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Beans first Go with XGels SNS

bean5er

bean5er

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Wanted to get this going. Started Monday 5/20.

Just on my second week after my first physique comp so this is my first week back to slaying weights and I'm focused on growth. Abs are fun and everything and I have no plan on letting them disappear for summer but a little fat/water is cool.

I dieted for 20 weeks leading up to this show so needless to say I rebounded badly. Ate way too much, too much sodium ect etc. lesson learned. Still dropping water, gained a small amount of fat but hey what's done is done. I'm focused for than ever now. My diet is under slight supervision of my coach for this offseason and looks like this

P-350g
C-250-300g
F-75g
Give or take

He's allowing me two free meals a week but free meals for me these days are a steak or burger out at a nice place.

Current supps
Pre WO:

SNS Xgels
Endurance/micro/focus xt
ALCAR

Others:
TRT 100mg/week plus hcg 5000ius/week (fertility)
Adex
Potassium
Magnesium
Fish oil 6g
Calcium Citrate
Creatine 5g
D3
Gut health
Taking a break for a bit with Gdas but they will include at some point AP/P Slin/slintensity
BCAAs intra

I train at 430am M-F weekend off

Starting a new program that I've never done. Sort of a GVT/fst7/hit theme. And I'm digging it thus far. It's high intensity high volume which I love.

Let me just say the pumps with Xgels were so noticeable even after first dose. Today was leg day and the quad pumps after 10x10 squats plus four sets 15 on leg press were absolutely painful!

Should be a fun ride.

Oh yeah since SNS sponsored a bottle I decided to pick up another bottle so I can run this 50 days!

:winning:
 
Another X-Gels log, I'm in!!

Never ran ArA before, so I am interested in how this treats you. Plan on running it myself here very soon.
 
Sweet, glad you are getting the log up. Subbed.
 
Right here :D
 
In4 pump/DOMS/strength/gainz
 
Subbed to see what all the hype is about ;)
 
Ahhhh yeaaaaa. Just started using X-Gels myself, so far the first few workouts have been insane. Pump has been ridiculous, and i don't even really isolate anything rofl.
 
Rhadam said:
Ahhhh yeaaaaa. Just started using X-Gels myself, so far the first few workouts have been insane. Pump has been ridiculous, and i don't even really isolate anything rofl.
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I'm on week 3 of ArA+Agmatine and oh lawd. AAS like pumps.
 
kbayne said:
Another X-Gels log, I'm in!!

Glad to see u bro thanks

Never ran ArA before, so I am interested in how this treats you. Plan on running it myself here very soon.
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Thanks should be fun

mw1 said:
Awesome! I have a feeling you will see some great progress just as others have with Xgels;)
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No doubt

warbird01 said:
Sweet, glad you are getting the log up. Subbed.
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Thank you sir

Mack411 said:
Right here :D
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Party

NomZ said:
In4 pump/DOMS/strength/gainz
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All day

Danb2285 said:
Subbed to see what all the hype is about ;)
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Get big fella

Rhadam said:
Ahhhh yeaaaaa. Just started using X-Gels myself, so far the first few workouts have been insane. Pump has been ridiculous, and i don't even really isolate anything rofl.
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Def insane pumps

warbird01 said:
I'm on week 3 of ArA+Agmatine and oh lawd. AAS like pumps.
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Truth

mw1 said:
That's a very accurate description of XGels/ArA!
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Mack411 said:
Everybody got time for that :D
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Thanks guys for joining ill do my best. Gonna be busy for a few days so posting may be sporadic at best but hang with me.

Updated first post check it out :)
 
Crazy leg doms today!

Today went like this

Wu 8 mins stairs

SHOULDERS
Standing BB Press 10x10
DB lat raises 5x15
Rev Peck Deck 5x15

5 min HIIT

BICEPS
Machine Preacher Curls 10x10
Cross body hammer curls 5x15
Incline DB Press 4x15
(Bi pump was painfull)

5 min HIIT

TRICEPS
Skull Crushers 10x10
Rope push downs 5x15
OH EXT 5x15

5 min HIIT

ABS
Decline sit ups failure
Leg Raises failure

Smoked!! All rest periods were 30-40 secs at most 1m (usually just last couple sets of 10x10). I'm trying something new recommended by a friend which is to do 5-7 mins HIIT in between body parts. I want to see how this compares to just doing HIIT after weights.
 
Post wo meal of champions :-)

3oz isernios chx sausage
2 eggs
2 egg white
1 GF brown rice tortilla
3/4 GF PB chocolate cereal
1/2 cup almond milk
 

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X-gels are the ish....loving mine right now. On a higher volume approach like this you should reap some epic gains.
 
bolt10 said:
X-gels are the ish....loving mine right now. On a higher volume approach like this you should reap some epic gains.
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Thanks bolt. I gotta get caught up on your log. I can't keep up lol.

Yes that's what I'm hoping with this Xgels/high volume approach.
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Alright guys need some help. This is my first go with aRa products. Anyone report massive all day headaches from these products. They coincidentally started mon when I started this log. I just realized its been 4 days and the same thing. Headache about 2 hours after gym session that lasts on and off all day till around 8 pm. Nothing has changed except me adding this in. No BP issues, hunger, caffein withdrawal I even took my contacts out as they sometimes cause headaches for me. Any help would be great.
 
bean5er said:
Alright guys need some help. This is my first go with aRa products. Anyone report massive all day headaches from these products. They coincidentally started mon when I started this log. I just realized its been 4 days and the same thing. Headache about 2 hours after gym session that lasts on and off all day till around 8 pm. Nothing has changed except me adding this in. No BP issues, hunger, caffein withdrawal I even took my contacts out as they sometimes cause headaches for me. Any help would be great.
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My brother ran ArA and also noticed he was getting headaches. This only happened when he ran ArA also.
 
kbayne said:
My brother ran ArA and also noticed he was getting headaches. This only happened when he ran ArA also.
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I thought I remembered seeing a dude on here selling his Xfactor cuz it gave him headaches. This is a bummer man I have two bottles lol. I'm not going to take them tomorrow and see. Thanks kbayne
 
bean5er said:
I thought I remembered seeing a dude on here selling his Xfactor cuz it gave him headaches. This is a bummer man I have two bottles lol. I'm not going to take them tomorrow and see. Thanks kbayne
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I'm hoping when I take it for the first time I don't experience headaches. Would be a major bummer. Hopefully someone else comes in here and comments on this issue.
 
kbayne said:
I'm hoping when I take it for the first time I don't experience headaches. Would be a major bummer. Hopefully someone else comes in here and comments on this issue.
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I just read one article showing numerous studies linking headaches with ArA :-(. Also read on another forum that it tends to diminish after a couple weeks. 2 weeks of headaches doesn't seem worth it to me.
 
bean5er said:
I just read one article showing numerous studies linking headaches with ArA :-(. Also read on another forum that it tends to diminish after a couple weeks. 2 weeks of headaches doesn't seem worth it to me.
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Sounds like this may be a short log?
 
Lol not happy about it but if headaches don't appear tomorrow or sat then yes a very short one.
 
bean5er said:
Lol not happy about it but if headaches don't appear tomorrow or sat then yes a very short one.
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Sucks brother! Hopefully they go away soon! AM needs a good bean log
 
Sorry to hear bean. I haven't experienced any headaches with ArA use. Hopefully, it clears up for you man.
 
I will say that my brother did experience the headaches but I don't think it was during the whole run. He only complained about it a few times, but I can't really remember how long it effected him.
 
Ill finish this bottle regardless well unless they don't go away, but this will probably keep me from running a second one.
 
Subbd ... Intrigued by these xgels
 
In for this and hoping you're able to keep it going. I'm logging these elsewhere and am loving them. No headaches at all for me and I can be prone to getting them. DOMS? Oh yeah - plenty! Great pumps and all day hardness too which is awesome. About 35 days or so left on my run and I'm looking forward to every one of those days ;D Hope the headaches clear for you soon
 
Thanks guys for joining.

This may be a quick log tho :-(

My headache turned into a migrane after work tried studying and felt like puking. So I went to bed. No Xgels today.

We wil see how it goes
 
Drop em bud. It's been 5 days hasn't it? No supp is worth that my friend
 
Danb2285 said:
Drop em bud. It's been 5 days hasn't it? No supp is worth that my friend
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Today would've been day 5. I really want to hold up my end of the deal here but after yesterday it's hard to justify. We will see what today brings.
 
bean5er said:
Today would've been day 5. I really want to hold up my end of the deal here but after yesterday it's hard to justify. We will see what today brings.
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I don't think anyone would blame you for stopping man. I give you credit holding off this long!
 
Danb2285 said:
I don't think anyone would blame you for stopping man. I give you credit holding off this long!
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Totally agree with this. Not everything works the same for all of us. Get off em & see if the headaches clear up for sure. Hope everything returns to normal here for you soon.
 
Well guys 2.5 days without Xgels and 2.5 days of no headaches whatsoever. I hate to do this but I've battled headaches for years when I was fat and lazy and tbh the results I may or may not get aren't worth pushing through another week or two of headaches hoping they'll go away.

I really want to apologize the SNS, as I love a lot of their products but these obviously didn't agree with me.

I feel it's only fair that I still owe you a log of a product so IF Glycophase ever releases ill purchase it or something else and log it in this section for you guys.

Again I'm very sorry for this and hope you all understand.

Thanks again
 
Sorry to hear it man but you're doing the right thing. Unbearable sides aren't worth it for any product. Fortunately, I don't get the headaches and am absolutely loving SNS X-Gels. I plan to keep them as a staple product that I can hopefully cycle as often recommended.

Do you have anything else in the wings you'll be logging in the near term?
 
sdunlimited said:
Sorry to hear it man but you're doing the right thing. Unbearable sides aren't worth it for any product. Fortunately, I don't get the headaches and am absolutely loving SNS X-Gels. I plan to keep them as a staple product that I can hopefully cycle as often recommended.

Do you have anything else in the wings you'll be logging in the near term?
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Glycophase :)
 
mw1 said:
[/B] Glycophase :)
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Hmmm....I'm late to the party on this one. Just did some searching around but can't find out too much info. Sounds like approx 3 months til it's out? Nutrient partitioner - any info on the ingredients yet? Just signed up for the SNS newsletter - I'm a little slow with these things... :08:
 
So after a few days of analyzing this I feel I can give a solid review of these X-Gels. Even though they didn't agree with and gave me nasty headaches I'm almost tempted to try and finish them lol.

From the first dose to the last the pump is outstanding and what's even better it lasted almost until I went to bed no joke. I was in shock at how full I felt and looked throughout the day.

Anyone who is skeptical give them a chance, I sure wish I didn't get headaches from them
 
Dirty Dan said:
Hey Bean5er

Sorry to bump your closed log but I figured this would be the best way for you to see this. I'm on day 2 of my X-Gels and am experiencing a dull headache that you have reported. I understand others have experienced it too and for some by a week in it disappears so I'm not jumping the gun on ending this product.

My question is, did you experience any nausea too? I want to go to the gym but I'm feeling a bit nauseous. It can be from all kinds of variables, such as my headache or the fact that its like 100 degrees out lol. Just wondering if nausea went along with your headaches too, thanks!
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No problem bud.

I don't recall any noticeable nausea. The headaches however I do remember, very dull and draining tbh.

They subsided as soon as I discontinued use.

Sorry I cannot be of anymore help.

Depending on the severity of headaches I know they can lead to a nausea depending on the person.

Best of luck to you bud :-)
 
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