NutraChem
Active member
Speaking of which, I see you went back to the original av instead of the new symbol thingy you were using. What happened to the artist formerly known as Smith?
AntM Mega Nutraceutical Innovations Laxogenin Log
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Speaking of which, I see you went back to the original av instead of the new symbol thingy you were using. What happened to the artist formerly known as Smith?
smith_69
Well-known member
I came to terms with who i am, an arm flexing lol
you were the only lmao one who said something, was going to keep changing it everyday lmao
NutraChem
Active member
You know we have a psychic link or something.
I just thought it was your tribute to Prince. You're deep and mysterious like that, lol.
smith_69
Well-known member
You know we have a psychic link or something.
think i said it before, you are the scientific version of me!
thebigt
Legend
going up 10lbs and only losing 1 rep don't seem all that bad to me...
AntM1564
Legend
May 16, 2016
Pull Power
Sorry for the winded post. First, I changed today to a low carb day and did not have nearly as much food for lunch/pre workout. I did not feel like I would puke which is usually more prevalent on my heavier days.
Second, I can't tell if my form on my deadlifts are off or if the knurling on these new bars is catching my pants and creating friction. I tried to roll my pants legs up, but it made a bump on my lower thighs since the legs were wound up which made it difficult to deadlift. Next week when I dealod, I am going to wear shorts to see if that makes a difference.
What makes me think it is form is that my shins are in good shape. I feel like I have the bar a touch away from my legs, making me pull up versus up and back. I think my back is almost too flat compared to be angle. I also may think I just need a deload. I do not seem as explosive off the ground, which can be form or needing a deload. Please see my following post for my deload thoughts, I'm looking for advice.
I am two pounds heavier than my previous 8x2. I was aiming for 9x2 since I missed a set last week. Despite being a little heavier, my top set was the same; 385. I went for 390, this is when I had the pants rolled up. I got it up, but since my rolled up legs got in the way, I had to drop it. I let my pants legs down and went right back to it, I only got it for one. I probably had two, but needing to drop it probably took some out of me. I dropped the weight for the last two sets to get 2 reps.
Training
Deadlift (8x2 @ 85%-95% 353-394 lbs)
355x2
360x2
365x2
370x2
375x2
380x2
385x2
390x1
375x2
365x2
Wide Grip Weighted Pullups
15x3,3,3,3,3
Meadows Rows
35x8,8
40x7
Close Grip Neutral Pulldowns
145x7,6,6
Neutral Grip TBar Row
100xx8
105x6,6
Reverse Pec Deck
125x8,6,6
Nutrition
Low Carb
Cals - 2,700
Carbs - 205g
Fat - 114g
Pull Power
Sorry for the winded post. First, I changed today to a low carb day and did not have nearly as much food for lunch/pre workout. I did not feel like I would puke which is usually more prevalent on my heavier days.
Second, I can't tell if my form on my deadlifts are off or if the knurling on these new bars is catching my pants and creating friction. I tried to roll my pants legs up, but it made a bump on my lower thighs since the legs were wound up which made it difficult to deadlift. Next week when I dealod, I am going to wear shorts to see if that makes a difference.
What makes me think it is form is that my shins are in good shape. I feel like I have the bar a touch away from my legs, making me pull up versus up and back. I think my back is almost too flat compared to be angle. I also may think I just need a deload. I do not seem as explosive off the ground, which can be form or needing a deload. Please see my following post for my deload thoughts, I'm looking for advice.
I am two pounds heavier than my previous 8x2. I was aiming for 9x2 since I missed a set last week. Despite being a little heavier, my top set was the same; 385. I went for 390, this is when I had the pants rolled up. I got it up, but since my rolled up legs got in the way, I had to drop it. I let my pants legs down and went right back to it, I only got it for one. I probably had two, but needing to drop it probably took some out of me. I dropped the weight for the last two sets to get 2 reps.
Training
Deadlift (8x2 @ 85%-95% 353-394 lbs)
355x2
360x2
365x2
370x2
375x2
380x2
385x2
390x1
375x2
365x2
Wide Grip Weighted Pullups
15x3,3,3,3,3
Meadows Rows
35x8,8
40x7
Close Grip Neutral Pulldowns
145x7,6,6
Neutral Grip TBar Row
100xx8
105x6,6
Reverse Pec Deck
125x8,6,6
Nutrition
Low Carb
Cals - 2,700
Carbs - 205g
- Fiber - 50g
Fat - 114g
- Sat. - 24g
- Poly. - 20g
- Mono. - 38g
AntM1564
Legend
My deload is coming up on Sunday. I deloaded 5 or 6 weeks ago, my program calls for a deload every 5 or 6 weeks. However, I only decreased the weight for my first exercise on heavy days and dropped volume on all days. When I say dropped volume, I just did not do any drop sets or rest pause sets, which I always do.
Given my training, the decrease in weight being used on heavy push days and bar speed being a little slower on deadlifts and squats, I am thinking of not only reducing the weight on my first exercises of the heavy day, but dropping everything to 70% of what I normally use. For example, on flat db press on hypertrophy days, I used 65 pounds yesterday. 70% would have me use 45 pound dumbbells.
Would you drop every on both heavy and hypertrophy days to 70% or just drop to 70% on the heavy days and keep hypertrophy weight the same?
I do not feel burned out, yet. But I do feel a little more fatigued than normal. I'm thinking of going lighter on everything to gie my body a rest before it actually does hit that wall. Thoughts and opinions?
Given my training, the decrease in weight being used on heavy push days and bar speed being a little slower on deadlifts and squats, I am thinking of not only reducing the weight on my first exercises of the heavy day, but dropping everything to 70% of what I normally use. For example, on flat db press on hypertrophy days, I used 65 pounds yesterday. 70% would have me use 45 pound dumbbells.
Would you drop every on both heavy and hypertrophy days to 70% or just drop to 70% on the heavy days and keep hypertrophy weight the same?
I do not feel burned out, yet. But I do feel a little more fatigued than normal. I'm thinking of going lighter on everything to gie my body a rest before it actually does hit that wall. Thoughts and opinions?
smith_69
Well-known member
thebigt
Legend
ok, reading through this log I get the picture of what you are talking about, fantastic dedication!!!
AntM1564
Legend
Thanks guys. It is just my personality. No matter if it is gym related or with my career, I put it 110% and when things are better than they previously have been, but not on par where I want them to be, I beat myself up. Like I mentioned previously in this log, it is not a good thing!
AntM1564
Legend
May 17, 2016
Legs Hypertrophy
Good workout today.
While doing RDL today, I noticed a few things. It did not seem like the bar was sticking to the shorts I was wearing. I will use these shorts next week during deads and see how it goes. I am also going to buy some baby powder and put a light layer on my legs. I was reading last night that this helps with the bar knurling sticking to clothes.
I was talking with this guy that powerlfts today. He has the same issue with the new bars. He was saying something how these bar are better for deadlifting, due the the whip or something like that, but because the knurling is so aggressive, that combined with the whip make the bar stick to clothes around the knee level.
Training.
Leg Press
480x8,8,8,8,8,8
500x8
RDL
230x8,8,8
Squat
155x11,10,10
Seated Hamstring Curl
100x15
120x11,10
Leg Extensions
100x12
105x10,10
Standing Calf Raises
210x12,12,11,11,10
Seated Calf Raises
125x12,11,11,11,11
Nutrition
Moderat Carb
Cals - 2,950
Carbs - 280g
Fat - 106g
Legs Hypertrophy
Good workout today.
While doing RDL today, I noticed a few things. It did not seem like the bar was sticking to the shorts I was wearing. I will use these shorts next week during deads and see how it goes. I am also going to buy some baby powder and put a light layer on my legs. I was reading last night that this helps with the bar knurling sticking to clothes.
I was talking with this guy that powerlfts today. He has the same issue with the new bars. He was saying something how these bar are better for deadlifting, due the the whip or something like that, but because the knurling is so aggressive, that combined with the whip make the bar stick to clothes around the knee level.
Training.
Leg Press
480x8,8,8,8,8,8
500x8
RDL
230x8,8,8
Squat
155x11,10,10
Seated Hamstring Curl
100x15
120x11,10
Leg Extensions
100x12
105x10,10
Standing Calf Raises
210x12,12,11,11,10
Seated Calf Raises
125x12,11,11,11,11
Nutrition
Moderat Carb
Cals - 2,950
Carbs - 280g
- Fiber - 50g
Fat - 106g
- Sat. - 25g
- Poly. - 18g
- Mono. - 31g
NutraChem
Active member
Don't overtrain! Many times you may think you're slippin' only to discover something positive you hadn't considered.
AntM1564
Legend
May 19, 2016
Push Power
I cannot believe how well today's session went in comparison to my last two heavy push days. My numbers were right where they should have been an where I wanted them to be. I was able to go heavier on db presses, which I was not expecting to do. I also increased the number of dips I did at a heavier body weight this week.
I changed a few things, here they are. First, I had my lunch/pre workout meal 1.5 hours prior to lifting instead of 2-2.5 hours pre lifting. I don't think that had a big impact, but still worth noting. Second, I think I am getting more used to where I should grip the new bars. Here are the two more important factors in my mind. First, I have not been doing those 50 rep burnout sets for last week. Even though I felt recovered, maybe I wasn't fully recovered. Second, I was only jumping up 5 pounds for each set instead of 10 like the previous two weeks. Pushing has always been my weakness, in comparison to pushing and legs so maybe I was burning myself out early in benching. One last change was I changed up my warmup sets. I did the bar for 12, 65 pounds for 8, 95 pounds for 5 and 135 for 3. Normally, I would do the same thing, but do 115 for 3 then 135 for one.
However, I think the biggest factor was getting rid of those burnout sets.
I hate that today went so well, it makes me not want to deload
Training
Incline Bench Press 85%-95% of 1RM (170-190 lbs)
170x2
170x2
175x2
175x2
180x2
180x2
185x2
190x2
Military Press
125x3,3,3,3
130x3
Weighted DIps
55x7,7,7
Slight Incline DB Press
60x8
65x6,6
Seated Machine Shoulder Press
90x7,7,6
Smith Reverse Grip Flat Bench
90x7,7
100x6
Nutrition
Moderate Carb
Cals - 2,950
Carbs - 280g
Fat - 107g
Push Power
I cannot believe how well today's session went in comparison to my last two heavy push days. My numbers were right where they should have been an where I wanted them to be. I was able to go heavier on db presses, which I was not expecting to do. I also increased the number of dips I did at a heavier body weight this week.
I changed a few things, here they are. First, I had my lunch/pre workout meal 1.5 hours prior to lifting instead of 2-2.5 hours pre lifting. I don't think that had a big impact, but still worth noting. Second, I think I am getting more used to where I should grip the new bars. Here are the two more important factors in my mind. First, I have not been doing those 50 rep burnout sets for last week. Even though I felt recovered, maybe I wasn't fully recovered. Second, I was only jumping up 5 pounds for each set instead of 10 like the previous two weeks. Pushing has always been my weakness, in comparison to pushing and legs so maybe I was burning myself out early in benching. One last change was I changed up my warmup sets. I did the bar for 12, 65 pounds for 8, 95 pounds for 5 and 135 for 3. Normally, I would do the same thing, but do 115 for 3 then 135 for one.
However, I think the biggest factor was getting rid of those burnout sets.
I hate that today went so well, it makes me not want to deload
Training
Incline Bench Press 85%-95% of 1RM (170-190 lbs)
170x2
170x2
175x2
175x2
180x2
180x2
185x2
190x2
Military Press
125x3,3,3,3
130x3
Weighted DIps
55x7,7,7
Slight Incline DB Press
60x8
65x6,6
Seated Machine Shoulder Press
90x7,7,6
Smith Reverse Grip Flat Bench
90x7,7
100x6
Nutrition
Moderate Carb
Cals - 2,950
Carbs - 280g
- Fiber - 50g
Fat - 107g
- Sat. - 27g
- Poly. - 18g
- Mono. - 28g
AntM1564
Legend
It varies from day to day since I carb and calorie cycle.
AntM1564
Legend
May 19, 2016
Pull Hypertrophy
Solid session today. I'm thinking about walking to the gym tomorrow since it is supposed to be nice in the morning and I don't need to go to the store before or after. Only problem is it is heavy leg day! I am hoping to hit 300, if not 305, for my top set tomorrow.
Training
Lat Pulldowns
110x8,8,8,8
115,8,8,8
Overhand TBar Rows
80x8,8,8
85x8
Close Grip Pulldown
120x10,10,10,10
Done with the close grip attachment with the gap for extra ROM
Hoist Chest Supported Row
110x11,10,10,10
Underhand Machine Row
120x12
125x10
130x10,10
Reverse Pec Deck
110x12,10,10
Nutrition
High Carb
Cals - 3,200
Carbs - 348g
Fat - 102g
Pull Hypertrophy
Solid session today. I'm thinking about walking to the gym tomorrow since it is supposed to be nice in the morning and I don't need to go to the store before or after. Only problem is it is heavy leg day! I am hoping to hit 300, if not 305, for my top set tomorrow.
Training
Lat Pulldowns
110x8,8,8,8
115,8,8,8
Overhand TBar Rows
80x8,8,8
85x8
Close Grip Pulldown
120x10,10,10,10
Done with the close grip attachment with the gap for extra ROM
Hoist Chest Supported Row
110x11,10,10,10
Underhand Machine Row
120x12
125x10
130x10,10
Reverse Pec Deck
110x12,10,10
Nutrition
High Carb
Cals - 3,200
Carbs - 348g
- Fiber - 50g
Fat - 102g
- Sat. - 27g
- Poly. - 8g
- Mono. - 18g
AntM1564
Legend
May 21, 2016
Lower Power
Excellent session today. I ended up walking to the gym. It is a 1 mile walk. I actually liked it, I did not seem like I had to do as much mobility stuff. Second, it gave my pre workout a nice chance to kick in. The walk took me about 18 minutes so by the time I did my mobility stuff, I was ready to go.
I hit my goal of 300 pounds, 3 times. I hit 305 for my top set. I am very happy with that. My legs are absolutely dead now. I am going to enjoy this upcoming deload.
Training
Back Squat 85%-95% of 1RM (276-309 lbs)
280x2
280x2
285x2
290x2
295x2
300x2
300x2
305x2
Paused Squat
200x3,3,3,3,3
Hip Thrust
230x7,6,6
Leg Press
410x6
385x6,6
Lying Leg Curls
135x7,6,6
Seated Calf Machine
165x7,7,6,6,6
Standing Calf Machine
260x8,8,7,6,6
Nutrition
Low Carb
Cals - 2,700
Carbs - 205g
Fat - 118g
Lower Power
Excellent session today. I ended up walking to the gym. It is a 1 mile walk. I actually liked it, I did not seem like I had to do as much mobility stuff. Second, it gave my pre workout a nice chance to kick in. The walk took me about 18 minutes so by the time I did my mobility stuff, I was ready to go.
I hit my goal of 300 pounds, 3 times. I hit 305 for my top set. I am very happy with that. My legs are absolutely dead now. I am going to enjoy this upcoming deload.
Training
Back Squat 85%-95% of 1RM (276-309 lbs)
280x2
280x2
285x2
290x2
295x2
300x2
300x2
305x2
Paused Squat
200x3,3,3,3,3
Hip Thrust
230x7,6,6
Leg Press
410x6
385x6,6
Lying Leg Curls
135x7,6,6
Seated Calf Machine
165x7,7,6,6,6
Standing Calf Machine
260x8,8,7,6,6
Nutrition
Low Carb
Cals - 2,700
Carbs - 205g
- Fiber - 50g
Fat - 118g
- Sat. - 18g
- Poly. - 19g
- Mono. - 37g
AntM1564
Legend
Here is a thought I had at the gym today. The past two weeks is when I have been having a hard time with deadlifting. I'm starting to think it isn't the bar sticking to me. When these troubles started is when I started doing paused squats instead of low box squats. I am thinking that is the culprit. The paused squats definitely use more hamstring so I think my body is still getting used to that then heavy deadlifting two days later.
Also, here is ym plan for this upcoming week. I am going to deload and take a stim break. For my deload, I am going to deload the three big lifts at 60-60& of my 1RM and lift 5x5 for those three lifts. On both heavy days and hypertrophy days, volume will go down. I am not doing less sets, just no rest pause sets or drop sets. I will also not take anything to failure. The last thing I am going to do is drop the weight of everything else by 5-20 pounds. On compound movements, such as leg press, rdl, military press, etc. I will drop by `15-20 pounds. Isolation exercises, a 5-10 pound decrease.
Also, here is ym plan for this upcoming week. I am going to deload and take a stim break. For my deload, I am going to deload the three big lifts at 60-60& of my 1RM and lift 5x5 for those three lifts. On both heavy days and hypertrophy days, volume will go down. I am not doing less sets, just no rest pause sets or drop sets. I will also not take anything to failure. The last thing I am going to do is drop the weight of everything else by 5-20 pounds. On compound movements, such as leg press, rdl, military press, etc. I will drop by `15-20 pounds. Isolation exercises, a 5-10 pound decrease.
AntM1564
Legend
I was doing box squats with no issue. I think in another week or so my body will be used to the pause squats.
On my deloads I always for for slower negatives since the weight is lighter!
AntM1564
Legend
May 22, 2016
Push Hypertrophy
Weight - 157.6
Weight is up again this week. Legs are sore as hell. Today was a deload. I felt pretty tired heading into the workout, but felt fine after. I am also taking a stim break, but I don't think that had anything to do with it. It could have been the cloudy weather or the simple fact that I knew I was deloading so I know I did not need to be as intense.
Training
Incline Smith Press
100x6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6
Weight does not include bar
Seated Smith Shoulder Press
75x6,6,6
Weight does not include bar.
Flat DB Press
50x10,10,10
Incline Skull Crushers
60x12,12,12
Standing One Arm DB Side Laterals
12.5x12,12,12
Cable V Bar Pressdown
35x12,12,12
44x10,10
Nutrition
High Carb Day
Cals - 3,200
Carbs - 348g
Fat - 96g
Push Hypertrophy
Weight - 157.6
Weight is up again this week. Legs are sore as hell. Today was a deload. I felt pretty tired heading into the workout, but felt fine after. I am also taking a stim break, but I don't think that had anything to do with it. It could have been the cloudy weather or the simple fact that I knew I was deloading so I know I did not need to be as intense.
Training
Incline Smith Press
100x6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6
Weight does not include bar
Seated Smith Shoulder Press
75x6,6,6
Weight does not include bar.
Flat DB Press
50x10,10,10
Incline Skull Crushers
60x12,12,12
Standing One Arm DB Side Laterals
12.5x12,12,12
Cable V Bar Pressdown
35x12,12,12
44x10,10
Nutrition
High Carb Day
Cals - 3,200
Carbs - 348g
- Fiber - 50g
Fat - 96g
- Sat. - 21g
- Poly. - 8g
- Mono. - 16g
NutraChem
Active member
Are you taking any supplemental iodine? If not, it might be a good consideration.
AntM1564
Legend
I'm not going to log this week. I'm tracking macros and my lifting, but it is nothing fun since I'm just deloading.
I do have one thing worth mentioning and I am looking for some help. I deadlited with shorts today. I was able to pinpoint the problem with the new bars, the center knurling is catching whatever type of bottoms I am wearing which makes it almost impossible for the bar to slide up. I did discover one old bar, with no center knurling, that my gym brought over from the old location. It was in the personal trainer only section, but it has made its way to the main weight lifting area.
If it is in the personal trainers cage, I can ask for it to see if they will let me use it. If it is out, I can be a dbag, take it where I warm up and basically claim it for 10 minutes until I am reading t use it. Another option I have is to go to another location, but that location is a little out of the way. That will actually not be an issue for the rest of the school year since we only have two weeks left so spending a little extra time commuting won't be too big of an issue.
However, I obviously would like to just go to my local location. I am thinking of two things. One, ask the owner if I can purchase a barbell and keep it there, in the personal training cage so no one else can use it. Two, I was thinking I could tape paper towels over the center knurling. Does anyone thing that would work or are there other suggestions to take that center knurling out of play?
I do have one thing worth mentioning and I am looking for some help. I deadlited with shorts today. I was able to pinpoint the problem with the new bars, the center knurling is catching whatever type of bottoms I am wearing which makes it almost impossible for the bar to slide up. I did discover one old bar, with no center knurling, that my gym brought over from the old location. It was in the personal trainer only section, but it has made its way to the main weight lifting area.
If it is in the personal trainers cage, I can ask for it to see if they will let me use it. If it is out, I can be a dbag, take it where I warm up and basically claim it for 10 minutes until I am reading t use it. Another option I have is to go to another location, but that location is a little out of the way. That will actually not be an issue for the rest of the school year since we only have two weeks left so spending a little extra time commuting won't be too big of an issue.
However, I obviously would like to just go to my local location. I am thinking of two things. One, ask the owner if I can purchase a barbell and keep it there, in the personal training cage so no one else can use it. Two, I was thinking I could tape paper towels over the center knurling. Does anyone thing that would work or are there other suggestions to take that center knurling out of play?
AntM1564
Legend
No I am not. I was planing on purchasing some Himalayan pink sea salt to season my foods. I have read that there is a good amount of iodine in that. Do you think that would be sufficient? What would iodine do exactly in the terms you were thinking?
AntM1564
Legend
I don't know if I mis-dosed some days or what happened. I have three capsules left over and will take one cap three times tomorrow. I will try to get a review up ASAP, but more than likely, that will come on Saturday. The school year is ending and I am going to have a lot of kids stying after school this week to make up work.
NutraChem
Active member
Yes, Himalayan salt might be a very healthy, daily addition. Restoration of intensity is sometimes achieved with supplemental Iodine in my observations.
AntM1564
Legend
I will give this a shot. I was looking last night. I might pick up some kelp capsules too. Not too expensive and have a good amount of iodine in them.
Last dose tonight, review will be in this thread by the end of the week followed by a formal review.
AntM1564
Legend
Final Review: Nutraceutical Innovations MegaLax
Again, thank you to the entire team @hvactch NutraChem and smith+69 for following this log and allowing me to run Megalax. This was my first time using a Laxo product. I have read mixed things which is why I wanted to log this product.
Strength - I can't say I noticed anything out of the ordinary here. A slight increase, but nothing to rave about. In terms of natural supplements, there are better options out there for strength gains. I would go with ArA over Laxo for that. For me personally, it is not a big issue since strength is not my main priority. Also, it is worth noting my gym situation was a little wacky due to my gym's renovation. I don't think that played much of a role, but could have had something to do with my strength.
Recovery - Again, nothing too dramatic. A slight increase in recovery, but not what I thought it would be. Extra recovery is nice, but the price for any Laxo product is not worth the investment from a recovery standpoint.
Body Composition - This is where I was a little surprised. I thought recovery and strength would be more noticeable than this, especially in a four week period. I started at 156. After the first week, I increased my cals by 25 cals each day, a 275 calorie increase. I did this because I did not gain any weight the first week. After that, I started gaining weight. Maybe the product takes a week or week and a half to kick in. I ended the log at 158.4 pounds, 2.4 pounds heavier. However, with the increase in weight, my vasculairty increased. I measure my fa by feeling for a vein in my lower abs. When I get too puffy, I can no longer feel it. That vein is still touchable. My muscles look fuller, I would say overall body composition improved. My waist did get a touch, and I mean only a touch bigger. But I think that was just my abs getting thicker. I do abs twice a week. One high rep day and one heavy low rep day. I lack thickness in my abs and think they just got a little thicker and yes, some fat But I don't think it was all fat. My belt still fits the same, it is just a touch tighter. Also, I could use heavier weights on squats and deadlifts before putting on my belt.
Overall - Personally, I would not buy a Laxo product. From what I have seen, they are pretty expensive, especially when one considers the dose they should run it at. I ran this at 150mg per day. I can think of other natural supplements that provide better overall results. This is not a knock on the company, but the ingredient itself. I would not purchase this ingredient from any company, unless it was part of a formula with other ingredients that I respond well to. I plan on checking out some of Nutraceutical Innovations' other supplements; such as MonoPump and 11k. Again, this review does not directly reflect the company since this was just a single ingredient. I would say overall I was happy with Megalax, but it is not something I would advise running solo. Perhaps as a stack with another product. 8/10
Again, thank you to the entire team @hvactch NutraChem and smith+69 for following this log and allowing me to run Megalax. This was my first time using a Laxo product. I have read mixed things which is why I wanted to log this product.
Strength - I can't say I noticed anything out of the ordinary here. A slight increase, but nothing to rave about. In terms of natural supplements, there are better options out there for strength gains. I would go with ArA over Laxo for that. For me personally, it is not a big issue since strength is not my main priority. Also, it is worth noting my gym situation was a little wacky due to my gym's renovation. I don't think that played much of a role, but could have had something to do with my strength.
Recovery - Again, nothing too dramatic. A slight increase in recovery, but not what I thought it would be. Extra recovery is nice, but the price for any Laxo product is not worth the investment from a recovery standpoint.
Body Composition - This is where I was a little surprised. I thought recovery and strength would be more noticeable than this, especially in a four week period. I started at 156. After the first week, I increased my cals by 25 cals each day, a 275 calorie increase. I did this because I did not gain any weight the first week. After that, I started gaining weight. Maybe the product takes a week or week and a half to kick in. I ended the log at 158.4 pounds, 2.4 pounds heavier. However, with the increase in weight, my vasculairty increased. I measure my fa by feeling for a vein in my lower abs. When I get too puffy, I can no longer feel it. That vein is still touchable. My muscles look fuller, I would say overall body composition improved. My waist did get a touch, and I mean only a touch bigger. But I think that was just my abs getting thicker. I do abs twice a week. One high rep day and one heavy low rep day. I lack thickness in my abs and think they just got a little thicker and yes, some fat But I don't think it was all fat. My belt still fits the same, it is just a touch tighter. Also, I could use heavier weights on squats and deadlifts before putting on my belt.
Overall - Personally, I would not buy a Laxo product. From what I have seen, they are pretty expensive, especially when one considers the dose they should run it at. I ran this at 150mg per day. I can think of other natural supplements that provide better overall results. This is not a knock on the company, but the ingredient itself. I would not purchase this ingredient from any company, unless it was part of a formula with other ingredients that I respond well to. I plan on checking out some of Nutraceutical Innovations' other supplements; such as MonoPump and 11k. Again, this review does not directly reflect the company since this was just a single ingredient. I would say overall I was happy with Megalax, but it is not something I would advise running solo. Perhaps as a stack with another product. 8/10
AntM1564
Legend
Liked I mentioned, not a bad product, but the ingredient itself is hit or miss for some.
Do you guys have a page under the product review section? I looked, but did not see it.