I purchased this preworkout as I am a longtime fan of YouTube legend Zac Perna, and this is his collab with ehplabs (who I had not heard of or ever seen prior to zac mentioning them)
Have to say, a little disappointed with it. Not really what I was expecting. “Better pumps” “off the bone” as Zac would say, hmm...not that convinced it was any different to a day without preworkout-but certain BCAAs and salt can do that too... nothing to write home about on the pump front.
I will trust that the particular blend of ingredients in this is actually helping me out on a BCAA level, but from a caffeine/charged preworkout perspective, no assistance.
If you are someone who likes your preworkout to hit you like two pills at a rave, this is not the one. There are no tingles or rushes, no “let’s go conquer” feelings - no sense of elevated mood or extra strength, sadly kind of lacklustre as a preworkout.
The way in which a preworkout “hits” is a very personal preference, some people have varying tolerances to caffeine etc
This is marketed as a smooth ride, with no crash. But to be honest, it never really takes off at all, so I am not surprised it doesn’t have a crash. For sure there is caffeine, but weirdly you don’t feel it, you will not even feel the buzz you would get from a strong morning coffee or take away flat white.
Strangely, despite not feeling any stimulant effects at all upon consumption (genuinely feels like a non-Stim preworkout powder), it will keep you awake at night if you have it too late in the day.
This might be something to do with the multiple forms of caffeine in this product and the way these release at different rates? I’m not quite sure.
Flavours are fine, I have tried pink snow cone and blue slushy - both insanely sweet, as with all preworkouts.
I dosed 2 scoops, which means this would only last me 20 sessions, not even enough to get me through the month.
I genuinely thought I must be crazy not enjoying this, so as an experiment I went back to using a large can of monster energy drink, which in the U.K. is regulated and has 160mg of caffeine, and I had a way better workout on that (also adding my own BCAAs), perhaps it’s the way 160mg of normal caffeine actually stimulates you.
And for sure other preworkouts on the market definitely hit hard and intense and get you revved up and almost floating through the gym. So I’ll be going back to those.
There are rave reviews for this product on the EHPLabs website (of course) but I just cannot understand the hype or the claims. Sorry zac!
| Units | 400.0 gram |
|---|---|
| Brand | EHP LABS |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Country of origin | USA |
