Product Name: Body Rush
Company: Force Factor
MSRP: $64.99 [Click HERE To Get It For 34% OFF!]
Availability: High (Most supplement stores & Online retailers)
Servings: 30 ($2.16/serving) *Update: The original 15 servings at $4.3/serving was due to the fact that I received the smaller tub than what’s on sale

It seems that pre-workout supplements are slowly getting divided into two categories (other than bullshit and legit ones). The first category is filled with no-compromise products that stick their asses in the air and point the middle finger to every major sporting organization which has a stupid ban on certain compounds. 1,3 – Dimethylamylamine (1,3-D) being one of those compounds, which also got banned in Canada recently. FML.

Then there are companies that follow every rule in the book in an attempt to create products that are certified and apparently, “just as effective, if not more”. Body Rush happens to fall into this latter category and Force Factor actually uses the absence of 1,3-D as a selling point – mighty smart of them. Along with the absence of creatine – mighty stupid of them. Either way, I’m here to test this beast to see if it’s worth 3/4 of a solid, crisp bill!

Official Description

Introducing one of the most explosive, best-tasting pre-workout drink available: BODY RUSH.* New from the sports nutrition experts at Force Factor, BODY RUSH shows that pre-workout drinks can taste as awesome as the results they produce.* Ready to look strong, powerful, and stacked with muscle?* Ready to feel on top of your game andloaded with stamina?* Then you’re ready to try BODY RUSH!*

Top Ingredients Deliver Top Results

…and BODY RUSH contains only the best. Formulated to intensify even the most grueling practices and workouts of pro sports athletes, Body Rush can take workouts to the next level.*

Body Rush contains a highly sophisticated blend of essential B vitamins, electrolytes, energizers, carnitines, BCAAs, and nitric oxide boosters.* All of the high-quality ingredients in Body Rush work together to provide your body with an incredible workout*:

• Energy Blend – explosive, sustained energy for workouts*
• Focus Enhancer Blend – stay as intent on building muscle as you were before you hit the gym.* Body Rush will keep your head in the game*
• Strength Blend – with 4000mg of BCAAs in its strength blend, Body Rush will have you powering through your heaviest lifts*
• Muscle Glucose Primer – prepare your muscles to endure longer and achieve stronger pumps*
• Rapid, Lightweight Hydration – support your body with the refreshing hydration it needs to stay dynamic*

Unlike other pre-workouts, Body Rush represents the NEW pre-workout solution: it’s safe and effective. Other pre-workouts contain hundreds of mystery chemicals, unresearched ingredients with dubious claims, and dangerous side effects. Body Rush is approved for use in pro sports. It’s safe, effective, trusted, and powerful enough to give dramatic results.*

First Impressions

I’m not sure if it was a wise marketing choice to make their container look like the retarded cousin of the whole BSN product line. People will either see it as a knock-off and won’t buy it, or confuse it for a BSN product and buy it. Either way, I would stay away from the whole translucent red container path since it’s already been done. It’s like those silly tech companies that tried to release everything in white after Apple came out with the iPod and white ear buds.

Next up we have the ingredient profile. For $64.99 I was expecting a gold-plated scoop and crushed diamonds sprinkled in crystal meth. But alas, when I opened the container I found nothing of the sort. The ingredients are not only lacking for an expensive product, they are just plain lacking, period. Let’s dive in…

Focus Enhancer Blend: 1700mg

I have no complaints when it comes to this blend. All good stuff such as Tyrosine, Carnitine and different sources of Caffeine. The only thing I would’ve liked to see is the exact amount of caffeine included (from my guesstimate, it’s probably 150mg or lower). And some NADH would have been nice too.

Energy Rush: 4250mg

Again we have some more types of Carnitine along with Beta-Alanine (awesome). The only problem I see here is the dose. I’ve said it a billion times already, but it bares repeating: If you’re going to take a supplement with Beta-A, a minimum of 5g is required (unless you’re taking CellRush, in which case 2.5g will be more than enough). So with 4250mg, I’m hoping at least half of that goes to Beta-A to make it worth my time and your money.

Strength Blend: 4000mg

All we’ve got is some BCAA’s: L-Leucine, L-Valine, L-Ispleucine. Excuse me, but where the fuck is creatine!? You know, only the most researched, most economical and best performing strength enhancer ever to have surfaced in the sports supplement industry? Yeah I’ll tell you where it is. Not in here. What a shame.

Advanced 3x Nitric Oxide Booster: 3000mg

A whole bunch of different Arginine blends that won’t do jack shit for your pumps. There’s no such thing as a N.O boost from Arginine and studies prove it. More on the Arginine nonsense HERE – it’s a shame that supplements which are supposed to be “backed by science” are actually ignoring scientific data that’s right in front of them.

Rapid Hydration Surge: 1172mg

Basically a bunch of electrolytes and vitamins. If your workout tends to go for more than an hour and a half, then the inclusion of this blend could come in handy. Sort of like how the inclusion of a comb in a Swiss Army knife would come in handy while you’re lost in the woods. Truth be told, this space could’ve been better utilized for more effective ingredients.

Muscle Glucose Primer: 4000mg

Basically 4 grams of insulin spiking sugar. Carb haters beware. Carbophopic ass bags should run for cover. The rest of you sane individuals need not be worried.

Real World Results

Let’s start with taste. Force Factor was kind enough to send over the Strawberry Kiwi flavor. If you follow the instructions, the taste turns out OK but if you eyeball it and add an adequate amount of water, you’ll come across a fantastic sweet spot where this supplement is downright delicious. It nears the territory of the best tasting (and the worst performing) supplement I’ve ever tried: Super Dump Pump 250. I give it a solid 4.5/5 assuming you manage to find this sweet spot.

So how did my workouts go? Well besides getting the Beta-Alanine tingles it was nothing special. No above-average focus, no above-average intensity and definitely no pumps (but you already expected that). And to make sure these effects weren’t just my body being odd, I gave it to 3 of my friends who workout regularly hit up the weights harder than the seat on your pink bicycle. All reported back with the same conclusion: “meh”.

Body Rush is like a more delicious RedBull that you have to make yourself and has some Beta-A in it. And they both cost about the same per serving, so you’re basically paying for maybe a 10% increase in performance and some inconvenience. And that’s not even comparing it to really effective supplements that will blow it out of the water for much less (1.M.R & Razor 8 Blast Powder).

Conclusion

If Body Rush had a hefty amount of creatine, a bigger dose of Beta-A and maybe a few other ingredients instead of the Hydration Surge formula and the stupid N.O formula I think you could justify it’s price, given that it can be safely used in pro sports without a drug test banning your ass. And I know first hand, that athletes will pay for safety.

But for the rest of us who are warriors in the gym and could give less of a shit whether an ingredient is on the ban list or not, Body Rush fails to meet expectations. As such, I’m giving it a par at 2.5/5 stars.

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Product Name: CreMagnaVol
Company: Allmax Nutrition
MSRP: $59.99 [Click HERE To Get It For 50% OFF]
Servings: 60 ($1 per serving)

It doesn’t matter how many forms of creatine come and go, the original kid on the block (monohydrate) has been proven, time and time again, to be the best performing while also being the most cost effective. Even Kre-Alkalyn is basically monohydrate with a “buffer”, which is a fancy ass word for baking soda. So when I heard about Creatine Magnesium Chelate my BS alarms went off while curiosity came from behind and grabbed me by the ass. I had to give it a go. Before jumping in, let’s hear the official description from AllMax Nutrition…

Product Description

“Can you commit to 30 Days of Strength, Power and Size training? Do you have what it takes to become more than you are today? CreMAGnaVol 3MPD™ has the power to deliver mind-blowing results.

Never in the history of supplementation has 3MPD™ pharmaceutical delivery technology been combined with a Creatine-Magnesium Chelate (Creatine MagnaPower®); extreme bio-availability with fully-patented absorption matrix. 3MPD™ has the power to change everything you thought you knew about supplementation technology.

CreMAGnaVol™ is a complete 30-Day program of extreme tri-layer creatine-chelate CapTABS comprised of a potent formula PROTECTED BY MULTIPLE PATENTS designed to deliver astounding power, strength and size gains fast!* As a Creatine-Chelate myotrophic muscle expander, CreMAGnaVol provides 5 grams of the highest-grade multi-patented Creatine-Chelate available on the market.*

Creatine MagnaPower® delivers more free Creatine to the body than creatine monohydrate!*

Creatine MagnaPower® provides more bio-available active Creatine to the bloodstream for maximum uptake and maximum uptake by muscle; the result, more muscular utilization, more size and more strength.* Coupled with 3MPD Technology, CreMAGnaVol pushes you past your limits with research-directed dosages that will leave lesser, older supplements eating its dust.”

The Theory

The main goal of these new creatine formulations is this: to be able to deliver the same results as monohydrate while using less product. Misinformed supplement whores need to understand that creatine is creatine, no one form is going to vastly out-perform the other unless it’s combined or stacked with another substance. So basically, the supplement companies are racing to find the most “effective” creatine formulation possible. 

So how does CreMagnaVol work? Well to keep things simple, it’s is basically creatine that has been attached to a bit of magnesium. So while traditional creatine mohohydrate enters your cells using a sodium-dependant transporter, CreMagnaVol finds a secondary pathway. A side-door entrance, if you will. In theory, it sounds nice but in reality there has been no conclusive scientific evidence that creatine magnesium chelate is superior to creatine monohydrate.

You might hear of a study being mentioned by any one of the few companies marketing magnesium chelate about how it’s superior.  But those studies compared creatine magnesium chelate to magnesium oxide creatine (which sucks). So obviously, the chelate formulation outperformed it now they brag like they’ve found the next best thing. But that’s hardly a fair comparison; it would be like setting up a fight between Mike Tyson and Justin Beiber. You don’t need to conduct “experiments” or do any form of “science” to come to an accurate conclusion.

First Impressions

You basically get about 2.5g of creatine magnesium chelate along with 800mg of Beta Alanine. If you’ve read my previous reviews than you know that Beta A is only legit in higher doses and needs to be loaded. This 800mg is a measly amount and won’t make much difference. The other junk included is just nonsense. To be honest, I would have preferred it if the entire 3.7g of space was used just for the creatine.

The tablet itself is also quite disappointing, even if those 3 layers look cool. The reason being that it’s not coated. So the instant you put it on your tongue and swallow, you get a dry feeling in your mouth and a bitter chalky after taste. I think if you ever get punched in the face with a fist made of saw dust, the experience would be similar. And that’s only one pill… you need to take 3 more in order to get the one full recommened serving. God damn it!

Real World Results

I’ve been using creatine for a long time, so I have a pretty accurate guess when it comes to knowing whether a product is working or not. I know how my body responds to it in the gym and when I look at my old logs, there are clear indications when pre/post workout creatine supplementation is present. Since my creatine of choice has always been some form of monohydrate (Creapure or Kre-Alkalyn) I had something to compare this to.

The first day I tried CreMagnaVol, I barely noticed a difference. The dose is just way too low to have any influence on my already bullish strength, so the next workout I took double dosage (8 dusty tabs). This resulted in the insides of my mouth feeling like the Sahara dessert. It was at this point that I noticed a difference in the gym. What I couldn’t tell was whether the effectiveness of CreMagnaVol was any better than regular monohydrate. Bummer.

Conclusion

So it’s not any better and nor is it any worse. But in my opinion that’s only if you take double the recommended dose. This reduces the overall servings per bottle to 30 and increases the price per serving to $2. Compare this to the highest quality monohydrate which costs only $0.2 per serving or even Kre-Alkalyn which costs $0.6 per serving and you have a serious problem. There are uses for creatine formulations that enter the cells through different pathways but those situations are rare.

Lean individuals seem to be the best responders to monohydrate so if you’re a little on the chubby side, or if monohydrate for some reason doesn’t do anything for you but cause bloating, then I’d pony up the cash for CreMagnaVol. But as it stands, monohydrate is still king. It’s cheaper and works just as well if not better.

Because of this, I’ll give CreMagnaVol a 2.8/5 stars.

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Product Name: Razor 8 Blast Powder
Company: Allmax Nutrition
MSRP: $44.99
Servings: 40 ($1.12 per serving)

I’ve got in my hands a new pre-workout supplement that I put to the test. By now, you know the deal with these products – they are stuffed full of stimulants to give you a kick in the ass to get you through the workout. Obviously, every product tries to differentiate itself by claiming it will give you the most pumps, dumps, clumps and all that other nonsense. You should also know that those are empty promises – minus the dumps, there were a few that had me sprinting to the washroom over and over again. Regular gym goers thought I was doing interval cardio, but little did they know I was undergoing involuntary caloric deficit.

So, what exactly is Razor 8 Blast Powder? Can it substitute gun powder? Will it explode in your face? Maybe, and maybe not. Below is the official description from Allmax Nutrition…

Official Description

BLAST POWDER is a no-nonsense, highly concentrated pre-workout energy stimulant with no fillers and zero sugar. We’ve delivered what you need to rip through your training and left the rest out. An ideal combination of five key stimulants that will ramp up fat burning hormones and make weights feel lighter than they ought to.

The buzz about the buzz: We all know that 1,3-Di-Methyl-Amylamine (commonly known as Geranamine) has a seriously potent stimulant effect. What you don’t know (due to (PB) Proprietary Blends) is that with most formulas, you’re getting a “pixy-dust” amount, or at best 5 to 10 mg.

We knew that competition-level athletes would know the difference. And as you all know, we believe in transparent-protocol labeling, so you can see the detail for yourself. There is 19 mg per scoop. Yes, you will feel this!

First Impressions Of The Ingredients

I need to clear something up: the tub I got in the mail a while back and the tub you buy now have slightly different formulations (I, of course getting the better version.) You’ll notice the difference between the ingredient profiles as you compare the tub you buy to the one I used in this review. But to put it simply, Allmax backed off the gas pedal slightly from their original formula for what I theorize to be legal reasons.

Still, I’ve got to review the supplement at hand and while the new formulation is weaker by what I can guess to be 5-10%, it shouldn’t make much of a difference to most of you. On with the ingredient list.

Caffeine: I’m not going to beat around the bush here, this thing has a LOT of caffeine. How much? Well you might want to sit down because there is no easy way to say this… I honestly didn’t think numbers went this high in supplements, but it turns out they do. Are you ready?

400mg! Yup, one 13.5g scoop has enough caffeine to equal 4 cups of coffee. 354mg comes from Synthetic Caffeine and 46mgs come from di-caffeine malate. So basically, it’ll gave you a punch in the face along with a spank on the ass. Most people talking about this stuff online have (intelligently) started using half scoops because of this absurd amount and have managed to turn 40 servings into 80. Can’t blame them.

Geranamine (Geranium Stem Oil Extract): This is the same ingredient which gave the original MuscleSpeed a nice kick so its certainly welcomed in this formulation. You get 51mg which along with the high caffeine amount should prove to be useful.

Hordenine: This is an alkaloid which is supposed to stimulate the release of norepinephrine. You know, the stuff that triggers your “fight or flight” response. This involves increasing heart rate, increased rate of oxygen to the brain, increase blood flow to skeletal muscles and the release of glucose from energy stores (hopefully fat). You get 32mg of this stuff, and whether it’s sufficient enough to trigger such a response is uncertain. It’s hard to tell whether other ingredients are working or not when you have 400mg of ass busting caffeine raging through your veins. I’ll give Allmax the benefit of the doubt.

Creatine Monohydrate: You get 5g of this superior form of creatine. Nice. Unlike most idiotic companies that use CEE, Allmax should be commended for using a form of creatine which has consistently shown to be superior in studies.

Beta-Alanine: I have let beta-alanine into my umbrella of “raw supplements I like and would recommend.” And judging by all the crap I’ve reviewed in the past, this is quite the accomplishment. The only problem is that you only get 325mg of it. Beta-A needs two conditions to be effective. First, it needs to be “loaded” and two, the loading phase needs an amount of 5-7g per day. Those that love beta-a know the tingle it gives you when you take it. None such tingle will be found here, the dosage is much too low.

Arginine AKG: Why, why in 2011 do companies still use this garbage ingredient is beyond me. Studies have busted it to be completely useless as a vasodilator – especially in doses found in current supplements. A disappointing waste of space at 3.7g.

Yerba Mate Green Tea Extract: 20mg won’t do anything but the caffeine from Yerba Mate tea has been shown to be effective without the negative side effects such as jitters and crashes.

Phenylethylamine Hydrochloride:  At 12mg it is useless since most orally ingested phenylethylamine is metabolized before it even reaches the brain for the supposed “well being” effect it’s supposed to deliver.

Real World Results

What do you want me to say? This shit kicks ass, and how could it not? Which that much caffeine I was pretty much expecting SOMETHING spectacular to happen and the 5g of creatine along with geranium extract is just the icing on the cake. I’m curious as to how effective it would be if the caffeine were removed… my guess is that it wouldn’t be half as effective. Still, it’s in there and that’s the reality.

But the other reality is that the after-taste is nasty bitter. It’s not so bad going down but once you finish chugging it, you might want to consider a chaser because this shit is gross. Then there’s the crash, oh boy you better be next to a comfy ass bed or couch because you will plop down like a fat man’s morning dump. Just knowing that, I wouldn’t recommend you take this unless absolutely necessary. Use it when going to the gym feels like a chore. Use it when you really need a pick-me-up. But if you’re just feeling “meh” than down a cup of coffee and get on with it.

Unlike other supplements such as Anadraulic State which disrupted my workouts, Razor 8 Blast Powder kept me going, and then some. I had enough juice after a heavy squat session to hit up the heavy bag for some boxing training. All cylinders were firing at full speed and there were no compromises to my lightning fast jabs and devastating hooks. Overall, I was happy with the performance.

I’ll give this stuff a 3.9/5 stars. If you want an alternative supplement with a great kick and don’t want to bother with wrestling with your taste buds, check out MuscleSpeed.

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