HorsePower + Excell + Muscle Milk Log.

[RenegadeRows]

Stats
Age: 22
Weight: 165lbs
BF%: 12-14%
Height: 5'8"

Supps
HorsePower - Pre-Workout (mainstay of Log)
Excell - Pre and Post workout, Throughout the Day
Muscle Milk - Meal Replacement
AI Protein - Throughout Day
Lean Green - With Meals, Twice Daily

Goals
To test HorsePower, give a full review. To gain muscle, while keeping fat at a minimum.

Workout (Compounds!!)
Monday - Back and Biceps
Tuesday - Legs
Wed - Cardio
Thur - Chest and Triceps
Fri - Shoulders
(Days are subject to change due to scheduling)

 

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Day 1

Monday, Back and Biceps
Calories: 4000
Weight: 166lbs

HorsePower: 20 mins Pre-workout
Excell: 20 mins Pre-workout

WG Lat Pulldowns - 4x8
Chinups - 4x8
BB Rows - 5x5
DB Rows - 5x7

CG Pulldowns - 5x10 (light) supersetted with
BB Curls - 2x12

Notes
HorsePower + Excell seems to give an excellent pump. Energy was high too, considering no stimulants were taken. Me and my lifting partner (who both took Horsepower) noticed an effective pump in the biceps and forearms. Noticed I was more thirsty than normal; could be attributed to hot weather.

 

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Day 2

Tuesday, Off
Calories: 4000
Weight: 165lbs

HorsePower: Around 2pm
Excell: 1 Serving- 2pm, 4pm, 8pm

Off day

Notes
Tuesday was an off day. It was raining, I was sore and lazy. Took Horsepower in the afternoon. I felt my muscles were fuller after I took it. I did some posing in the mirror, and some light stretching afterwards. I felt really good, pumped up.

This stuff makes me thirsty! I think it's a combination of the drink itself, the Glycerol and creatine, but I was thirsty.

Excell also gives me some terrible gas, lol. It's not so bad when I'm alone (usually am when I take it) but when I'm with my girlfriend or lifting partner, I feel sorry for them! :toofunny:

 

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Day 3

Wednesday, Chest and Triceps
Calories: 3000
Weight: 165lbs

HorsePower: Pre Workout
Excell: 1 Serving- Pre-Workout, 4pm, 8pm

BP - 6 sets of 8
DB Flyes - 3 sets of 12 (light)
CGBP - 5 sets of 5
Skullcrushers - 6 sets of 6
Dips - 3 sets of Max Reps w/ BW (about 13 reps)

Notes
I felt pumped today, but I lifted alone so I didn't have the motivation I usually do. I hit it hard and fast for about 45 minutes. My chest was hurting me, it had a strange sensation. Pumps were incredible! Especially after the flyes. Strength seemed increased a small amount, but probably not due to the supplements yet.

Took my AI PB Protein throughout the day. Morning, Pre, Post, At night. Today was also the first day I took my Muscle Milk. God I love that stuff, and it tastes so good. I feel like I put some thick, good fuel to my fire, something to rebuild my sore muscles when I take MM.

 

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Day 4

Thursday, Legs
Calories: 4500
Weight: 167lbs

HorsePower: Pre Workout
Excell: 1 Serving- Pre-Workout, 3pm, 7pm

Squats:
4 sets of 12 reps
2 sets of 5 reps (increased weight)
Calf Raises:
100 Reps Each Leg, Bodyweight.
Cardio: 25 minutes on stationary bike increasing tension on legs

Notes
Unfortunately my triceps weren't sore today. My chest was, but I have a hard time making my triceps sore. :frustrate: Need to try harder, stop being such a pansey.

I lifted alone today, and I HATE lifting alone for legs. 1) Because my partner has a squat rack at his house. I had to hoist the damn weight over my head, and therefor I couldn't do heavy sets like I usually do, but I repped them out and made them burn. Especially the stationary bike at the end, I had trouble walking after. Took about 45 minutes to complete. My calves were burning sore too.

Horsepower makes me thirsty like a damn camel. That's a good thing, especially because you need water when you take your glycerol AND creatine. i drank 3 poland spring bottles just in my workout alone (and I didn't cramp)

Friday is shoulders, going to be a brutal one too...

 

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Day 5

Friday, Shoulders
Calories: 4200
Weight: 166lbs

HorsePower: Pre Workout
Excell: 1 Serving- Pre-Workout, 3pm, 6pm

DB shrugs 5x10
Upright Rows 5x5
Smith Shrugs 5x10
Lateral Raises 5x10
OH Press (Smith) 6x8

Notes
Was a great shoulder workout, I'm very sore today. HP gave me a great pump, especially when doing the lateral raises. I took in 2 muscle milk shakes before bed, so I could recooperate. I slept a good 10 hours last night too. I was wiped after the workout.
Reached a new PR with my OH press @ 145lbs @ 5 reps. Probably my favorite exercise is oh press on the smith. its very smooth and you can go quite heavy on it.

Later today I'm working triceps alone, because they are lacking. Will post update later.
:hot:
PS - I got more muscle milk in the mail, courtesy of Island Supps. They also sent me like 5 free samples of NO Xplode and a bunch of samples of True Mass & Syntha-6. Thanks Island, you guys truly rock!

 

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Day 6

Satuday, Triceps
Calories: 4000
Weight: 166lbs

HorsePower: Pre Workout
Excell: 1 Serving- Pre-Workout

Skullcrushers - 3 sets, 10 reps
Skullcrushers - 5 sets, 5 reps (add+ weight)
DB Kickbacks - 5 sets, 10 reps
Cardio: 15 minutes

Notes
Just finished my tricep workout. A quick 30 minute blast, trying to get them to grow more. My biceps are quite developed but my triceps are under developed (considering tris are 2/3 of your arm, they should be way bigger) I've read that skullcrushers, dips, and CGBP are the best Mass building exercises for tris. I did 5 sets of heavy skull's and than 5 sets of concentration kickbacks for shape.

Did 15 minutes on my stationary for health/heart function. Felt quite nice. I took a dose of Superpump 250 earlier (free sample) about 2 hours before my lifting. I had a nice energy boost from that. I wish that Horsepower had some stimulants for mental focus. It makes a *big* difference in my workouts.

 

[ECTOmorph]

Im following

I also just started HP

 

[RenegadeRows]

Im following

I also just started HP

Thanks for your post bro! What do you think of it so far? did you get the lemon-lime?

 

[Rage (SoCal)]

Cool log, RR. .Thanks for getting this info up. Best of luck.

 

[RenegadeRows]

Cool log, RR. .Thanks for getting this info up. Best of luck.

Rockn Roll. Thanks for stoppin in Rage! I love loggin, as it helps me keep on track and helps people with the feedback:dance:

 

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Day 7

Sunday, off
Calories: 4600
Weight: 167lbs

HorsePower: in the AM
Excell: 3 servings spread out

No workouts today.

Notes
I've been eating like a damn horse(power) this weekend. Lots of food, lots of shakes. I got a chocolate shake from the ice cream place down the street and mixed 2 scoops of muscle milk in there. Holy ****. It was like 1000 calories in 2 minutes. My stomache felt like it was gonna pop. I felt like doing an all-out-bulk this weekend, as I tried to gorge myself to make up for the hard workouts last week. Good stuff.

I'll take a minute to show you how I break down my protein shake intake.

Morning: Muscle-Milk (mocha Joe)
Post Workout: AI Protein (peanut butter)
Meal Replacement: Muscle milk (root beer float)
Bedtime: BSN Lean Dessert (sometimes with 1 scoop of MM)

I'll take this time to give a shot out to Lean Dessert. 20g of a Casein blend with a damn good taste. Sugar count is sorta high, so you should take it about an hour before bed, but it tastes damn good, and mixes well with a spoon.

 

[Jim Mills]

Subscribed..... Good luck man!

 

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Day 8

Monday, off
Calories: 4300
Weight: 168lbs

HorsePower: 2pm
Excell: 3 servings spread out

No workouts today.

Notes
Damn rain got me lazy today. I definately needed a day off today though. My body was sore, I was tired, sleepy, headache. I took a nap after work for about 3 hours, and fell asleep early too.

I took 2 servings of HP today. One around 2pm, and the other around 8pm. I find no reason to not take 2 servings a day when you are trying to recover. Honestly I'll use about 3/4 of a scoop so technically its not 2 servings anyways. The bottle will last me at least 30 days, even if I take 2 servings a day 3 times per week.

Tuesday is going to be getting it good! I plan on doing some heavy squats, and then going into a 45 min chest workout to make up for Monday. I also will be taking Wed off, or just doing some specialty workouts (abs and calves???) because my schedule doesn't permit a long w/o , and then on Thursday I'll be hitting back and biceps, shoulders on Friday. Lookout.

 

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Day 9

Tuesday, Chest & Legs
Calories: 4400
Weight: 169lbs

HorsePower: pre-workout, post workout
Excell: 3 servings spread out

Bench Press - 5x8
Incline BP - 5x8
Pec Dec - 5x8
Incline DB Fly - 4x5
Upright Cable Fly - 4x10
Squats - 6x10
Leg Extensions - 3x12
Calf raises - 100 reps (bodyweight)

Notes
I was a beast today, working out for almost 2 hours with my partner. We started with chest, and he went onto triceps while I hit my legs (to make up for my laziness yesterday.) Pumps were phenomenal, the highlight of my workout were cable crossovers standing up. Very tired, sore right now. I'm also hungry as a mofo, waiting for my pizza + chicken to cook!

I know working legs and chest isn't a great idea but it needed to be done, both for my physical and psychological. I find that I can make my legs quite sore with a small amount of intense sets...usually heavy squats.

My lats and triceps were sore from saturday, so I worked more on TUT and volume than strength today. PecDec, flys, really concentrated on hitting my pectorals instead of pushing the weight up with the intention of building power.

A muscle milk shake followed my workout, and about an hour after I took in another serving of HP before dinner.

Lean Green, Multi, Fish Oil all with dinner.

I'm going to be including some Rebound XT + Powerfull into my stack soon. I hope it will add to my log instead of interfering with it. And if you don't like it, tough!:bruce2:

 

[NO HYPE]

This stuff makes me thirsty! I think it's a combination of the drink itself, the Glycerol and creatine, but I was thirsty.

Without a doubt. I use HP also. The large amounts of creatine do it to me every time.

Nice log Renegade. This product is extremely high quality and I've been wondering what others experienced. I can't get enough of it myself.

 

[Shaolin Style]

keep it up bro, the world is watchin'

 

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Day 10,11,12

Wed, Thur, Fri, Off
Calories: 4000
Weight: 166lbs

HorsePower: Once per day
Excell: Three servings per day

Injured.

Notes
So Wednesday afternoon I decided to hit my shoulders. This was a mistake, as I was already fatigued from a long workout the previous day.

As I was doing shrugs with a relatively light weight (45lb dumbells) I felt a sharp pain from my neck to my middle back. Extremely painful, I dropped the 2 dumbells and stopped my workout. I had to go rest. It felt like a really bad whiplash, I could not move my head far to the side, or up and down.

I went to my girl's that night and I had to leave after about an hour. The pain was unbearable unless I was sitting still. It caused my ears to ring, a headache, nausea.

I did not go to work on Thursday because the pain was too bad. Had a helluva time sleeping that night. Took aspirin (Bayer and Motrin). Damn, this can't keep me down for too long.

Went to the Doc's on Thur. He said there were no signs of nuerological damage (thank God.) So my spine was still in tact. He thinks it was a bad muscle strain, recommended rest and aspirin (Too bad he didn't give me any muscle relaxants!) I'm just thankful it was not too serious.

I will be out of the game until at least Monday or Tuesday, as I don't want to aggrivate a neck injury. But man, I gotta tell ya, it really made me frustrated. Everything in my workouts has been going very good, from the supplements to nutrition to my lifts, and then this comes along. BTW, My traps look like they shrunk considerably after this injury!! Very weird.

I'll keep everybody posted. Today is Friday morning, the pain isn't as bad as it was, my head is still mobile, but it's going to be at least another week before I get on my feet again. Sorry. :rant:

 

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Day 13,14,15

Sat, Sun, Mon Off
Calories: 4000
Weight: 165lbs

HorsePower: Once per day
Excell: Three servings per day

Off

Notes
Well my injured neck feels better, however I am still taking today (Monday) off for good measure. I didn't get very much sleep last night, and it is raining today, so I'm going to recover more. My neck feels like it is about 85% better, which is enough for me to get back into my training but I'm not going to rush it. I have a feeling I might've been overtraining when the injury happened, so I therefor want total recovery before starting again.

 

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Day 16

Tuesday, Chest & Triceps
Calories: 4500
Weight: 166lbs

HorsePower: Pre and Post workout
Excell: Three servings per day

Flat Bench - 6x5
Pec Dec - 4x12
Incline Bench - 4x8
Skullcrushers - 1x12,3x8,1x5
Tricep Extensions - 5x8
Dips (B/W) - 5x5 (exhausted)

Notes
Felt good getting back into it. Had a great workout. Not too much in the way of strength increases but I could feel my tris are getting stronger with the skullcrushers. Good pumps.
I took HP after my workout, and I felt like my arms literally swelled up in size. It felt really good. I ate a nice chicken dinner afterwards. Pumps were good, like always.

 

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Day 17

Wed, off
Calories: 4500
Weight: 168lbs

HorsePower: in the AM, in the afternoon
Excell: Three servings per day

Cardio - 15 min on the bike

Notes

MAN THIS SH*T TASTES GOOD! The lemon lime flavor is very appealing, it's almost like drinking a lemon smoothie thats made with too much lemon! lol...I drank it on empty stomache - no stomache problems. I drink it with meals too - it tastes that good.

Personally I think this product has very good composition properties if used twice daily. You will get enough creatine, arginine, and other aminos that help with recovery and volumization. I will only use 2 servings per day if my workload requires it. For instance, if I take a few days off I will have 1 serving per day to keep my creatine levels up. But if I really break down my muscles like I did this week, it seems to give me greater recovery.

I've also been using Shock Therapy pre-workout occasionally. The reason is becuase of the nootropics and stimulants in ST. Unless taken with caffeine, sometimes Horsepower just isn't enough to cure my laziness on a rainy day.

I've begun to think that, while HP gives amazing pumps in the gym, it may be better suited for a Post-workout, much like how Universal recommends ShockTherapy pre, and Storm post.

Either way, HP is still an advanced product and I will continue to buy it after this log is finished.

 

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Day 18

Thur, Legs
Calories: 4300
Weight: 168lbs

HorsePower: Pre & Post Workout
Excell: Three servings per day

Squats - 6x8
Leg Curls - 5x10
Leg Extensions - 5x10
Calf Raises - 2x25

Notes

Alrightey then. Hit my legs nice yesterday. They feel nice today, sort of sore but I can still walk. I increased my weight on my squat and felt a bit of tension on my lowerback, and this is with a belt on. I think I go to failure, and then at the bottom of the squat my back tries to kick in. It was nothing serious but I will have to pay attention to my form next time.

Also, I noticed that your breathing has to be in-synche big time with squats. I needed a breath and mistakenly took one when I was squatted, and it made my core loose. No good!

Good pumps, recovery.

I'll be taking Friday-Monday off for vacation/labor day. I'm going out of state. See yall on Tuesday!

izza: :squat: :hot: :bruce3: ose:

 

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Day 19-22

Labor Day Weekend

HorsePower: Once Per Day
Excell: Three servings per day

Vacation

Notes

Had a nice vacation up in the mountains. Relaxing, fun. Brought my stash up north...had Horsepower once per day. Nothing new to report, other than I was hobbling around with very sore legs.

 

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Day 23

Tues, Back and Shoulders
Calories: 4300
Weight: 170lbs

HorsePower: Pre & Post Workout
Excell: Three servings per day

Chins - 5x7
DB Rows - TUT 3:3:1 - 5x5
BB Rows - 5x8
Shrugs - 10x10
OH Press - 5x8
Lateral Raises - 5x8

Notes

Good workout today. Not great, but good. I worked out alone in my basement (I need to clean it.) Horsepower gave some good pumps today. I drank my second serving during the last part of my workout actually and it seemed to add to my energy and strength.

Today (wed) I'm sore from the workout, but not as sore as usual. I'm also up 3lbs from last week, which is quite good for me. Strength is increasing. The chins yesterday I banged out more reps than I could previously (I got about 12 in with bodyweight) but after that they were harder to do. Maybe because I'm pulling up more weight than normal?

 

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Day 24

Wed, Chest and Tricecps
Calories: 4600
Weight: 170lbs

HorsePower: Post Workout
Excell: Three servings per day

Flat Bench - 10x3 (heavy)
Incline DB Fly - 5x10
Skullcrushers - 5x6
Dips - 10x10 Bodyweight

Notes

Worked out alone again, but Thur I'll be back with my partner doing legs. Today's workout went really well I thought. I had alot of energy and my stregnth seemed to be up. I also had a 'charge' type feeling after I drank the HP. I've been getting these since I started, but it's good to know HorsePower hasn't lost its affects after 25 days.

Usually I end with dips for chest + triceps, just to make sure that I wrecked them into submission. And usually I can only do 5 or 6 reps because I'm so tired, but the first set of dips I got about 15 reps out with my bodyweight. And that was after a bunch of working sets for my chest/tris.

I'm definately noticing some weight gain on this stuff. I did increase my calories, but I've gained about 5-6lbs in the past 3 weeks. I'm sure some of it's fat but for a hardgainer like me I'll take what I can get!


I bet most of my weight gain can be attributed to the 3 muscle milk shakes I drink everyday! I mix usually 1.5 scoops of MM with 1 scoop of Lean Dessert (slow digesting caseins) and mix all that with milk. It adds a jumbo-cal bang to my diet with alot of protein and carb/fat. A skinny guy like me needs it

Onto legs!

 

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Day 24

Thur, cardio
Calories: 4700
Weight: 170lbs

HorsePower: In the AM
Excell: Three servings per day

25 mins stationary bike

Notes

My leg workout fell through as my partner had to work late, so I did about 30 minutes cardio on the stationary bike. Hopefully working legs Friday.

 

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Day 25

Fri, Legs
Calories: 4700
Weight: 168lbs

HorsePower: Pre W/O and Post Workout
Excell: Three servings per day

8x8 Squats
Leg Curls 5x5
Leg Extensions 3x12
Calf Raises 4x15

Notes
I felt very strong with my legs today, I added 10lbs to my squat. I also added about 10lbs to my calf rasies but with the extensions+leg curls I keep the weight low and do TUT/slow reps.

Lots of good pumps and endurance pre and post workout thanks to HorsePower.

 

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Day 26-27

Sat, Sun
Calories: 4300
Weight: 168lbs

HorsePower: Once per day
Excell: Twice per day

Sick!

Notes
Woke up Sat morning with a damn cold, sore throat etc. I've been maintaining my eating habits but its really making me feel crappy.

 

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Day 28

Mon, Chest, Triceps, Shoulders
Calories: 4700
Weight: 167lbs

HorsePower: Pre W/O and Post Workout
Excell: Three servings per day

6x3 flat bench press
5x5 CGBP
5x5 Skullcrushers
6x5 Military press (Smith machine)
3x6 Standing Cable Flyes
4x5 Dips bodyweight

Notes
Despite my cold I tore it up in the gym today. I had lots of energy, endurance and strength. Didn't make any PR's but I felt very strong with great pumps.

 

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Day 30-35


Notes
This will be the end of the log. I have missed about 3 days from being sick with a bad cold and I won't be hitting the gym for the next 3 days also. I think I will end it here because my logging is no longer accurate given the amount of time I have not taken Horsepower or hit the gym.

I was actually meaning to take a week or two off of training altogether for recovery purposes. This cold just did it for me! I will be logging my final review in a few minutes so stay tuned.

Thanks for keeping with my log and I will have a new log coming soon! Keep an eye out for...


Green MAGnitude
Cissus (megadosed)
Green Tea
Protein / Multi / Fish Oil

There will be lots of details in this log including more about my diet, BF%, exact dosing of Multi, fishoil, protein, etc.!!!

 

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Renegade's Final Review

35 Day Log.

Start: 164
End: 168 +4lbs

(caliper)
Start BF: 13%
End BF: 12% -1%

Bench: +15lbs
Squat: +15lbs
DL: +20lbs

HorsePower: 8/10

This product was very good. For the price and servings it was worth it. The results I saw were an increase in strength, more defined physique as well as endurance/pumps in the gym.

The plus sides of HorsePower was the taste was very nice. Lemon lime flavor was a delight to drink. The ingredients were dosed very high, they did not skimp on the formula. The pumps were VERY good, endurance, strength, energy were all above the norm. The texture was clumpy because of the Glycerol, but it was easy to drink anyway.

The down sides of Horsepower were few. The fact that there is Glycocyamine in the formula, which they have refused to take out, broke the deal for me. I was sure I had a staple in my training from now on until I started reading about Glycocyamine and decided that, even if the jury was still out on this compound, I would not ingest it everyday. I will not buy this product again unless they take this out.

Also, there were no stim's in this formula, which made it hard to give me a kick in the ass before training.

Overall, I would not buy this product again because of the Glycocyamine, but if that does not bother you, I would recommend it very much. The recovery, endurance, strength and pumps I encountered were top-notch, and compared to other products I have tested this one tasted the best and was one of the best deals (most servings) for the money.

 

[ECTOmorph]

yah i read some of that stuff about the glycocyamine at bb.com and t nation

as long as it has betain and/or sam e in it im not worried. they lend a methyl group so homocystein levels would be lowered (not raised) if anything