Performax Labs Hypermax
Taste
Watermelon – Performix Labs did a good job on this flavor. The watermelon is not a pure jolly rancher in taste, but has a semi artificial aftertaste and bold presence upon hitting your taste buds. Its has a small refreshing vibe but overpowered by a strong sweetener in the product. I used 3 samples and tried to vary 8,10,12 oz of water to gauge what I did like best (since each packet is one serving) personally I found 12oz to be my sweet spot. 8oz may be too strong for some people, and 10oz was still strong, but not overbearing. 12oz was the perfect ratio for myself.
Mixability
No problems, I got to sample the previous flavor and this one mixed just as easy. Basically when it touched the water the powder started to dissolve.
Formula
1.6g BA (at 2 servings would be adequate dose) this is an endurance/performance booster.
Hordenine and Eria Jarensis Extract which are aspects to help with focus and cognitive function.
Glycerol at 1g is very strong a s pump agent to help suck water into the cell and volumizer them.
Agmatine at 500mg is good to help with pump and also as GDA properties
3g Citrulline used to help prevent lactic acid build up and help with pump.
200mg caffeine per packet, which is a sweet spot for myself. For many they could go upward to 1.5-2 servings with no problems.
Workout Reaction
Dosed my sample at 4:45 for a 5 AM workout
About the time I got to the gym 4:55 I started to feel some energy coming on and it was nothing that caused me to jitter or anything, but I am going to assume around the 200mg mark or slightly below (which is my sweet spot)
Onto the workout I was hitting a back/arms session and a small amount of arm I started off with Barbell Rows working up to sets of 8-10 and then dropped into a rest pause set of 245 to hit 20 reps. I already felt my low back tensing up.
Moving onto low rows, cable pullovers, and then a single arm lat pulldown I started to feel the skin harden, muscles tighten, and my arms start to pop a bit as I got through some isolation work and utilizing a lot of 5 second negatives and 3 second holds on some movements and some sets.. My current mesocycle has a lot of intensity techniques So I was using Negatives, rest pause, and drop sets on these. Let me tell you, I almost thought I was going to bring back up the sample I had about 45 minutes ago. Heavy breathing and pumps were had.
No tingles were noticed from the BA because it is on the low side 1.6g for a serving, if it was double or a 2 scoop then yes it may have aided performance a bit, but overall a good workout, and a good reaction. If one were to 1.5 or 2 scoop this they may seek more benefit with the higher Glycerol, Agmatine, and BA dosing, not to mention caffeine if they are caffeine junkies
Fed Workout
Chest/Shouldres & legs were used for a fed workout to compare. Instantly with more carbs in my system pumps were longer lasting and tenser compared to a fasted workout. Chest and Shoulders I started with incline bench and hit 20 reps rest pause with 225 over a few sets with a few breathers between each time I would fail. Right away my chest was filling with blood. Moved onto DB Flat Bench press (100’s triple dropset) and HS Flat Chest Press (4 plates/side into a double dropset). That's all I needed to torch my chest. I decided to push the pump with 20 rep cable crossovers, which had my chest turn red.
Legs Was just downright brutal. I hate pump for legs but I would be damned that my legs were full of blood after 2 exercises (rest pause on leg curl then moved to leg press with a triple dropset with 10 plates a side). I had to take a seat every now and then to let the pump die down before moving into my next exercises (leg extensions, RDL, and then reverse hack squat’s). My hamstrings felt like someone was stabbing them with daggers and the quad striations were like roadmaps on my quad sweep.
Just like most pre-workouts with pump agents. Give your body what it wants (Carbs) especially with Agmatine and you will reap the benefits. Just do not double dose this and go hit legs unless you want them to explode.