Alright, so I figured I should go ahead and post up my final review for the Bulk Andro kit. As i said in a earlier post, I finished up the kit on Friday, & am now continuing my run with a bottle of EpiAndro & 17-ProAndro. But as for my final review, here is my final thoughts on the Bulk Andro kit.
Packaging: 9/10
Thought that the tin box the supplements came inside was pretty nifty, which including a generic nutrition and training guide for anybody looking to switch up a routine. The bottles themselves weren't too flashy, but I digged the red bottles. (maybe bias because my favorite color is red :firedevil
Accessories: 6/10
I would say this is my only real complaint with this kit. As you can see in the pictures, I had a few things go wrong. lol First, the bigger adapta cap for the M1D bottle will never fully screw on right. The smaller 1-andro cap did, but not the larger. As you can see, this caused some leaking issues within the kit, but also contributed from small drops left in the cap once removed. I ended up ripping both cap covers off, not that there was a big deal with that. Also, the numbered markings on the syringe started to deteriorate so I took a sharpie and marked where the 2ml mark was for dosing. (Hadn't occurred until week 3 or so) Like I said, not the biggest deal in world, seeings how it's been a good run. Just thought that it deserved an honest review and opinion.
Taste: 7/10
This was sort of a surprise. I expected this to be pretty horrid, but not really the case. The 1-andro had more a sweet taste to it, but a little throat burn after swallowing. The M1D had more of a bitter taste, but the after taste was the worse. After about 5 minutes, all taste was pretty much gone.
Convenience: 7/10
I only gave this a 7 because although i thoroughly enjoy the idea and effectiveness of the liquid dose, it is not as convenient as being able to slip a pill in your pocket to take later on in the day when you don't have access to an oral dose. On the other hand, being that the dosing only call for morning/evening/night, you have more flexibility to dose around times you can.
Dosing: 9/10
As stated before, the flexibility of dosing was definitely a great thing. Although I kind of went of a more steady dosing schedule (every 3-4 hours), it wasn't nerve-wrecking to know I didn't dose exactly on time. Also, 3 doses a day for each was the perfect amount IMO.
Now into the fun stuff..
Strength:9/10
For me, this was probably the most noticeable effect. I had a power week the week prior to starting this kit, and my next one was the final week of the kit. Here was my before and after numbers on a couple notable exercises used:
Bench press: 265 for 4 reps to 285 for 4 reps.
(+20lb increase)
Weighted dips: BW+65 for 9 reps to BW+80 for 9 reps.
(+15lb increase)
Rack pulls: 405 for 4 reps to 455 for 4 reps
(+50lb increase)
1 arm DB row: 135 for 5 reps to 155 for 5 reps.
(+20lb increase)
BB curl: 105 for 5 reps to 125 for 5 reps.
(+20lb increase)
Leg press: 605 for 4 reps to 695 for 4 reps.
(+90lb increase)!!!
BB shrug: 425 for 4 reps to 425 for 8 reps.
(+4 rep increase)
DB side lateral: 60 for 4 reps to 60 for 6
(+2 rep increase)
As you can see, I made a pretty good improvement in strength than I honestly usually would without the kit. A few PRs remained the same (squat, shoulder press) but all in all, very happy with those increases.
Recovery: 8/10
I definitely felt like this kit aided in recovery. It helped not only in daily recovery, but also in between set recovery. The first few days I did notice that I actually felt more sore? Probably was all mental, but by the last week, I felt fully recovered in or under 24 hours.
Vascularity: 9/10
This was definitely a shining effect too. There were days where I didn't take a pre or forgot my agmatine and i still had veins popping like crazy. I forgot to mention on my power legs day last week that I actually saw a vein on the front of my shin, which has NEVER happened before. This vascularity was not only in the gym, but carried over all day.
Muscle hardness: 9/10
This is probably what I will take away from the kit the most. I can tell in the mirror that my muscles look more full and hard than they did before. I'm actually glad that was the case because my muscles have never really had that kind of look before. I looked full even when I woke up in the morning.
Pumps: 8/10
The pumps from this kit were great. I say that because even when I didn't dose a pre shake, I still had painfully awesome pumps at the gym. When I did do a pre shake, the pumps were even better.
Size: 8/10
I gave this a 8 because I didn't expect to get crazy size and weight gain from this, but because it was still effective. I came into this at about 194, and my final weight this past weekend was 204.5, roughly. So a 10 increase is great, with very minimal fat gain as far as i can tell. The woman has definitely made comments about my size lately, even more than before.
Side effects: 10/10
I gave this a 10 because I did not experience ANY side effects from it. Yes, my shoulders and back broke out a little more than usual but that's just an indication that this stuff was working! Besides the one day in the gym that I had to leave, I didn't experience any negative effects from this kit, which is amazing.
Overall effectiveness: 9/10
This kit definitely exceeded my expectations. Being that this was my first cycle of any sort, I wasn't really sure what to expect. After this past week, I super glad I decided to get into the contest to log this, and I'm still super fortunate I got the chance to do so. I was always weary of PHs and steroids, and basically told myself I would avoid them as long as possible, but the fact that a non-methylated stack like this did so well for me, definitely gives me hope in the future to continue these products, and very slowly work my way into the PH world. I would recommend this to anybody over the age of 21, who isn't ready to jump into the deep end with PHs, but still wants something effective.
Like I said, couldn't be happier to have ran this, and as you can tell, I'm already running more LG products on top of it! Feel free to ride along for another amazing 4 weeks of the Andro series. I'd like to give a special thanks to Beast, Luke and Manimal over at LG for letting me run this log, and for those who have stopped in or been following along. Just took some after pics, so once I'm done with dinner, I'll post them up!