A Ranger with his Essentials is dangerous

[ABNRanger]

Well guys some of you may remember I posted a thread about my knee problems
Call me Orville Redenbacher- a lot of popping
......well, the good folks at AI sent me a 30 day sample of Essentials with Joint Complex to try. I will try to post a daily log.
I am testing this to see how effective it will be at getting my knees repaired. The supp is supposed to give increased endurance and muscle size as well.
Other supps currently taking:
JP8 for pre workout
Cycle Support: Preloading to run my Epi cycle.
Fish oil, flax seed, and borage oil (omega 3.6.9)
Hardcore ZMA by MetRx
I look forward to you guys' input.

[ABNRanger]

Day1-AM-
Took first dose, I did not have a drink on hand at the time, so I thought I might just mix it with water. Damn, that is the worse tasting thing I have ever tasted, and believe me I have tasted some bad stuff. So I eventually got some tropicana kiwi strawberry juice, not much improvement on the taste, but a little more tolerable. So far nothing to talk about in terms of it is supposed to do. Not that I was expecting anything from the first dose. I am going to see how it works as a pre workout supp, therefore, I will give JP8 a break for the rest of the week, then stack them next week.

[ABNRanger]

Day1-PM
Legs and Shoulders
Well, I went against what I originally planned; I mixed the Essentials with JP8. I mixed the two in tropicana kiwi strawberry, and surprisingly, the taste was not that bad. Well it was better than I expected. About 40 minutes after taking it, I felt like needles were poking me from the inside, but I had a good energy workout though. The needle poking was not uncomfortable, but you know it was there. Oh one other thing I noticed, I can smell the Essentials in my urine when I piss, and it made my urine yellow....no not the usual yellow of urine, more like a lemon color. I definitely like the feeling I get from the mixture. We shall see what tomorrow brings. Oh I forgot, in regards to my knees, too soon to tell. As told by an AI rep, I probably won't see any relief until after the jar is done, due to the fact that it takes about a month before some see results. But, we shall see, at least I should be able to log about the other effects that Essentials is supposed to give, IE endurance and muscle strength.

[ABNRanger]

Day2-AM
Took another dose of Essentials, and within about twenty minutes felt the needles poking from the inside.

[A_I_Sports_Nutrition]

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[crazyfool405]

Day1-AM-
Took first dose, I did not have a drink on hand at the time, so I thought I might just mix it with water. Damn, that is the worse tasting thing I have ever tasted, and believe me I have tasted some bad stuff. So I eventually got some tropicana kiwi strawberry juice, not much improvement on the taste, but a little more tolerable. So far nothing to talk about in terms of it is supposed to do. Not that I was expecting anything from the first dose. I am going to see how it works as a pre workout supp, therefore, I will give JP8 a break for the rest of the week, then stack them next week.

hopefully by week 2 the joint complex should start to kick in, and remember its 3 scoop serving.

i would split it up through out the day!

[crazyfool405]

Day2-AM
Took another dose of Essentials, and within about twenty minutes felt the needles poking from the inside.

like tingly? thats the Beta Alanine. good stuff,

[A_I_Sports_Nutrition]

like tingly? thats the Beta Alanine. good stuff,

Yes the beta alanine rush. Little freaky at first but good stuff.

[KmuL]

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[Iron Lungz]

Leave it to a Ranger to lead the way.

Subscribed, friend.

[ABNRanger]

Thanks for the support guys. Yeah, I hope the joint stuff does kick in soon; I am using three scoops per serving, and I am taking it twice a day. Is it ok to keep mixing it with my jp8 as part of my pre workout supp?

[Liftergym33]

Im in! Im loving all these joint logs..

[crazyfool405]

Thanks for the support guys. Yeah, I hope the joint stuff does kick in soon; I am using three scoops per serving, and I am taking it twice a day. Is it ok to keep mixing it with my jp8 as part of my pre workout supp?

i think personally its too much with the JP8 and i would watch for nerve damage. too many b vitamins.

[ABNRanger]

Thanks crazy, then I will take it solo. Actually I think that is a better idea, that way I can get/give a better assesment of Essentials.

[crazyfool405]

Thanks crazy, then I will take it solo. Actually I think that is a better idea, that way I can get/give a better assesment of Essentials.

yea that would be great, the overload of B vitamins, even though water soluble can cause some adverse effects

essenjtials is just right especailly when you spread it out throughout the day, so as you excrete the water soluble vitamins you replenish them and still absorb what you need!

[ABNRanger]

Hey crazy, just to clarify, should I stop taking the JP8 until I run out of Essentials? Or, I can continue to take the JP8 as my pre supp, but just don't mix the two?

[crazyfool405]

Hey crazy, just to clarify, should I stop taking the JP8 until I run out of Essentials? Or, I can continue to take the JP8 as my pre supp, but just don't mix the two?

you can take it when yuour out of essentials,

but still split all doses.

[dg806]

Hope you like the essentials Ranger!

[ABNRanger]

Hope you like the essentials Ranger!

Well so far I have gotten used to the tingly feeling. Now the taste, that will take some more time. Is there a flavored one? The one I have is the unflavored. Today will be my first day free of all other supps except fish oil, flaxseed oil, and CS. I will post my post workout log to comment on how I felt in the gym. I plan to take it 30-45 min before workout, that will be my pm dosage. Once again, thanks for all your support guys.

[glg]

Just be patient on the joint support. It takes awhile for it to buind up in the joints (remeber there is ver little blood flow in the cartalidge (sp?) so it may take 2+ weeks to feel any difference in that area.