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Review of Gaspari Nutrition SizeOn - creatine supplement

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GBORN:

--- Quote from: socctty on May 21, 2007, 05:42:45 PM ---Saturday and Sunday:
Hangover foods to nurse me from Friday and Saturday nights. :-P

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Don't let the weekends  fR!d@y negate the time and effort spent in the gym.   W3!ght

socctty:
Some notes already.

When to consume: The directions for this says to take one serving immediately before bed on all days, and on workout days to drink it during the workout. This is a little bit differently than other creatine products have instructed in the past (they were one serving immediately in the morning and one serving immediately after working out). Not a huge difference, but something worth noting that could go easily overlooked. If you buy the stuff I guess you should follow the instructions. I take a protein shake right before I go to sleep also, so hopefully that doesn't cause the creatine to be metabolized inefficiently.

Taste: I bought the Grape Blast flavor powder. They also had Arctic Lemon or some crap like that. I remember reading online that one of the flavors was good and the other was similar to powdered turds. I guess I lucked out, because the Grape stuff isn't half-bad. The instructions mention 20 ounces of water per scoop, but I thought that would be really diluted, so I tried only 12 ounces. WRONG. The stuff is SUPER sweet. It tastes like you are drinking grape soda syrup at that consistency. Same with 16 ounces. So I went with 20 ounces of water and now it's all gotta go down.

Pill vs. Powder: The pills were available but they required you to take 6 per serving and I HATE taking pills. Multi-vitamins and fish oil pills are enough for me to choke down in one day. The pill container is much smaller and more convenient for a gym bag, but I damn near puke every time I swallow a pill larger than an aspirin. If you can tolerate pills, then more power to you. Maybe I'm silly but I would also imagine that powders are more readily-absorbed by your body than a pill. I don't recall how much water you're supposed to take with the pill-version, but remember, the powder suggests 20 to 25 ounces of water. Which is 3 whole cups of water! I expect to pee sometime around 2 AM... a lot. 

Medic - why do you not think you can keep track of your progress? I have no special powers!

GBORN - I know, not every weekend is as vicious as this last one was. It's all Michelob Ultras and vodka-and-Redbulls for me when I do drink. I'm young so I can afford to party a bit on the weekends. Gotta enjoy this metabolism while I can, haha

Medic aka Rocko:

--- Quote from: socctty on May 21, 2007, 09:47:49 PM ---
Medic - why do you not think you can keep track of your progress? I have no special powers!


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I'm just lazy.  Really, everytime I've tried to keep a log or journal, measurements, etc., I do it for a few days, then I forget, get sidetracked, have to work, run the kids around and so on.  Before I realize it, I've missed two weeks of the log and then its pretty much useless.
 :P

bluntman:
Very interesting thread!

I have been working out consistently for about 1 1/2-2yrs and have seen alright gains with protein alone, and i think ill be adding creatine to the prog in a few months. Curious to see how this works out and gains made. I need to be more consistent with my protein intake, as i forget or am in too much of a hurry to mix up some shake.

Medic aka Rocko:
I finished my bottle of Size On yesterday.  As I said at the onset, creatine doesn't do much for me other than help with recovery and the same can be said for this.  I didn't see any size changes other than I've lost some body fat, thus I'm actually smaller, but more cut.

Note that my diet hasn't changed any, and I wasn't eating enough calories before or during the past month to really add any size.  I did concentrate on upping my water intake though, and consistently had 1/2 to 2/3 gallon water, plus other daily fluids.

I should also note that during the past month, I've been going to the pool with my kids, so I've been swimming approximately 8-12 hours per week on top of my regular routine.

The only downside to this product, is an aftertaste for about an hour after taking the tablets.  It wasn't really objectional, but noticeable.

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