Welcome everyone - for the next month or so I'll be logging Optimum Alpha's Epicatechin, so big thanks to them for letting me see how there product stacks up! Other -epi products I've used include 2 bottles of OL's original Ep1c as well as 2 bottles of their newer oral Ep1c Unleashed. The newer version is, as expected, a bit better than the original. I enjoyed both times I've ran -epi, and feel it really does increase work capacity and pumps over time. It also seems to improve body composition slightly, or at least both times I've used it I found I looked a bit leaner & fuller at the end of usage vs starting. Nothing steroid-like, but to achieve anything noticeable with a product that's legal, simple to use and actually good for your health is more than most supplements on the market can claim.
On the previous products I noticed that, assuming you're training at least 4x/wk, 2 caps preWO was an optimal dosing scheme to notice the acute training effects, so that will be my protocol.
The last 3 weeks have been spent at a caloric surplus training 3x/wk full body, every day squatting or pulling and pressing or benching and a rotating volume scheme of upper back work (100 total chins, 5x10-20 lat pulldowns, & 5x5 weighted chins, respectively) plus some combo of dips, shrugs, facepulls, & curls. Feeling pretty beat up and spent this past weekend traveling for a wedding then a funeral so with all the stress and aches I'll be moving towards caloric maintenance this week and a bit of a deload, volume-wise, and only 2 lower days/wk with 2-3 upper sessions likely. This is my preferred frequency in general.
On the previous products I noticed that, assuming you're training at least 4x/wk, 2 caps preWO was an optimal dosing scheme to notice the acute training effects, so that will be my protocol.
The last 3 weeks have been spent at a caloric surplus training 3x/wk full body, every day squatting or pulling and pressing or benching and a rotating volume scheme of upper back work (100 total chins, 5x10-20 lat pulldowns, & 5x5 weighted chins, respectively) plus some combo of dips, shrugs, facepulls, & curls. Feeling pretty beat up and spent this past weekend traveling for a wedding then a funeral so with all the stress and aches I'll be moving towards caloric maintenance this week and a bit of a deload, volume-wise, and only 2 lower days/wk with 2-3 upper sessions likely. This is my preferred frequency in general.