Here are some excerpts from my thread on BB.com:
10-23-03
G-Plenish impressions and review
This thread is geared toward reviewing G-Plenish GlutaGain Glutamine Peptides from Anabolic Fitness. I've never used a glutamine product regularly (my friend let me use some L-glutamine on occasion after hard workouts over the summer), so this will be a new experience for me.
OMEGA, the man behind G-Plenish, recommends 3 heaping tablespoons a day; he states that this supplement is dose dependent and not time dependent, so I intend to split it up through the day: 1 tbsp post-workout, 1 tbsp in midday shake, 1 tbsp before bed in oatmeal. The side of the container claims "peptide bonded glutamine [is] acid and heat stable. Cooking and/or acidic beverages will not destroy the glutamine in GlutaGain." Still, I will avoid adding it to diet soda (and there's a reason for that) or extremely hot oatmeal.
I am currently taking a multi-vitamin, whey protein, and Swole V.2; I have been on Swole V.2 for a week now and have used V-12 and other creatine before, so I believe that I can tell what results are creatine-related and what aren't.
I lift M-F, one body part a day except one day is dedicated to biceps and triceps. Lifting is done at 600 am, before the daily stresses begin to mount. My diet is clean and regular - lots of fresh vegetables, eggs, chicken, tuna, complex carbs from rice, oats, and yams, and EFAs from flax seeds.
Stay tuned for impressions; hopefully other reviewers will be posting here as well.
Initial impressions
The powder looks very natural; anyone who has taken Beverly Mass Maker, it looks a lot like this, especially in texture, however it is a little more yellow. It seems to mix very well, though I mix everything in a shaker bottle and never seem to experience poor mixing (except for Designer Whey, the most immiscible substance known to man).
The smell is a little "funky" for lack of a better word. Definitely doesn't smell like something that was buttered up to taste EXTREME and DELICIOUS. There are too many of those products as it is, so this doesn't bother me. The taste is "earthy". It hit me hard at first, even in my Optimum Strawberry shake. You definitely won't be wanting to drink this stuff in water alone. However, in my post-workout shake this morning with dextrose in it, the taste was less overpowering. I think I will get used to it. Still, this is a review, so those with a quick gag reflex or super sensitive taste buds, be warned: you will not like this supplement.
