I just wanted to give a solid and honest review of my experiences thus far with PES Science's Pre-workout Prolific. I won a pay it forward nomination in PES's thread and chose Prolific as my prize. I have used it multiple times now and feel I can give a solid review on it now.
First Thanks to
LiveToLift and the rest of the PES crew for choosing me as the nominee to get the prize out of so many other great nominees!
I am just going to kind of describe my opinion of the product then assign some numbers to a few key factors to give a measurable reference point so to speak.
Dosing 1-1.5 servngs 30 minutes pre-workout. If in the evening I go with 1, and if in the AM when I need a bigger kick I go with 1.5 servings. I really like the feel of Prolific, the energy is far from overbearing, and with 1 serving it just gives a nice boost and concentration is really good. I think this may be due to the Cognizin in it. Either way it sets you up for a really nice workout with a lot of mind muscle connection. I also enjoyed that it does not just disappear and leave you crashing with zero energy when it is all said and done.
Current training requires a lot of focus and intensity and this seems to dole that out quite well!
Now it is time to rate a few of the factors / traits I think we all like to see measured in a pre workout.
Energy - 8 - This is one I would call a pretty scale-able pre workout. At an 8 it means I am getting plenty energy for most instances, but not so strong that increasing to 1.5 servings is too much if you really need the kick.
Pumps - 8 Pumps were pretty good on this, the Betaine, and L-Citruline are both nicely dosed and effective!!! I did cardio one day and my legs, arms and shoulders got a pump from the cardio machine. That says a good bit right there.
Aggression - 7, I also like to have a higher level of aggression when in the gym, and like for my pre workout to supply that to drive intensity. With this product the added aggression is at a decent level, but is definitely set up for more focus than sheer intensity.
Taste - 7.5 - THis one I really don't consider to be much of an important factor but some do so I am listing it here. The Sunrise flavor is pleasant, not overbearing, or unpleasant, but is also not flavorful enough in my opinion to say that it tastes great.
Mixability - 9 - I had no issues mixing this stuff at all. A couple of shakes in the shaker and down the hatch!
Focus - 9 - This for me was where I felt like the product shined. Although intensity / aggression may not have been extremely high the product made up for it with a laser like focus during sets that allowed for extreme intensity during the sets. However did not give that aggressive in between set amped up feeling you get from higher stimmed products.
Add those 6 traits together and you get a total of 48.5 out of 60, and that averages out to an overall rating of 8.03/10 which places this right in the damn good pre workout category!
Also if I remove the parts that I think are not really important the rating increases quite a bit. I only truly care about Energy, Pumps, and Focus, and if you average that out it becomes an 8.66/10