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Impact BCAA 2:1:1 Customer Reviews
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Unexpected benefits...
5Really enjoying my experiments with BCAA's - seems to be providing exactly the boost I needed for quicker recovery and preservation of muscle mass whilst dropping calories. As a girl I'm not looking to get super swole, just to tone up, lean up and bump up my muscle size without getting bulky. This product has definitely helped me to train harder and longer. I'm seeing really impressive results and increased capacity on heavy weights and reps with a significant reduction in BF% and better definition. I have watermelon flavour which is good but pretty sweet. Mixes relatively easily but needs a lot of shaking.
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Good stuff
5I always love adding new chemicals to my arsenal and BCAA supplements looked like a good thing to try based on different opinions. It's one of those that you really need to try to see if it will do anything for you. It's less clear cut than Protein and you do already get BCAA from normal Protein shakes, just in a different form. From what I understand: BCAAs are one chain of the amino acids that make up whole Protein? I also heard that BCAAs are absorbed very quickly and are therefore something you can consider taking during your workout. They reduce muscle breakdown when you're in a fasted state? In terms of this product, I read that the unflavoured is pretty savage when mixed into other potions so I decided to go with Blue Raspberry and consume it separately. The flavour is lovely. Tastes almost like a bubble gum Panda Pop. If you mix 1 level scoop (one of the tiny scoops) with 1 whole standard MP shaker of water, it's a perfect blend. Sweet taste but not sickly. It mixes easily. First of all looks like it will leave powdery clumps but after a vigorous shake, leave it to settle and the powder is all gone. I wouldn't recommend stirring it into a glass because it's very difficult to mix in all the surface powder and it's not as pleasant. Powder consistency is very fine like Creatine Mono powder. The colour is suspect. The powder is perfectly white and stays that way when you add water but once you shake, the water turns a very strong blue colour, nearly the same shade of blue as the MP shaker lid! Also the blue raspberry flavour has embedded itself into my MP shaker. This particular shaker is now permanently my BCAA shaker because no matter how hard I clean it, it still stinks of blue raspberry. Perhaps consider dedicating a shaker to it if you go for a flavoured version. It comes with an MP small scoop. I make a 1 scoop shake with water and drink it on my way to work (or some time in the morning when I'm not working). Then I mix up another to drink during my workout. Once I've finished the mixture I just fill the shaker up again with water. I got BCAA because I often commit the biggest bodybuilding sin - I don't always prepare well and often I'll have to work out after not eating for 5 hours since lunch. The affects are all subjective I guess. For me personally, I honestly feel more energised. Not bouncing off the walls pre-workout shake sort of energised but it now takes me a lot longer to feel sluggish. I feel focused and less jittery. It could just be the sweeteners in the drink. I really don't know. It just works. It's nice to have some flavour in my gym drink too rather than just endlessly chugging water, which doesn't always quench the thirst as much as a hit of flavour. One thing it has done is encouraged me to increase my water intake during the day so that can only be a good thing. My definition is improving and while that may not be a direct result of the BCAA powder, it could be a result of me being able to work out harder and stay focused, as a result of sipping BCAA during my workout. Goes Well With:Water
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Unflavoured undrinkable
2Be aware that the unflavoured version tastes absolutely horrible. I have tried mixing it with a lot of different stuff, but the chemical taste from the powder is just so strong that nothing can balance it out. Now I'm stuck with 2 kg of this inconsumable white powder (why did I buy so much??) I haven't tried any of the flavoured versions yet, but from the comments it seems that they taste fine.
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Don't buy orange.
2The orange flavour was absolutely undrinkable. I don't usually complain about the taste of workout supplements; we're not drinking it for the taste at the end of the day. But this one was absolutely undrinkable. Very disappointed with this product and had to buy a different one to replace it. Have always loved my proteins products but this one was a disappointing first. Can't comment how effective it actually is as i stopped using it after 3 days, and the other flavours may taste absolutely fine. But just don't go for the orange!Goes Well With:the bin.
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Don't get orange!
3Powder works great I use pre and post workout. Orange flavour is gross, I've had people recommend tropical or berry blast. Mixes better with warmer water so don't run the cold tap for ages. Like other reviews wait til bubbles go down and then just chuck it back!Goes Well With:Warmish water
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Works well, Tastes horrible
3I got a pouch of orange BCAA on my last order. It's effective but tastes like a very cheap/weak orange squash
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Tropical worth getting.
4After buying this unflavoured, I decided to buy another in Tropical and glad I did. It's true what someone said, that unflavoured tastes like crushed paracetamol, but the tropical tastes just like a squash. Can't say much on affectiveness, as not been using it long enough.
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sweet
4I found this to be too sweet for me. The flavour was ok, but way too sweet. I think the BCAA product itself is great but I don't like the sweatners that myprotein use. I'm gonna go for the unflavoured option now and just mix in my own flavours.
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Surprising results
5I started using this particular product roughly around 4 weeks ago. I always really struggled with muscle fatigue and DOMs, which would massively put me off my weekly training routine as i like to try and go 5/6 times per week. The BCAAs have massively reduced this and enabled me to go to the gym day after day and not get the DOMs that i used to. Not only has it helped with that but in 4 weeks i have seen an increase in strength, muscle definition and size (alongside certain dieting). i have also seen a good amount of fat loss, which is always a massive bonus. i take 4 scoops with 600ml of water whilst training, and 3 scoops upon waking with around 500ml of water. highly recommend the Raspberry lemonade flavour! all in all a great product and highly recommended by myself!Goes Well With:Water/Cordial
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Works but Tastes so bad!
4I got these as I wanted something to have pre-workout and not as heavy as a whey shake. I got 3 flavours: * Berry Blast * Blue Raspberry * Tropical Berry blast was great, not too sweet for the morning but sweet enough to cover the caffeine powder needed to get me through my 5am workout. When I get more I think I will get this again. Blue Raspberry is a horrible experiment gone wrong tbh. First the colour, it's bright blue! Second the taste is revolting. The first time I drank it I filled it with too much water and it took me ages to down it. Now I put a very small amount in and get it down as quick as possible. If I didn't care about wasting money this would go in the bin. Tropical. Not tried yet but will do as I hate blue raspberry. As for effects. I have noticed my workouts to be better in the morning. I have also noticed some improved muscle definition since taking this on top of my existing whey shakes.Goes Well With:Water
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