Okay, this will be my second go 'round with Xtend Perform. The first can be summed up here:
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/supplement-reviews-logs/282850-xtend-perform-mango.html
In mid-June, I had surgery and it kept me out of the gym and all physical activity for 3 full weeks and after that, it was a very hesitant/gradual ease back into things. Well, during that time, things went better than I could have hoped for. But that was a pretty big variable, so you can see why I was hesitant to draw any major conclusions. Those 3 weeks off from lifting are literally the longest break I've taken since I was in HS and took the Summers off during peak baseball season. I've basically lifted ~13 or so years with no more than like a week and a half off aside from that lol (and those were seldom, too).
My go-to intra combo has been 1 scoop iForce Compete + 5g bulk taurine for as long as Compete has actually been released (with the taurine added in for about 2 years or so now). I've loved it and haven't switched since I started it up (previously tried all sorts of BCAA combos, but this just stuck well with me and I still like the formula).
After the tub of Perform, I went back to my old go-to for 2 weeks to see what assessments I could make. I didn't notice much drop-off (if any) with endurance or performance in the gym, but the 2 Sundays I played basketball without it were TERRIBLE. I mean, just beyond awful. Which was odd. Because before I started Perform, it's not like it had been bad for me by any means and adding it in may have increased endurance, but I didn't notice a night and day difference then. Well, my body was good, but my lungs were sucking for air within minutes of Game 1 each of the 2 weeks without Perform. I thought, maybe my scaled back carbs and a few other things could have been it -- well, I ended up eating more the day before the 2nd Sunday but the outcome was the same.
On Saturday, I introduced Perform back in. Crushed my delts/traps high volume workout and even tacked back onto the end of it (because last week SUCKED -- I'm doing an EMT course 2 nights a week for 4 hours and I had to work 10:30-6 PM at work while our semester started back up to service more demographics and it had me all jacked up). Anyway, that resulted in a few days out of the gym, but Saturday I was able to actually tack a full 2nd workout onto the end lol. Logged 6+ miles and burned 1,800+ calories in just under 2.5 hours -- it was nice.
Sunday was day 1 back to basketball and it was evident right out of the gate that the difference was insane. I lucked out on being on a good team and I think I only sat a total of 2 games out of the entire 2 hours we were there and my lungs could have gone another 2 (my body, however, felt like it got hit by a train once I finally got home and the adrenaline wore off lol).
My pre-basketball supplmentation looks like this:
-1 hr. -- CardioTryx, 15mg Cardarine
- 20 min. -- 200-400mg caffeine, 25mg ephedrine, 1 AlphaBurn, 500mg COP, 1 Max REPS, 3g beta alanine
And just before we start, I mix up one scoop of Perform (with 5g taurine) and take a small sip (~4oz or so). Then I drink that full shaker between the next game or 2 and mix up the 2nd and work on it, as well.
In the weeks off from Perform, all of this supplementation looked the same minus the Perform (swapped out for Compete). So you can see I had plenty covering endurance and shouldn't have noticed a huge downgrade in performance. That is just all the more evidence of what Perform truly does. I knew it was a good product, but honestly did not expect this much from it.
Mango is DELICIOUS. The Fruit Punch isn't bad at all, but it's not quite as good, though it did grow on me a bit the more I've tasted it. Really wanting to try out the Black Cherry and looking forward to any new flavors, too.
I'll continue to weigh in on this, but it gets my ringing endorsement without any further testing needed after using 1 tub, taking a 2 week break, and starting back up. It's the real deal and it is my new intra. I'll still use Compete since I have it as extra during basketball or maybe hikes and such, but for my legit workouts and multi-hour sports, Perform has moved into the starter's role.
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/supplement-reviews-logs/282850-xtend-perform-mango.html
In mid-June, I had surgery and it kept me out of the gym and all physical activity for 3 full weeks and after that, it was a very hesitant/gradual ease back into things. Well, during that time, things went better than I could have hoped for. But that was a pretty big variable, so you can see why I was hesitant to draw any major conclusions. Those 3 weeks off from lifting are literally the longest break I've taken since I was in HS and took the Summers off during peak baseball season. I've basically lifted ~13 or so years with no more than like a week and a half off aside from that lol (and those were seldom, too).
My go-to intra combo has been 1 scoop iForce Compete + 5g bulk taurine for as long as Compete has actually been released (with the taurine added in for about 2 years or so now). I've loved it and haven't switched since I started it up (previously tried all sorts of BCAA combos, but this just stuck well with me and I still like the formula).
After the tub of Perform, I went back to my old go-to for 2 weeks to see what assessments I could make. I didn't notice much drop-off (if any) with endurance or performance in the gym, but the 2 Sundays I played basketball without it were TERRIBLE. I mean, just beyond awful. Which was odd. Because before I started Perform, it's not like it had been bad for me by any means and adding it in may have increased endurance, but I didn't notice a night and day difference then. Well, my body was good, but my lungs were sucking for air within minutes of Game 1 each of the 2 weeks without Perform. I thought, maybe my scaled back carbs and a few other things could have been it -- well, I ended up eating more the day before the 2nd Sunday but the outcome was the same.
On Saturday, I introduced Perform back in. Crushed my delts/traps high volume workout and even tacked back onto the end of it (because last week SUCKED -- I'm doing an EMT course 2 nights a week for 4 hours and I had to work 10:30-6 PM at work while our semester started back up to service more demographics and it had me all jacked up). Anyway, that resulted in a few days out of the gym, but Saturday I was able to actually tack a full 2nd workout onto the end lol. Logged 6+ miles and burned 1,800+ calories in just under 2.5 hours -- it was nice.
Sunday was day 1 back to basketball and it was evident right out of the gate that the difference was insane. I lucked out on being on a good team and I think I only sat a total of 2 games out of the entire 2 hours we were there and my lungs could have gone another 2 (my body, however, felt like it got hit by a train once I finally got home and the adrenaline wore off lol).
My pre-basketball supplmentation looks like this:
-1 hr. -- CardioTryx, 15mg Cardarine
- 20 min. -- 200-400mg caffeine, 25mg ephedrine, 1 AlphaBurn, 500mg COP, 1 Max REPS, 3g beta alanine
And just before we start, I mix up one scoop of Perform (with 5g taurine) and take a small sip (~4oz or so). Then I drink that full shaker between the next game or 2 and mix up the 2nd and work on it, as well.
In the weeks off from Perform, all of this supplementation looked the same minus the Perform (swapped out for Compete). So you can see I had plenty covering endurance and shouldn't have noticed a huge downgrade in performance. That is just all the more evidence of what Perform truly does. I knew it was a good product, but honestly did not expect this much from it.
Mango is DELICIOUS. The Fruit Punch isn't bad at all, but it's not quite as good, though it did grow on me a bit the more I've tasted it. Really wanting to try out the Black Cherry and looking forward to any new flavors, too.
I'll continue to weigh in on this, but it gets my ringing endorsement without any further testing needed after using 1 tub, taking a 2 week break, and starting back up. It's the real deal and it is my new intra. I'll still use Compete since I have it as extra during basketball or maybe hikes and such, but for my legit workouts and multi-hour sports, Perform has moved into the starter's role.