Old School Labs The Ultimate Two-Stage Pre Workout Supplement for Explosive Energy, Endurance, & Focus - Boost Workouts with Natural Ingredients: L-Citrulline Malate, Beta-Alanine, & Caffeine - 270g

I have a lot of friends that compete in bodybuilding/physique/bikini etc. So many of the "rep" brands- but if you asked most of them privately, they would admit that the biggest reason they use the product they do is because it's A)free and B)they get paid to do so. Rarely do truly health conscious athletes love their product.Personally, it's part of why I've never gotten into the fitness world, with all the gimmicks and sellouts, from someone on the inside- it stinks, made up of a lot of genetically gifted individuals who would still look great if they ate pizza for breakfast, making others buy their products to look "just like them" - but this product here- if I was to compete- I'd be begging this brand to rep me. Seriously though, I can actually "read" the long fancy looking words that are basically just nasty chemicals to alter your chemicals and make the product stir well and taste okay.I wanted to take a little bit of time before I wrote this so I could try out the product. The week I ordered supplements from the company I was personally contacted to see how I liked it. So nice to have companies do that. Some people may see it as spam- I see it as an opportunity to be heard and something that only happens when a company is transparent.Many supplement companies are shams. They extract the amino acids from Whey protein- sell you they Whey protein and tell you that you also need the aminos that they took out so they can sell you the same product twice. Please understand that almost all of the giant, flashy brands are con artists and try to get you hooked on the hype - a lot are also secretly the same company. I have a lot of friends that compete in bodybuilding/physique/bikini etc. So many of the "rep" brands- but if you asked most of them privately, they would admit that the biggest reason they use the product they do is because it's A)free and B)they get paid to do so. Rarely do truly health conscious athletes love their product.Personally, it's part of why I've never gotten into the fitness world, with all the gimmicks and sellouts, from someone on the inside- it stinks, made up of a lot of genetically gifted individuals who would still look great if they ate pizza for breakfast, making others buy their products to look "just like them" - but this product here- if I was to compete- I'd be begging this brand to rep me. Seriously though, I can actually "read" the long fancy looking words that are basically just nasty chemicals to alter your chemicals and make the product stir well and taste okay.I wanted to take a little bit of time before I wrote this so I could try out the product. The week I ordered supplements from the company I was personally contacted to see how I liked it. So nice to have companies do that. Some people may see it as spam- I see it as an opportunity to be heard and something that only happens when a company is transparent.Many supplement companies are shams. They extract the amino acids from Whey protein- sell you they Whey protein and tell you that you also need the aminos that they took out so they can sell you the same product twice. Please understand that almost all of the giant, flashy brands are con artists and try to get you hooked on the hype - a lot are also secretly the same company.On to the review- I'm not a big pre workout user. I honestly see it as something a lot of people get addicted to because their adrenals are fatigued. BUT they can be nice on those days you're "not feeling it." I also kind of feel that this one is not so habit forming. It's not as harsh and has more of that effect of invigorating you rather than cracking you out. Also, this product doesn't have the crap that other ones have with chemicals to cause anitcaking and crummy artificial sugar. My only complaint- and this is more personal than anything: it's too sweet for my husband and I. We've gotten to the point that we drink half than water it down. But to be fair, we rarely have sugar. We're part of those crazy people that cut it almost all out and now we're sensitive to it. We've found that mixing it with bitter tea can help balance out the sugar as well.

I'm 30 yrs old, male, my interests related to your product preworkout are for powerlifting & cycling specifically time trialing.* I have no idea how you refer to one batch or one product of your preworkout. Bottle? Tub? I'm gonna go with tub. It just means your 1x20 serving preworkout.Preworkout Volume 7/10 - 20 servings which ends up being more like 15 I'm guessing if you heaping scoop is kinda low. I would really like a months supply in one tub, but I know that's a cost balance to appear to be cheaper or whatever. Just saying, one months supply in one tub is ideal for me.Taste - 9/10 , Your preworkout has a light taste with good texture and after taste. It's consistent in taste throughout my first sip to the last, the flavor I have is vintage blast LOT 1606366.Flavor - 10/10 Really enjoyed the flavor like I said it's light and not over powering but not bitter or sour (unless you do not add enough water). Something I think a lot of great preworkouts get wrong is not only how it tastes in one take but how you enjoy the product over time. For example, I really like MusclePharm's Assault preworkout I think the ingredients are mostly worth the costs and price is right and the flavor is even good. But after you drink one tub of the preworkout or even prior to a tub being completed I can barely bring myself to keep drinking it. I initially think the taste to be excellent until i've had it 20 times if this makes sense. I'm hoping Vintage Blast will be good for many tubs.Aftertaste - 8/10 , It is NOT chalky, bitter or sour. It is appealing and enjoyable if the water is cold enough.Mix-ability - 6/10 so far ( there is some of the powder which doesnt turn to solution as quickly as the rest of the scoop, I'm unsure what ingredient this would be ). I often have to pour more water and shake it again to get the everything. This is probably to me not using enough water.Ingredients. 8.5/10. I like the supporting micro's, why I ultimately bought your product was 5g of citrulline malate, 2g of dasparticacid, and 150mg +/- of caffeine with 25mg synephrine. I think 1g of beta alanine is very under dosed to have much effect, same with 1g of arginine and 250mg of carnitine. It's not obvious to me how that's useful in anyway but I also am not a Dr or have done enough research to build a supplement. What I would like to see is an option of added 3g creatine and another 1.5g of beta alanine. But the tingle effect from beta alanine could put some people off if they dont know what it is. Creatine is also extremely cheap and buying it seperate to add your own is easy.How I experience your productI'm not really sure how to break this down. .. It doesnt amp me up or get me motivated to go to the gym the way some preworkouts do, particularly c4 by cellucor. But once I'm there I have a great workout, much better than without it. I experience a good assisted energy for all my lifts. I do notice more concentration energy, and being maybe more vascular which I love. If my rep ranges and carbs were higher I'm sure the pump factor would be real.