steve
30/07/2013
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I bought my first tub of this awesome protein 10 weeks ago and returned to buy another to see it's going for under £30 as the company is now selling it independently. Hope it keeps up as this is a high quality product.
I've read most of the popular bodybuilding blogs about XL and it's ingredients and think it's largely been unfair. seems most complaints came about graininess or some flavours taste. calcium caseinate is grainy by nature as it takes ages to digest and i guess the proportion is about a quarter of the protein mix as it ain't that grainy. cookies and cream was very nice but then i usually mix into oatmeal and rarely have taste/grainy problems cos of that. besides less than 1 in 10 ppl seem to believe the effect of the product is more important than the taste and texture. bit superficial to me that as u could down in less than a minute...for all 3 servings combined! compare that to the gains you make, how well it digests, and how it makes u feel, it's a no-brainer really.
I've had very bad [even bleeding] digestive problems in the past with a lot of cheaper proteins in the past and perhaps that had a lot to do with being a heavy drinker at the time but with 3 servings a day and taking before sleep was a concern as never done that before and was only ever 2x/day with products I've had problems with XL went down nicely, no flatulence, no discomfort.
mood really elevated this time around despite quitting smoking and living a Spartan existence for the most part. when u factor in i was eating minimal carbs the alternate day i never done weights and with lots of slow cardio dropped a pound in weight every day for the first week despite great muscle mass gains and didn't affect my mood much at all. i believe this protein or having it in my system every hour of the day counted in large part towards this.
I've made greater gains with this stuff [using it first thing in the morning, just after workout and just before bed] than at any other time in my life with any other protein. i was using the cookies n cream flavour not that ur choice of flavour will affect your outcomes much but i was eating banana or pineapple with the morn and post-wkout meals with a little porridge and flaxseed. not a great idea to eat carbs just before bed imho so at night made a shake and ate a range of good-fat foods like an avocado or almonds.
[i'm beginning to feel like a slim-fast advert here but seriously either my hormone levels have multiplied in the 2 years I've spent away from the weights or some other bizarre circumstance has occured or this protein is da nutz].
having read around one thing i never tried before is to keep a constant flow of protein throughout the day for best growth and least catabolism. the mix of proteins is great for that [i guess] and the calcium caseinite acting over 7 hours ensures even when u sleep u keep ur lvls up.
having spent 20 years [very] on and off bodybuilding now at 38 I got it in my mind to be in the best shape ever at 40 to ward off the mid-life crisis I see affecting my mates these days.
i did have a very good eating plan during my time using this with kilos of vegetables and lean meat or eggs for meals but also cheated every other day and i really couldn't believe the progress I've been making considering work level wasn't near where i used to push myself. I've never been a poser but have to admit after first 2 weeks i did double take myself a couple of times [at home lol]
anyway enough about me, in summary
buy this stuff immediately!! |