On Friday, my job had me scheduled to do an obstacle course. It's basically a lot of sprinting, jumping over an 8 foot wall, carrying an 150 lb dummy, ect. In light of this, I decided to do a "mini" carb load throughout the day so it wouldn't be so rough on me. So, I opened up my Pure Vitargo on Friday morning.
I immediately noted that the powder was very different from other waxy maize, which is a very GOOD thing. Other wms are very fine, almost exactly like cornstarch, and it sticks all over your hands. Vitargo was the exact opposite. It was more grainy and didn't stick to anything. My scoop was halfway down the jug, but I pulled it out without any loss of the product.
Consistancy: Pure Vitargo - 1 point
My first scoopful I poured into my cup to see if I could mix it with a spoon. It took to the water fairly well, but the bottom of the cup had the remainder which was pretty gooey (for lack of a more mainly word). All I did was add some more water and while stirring, just downed it like a shot. Done deal. Afterwards, I also downed two scoops of isolate. This was all on an empty stomach. I usually would've eaten about a dozen eggs at this point, but this fitness test made me nervous. Within 20 minutes I got a pretty good rush that lasted a while..Pretty much the whole drive to the course. Felt more focused and alert.
Taste: Pure Vitargo's brand I received in fruit punch. It tastes pretty good. Taste doesn't matter at all with me so in my opinion, if most people have sensitive taste buds, go with Vitargo.
When I got to the course, I downed yet another scoop. This time it was accompanied with 10 grams of BCAA's and 3 grams of CEE. It was almost my turn to "run the gauntlet".
After the course was over, I improved my old time by 12 seconds..But I expected that because I'm in way better shape. However, I will note that usually when I do anything in regards to high intensity, I'm in another world for 10-15 minutes looking run down feeling like shit. Not this time. I was good to go within < 5 minutes.
So far I'm very impressed with Pure Vitargo! I've taken 3 servings thus far and I've experienced a very good full body muscle pump, fast post-exercise recovery, and energy.
Unlike dextrose post-workout, I experience zero bloat. I highlight that in bold because that's very important to me..When I feel bloated/full postworkout, it starts to hamper my appetite and I have to forcefeed my postworkout meals. It's a struggle I can live without.
On Monday, I'm back in my DC rotation hitting A1 as per my journal. I missed Friday's workout due to poor nutrition and sitting on the I-405 for over 3 hours in traffic coming home. There was no way under God I was going to do legs (20 repper) coming off of sitting in my car all that time hungry as hell! Monday I plan on measuring Pure Vitargo's effects postworkout as opposed to True Protein's brand. Good possibility there won't be any difference, but we'll see....