7PnCYUCgA5c/s1600/SAM_9370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp0WE01PjzOvvFR9OY_6RMzfre6ehyArICdAJFdjVOEoPWkQvLsgjX1KKbM5r00ovLr9ZzZZ1g7hOm7sCcpFXuUTxWCUmHlEmzrBisyxeVeEGjL_K3e3l3TKd9FbtZwHU7PnCYUCgA5c/s320/SAM_9370.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sample packet from Drive Sports :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<br />
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Taste</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was the best tasting preworkout I've tried so far. There's a nice lightly sweet grape </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">flavor with no bad aftertaste. It mixed very well with no floating sediments. It was very pleasant to sip on and I wished I had more :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBEpVFeAlUlaWu4V0govNOxrjI7gfXGfrq1RUUvQsnaSO9pCUS4Ud3rRp_xhxPH-wWoeSdTKbipXSskA_Iprvd2flbu2YxUly-Z4JdJSt75rCg9VSTANOJhTreL1n8UHECJKp6fzo6o8/s1600/SAM_9374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBEpVFeAlUlaWu4V0govNOxrjI7gfXGfrq1RUUvQsnaSO9pCUS4Ud3rRp_xhxPH-wWoeSdTKbipXSskA_Iprvd2flbu2YxUly-Z4JdJSt75rCg9VSTANOJhTreL1n8UHECJKp6fzo6o8/s320/SAM_9374.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foamy but mixed clean with no floating particles</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADMDYBsalJTZFOvOqyNtgYglqWYaYTjg3im5lSBjHyXWPL9jcbfBApz2ARFNbYf972r1TMAP2D_TntpmiyOAcXj_pMPKUhbCMmhxnB9VDyWXODz3apdO-FhU4Efm1p2r9UfGBT61ltps/s1600/SAM_9373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADMDYBsalJTZFOvOqyNtgYglqWYaYTjg3im5lSBjHyXWPL9jcbfBApz2ARFNbYf972r1TMAP2D_TntpmiyOAcXj_pMPKUhbCMmhxnB9VDyWXODz3apdO-FhU4Efm1p2r9UfGBT61ltps/s320/SAM_9373.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaken in a blender bottle for mixing</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Energy</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The energy I felt on this was decent...it wasn't crazy hyped up energy or anything but I felt a good steady flow throughout the workout. Nothing high but no lulls in energy either.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Strength</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe this is the area where <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00636R9HW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00636R9HW">Craze</a> excels. It gave me a really strong focus which seemed to help me move more weight. I've seen some users say the feeling craze gives you is different than any other preworkout. I wouldn't say a lot "different" but the focus is definitely awesome with Craze, and is something that no other preworkout I've tried has made me feel.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Endurance</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had some major endurance during this workout. By the end of my workout I felt like I still wanted to do more and could have stayed in the gym for for another 2 hours!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pump</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I didn't notice anything outside of the norm when it came to pumps. My workout was kept in the 5 rep range so that may have been why. I'd love to try this in the 8-15 rep range and see its effects on pumps.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Overall</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had a great workout with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00636R9HW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00636R9HW">Craze</a> and I would have to say it's my 2nd favorite preworkout only behind <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2012/01/cellucor-c4-extreme-review.html">Cellucor's C4 Extreme</a>. I recently purchased a bottle of Cellucor C4 Extreme so I'm not immediately looking to buy Craze but if I come across a sale, I'll purchase it to rotate with the C4. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpGWx8dnZ1HtnhQbI4X8EdAtI3C53UvJ7jIgvt-Ds-VyZ1SnQ7GPAbcDeiOedZNMxLr4pr8wePuEq9W7YqeJEOlV_EQoDk72VecnmB0MqTb4gkY8U2UXymosuNOpvlWKvqVnNEnSf_l0/s1600/SAM_9372.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpGWx8dnZ1HtnhQbI4X8EdAtI3C53UvJ7jIgvt-Ds-VyZ1SnQ7GPAbcDeiOedZNMxLr4pr8wePuEq9W7YqeJEOlV_EQoDk72VecnmB0MqTb4gkY8U2UXymosuNOpvlWKvqVnNEnSf_l0/s320/SAM_9372.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll let you guys know on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AestheticMuscle">facebook page</a> if I find any awesome sales on Driven Sports Craze. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PS, I've seen users say this makes a great pre-party cocktail if you're into that kind of thing ;)</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-43415369429634359112012-02-22T17:07:00.000-06:002013-08-21T21:35:27.910-05:00Bad experience with VPX Syngex protein<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Last month I had a really bad experience with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&x=0&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&y=0&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=syngex&url=search-alias%3Daps">VPX Sports Syngex protein</a>. I had decided to buy it because the protein was on sale for a cheap price and I had no problems with it previously when I tried their Cookies & Cream flavor.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.supplements365.com/images/VPX-syngex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.supplements365.com/images/VPX-syngex.jpg" width="203" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I ordered two 5 lb jugs, one of each flavor: Chocolate and Vanilla.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I first started using it, I had the worst stomach irritation/discomfort and diarrhea. I had never experienced anything like this before! It felt like I was urinating out of my ass!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I continued to use it for the next few days thinking that it may have been something else. But every night after I took the protein, I experienced the same symptoms. Immediately after discontinuing the use of the Syngex protein, the symptoms went away so I was confident the Syngex protein was the cause of my troubles.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.roadkilltshirts.com/Assets/ProductImages/PS_0009_EXPLOSIVE_RK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.roadkilltshirts.com/Assets/ProductImages/PS_0009_EXPLOSIVE_RK.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how I felt</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I searched some forums to see if this had been reported before and did find others that experienced the same thing, but also others who did not. I wondered what could be causing this horrible reaction in me and certain others but then not everybody?</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wrote to <a href="http://nutraplanet.com/">Nutraplanet.com</a> where I ordered the protein and described my problem and they told me they don't accept returns on opened items...Damn. This was all they wrote back to me:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">You are free to return any UNOPENED product for a full refund."</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pretty good customer service huh? So now, I have two 5 lb opened jars that I can't return and can't use :(</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I decided to contact VPX on their facebook page and described my experience with the Syngex protein. They responded with a comment telling me to email them. I emailed them and got a quick response back from Jon Owoc.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I ideally just wanted a refund, but they offered to send me a jug of their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BVIOD0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003BVIOD0">SRO protein</a>, which is lactose free, zero carb, whey protein isolate (they suspected it might have been the lactose in the Syngex that caused me troubles but I can drink milk, eat ice cream, and drink other whey concentrates just fine, so I disagreed with the cause). </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://sportsnutritiononline.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/r/sro_protein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://sportsnutritiononline.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/r/sro_protein.jpg" width="202" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I doubted they would have refunded me for the money I spent elsewhere for the product so I took them up on their offer for the tub of SRO protein and also let them know my problems were not due to the lactose and maybe I had gotten a bad batch. They did ask for the lot numbers on the jars I had and said they would let their production know in case they run into similar issues in the future.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A few days later I received a package in the mail from VPX and I was happy to see they sent me a 5 lb jug of their SRO protein, a 2 lb jug of their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LVHMI6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005LVHMI6">Protein Rush</a> product, and a box of their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&x=0&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&y=0&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=zero%20impact&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">Zero Impact protein bars</a>!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Qv5lldw_8vRQKlSL2Bk-UDuYIhaBXtD2LRWUgv6DGnUJcLbb8dHeQWzaaWCdDNtpvcd2vSDFhUpDP2Y3_OHiBleSxgPuV_eiDnkUGln_Bb-_rdtv-u7VrZOuYA21pOQQNBTUehcT5Pc/s1600/SAM_9229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Qv5lldw_8vRQKlSL2Bk-UDuYIhaBXtD2LRWUgv6DGnUJcLbb8dHeQWzaaWCdDNtpvcd2vSDFhUpDP2Y3_OHiBleSxgPuV_eiDnkUGln_Bb-_rdtv-u7VrZOuYA21pOQQNBTUehcT5Pc/s320/SAM_9229.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks VPX!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm happy to report the SRO Protein causes no issues for me so I am actually able to use it!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I haven't tried the Protein Rush yet, but the VPX Impact bars are pretty good and cause no issues either.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This one bad experience won't prevent me from using VPX products in the future, but my bad experience with Nutraplanet customer service definitely gives me second thoughts about ordering from them again.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the first time in my plus 10 years of taking supplements that I've actually tried to return a product. It's too bad <a href="http://www.nutraplanet.com/">Nutraplanet</a> couldn't do more for me considering I've been a long time customer and have spent thousands over the years, but I'm sure glad <a href="http://www.vpxsports.com/">VPX</a> was able to do something for me. Thanks for the great service VPX!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-91838211193480526702012-02-15T16:30:00.000-06:002012-02-15T16:30:46.208-06:00Bulking is Done! - 22 Weeks Bulking Progress<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After 22 weeks my bulk is finally over! After the holidays, I honestly couldn't wait because I was tired of being fat and couldn't wait to start cutting! Although it felt good at first to eat "bad" foods again, it got old pretty quick. Foods that I enjoyed while cutting started not to taste as good anymore and it got to be a chore to down it all. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The end result of my bulk?... 19 lbs gained in 22 weeks. I didn't quite gain the 1 lb per week I set out to do, but I think that was probably a good thing. After 8 weeks, I started to feel like I was gaining a lot of fat so I may have subconsciously started eating less and consciously implemented more no carb/cardio days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">People may think I'm crazy, but I definitely enjoy cutting a lot more than I do bulking. After reaching low bodyfat percentages, it's difficult to be fine with being any fatter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are my starting and ending measurements:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span id="internal-source-marker_0.18238943465985358" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
<table style="border-bottom-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; width: 624px;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Final</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Difference</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Weight</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">164 lbs</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">183 lbs</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+19 lbs</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chest</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">41.5”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">43.5”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+2”</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shoulders</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">49”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">50”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+1”</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Arms</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15.5”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+.5”</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neck</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+0”</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Waist</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">31”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">33”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+2”</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hips</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">37.5”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">39.5”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+2”</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thighs</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">23”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+1”</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Calves</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16.5”</span></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+.05”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Obviously, I gained inches everywhere on this bulk, but I"m happy with the 2" inches gained in on my chest measurement since I did put an emphasis to improve it. I'm also happy with only gaining 2 inches in my waist, which is down from the 35" inches I was at the same time last year. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One thing I didn't mention in my previous progress post is that I removed my leg days from my lifting schedule. I felt like my legs and especially my hips/glutes were getting out of proportion, thus ruining my aesthetics :) You can see that I gained 2 inches in my hip measurement despite despite not training hips at all for the last 6 weeks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Overall, I'm happy with the end result. I have never been this big, strong, or "lean" at this weight before. Below are all my progress pictures that I during this bulk going from from left to right. (The pictures aren't perfectly aligned because I tried to scale the images all to about the same head size...and I got lazy with cropping.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm not sure why the first picture's lighting is totally different but this was taken sometime around August when I was maintaining my lean condition for the summer. As you can see in the pictures as they progress, the cuts and tan decreases and the fat and size increases.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4loXvQq2_E_Wc9fyZK-fvCX1znyUInr-mzhMcCgb6bQkCVvqH7XLtGi8gb6trjdkAHhqKH8TM_gQ0TgiopHleq7Y8dsaxaMA3t8hUnhVJvgZAbMr5Ca5DRyulVuTxliGvHQ9-2id_sU/s1600/2011_2012_Bulk.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4loXvQq2_E_Wc9fyZK-fvCX1znyUInr-mzhMcCgb6bQkCVvqH7XLtGi8gb6trjdkAHhqKH8TM_gQ0TgiopHleq7Y8dsaxaMA3t8hUnhVJvgZAbMr5Ca5DRyulVuTxliGvHQ9-2id_sU/s640/2011_2012_Bulk.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Looking at this picture sure does make me miss being at low bodyfat percentages!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now that I'm done with bulking, I'm excited to start cutting and have actually been doing so for the past week and a half. It sure has felt great to start shedding the fat and seeing more cuts again! :)</span></div><b id="internal-source-marker_0.18238943465985358"></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-51206171933730660412012-02-04T17:12:00.000-06:002012-02-04T17:12:31.940-06:00LG Sciences Lipotropic Protein: 5 lbs for 18 dollars!<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you guys want some cheap protein, I just ordered some <a href="http://sportsnutritiononline.com/legal-gear-lipotropic-protein-5-lb.html">LG Sciences Lipotropic Protein</a> from <a href="http://sportsnutritiononline.com/">Sportsnutritiononline.com</a>. It's currently 5 lbs for 18 dollars!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><br />
<div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Flat rate shipping is 5.99. Use code <span style="background-color: #dee5e8; color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: right;">CEL-emdub</span> for an extra 5% off. </span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is a blend of whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, genus protein isolate(pea protein), milk protein isolate, egg protein isolate and micellar casein. </span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I initially only ordered one bottle because I read reviews saying it was terrible but other reviews said it was pretty good. </span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I received my bottle and tasted it. It doesn't taste bad and is definitely drinkable. But it does have a unique taste to it due to the pea protein. But for 18 bucks it is a steal! It is cheap because it is expiring in April 2012. So I ordered another 2 bottles :)</span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nutraplanet.com//photos/19479/lipotropic_protein_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.nutraplanet.com//photos/19479/lipotropic_protein_large.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-61605637599430401272012-01-31T22:04:00.000-06:002013-08-21T21:32:35.144-05:00Cellucor C4 Extreme Review<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cellucor C4 Extreme Preworkout Review</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://assets.bodybuilding.com/store/prodimage/prod_prod130042/image_prod130042_130_white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://assets.bodybuilding.com/store/prodimage/prod_prod130042/image_prod130042_130_white.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cellucor C4 Extreme ...pretty cool container!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My recent <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/08/fish-oil-order-from-bodybuildingcom.html">fishoil</a> order from <a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/?CJAID=10534853&CJPID=5409600">Bodybuilding.com</a> unexpectedly came with a sample of the popular preworkout product, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005RCDVYS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005RCDVYS">C4 by Cellucor</a>.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've heard a lot about the product but never looked into trying it or buying it. I think it was because I had never heard of the company so I never considered it. I have to admit though that this preworkout has been the best I have sampled thus far!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_HXTHvwXNHDtcW4vQ59ShCePqnXd-TE_kH5B3IPNBoww6BMcBQpPxjZL42zzAjxKbbL4OWqlpSzAxO8ap5l-g63oCCoxe5wUvhXRkhpsb4LFt2gU8IxkepnlhMDiWJ0j97zw0m4RsII/s1600/SAM_9231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_HXTHvwXNHDtcW4vQ59ShCePqnXd-TE_kH5B3IPNBoww6BMcBQpPxjZL42zzAjxKbbL4OWqlpSzAxO8ap5l-g63oCCoxe5wUvhXRkhpsb4LFt2gU8IxkepnlhMDiWJ0j97zw0m4RsII/s320/SAM_9231.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sample of Cellucor C4 Extreme from Bodybuilding.com</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It tasted good, mixed well, and provided me with one of my best workouts ever! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So here's my review of the sample product I received:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Taste</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The sample I received was a 2 serving packet of their Blue Raspberry flavor. It mixed very well in the blender bottle and left no floating remnants. It also had a great initial taste with a minor mediciny aftertaste that I've come to expect from preworkouts. Despite this aftertaste, I would say it's a pretty good tasting preworkout that I would have no problem sipping on if I chose to.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Energy</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The energy I felt on this was awesome. 10-15 minutes after drinking the preworkout, I started getting that amped up feeling and was ready to pump some iron. I also started feeling the beta alanine tingles too...I think I actually like this feeling and it kinda gets me psyched to workout. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Strength</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was stronger in every lift during this particular workout! This was unexpected but a very motivating feeling. I used more weight and did more reps during this workout than any other I've had with other preworkouts!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Endurance</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My endurance was very good during this workout. I never felt tired or exhausted and was able to put full energy and focus into my sets at the beginning of the work as well as towards the end of my workout.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pump</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The pumps were pretty amazing on this as well. If you've read my previous preworkout reviews, you know I don't have a difficult time getting a pump. But with this preworkout, I noticed my pump was even greater than normal and it felt fantastic!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Overall</span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am very impressed with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005RCDVYS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005RCDVYS">Cellucor C4</a> and would definitely buy it if I find a good sale on it. The effects in the gym were awesome with no negative side effects (unless you dislike the beta alanine tingles). I'll be keeping my eye out for any sales on this product and will let you guys know if I find any :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nutritional information:</span><br />
<br />
<table class="outer_label" id="label_outer_table" style="background-color: #f4f3f2; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: left; width: 266px;"><tbody>
<tr class="outer_label" id="facts_outer_line"><td class="outer_label" id="facts_outer_cell" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><table class="facts_label" id="facts_table" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 244px;"><tbody>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_0" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_size" id="facts_cell_0_1" style="font: normal normal 700 16px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_size" id="facts_span_0_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal 700 16px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">30 Servings</span></td><td class="seq_span label_flavor" colspan="2" id="facts_cell_0_3" style="font: normal normal 700 16px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_flavor" id="facts_span_0_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal 700 16px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blue Raspberry</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_1" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_2" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_serving" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_2_1" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_serving" id="facts_span_2_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Serving Size:</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_serving" id="facts_span_2_1_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_serving" id="facts_span_2_1_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Scoop</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_serving" id="facts_span_2_1_4" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(5.7</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_serving_alt" id="facts_span_2_1_5" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">g)</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_3" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_serving" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_3_1" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_serving" id="facts_span_3_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Servings Per Container:</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_serving" id="facts_span_3_1_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">30</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_4" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_divider medium" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_4_1" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; height: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_5" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_heading_l" id="facts_cell_5_1" style="font: normal normal 700 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_heading_l" id="facts_span_5_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal 700 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amount Per Serving</span></td><td class="seq_span label_heading_r" colspan="2" id="facts_cell_5_3" style="font: normal normal 700 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_heading_r" id="facts_span_5_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal 700 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">% DV</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_6" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_divider narrow" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_6_1" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; height: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_7" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_7_1" style="font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_7_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Calories</span></td><td class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_7_2" style="font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_7_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5</span></td><td class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_7_3" style="font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_7_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_8" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_8_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_8_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Total Carbohydrates</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_8_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_8_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_8_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">g</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_8_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_8_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><1</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_dv" id="facts_span_8_3_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">%**</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_9" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_9_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_9_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vitamin C</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_9_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_9_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_9_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">250</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_9_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mg</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_9_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_9_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">417%</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_10" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_10_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_10_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Niacin (As Niacinamide)</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_10_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_10_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_10_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">30</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_10_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mg</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_10_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_10_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">150%</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_11" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_11_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_11_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Folate</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_11_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_11_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_11_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">250</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_11_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mcg</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_11_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_11_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">62%</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_12" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_12_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_12_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vitamin B12</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_12_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_12_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_12_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">35</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_12_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mcg</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_12_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_12_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">588%</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_13" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_divider narrow" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_13_1" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_14" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_14_1" style="font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_14_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beta Alanine</span></td><td class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_14_2" style="font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_14_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_14_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1500</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_14_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mg</span></td><td class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_14_3" style="font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_14_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">†</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_15" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_15_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_15_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Creatine Nitrate</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_15_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_15_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_15_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1000</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_15_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mg</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_15_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_15_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">†</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_16" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_16_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_16_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Arginine AKG</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_16_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_16_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_16_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1000</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_16_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mg</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_16_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_16_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">†</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_17" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing" id="facts_cell_17_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing" id="facts_span_17_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Explosive Energy Blend</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_qty" id="facts_cell_17_2" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_qty" id="facts_span_17_2_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_17_2_2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">718</span><span class="seq_span_non_first label_qty" id="facts_span_17_2_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mg</span></td><td class="line_above seq_span label_dv" id="facts_cell_17_3" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="seq_span label_dv" id="facts_span_17_3_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">†</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_18" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="line_above seq_span label_ing line_indent" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_18_1" style="border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_ing line_indent" id="facts_span_18_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vitamin C (As Ascorbic Acid), N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, Caffeine Anhydrous (135mg), Mucuna Pruriens, Niacinamide, Synephrine HCL, Folate (As Folic Acid), Pyridoxine Phosphate, Vitamin B12 (As Methylcobalamin)</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_19" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_divider medium" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_19_1" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; height: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_20" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_notes_sm" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_20_1" style="font: normal normal 200 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_notes_sm" id="facts_span_20_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 200 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Percent Daily Values (% DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.</span></td></tr>
<tr class="facts_label" id="facts_line_21" style="padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 1px;"><td class="seq_span label_notes_sm" colspan="3" id="facts_cell_21_1" style="font: normal normal 200 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span class="seq_span label_notes_sm" id="facts_span_21_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 200 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">† Daily Value not established.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td></tr>
<tr class="outer_label" id="other_outer_line"><td class="outer_label" id="other_outer_cell"><table class="other_label" id="other_table" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-top: 1px; width: 260px;"><tbody>
<tr class="other_label" id="other_line_23"><td class="seq_span label_heading_l" colspan="3" id="other_cell_23_1" style="font: normal normal 700 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="seq_span label_heading_l" id="other_span_23_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal 700 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Other Ingredients:</span></td></tr>
<tr class="other_label" id="other_line_24"><td class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_cell_24_1" style="font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_span_24_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Natural And Artificial Flavors</span><span class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_span_25_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, (Contains: FD&C Blue #1)</span><span class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_span_26_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Citric Acid</span><span class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_span_27_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Silicon Dioxide</span><span class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_span_28_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Malic Acid</span><span class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_span_29_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Sucralose</span><span class="seq_span label_ing_2" id="other_span_30_1_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal 400 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Acesulfame Potassium (Ace-K)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-57411397095733355032012-01-09T17:08:00.001-06:002013-08-21T21:30:46.896-05:0018 Week Bulking Progress Update<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is now 18 weeks into my bulk and I sure am feeling fat now especially after the holidays.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My last "bulking" update was my <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/11/10-week-bulking-progress-pics.html">10 Week Bulking Progress Pics post</a> where after a no carb/cardio day, I was weighing in at 172.5 lbs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eight weeks later, after a no carb/cardio day, I am weighing in at 178.5 lbs. This is up 6 lbs since my last update 8 weeks ago. This isn't quite the 1 lb gain per week I was shooting for, but I think that may be a good thing as I feel like I'm really starting to pack on the fat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbknxdAgtpHGbbq61OkBCui85JF9zzJiNzqezflKsqeFkmM9d0BvqeUE5NzjkGOpGbzfDMmFryKzLCYqenuaYjFST2zY1mdUxw-ZinVNrnwKggyHLL3qW5OFEKT6u3_70orZBt4xFV0SA/s1600/Front_Bicep_010612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbknxdAgtpHGbbq61OkBCui85JF9zzJiNzqezflKsqeFkmM9d0BvqeUE5NzjkGOpGbzfDMmFryKzLCYqenuaYjFST2zY1mdUxw-ZinVNrnwKggyHLL3qW5OFEKT6u3_70orZBt4xFV0SA/s320/Front_Bicep_010612.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can still see my abs but looking very blurry</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At 14 weeks, I had finished up my 8 week run of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058O0K4E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0058O0K4E">Anabeta</a>. So what did I think of the Anabeta? Well, initially after the first 4 weeks I thought things were going well as I was feeling better and stronger both in and out of the gym. I also thought I looked better in the mirror. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, with the last 4 weeks of Anabeta, it didn't seem to make any difference. I started to gain more fat and wasn't really gaining strength like I had been. I'm pretty sure the holiday eating had lots to do with it but it seems that perhaps <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058O0K4E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0058O0K4E">Anabeta</a> is best used in 4 weeks spurts (or maybe not at all).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After my Anabeta run was done, I was not using any extraneous supplements. For the previous 4 weeks I was just taking the basics: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&x=0&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&y=0&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=protein&url=search-alias%3Dhpc">Protein</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&redirect=true&keywords=creatine&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&bbn=3760931&qid=1326148563&rnid=3760931&camp=1789&creative=390957&rh=n%3A3760901%2Ck%3Acreatine%2Cn%3A%213760931%2Cn%3A3764441">creatine</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&redirect=true&keywords=bcaa&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&bbn=3764441&qid=1326148690&rnid=3764441&camp=1789&creative=390957&rh=n%3A3760901%2Cn%3A%213760931%2Cn%3A3764441%2Ck%3Abcaa%2Cn%3A3773091">BCAA's</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&redirect=true&keywords=fish%20oil&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&qid=1326148726&camp=1789&creative=390957&rh=i%3Ahpc%2Ck%3Afish%20oil">fishoil</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&redirect=true&keywords=multivitamins&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&bbn=3760931&qid=1326148793&rnid=3760931&camp=1789&creative=390957&rh=n%3A3760901%2Ck%3Amultivitamins%2Cn%3A%213760931%2Cn%3A3764441">multivitamins</a>...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&redirect=true&keywords=pre%20workout&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&qid=1326148825&camp=1789&creative=390957&rh=i%3Ahpc%2Ck%3Apre%20workout">preworkouts</a> also used on chest days. I still had the T2-Xtreme left from my first 4 weeks of bulking but decided not to use it since it didn't seem to do anything.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN1mXLbKAhdBaSXeuUNVOdIGJ9N4J907B9ZIvsqhMbYkyMB7-dR__CJd0BM4ojH306BJS5QPNNAd9jok4M4mxbbEwFRZhISACuQ4k8_KTcgRQee27qbI1gkEdu-4RtNYgFkR6x93OceE/s1600/Back_010612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN1mXLbKAhdBaSXeuUNVOdIGJ9N4J907B9ZIvsqhMbYkyMB7-dR__CJd0BM4ojH306BJS5QPNNAd9jok4M4mxbbEwFRZhISACuQ4k8_KTcgRQee27qbI1gkEdu-4RtNYgFkR6x93OceE/s320/Back_010612.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking bulkier with no more xmas tree :(<br />
Actually looks like I've lost muscle due to the fat covering it up!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After this 4 week break of not using any extraneous supplements, I will be using the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RWJQOA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002RWJQOA">Testopro</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005G4VRY8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005G4VRY8">DAA</a> stack by <a href="http://www.aisportsnutrition.com/mstore/">AI Sports Nutrition</a>. I grabbed this stack for a great price during their Black Friday sale and decided it would be a good addition for my last 4 weeks! Both Testopro and DAA supposedly boost testosterone so I'm hoping it will help pack on some extra muscle/strength during these last 4 weeks of my bulk.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's been almost a week since I started the stack and I feel "something" already. Strength has increased in the gym, my libido is even higher than normal now, and I just have an overall alpha-male feeling. It feels great actually! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm looking forward to seeing what other results this stack will bring. But what I'm really looking forward to is being done with bulking. Being fat sure is a difficult mental barrier to get over. I don't know how the average person can do it. It's hard for me to look into the mirror looking so bulky and blurry after <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/07/updated-back-pics-from-july-26th-2011.html">achieving levels of leanness</a> I never had before. I don't know how the average person can be okay with looking seeing so much flab on their body.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnLI_XVqg7vAv5UGL5w_IAbzz9Ms0ACtLtMwKqbisY5OVxmSsFwSn7QDkL050d8gXr-oG4dg4Cs7qTSq82bRx3msr209refHXBfnMBp4YRMcoIGPuxAdVHPv6kYu0DRLbjUBwrFz98UA/s1600/Front_010612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnLI_XVqg7vAv5UGL5w_IAbzz9Ms0ACtLtMwKqbisY5OVxmSsFwSn7QDkL050d8gXr-oG4dg4Cs7qTSq82bRx3msr209refHXBfnMBp4YRMcoIGPuxAdVHPv6kYu0DRLbjUBwrFz98UA/s320/Front_010612.JPG" width="270" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can still see abs and striated delts but I really hate looking so blurry!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wish me luck with my next 4 weeks! Anybody else bulk up or still bulking during the winter? How are things going for you?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-27266358688586316762012-01-05T20:13:00.000-06:002012-01-05T20:13:37.501-06:00Make 2012 Your Best Year Ever<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The new year is here and many of us will be making resolutions to improve ourselves, our lives, or possibly even the life of others. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I stopped making New Year's resolutions a long time ago. I am constantly trying to improve myself so I never saw the need to wait until New Year's to make a change. So just like years past, for 2012 I don't have any resolutions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://itthing.com/wp-content/uploads/new-years-resolutions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://itthing.com/wp-content/uploads/new-years-resolutions.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is your New Year Resolution list like this?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Three years ago I read a blog post that literally changed my life and I'd like to share it with you all today. It's not related to building muscle, losing fat, or looking aesthetic...but taking the message and applying it to your own life will help you enjoy your journey for aesthetics tremendously!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The article is by Leo Babauta of <a href="http://zenhabits.net/">Zen Habits</a> blog. Although I don't agree with his views on diet and exercise, his stuff on happiness and minimalism is great.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The specific article that changed my life is <a href="http://zenhabits.net/the-single-secret-to-making-2009-your-best-year-ever/">"The Single Secret to Making 2009 Your Best Year Ever"</a>. After reading this article, every year since then has been my best year ever!..the article had THAT big of an effect on my life and I hope it does on your too! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let's help each other make 2012 our best year ever! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://themescompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/happy_new_year-3667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="http://themescompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/happy_new_year-3667.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-51358388480809159262011-12-25T09:29:00.000-06:002011-12-25T09:29:42.402-06:00Merry Christmas from Aesthetic Muscle!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Merry Christmas everybody! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Christmas isn't one of my favorite holidays due to all the materialism it promotes but I don't absolutely hate it. I do like the fact that it does bring everyone together and makes many people happy :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So here's wishing everyone an Aesthetic Muscle Christmas!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I won't be following this today but if want, give my strategy for preventing fat gain on a holiday a try: <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-fat-gain-how-to-prevent-it.html">Thanksgiving Fat Gain - How to Prevent It.</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You may also want to read Dr. Andro's <a href="http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2011/12/santa-is-coming-to-town-and-you-better.html">blog post</a> on some <i>other</i> things Christmas can bring you besides materialistic gifts :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2011/12/santa-is-coming-to-town-and-you-better.html">Santa is Coming to Town and You Better Beware of His Gifts: Fat Gain, Muscle Loss and Increased Mortality Rates.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7oRe9TAygdQ/TvdBFN59j_I/AAAAAAAAATE/QXU0FVdifK8/s1600/santa_muscle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7oRe9TAygdQ/TvdBFN59j_I/AAAAAAAAATE/QXU0FVdifK8/s400/santa_muscle.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy Holidays!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-16307794831364594602011-12-19T19:57:00.000-06:002011-12-19T19:57:22.381-06:00Weird Things I See at the Gym<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I usually workout at Snap Fitness which is a smaller 24 hour type of gym. However, these past few weeks I was visiting my parents so I was working out at a different bigger chain type of gym known as <a href="http://www.lafitness.com/Pages/Default.aspx">LA Fitness</a>. My brother has their "elite" membership where he can bring in two guests with him, so it was awesome I got to workout at the gym for free :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I used to workout at this LA Fitness years ago when it first opened and have worked out at several different LA Fitness locations since then as well. Since moving to Minnesota, I've been at <a href="http://www.anytimefitness.com/">Anytime Fitness</a> and currently <a href="http://www.snapfitness.com/corporate/franchise-opportunities?gclid=CPutz5PBj60CFQR5hwodQRUiag&utm_campaign=franchise-google-ppc&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google">Snap Fitness</a>. I chose these gyms instead of the bigger gyms mainly due to location and cost.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjss_A8fzq7nK_yIUAlz-QaCJnfDca9I-hLqB_QLP2SyxyOH00HRBoMdC7ZYIykg0MoptmXNWlUydUgC4Ts2xYK4uXphow4pscmFsJr68dgoHKnHv2_5y9_SVkSZwP0K9hJ0JoqpYULVk8/s1600/BeforeAfter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjss_A8fzq7nK_yIUAlz-QaCJnfDca9I-hLqB_QLP2SyxyOH00HRBoMdC7ZYIykg0MoptmXNWlUydUgC4Ts2xYK4uXphow4pscmFsJr68dgoHKnHv2_5y9_SVkSZwP0K9hJ0JoqpYULVk8/s320/BeforeAfter.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My transformation occurred working out at Snap Fitness :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After working out at a smaller type gym for two years, what I realized coming back to this LA Fitness is that there are a lot more tools, douchebags, and people doing the strangest things at these bigger gyms!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are some of my observations during my three weeks at LA Fitness.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kipping pullups</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've heard about these kipping pullups before. I've read they're a part of Crossfit, something I had no interest in and didn't know what it was until I recently read about it in <a href="http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/cult-crossfit">Men's Health</a> (I still don't have any interest in it and don't really agree with their principles). I've seen a video of someone doing these before and thought to myself "what's the point....these are just extreme cheating pullups". Extreme cheating on anything is pointless in my opinion. I thought it looked stupid in the video, but seeing it done in person was even more ridiculous!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/dtZJ4oFtwfU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WTF!!! Just as the commenter on youtube said: Fifty-four<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"> Butterfly Kipping Pull-ups, yet zero real pull-ups!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Kipping dips</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Same thing as the kipping pullups...these looked reeeeeaaally stupid. I don't understand the point of doing these movements if you're going to kip in order to do them!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Large groups working out together</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">By large, I mean any more than two people together. You normally see these groups in three's but I actually saw a group of four too! These guys do more talking with each other than working out. I don't see how anybody can get a good workout rotating with more than one other person. The rest periods are too long and they end up socializing more than exercising. The worse part is if you need the equipment they are using...you can't really ask to work in and then you have to wait forever until they are done with it!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Socializers</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These guys come to the gym mainly to socialize. They might fit in a couple sets of chest and biceps in between their socializing. They wander around and look for people to talk to. Whether the person is resting, doing cardio, or even in the middle of a set, it doesn't matter. These guys will want to talk to anybody....anything to avoid actually lifting a weight.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.inmagine.com/img/cultura/culs091/culs091943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://images.inmagine.com/img/cultura/culs091/culs091943.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's gym time...Not social hour.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Partial rep guy</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It seems there's always at least one of these guys at every gym I go to (even my small gym). I'm not talking about the guys that do partials in order to lift more weight. These guys actually seem to do a total body partial workout...on every exercise they do! It's like their doing it because they think it's more effective or safer for their joints or something. Looks very odd (not to mention ineffective)!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Everyday bencher</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's seems to be one of these guys at every gym I've been at too. Everyday is a chest day for them. They start off with flat barbell bench, usually bouncing big weights off their chest. And they seem to do 50 sets before finishing off with a couple sets of lat pulldowns and bicep curls. LOL!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Ridiculous outfit guy</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whenever I saw this guy at the gym, he was wearing the same thing: cut off jean shorts, under armour headcap, a black string racerback tanktop, and workboots. WTF! Firstly, how can he workout in cut off jean shorts?! Secondly, how can he go out in public like that?! I wish I could have snapped a picture to upload here to show the ridiculousness! This is a specific example but I've seen a few other very odd outfits as well.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd93/idfox/marzia-prince-daisy-dukes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd93/idfox/marzia-prince-daisy-dukes.jpg" width="250" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It looked something like this but imagine a fat guy instead of Marzia Prince LOL!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://extremetanandsmoothies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/LA-Fitness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://extremetanandsmoothies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/LA-Fitness.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">LA Fitness...where you might see the weirdest things in your life</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Have you guys seen any of these same things at your gyms? What other weird, odd, or toolish things have you seen at your gym?<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-69575273699943508032011-12-09T16:51:00.000-06:002013-08-21T21:26:16.998-05:00Velocity Shot Preworkout review<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/dkc3fox/velocity_shot1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/dkc3fox/velocity_shot1.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/dkc3fox/velocity_shot2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/dkc3fox/velocity_shot2.jpg" /></a></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It may seem like the only products I've been reviewing are preworkouts. There's a good reason for this. They are one of the few supplements that show an immediate effect, and these are the samples that I've been receiving :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So this brings me to the latest sample preworkout I received, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ZS8YPU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005ZS8YPU">Neogenix Velocity </a>Shots This is the first "shot" type of preworkout that I've tried. It was nice to not have to drink so much additional liquid before working out. So onto the review...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Taste</span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Being that this was a shot, it's really not meant to be drunken slowly and held in your mouth but this is what I did for the sake of the review. It tasted like a diluted orange flavored cough medicine, which wasn't exactly delicious. But again this wasn't meant to savored so I'd think I had just took the shot, I barely would have noticed the taste.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Energy</span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Good thing about this preworkout was I didn't feel any jitters. But I also didn't feel a boost in energy so I thought this stuff wasn't going to do anything. However, once I got to the gym and started warming up, I was hyped and ready to lift! </span></div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Strength</span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was able to achieve a new personal best during this workout, getting 160 lbs for 5 reps on weighted dips. I felt very strong during this exercise and for rest of my workout as well.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<br />
<div>
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Endurance</span></b></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had great energy throughout the workout and all the way to the end. I never felt tired and felt like I could rest minimally especially during the weighted dips.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
<div>
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pump</span></b></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't normally have an issue getting a pump and would have to say there was no noticeable additional effects in this area.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
<div>
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Overall</span></b></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I felt this was a effective for a preworkout and would do the job of making sure I get a good workout in. I would use this product again if I get more samples or can get it on sale :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-11359487658950927782011-11-30T18:52:00.000-06:002013-08-21T21:25:05.266-05:00Should You Exercise When Sick?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://musingsfromasahm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SickDay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://musingsfromasahm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SickDay.jpg" width="193" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't be ashamed to put this sign up</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At this most recent Thanksgiving get together, one of my cousins was sick with a real bad cold. I didn't worry about catching what he had as I hadn't been sick in years and didn't plan on getting sick anytime soon. B</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ut a few days later I felt minor pain and itchiness in my throat. I thought it was just from the night before where I had to scream so I could be heard over the loud music at the club :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unfortunately, my symptoms started getting worse throughout the day and I knew I had caught my cousin's cold...Damn! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So the question was should I exercise when sick?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a question that I would have answered "Hell yeah!" to in the past. However, my experiences with this have taught me that lifting weights when you're sick can actually do more harm than good. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've noticed in the past that it would actually take me LONGER to get over the sickness so I would miss even more gym days if I went to workout while sick. Plus the days that I did force myself to go, did not provide very productive workouts. I would feel very weak and also have a harder time breathing so I was resting longer in between sets. These forced workouts just did not feel good at all when I was done.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://benwarstler.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/weight_lifting.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://benwarstler.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/weight_lifting.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How the weights feel when you're sick</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My symptoms had started this past Sunday so I did not go workout that day. The symptoms got even worse the next two days so I knew there was definitely no working out for me for a couple of days. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today is Wednesday and I feel better but not yet fully recovered. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I feel like I could go workout but I still have some symptoms affecting my breathing. I am not 100% percent yet and I don't want to do anything that would slow my body's ability to recover from this cold so I decided against going to the gym....almost a whole week off from the gym! :(</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now don't get me wrong and think that I like the use of being sick as an excuse to not go to the gym. I actually hate that I can't go pump some iron, but at the same time I know I need to let my body get better.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://waynejoseph.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/immune20system.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://waynejoseph.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/immune20system.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let these guys do their job!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Exercise has been shown to boost the immune system but too much exercise or too intense exercise has been shown to actually decrease immunity. This is what occurs when you workout while sick. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A regular weight lifting session when healthy would be good for the immune system, however the same workout while sick would be an added stressor to the body possibly making symptoms last longer and become more severe.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've experienced this myself in the past. Before when I got sick, I continued to force myself to go to the gym while sick and I just wouldn't get better. It felt like my cold was lasting forever. I think it wasn't until I came down with a flu that I stopped working out and just let my body rest. This forced rest finally allowed my body to recover and overcome the cold!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These days when I get sick, I tell myself to just relax and get as much as I can. The more rest I get, the quicker my body can recover and the quicker I can back in the gym! I also take some extra <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search?_encoding=UTF8&x=0&y=0&field-keywords=vitamin%20c&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=vitamin%20c&_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">vitamin C</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search?_encoding=UTF8&x=0&y=0&field-keywords=vitamin%20c&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=vitamin%20c?url=search-alias=aps&_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">vitamin D</a>, and plenty of fluids to hopefully speed recovery :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How is everyone else's experience with workout out when sick?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-89831930992981404012011-11-23T18:23:00.001-06:002011-11-23T18:24:18.849-06:00Thanksgiving Fat Gain - How to Prevent It<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanksgiving is here and now is the time when people really start to pack on the fat! I know I have done it myself in the past and am trying to avoid the fat gain disaster this year. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Every year my family and relatives all go to my Aunt's house to celebrate Thanksgiving. Although we are Vietnamese, we do partake in eating Turkey and mashed potatoes. Along with this food though will be other Asian foods such egg rolls, fried rice, crab soup, fried noodles, and other various Vietnamese desserts. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.hellokids.com/_uploads/_tiny_galerie/20100417/thanksgiving-turkey_c5v.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://images.hellokids.com/_uploads/_tiny_galerie/20100417/thanksgiving-turkey_c5v.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't wait to eat this!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's easy to see how someone could go overboard with all this delicious food! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because of my goal to stay fairly lean while bulking, I am going to utilize the strategy outlined below in an attempt to prevent fat gain.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My strategy to minimize the fat from building:</span><br />
<br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eat low calories and no carbs the day before (about 1500 calories for me)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fasted weight training the morning of</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fast until mealtime (probably around 12 pm for me)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eat meats/veggies first before filling up on carbs and desserts</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do something active after the meal such as taking a walk or throwing football around.</span></li>
</ul><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If I still feel like a fatass the day after, I will then have another low carb cardio day on Black Friday. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe the strategy outlined would help <i>anybody</i> prevent fat gain from the Thanksgiving eating and I am damn sure it will help me :) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think I might even take before and after pictures!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.torontopics.com/co/rachel2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.torontopics.com/co/rachel2.jpg" width="317" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Thanksgiving!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-53480223959103351912011-11-21T07:00:00.000-06:002013-08-21T21:23:16.037-05:0010 Week Bulking Progress PicsIt is now 10 weeks into my bulk and after a low carb, cardio day I am sitting at 172.5 lbs.<br />
<br />
This is up 4.5 lbs in 5 weeks which is not quite a 1 lb a week gain but it's close enough and I'm happy to be gaining at this slow, steady pace. I never want to go back to where I was <a href="http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2011/07/suppversity-student-spotlight-duong.html">before</a>.<br />
<br />
As far as the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058O0K4E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0058O0K4E">Anabeta</a> goes, I definitely feel a difference and can see a difference in the mirror using this as opposed to when I was using the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042PCSCM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0042PCSCM">T2-Xtreme</a>. I've been gaining more strength in the gym so I believe it is having a positive effect. It actually feels like the T2-Xtreme wasn't doing anything compared to this Anabeta!<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXNIhPXG4x8yZJIfh2WyOFgQyQ4rBamUjXDogkbdj0Wd53ZqYPjtNrxd7ClGTMowrdQ1edi4bmGhnfgMgl2-qGR-1NWFYH3baLn4bczDKWKfNXX_C8qYcmEosn5aXwd1YN9687cUMiDI/s1600/SAM_8360_3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXNIhPXG4x8yZJIfh2WyOFgQyQ4rBamUjXDogkbdj0Wd53ZqYPjtNrxd7ClGTMowrdQ1edi4bmGhnfgMgl2-qGR-1NWFYH3baLn4bczDKWKfNXX_C8qYcmEosn5aXwd1YN9687cUMiDI/s320/SAM_8360_3.JPG" width="251" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Staring to look "bulkier" </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsZhN6TRd3GgMzoLsPiT37_grlfD2CduhpBb6knvN0D9jPf1ZMxTqzTWmqT9bem9K8rYrz-O7Q87KsvjJObbletsXTPLTkiHSaX7ScFFEH78ND3QT6uJ-2Rzj4rhc7pVMZTcCTjEYmvk/s1600/SAM_8360_6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsZhN6TRd3GgMzoLsPiT37_grlfD2CduhpBb6knvN0D9jPf1ZMxTqzTWmqT9bem9K8rYrz-O7Q87KsvjJObbletsXTPLTkiHSaX7ScFFEH78ND3QT6uJ-2Rzj4rhc7pVMZTcCTjEYmvk/s320/SAM_8360_6.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas tree still present...but barely :(</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B_Ze-5UNYJyfoP9PCrNpvlFKIlqoPMQTk7QgpBvO7tLBBEkvx2gfhTCMeIv6777oma5F7-UXrTlvyHJffBlkDQKRHj4yVMdVC54wHubA75Jp71U5I5yHSbFsNxBnGrqrDEXytA9ZWUE/s1600/SAM_8360_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B_Ze-5UNYJyfoP9PCrNpvlFKIlqoPMQTk7QgpBvO7tLBBEkvx2gfhTCMeIv6777oma5F7-UXrTlvyHJffBlkDQKRHj4yVMdVC54wHubA75Jp71U5I5yHSbFsNxBnGrqrDEXytA9ZWUE/s320/SAM_8360_2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can still see my abs but definitely looking bigger and chunkier</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
These most recent pics show I'm looking bigger but also less muscular due to the fat gain. I'm okay with the rate of fat gain at this point as I don't look "fat" yet and can still see my abs. As far as body measurements go, I have gained 1 inch on my waist but 2 inches on my chest! I'm very happy with this as I have been prioritizing my chest during this bulk and it's awesome to be seeing results! :)<br />
<br />
Keep checking back! I'll continue to keep you guys updated on my bulk! How has everyone else's bulk or cuts been going?<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-6262679075057425652011-11-10T19:54:00.000-06:002011-11-10T19:54:55.556-06:00Beast Mode Preworkout Review<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I recently posted about the<a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/10/beast-sports-supplement-samples.html"> free Beast Sports supplements samples</a> that were being given away by <a href="http://www.beastsports.com/">BEAST Sports Nutrition</a>. In that sample package was their preworkout supplement called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051ZH4JE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0051ZH4JE">Beast Mode</a>. With such an awesome name for a preworkout, I was hoping it would really turn me into a Beast in the gym :)</span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyla8uODcc53PoY-l4c6MQL8YpnY1k5NlI2tm5fKs00xYL_nUAmgJjj35zgHSOVt2rIaruNUVcuPBriyIX10rvU38TspaF1f-97uH7Bksp_KeZecNSMI1aWpkMf5Szu3W1iH1-HvBGiM0/s1600/SAM_8239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyla8uODcc53PoY-l4c6MQL8YpnY1k5NlI2tm5fKs00xYL_nUAmgJjj35zgHSOVt2rIaruNUVcuPBriyIX10rvU38TspaF1f-97uH7Bksp_KeZecNSMI1aWpkMf5Szu3W1iH1-HvBGiM0/s320/SAM_8239.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Taste</span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Beast Mode preworkout came in a common flavor, fruit punch. I had mixed the sample packet with 10 ounces of water as directed. When I sipped the drink, my first impression was that the taste was not very strong. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing or a good thing, I just didn't expect it to be so light due to my experience with other preworkouts. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Along with the light taste, it wasn't very sweet or sour either. It was almost like drinking a very light sugar water. Because of its light flavor, it was very easy to drink down. Another good thing was that it had no aftertaste.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The texture was a little chalky but otherwise it did mix smoothly in my blender bottle.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Energy</span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once I finished the drink, I actually started to get a stomach-ache and feel light headed. The light headedness is common for me when I take a preworkout but the stomachache is not. Because of this I thought I was not going to have a very good workout. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite the stomachache and light headedness, once I got into the gym I felt great! My stomachache was gone and so was the light headed feeling. I didn't feel cracked out but it almost felt like I didn't want to rest between sets! My energy lasted well past the duration of my workout. </span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Strength</span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My strength has slowly been increasing since I started <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/09/aesthetic-bulking-plan.html">bulking</a> and has been really noticeable lately. Because of this it's hard for me to say whether the strength increases I saw this workout were due to the Beast Mode or if I would have gotten the same weight and reps without it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What I can say is that it didn't hurt and I did reach a new personal best in this particular workout...so maybe it was the Beast mode?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ddranchwear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beast-mode-baseball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://www.ddranchwear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beast-mode-baseball.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beast Mode Activated!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Endurance</span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I felt great throughout the workout session. My strength was able to be sustained until the end and I never felt drained or exhausted.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pump</span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've mentioned before that I don't normally pay too much attention to pumps as I've never had trouble feeling the pump. But for the sake of the reviews I do try to see if there's any difference. I can honestly say that I did feel more pumped this workout than I normally do. Whether this was because of the beast mode or the increased weight and reps is hard to say as well...so I'll just say it was a combination of both :)</span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Overall</span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought the effects of this preworkout were pretty good. I reached new personal bests and I had good energy and endurance past the duration of the workout.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, the stomach-ache was a major point of concern. I don't know which of the ingredients gave me a stomachache but whatever it was, it sure didn't feel good. But I also haven't read about any other reports of this either so it could have just been a one time occurrence or maybe just me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'd like to think the stomach-ache and lightheadedness was all a part of getting into Beast Mode! :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-73791578414190915662011-11-01T19:03:00.000-05:002011-11-01T19:03:28.637-05:00Look Good in Your Halloween Costume!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I went out to party for Halloween this past weekend and had a great time. Being that it was Halloween and tons of people were out, I saw plenty of people in costumes. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I saw people that looked awesome in their costumes and people that didn't look very good in their costumes.</span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So what did I notice was the main difference between the people who looked awesome and ones that didn't? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I could tell the awesome looking people lifted weights and watched what they ate. The awesome looking ones had a good build and defined muscles!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3hqau3fmf2yY6oBnzIyCbxf6hP7eQToezvkIDJwKSZVzCPV1l0-fpsZoQH26WNr3bDEH7rVCpIae31fImNwIT4z0goSedJsY4SCQxYh6Rcbdc40NetuoZSlOI0ASFKvNdkF1Y1TdGtI/s1600/SAM_8171_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3hqau3fmf2yY6oBnzIyCbxf6hP7eQToezvkIDJwKSZVzCPV1l0-fpsZoQH26WNr3bDEH7rVCpIae31fImNwIT4z0goSedJsY4SCQxYh6Rcbdc40NetuoZSlOI0ASFKvNdkF1Y1TdGtI/s320/SAM_8171_2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryu and Caveman looking awesome in their costumes :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Having a good build with muscles and low bodyfat is a great thing during Halloween...you could pretty much wear any costume and look awesome. You don't need to worry about being too skinny or too fat or not looking right. Everything will look good on you!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are a ton of reasons to lift weights: Build muscle, lose fat, get stronger, increase testosterone, be healthier, live longer. And now you have another reason: Look awesome in your Halloween costume!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45Q4Yz2nFAUGNrdcYgpGobW418e10_8DAQoGNJ44OWQpNPD1mWq7eQnKSu4LO_0VqU9p-GeG8ohA7g0ORohYF5-ByNp7JlqJT8ORuciX5W7aAAdR2vmSewDmMExy5hU8_IvZub1zciyw/s1600/IMG_0071_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45Q4Yz2nFAUGNrdcYgpGobW418e10_8DAQoGNJ44OWQpNPD1mWq7eQnKSu4LO_0VqU9p-GeG8ohA7g0ORohYF5-ByNp7JlqJT8ORuciX5W7aAAdR2vmSewDmMExy5hU8_IvZub1zciyw/s320/IMG_0071_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lift weights and be anything you want!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you love dressing up and going out for Halloween, get a head start on next year and start lifting weights now! </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Check out my <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/09/aesthetic-bulking-plan.html">Aesthetic Bulking Plan</a> on how I'm building muscle and after that check out my 12 week transformation series to learn how to cut the fat! (Scroll down to Search this Blog and type in 12 week transformation)</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-62509188531796082412011-10-19T18:33:00.001-05:002013-08-21T21:22:02.284-05:00BEAST Sports Supplement Samples<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">***<b>UPDATE 10/24/11 5:51 PM***</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I just received my Beast Sports Supplement package today which means I got them pretty quick! I had signed up for them Oct 17th and received 5 business days later.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I didn't get 2 of each like I originally thought but maybe I just misread what I was supposed to receive. Anyhow here's a pic of what came in the mail:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04cGtOwl8pBJJEGfB_6J4LVoF4Sdrv0h2qgVw1T806lrSOY9x39I_57HoiU5lMGbGKMD_WtZk85AVEI0lA83uwYrHca5PFQH6kB8WkgWXQNQiMjXkgosXaxdyTbJPfnm2ZKf0apDWmYE/s1600/SAM_8105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04cGtOwl8pBJJEGfB_6J4LVoF4Sdrv0h2qgVw1T806lrSOY9x39I_57HoiU5lMGbGKMD_WtZk85AVEI0lA83uwYrHca5PFQH6kB8WkgWXQNQiMjXkgosXaxdyTbJPfnm2ZKf0apDWmYE/s320/SAM_8105.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beast Sports Supplement samples!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Review of the Beast Mode preworkout will be posted soon. Let me know what you guys think of the samples too!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://www.beastsports.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/e/beast-samples-900x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://www.beastsports.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/e/beast-samples-900x400.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I recently came across a promotion from <a href="http://www.beastsports.com/">BEAST Sports</a> in which they are offering customers a free sample pack of 4 of their products. What's great about this is that you get 2 of each!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The free samples of four products are:</span></div>
<ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 2.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Super Test – <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Anabolic Complex</em></span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beast Mode – <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pre-Workout Blend</em></span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 Shredded – <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thermogenic Weight Loss Complex</em></span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">CREATure – <i>Creatine Blend</i></span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm most looking for forward to trying the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051ZH4JE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0051ZH4JE">Beast Mode preworkout</a> to see how it compares to others I've tried.</span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I haven't received my sample pack yet, but just got a shipping confirmation today. </span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To sign up for the free samples, go to <a href="http://www.beastsports.com/beast-samples.html">http://www.beastsports.com/beast-samples.html</a>, add to cart, and use promo code <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">FS1011 at checkout.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></span></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Let me know what you guys think of the free samples!</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-83976070099807507282011-10-13T07:55:00.000-05:002013-08-21T21:21:04.436-05:00Bulking Progress Pics - 4 Weeks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5UH4RHTRBpx43DEqwiVH4adfHr4rzdUbCA2oKMw0YQosmmoyXZZ8Cgc6KN8mutCOxDOMYo1Y9AkNgmMIxS3Ij2uz51oUPjcKD6hpT1-HM6H7SU5u8YRCF3UpTXSVRcqPVndhM82cfq4/s1600/Front_2_100611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5UH4RHTRBpx43DEqwiVH4adfHr4rzdUbCA2oKMw0YQosmmoyXZZ8Cgc6KN8mutCOxDOMYo1Y9AkNgmMIxS3Ij2uz51oUPjcKD6hpT1-HM6H7SU5u8YRCF3UpTXSVRcqPVndhM82cfq4/s320/Front_2_100611.jpg" width="237" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's bulking time!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bulking has been going well so far with my <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/09/aesthetic-bulking-plan.html">aesthetic bulking plan</a>. Although I feel like I've gained a lot of body fat, the scale and mirror say differently. Obviously, I've gained some fat, but I've managed stay lean and still see my abs. My strength is increasing in the gym on all lifts and I feel awesome.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My weight is currently fluctuating between 168 lbs and 173lbs. My 168 lbs is after a no carb/cardio day and 173 lbs after three straight weightlifting/carb days. </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I started I was at 164 lbs so that means I've gained 4 lbs thus far which is right on track with what I set out to do...gain 1 lb a week.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t9qjNi6-pgDfd0XQ0ujr8s1dH2wsqgHjVXqVS3O0I00VeTC-tPWoPCovokQychf3QPENn2MtWeaJz_pOPicAXPVtObAAGqLpa_cytgU4Rjab-DbBVtPmOP8VPXQuP1-pjP_c0-N76n4/s1600/Front_Bicep_100611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t9qjNi6-pgDfd0XQ0ujr8s1dH2wsqgHjVXqVS3O0I00VeTC-tPWoPCovokQychf3QPENn2MtWeaJz_pOPicAXPVtObAAGqLpa_cytgU4Rjab-DbBVtPmOP8VPXQuP1-pjP_c0-N76n4/s320/Front_Bicep_100611.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy that I can still see my abs :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As far as if the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042PCSCM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0042PCSCM">T2-Xtreme</a> did anything, it is difficult for me to tell. Though I have stayed lean during this bulk, I'm not sure if I can contribute it to the intermittent fasting, my low carb days, the T2 or the combination of all of those things. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What I do know is that the effects are not significant enough for me to notice and so I would not purchase this product again. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now that these 4 weeks are over, I'm going to start the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058O0K4E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0058O0K4E">Anabeta</a> and use it for the next 8 weeks. I'm excited to see how my body will respond to the Anabeta!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How is everyone else's bulk going?</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqXwO5MGStD7731F7rK6LN1R_i6TG9C-kud_ifpB6kTLNcI__L3ey6hwFsJWldu_TASza4cXUIx2fTjBybggvE1PiwynFaJXMDJGPB61sw73h5S4Zfijx9Wu2-rwadQIUXSIZNWZ7AwY/s1600/Back_100611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqXwO5MGStD7731F7rK6LN1R_i6TG9C-kud_ifpB6kTLNcI__L3ey6hwFsJWldu_TASza4cXUIx2fTjBybggvE1PiwynFaJXMDJGPB61sw73h5S4Zfijx9Wu2-rwadQIUXSIZNWZ7AwY/s320/Back_100611.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas tree still present :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-5560920758432604112011-10-05T07:00:00.010-05:002013-08-21T21:19:08.675-05:00Syntha-6 Decadence Bar Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://media.bsnonline.net/imagebank/image/2011syntha6decadence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://media.bsnonline.net/imagebank/image/2011syntha6decadence.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you've ever had <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GP5HJI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B000GP5HJI">BSN's Syntha-6 Protein powders</a> before, then you know BSN makes one of the most delicious protein shakes in the world :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The company recently came out with their own meal replacement bar named <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045L34D0/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=aesthmuscl06-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0045L34D0&adid=1ASWYWJXSYJSJW20KP4E&">Syntha-6 Decadence</a> bars. I don't normally eat or use protein bars but I really wanted to try this one out to see if it was as delicious as the protein shakes they produce.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The flavor I tried was the Chocolate Caramel Pretzel so my review will be based on that flavor only.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-cQdz0jHyAtO-HcRuGRu0TOwazYzoi2a9jwxojiPyufwdrODIaHgwkRqYq7goOGnGeU-tE_Aj6IbUiCu0zud-9CKvoa80bCACPH5kiKYxsfRZMvC-VFzOpEc2kRcMGcPuXr5BofHR2c/s1600/SAM_7926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-cQdz0jHyAtO-HcRuGRu0TOwazYzoi2a9jwxojiPyufwdrODIaHgwkRqYq7goOGnGeU-tE_Aj6IbUiCu0zud-9CKvoa80bCACPH5kiKYxsfRZMvC-VFzOpEc2kRcMGcPuXr5BofHR2c/s320/SAM_7926.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very decadent looking</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tinos;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Nutrition</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One bar contains 350 calories consisting of 30 grams of protein, 9 grams of fat, and 44 grams of carbohydrates with 18 of those grams coming from sugar alcohols. The rest of the carbohydrates come from 1 gram of fiber and 13 grams of sugar. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The nutrition profile isn't exactly healthy but neither are many of the protein bars out there. These protein bars definitely wouldn't be good to use on a cut but would be something more likely used during a bulk.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Texture</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The bar was extremely sticky and chewy but I guess that's to be expected when it involves caramel. It was m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">oist from beginning to end and I never felt any dryness while chewing it so that's a plus. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The pretzel pieces also added a nice crunch to contrast with the chewiness...I only wish there were more pretzel pieces. I would rate the texture as excellent.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Taste</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The bar was a little on the sweeter side but not too sweet for me. The dominant flavor I tasted from the bar was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">caramel, with a slight bitterness from the chocolate. My mouth felt the crunch from the pretzel pieces but I would have liked more pretzel flavor, and probably just more and bigger pieces of pretzel to lessen sweetness of the caramel. The typical aftertaste that you get with most protein bars was in this one as well. I would rate the taste as just good.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcYLcvmtqdOCAerVIoC6Gwp5mEgHToteyh71VUcU6UfjQygWeCgSSQsVV7U92kgU3a9pKdgaoBrMvCnashYuzjWcH05yM0-QD5GdzP49_Ck27PBoIJXrIc0m1w00Q13Jk9DBSfRYwZNeI/s1600/SAM_7928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcYLcvmtqdOCAerVIoC6Gwp5mEgHToteyh71VUcU6UfjQygWeCgSSQsVV7U92kgU3a9pKdgaoBrMvCnashYuzjWcH05yM0-QD5GdzP49_Ck27PBoIJXrIc0m1w00Q13Jk9DBSfRYwZNeI/s320/SAM_7928.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the wrapper...it had melted a bit from shipping :(</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Overall</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have to say the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045L34D0/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=aesthmuscl06-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0045L34D0&adid=1ASWYWJXSYJSJW20KP4E&">Syntha-6 Decadence</a> bar was good...but I was hoping for better. My expectations of the bar were high due to my experience with their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GP5HJI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B000GP5HJI">awesome protein shakes </a>but unfortunately, the bar did not live up to the expectations. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not to say that the bar wasn't good, because it was...I was just expecting to be blown away which didn't happen. In comparison, when I first tried the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_sb_ss_i_0_11&field-keywords=quest%20protein%20bars&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=quest%20prote&_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22">Quest protein bars</a>, I was wowed by these bars. So Quest protein bars are still my favorite protein bar and the best tasting bars in the world :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anybody have any suggestions of any other bars for me to try? Anything better than <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_sb_ss_i_0_11&field-keywords=quest%20protein%20bars&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=quest%20prote&_encoding=UTF8&tag=aesthmuscl06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22">Quest protein bars?</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=aesthmuscl-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B0045L34D0" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-40121175385763679312011-10-01T10:00:00.001-05:002011-10-02T12:17:56.402-05:00Today Is The Day We Stop Making Excuses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decidetostayfit.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/excuses-for-working-out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://www.decidetostayfit.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/excuses-for-working-out.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a great new campaign started by <a href="http://www.bluecrossmn.com/bc/wcs/groups/bcbsmn/@mbc_bluecrossmn/documents/public/mbc1_home_index.hcsp">Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota</a>, in which they want people to tell themselves "Today is the day we stop making excuses!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the commercial they portray the fat and obese doing "lazy" things such as sleeping on the couch and taking the elevator, while they are singing about how they will start exercising and taking the stairs TOMORROW. How many times have we heard that excuse from people in our own lives, and even from ourselves?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I first saw the commercial I thought, "Wow, this is awesome! I love that they are portraying fat people the way they really are!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/Vtil_kFMvoU/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vtil_kFMvoU&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vtil_kFMvoU&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm a little surprised this commercial hasn't become a target of pro-fat organizations such as <a href="http://www.naafaonline.com/dev2/">NAAFA</a>. (I'm totally against the organization by the way. Even though the United States seems to be headed this way, being fat should not be accepted as normal and healthy because it is not!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Perhaps there has not been much attention for the commercial because it is only shown locally here in Minnesota. I hope the commercial goes nationwide so that it inspires people to stop making excuses and make a change!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And if not that, hopefully it gets some attention and companies start making more commercials like this where they are not afraid to be politically incorrect and call out the fat and obese.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So help spread the word on this great commercial by sharing it on your <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AestheticMuscle">facebooks</a>, twitter, forums, and blogs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821814207795009051.post-79275447906716387962011-09-25T12:06:00.000-05:002011-09-25T12:06:31.945-05:00Gaspari Myofusion Protein on Sale!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My favorite protein, <a href="http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/2011/05/gaspari-nutrition-myofusion-protein.html">Gaspari Myofusion</a>, is on sale at <a href="http://nutraplanet.com/">Nutraplanet.com</a> for $36 for a 5 lb jug!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I would stock up if I hadn't bought 4 jugs a month ago. Try my favorite flavors Banana Perfection and Strawberry Cream :)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.nutraplanet.com/product/gaspari/myofusion-5lb.html">http://www.nutraplanet.com/product/gaspari/myofusion-5lb.html</a></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nutraplanet.com/product/gaspari/myofusion-5lb.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.nutraplanet.com//photos/28658/myofusion_large.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://musclesymmetry.blogspot.com/</div>Duong Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965954070607599445noreply@blogger.com0