11/04 - Final Review
First would like to thank Renegade Rows and Controlled Labs for the opportunity to run this stack.
To begin with, I guess I need to state where I started from. As RR mentioned above, before starting the Blue Series stack, I was coming off a Dermacrine (2 weeks) stacked with 4AD (4 weeks). I basically ran both Dermacrine (had a 1/2 bottle lying around) and 4AD for the first 2 weeks, and then just 4AD by itself the last 2 weeks. I cannot give any pro's to this stack. I didn't receive any strength gains, and oddly enough, it shut me way down. Both compounds are supposed to increase libido but they did the exact opposite for me. I had no libido. It also caused lethargy for me too. So I was happy when the stack ended and I started the Blue Series stack. Also, I ran both stacks while carb cycling to try and lean out some.
Now the stats
Before
Age - 38
Height - 6'0
Weight - 194lbs
BF% - 12.6% (tanita scales)
After
Age - 38
Height - 6'0
Weight - 191lbs
BF% - 10.7% (tanita scales)
I haven't had a chance to take body measurements yet but will try to get it done over the weekend and post the results to compare before/after body measurments.
I'll give review for each product and then one for overall stack.
Blue Gene - This is a supplement you can feel on the very first dose. At first I didn't know if I could handle it. On the 1st day I took Blue Gene, about 15 minutes later I got a very painful headache that felt like someone had vice-grips on my head, followed by a lot of sinus pressure. But after about 5 minutes it went away. I could only attribute it to the niacin. After the first day, I never had that issue again, although I ramped up dosage the next few days (meaning I would take 3 caps, wait 15 minutes and then take the other 2). After a week of this dosing, I began taking all 5 caps. Again, you definately feel and see the niacin working with the flushing of the skin. On about day 7-10 I began feeling better mind/muscle connection. About halfway through the bottle I began noticing my tendonitis in my shoulders were'nt flaring up as bad. I'd say on around week 3 the endurance factor started kicking in and those classes that were whipping my butt, I could make it all the way through doing the same amount of reps as the instructor. Overall I really liked Blue Gene and feel it's just a good supplement to take for improved health/vitality, kind of like a multi.
Blue Up (stim free) - I dosed the supplement each morning with my breakfast. This supplement was kind of hard to gauge because at first I didn't notice anything from it. I'd say it wasn't until week 2 that my libido seemed to be getting better. I went from not wanting to have sex at all to beginning to initate it. But the wierd thing was, half way through week 3 the libido fell back to baseline. So basically, I wasn't turning down sex, but I wasn't initating it either. On most other test boosters I usually get oily skin and some pimples on my back and chest but I didn't notice any from Blue Up. There was no changes in mood (aggression, patience, etc...) as well.
Blue GrowtH - This supplement I really liked as well. You could feel the difference in sleep within the first week. Now, I didn't get those crazy dreams like I have with other HGH supp's but the sleep I got was definately restful. Most nights I wake up 3 or 4 times with about 2 times having to pee and the others times I just wake up to look at the clock. After about week 2 I was noticing I wasn't getting up at all during the night and I was actually getting woke up by the alarm clock. Most morning I wake up before the alarm clock goes off, so it was different for me to actually have this happen. Unfortunately on week 4 I got a cold and started waking up again at night to blow my nose. At this point I began taking Nyquil and Blue GrowtH and I can say that stack knocked me out. When taking both of these I was having crazy vivid dreams. One night while taking that stack, I dreamed me and 2 of my best friends wives were in a car and guys jumped out of the woods with chainsaws and started chasing us. While we were running from them a tornado came and picked me up and threw me down in some old barn about a mile away. A few minutes later, my friends wives walked to the barn naked and told me the guys with the chainsaws made them take their clothes off. At this point I sadly woke up to the alarm clock
Overall Stack - I liked the stack overall. Again I was dieting and actually lost a few lbs and some bf% while running the stack. The first 2 weeks I actually gained some strength and was pushing heavier weights, but the last 2 weeks, I'm guessing the reduced calories kicked in (and cold), and while I didn't have strength gains, my strength didn't fall, but just leveled off. So I feel that's a good thing. Now, I really liked Blue Gene and Blue GrowtH, but I will say I've taken other test boosters that seemed to effect me moreso than Blue Up. So for the overall stack, I give it two thumbs up but if I were to buy I'd probably replace the Blue Up with another test booster. But overall a good run and a good PCT from a crappy PH run.