This is my review page for the new release, golden gains.
I won't paste it's information here like everyone else always does, if you don't know what it is by now go find out.
Initial impression: opening tub, the thing was 1/2 empty. I always find that weird, sure it settles some but that much? who knows i guess right. it also shipped ina huge box, which was interesting. powder smelled okay I guess, I'm not a die hard apple pie fan so i was like oh my god when i opened and sniffed.
first shake was later that day, i put in some time outside (first day of 85+ temp in Philly) spent like 45 minutes warming up and getting real loose (basically a workout in itself) than I ran ten sprints or so and threw around a med ball for 5minutes
after the workout I walked up into the house and mixed up 2 scoops GG with a shaker full of h2o. It was okay, i wasn't stoked about it, and the flavor didnt move me much. It could of been because I was drinking sour apple Xtend + Green mag during the workout, so it was a boat load of apple within an hour or so. the texture seemed gritty, and i assume that relates to the oat flour carb source -- nothing drastic , i am used to putting blended steel cut oats into shakes so its all good. i presume this also lends itself to the pie crust idea??
overall impression is that its an okay flavor. I def enjoyed tropical island smoothie more, but can't recall my initial impression about that. if the golden gains results parallel or increase from golden finish, it will all be worth it.
I do enjoy the ingredient profile of GG more than GFH (which makes sense)
on a recovery day I wanted to mix 2 scoops with skim milk, but i didn't get too it..
2nd serving: same thing, 2 scoops in a shaker of water. drank it post workout at school, workout was warm up + weights. I was starving and didnt drink any apple flavors during the workout. this shake went down smoother, and having a granny smith apple afterward was cool. still an interesting flavor that I dont feel to be the most refreshing postworkout, espceially when compared to GFH's flavor...
more to follow
I won't paste it's information here like everyone else always does, if you don't know what it is by now go find out.
Initial impression: opening tub, the thing was 1/2 empty. I always find that weird, sure it settles some but that much? who knows i guess right. it also shipped ina huge box, which was interesting. powder smelled okay I guess, I'm not a die hard apple pie fan so i was like oh my god when i opened and sniffed.
first shake was later that day, i put in some time outside (first day of 85+ temp in Philly) spent like 45 minutes warming up and getting real loose (basically a workout in itself) than I ran ten sprints or so and threw around a med ball for 5minutes
after the workout I walked up into the house and mixed up 2 scoops GG with a shaker full of h2o. It was okay, i wasn't stoked about it, and the flavor didnt move me much. It could of been because I was drinking sour apple Xtend + Green mag during the workout, so it was a boat load of apple within an hour or so. the texture seemed gritty, and i assume that relates to the oat flour carb source -- nothing drastic , i am used to putting blended steel cut oats into shakes so its all good. i presume this also lends itself to the pie crust idea??
overall impression is that its an okay flavor. I def enjoyed tropical island smoothie more, but can't recall my initial impression about that. if the golden gains results parallel or increase from golden finish, it will all be worth it.
I do enjoy the ingredient profile of GG more than GFH (which makes sense)
on a recovery day I wanted to mix 2 scoops with skim milk, but i didn't get too it..
2nd serving: same thing, 2 scoops in a shaker of water. drank it post workout at school, workout was warm up + weights. I was starving and didnt drink any apple flavors during the workout. this shake went down smoother, and having a granny smith apple afterward was cool. still an interesting flavor that I dont feel to be the most refreshing postworkout, espceially when compared to GFH's flavor...
more to follow
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