So I promised Mixelflick to shortly write down my thoughts about Mass Pro Synthagen after my 270 caps ran out.
Okay I'm 24 years old, about 175 cm tall and before my experience with synthagen I was around 88.x kg. I've been training for about 6 years now. To really test synthagen I quit taking all other supplements except PWOs and my multivitamin (Animal PAK) My training is basically all about strength but size is a bonus, which is nice of course. As requested by Mike I've written down my usual training scheme below. I must apologize and admit this isn't going to be a very detailed log because I didn't have in mind to actually log/write a review about Mass Pro Synthagen because I was very very skeptical towards it and I got to admit that I just bought it so I could post to prove my point how I'm a non responder to it! crazy yeah I know (My apologies Mixelflick MPS is awesome!)
Monday: Legs
squats
leg press
standing calves
Tuesday: Chest & Triceps & Shoulders
close grip bench press
normal/wide grip bench press
shoulder press
triceps dips
Wednesday: Back & Biceps
Latpulls
cable rows
bent over barbell rows
pullups
barbell bicep curls
deadlift
( occasionally shrugs, very seldom )
On Thursday I start all over again with legs and Sunday being a day off ( which I hate! )
Anyway I dosed Mass Pro Synthagen as following: 5 caps before training, 5 caps halfway through my training (as advised by Mixelflick) and slowly reduced the dose until I was taking 3/3/3 in the same fashion. I felt that taking only 3 caps was inefficient so the next bottle I buy of Mass Pro Synthagen I will dose 4/4/4, which seemed most efficient.
My first impression of Mass Pro Synthagen was just wow since I had been sick 1 week before I started using it. I woke up the next day with almost zero DOMS, which I usually have A LOT of after having a one week break from training. During the first week of Mass Pro Synthagen I noticed massively reduced DOMS, my almost chronic shoulder pain was gone (already after 15 caps!) and my quad, which I've had issues with lately had improved magnificently.
After talking with Mixelflick on the forum I decided to really test Mass Pro Synthagen by staying in a very harsh calorie deficit to the end of my bottle. I wont describe every single meal but to give you an over all picture of how little I ate while on Synthagen I've put down one example day below.
First meal: 2h before training -> fast oats + 1 scoop of 90+ protein = 190 kcal + 100 kcal = 290 kcal
Second meal: Post training shake -> Fusion Matrix 2 scoops = 234 kcal
Third meal: 60-90 min after training -> 100g sweet potato + 450g chicken breast = 86 kcal + 495 kcal = 581 kcal
Total: 1105 kcal
As you can see that's not in anyway optimal training for muscle mass. While being in this calorie deficit I managed to improve almost in every exercise + recovery was still through the roof and I could witness rapid fat loss. The funny part though being when I stepped on the scale after finishing the last capsules of Synthagen I had actually gone up in weight from 88.x kg to 89.x kg. I'm still rubbing my eyes seeing these results as it couldn't have been possible to gain weight and lose fat while in this crazy calorie deficit? yes? I'm guessing some of you would like to see what I did manage to lift with Synthagen in this crazy deficit so I've written down a few numbers below (Yes I know these are nothing compared to the crazy strong beasts at the forum but anyway!) (and yes every lift mentioned is an improvement from my previous best ones during my time on Synthagen)
Deadlift: 1 x 250 kg
latpulls: 5 x 155 kg
cable rows: 5 x 150 kg
bent over barbell rows: 8 x 150 kg
barbell bicep curls: 5 x 80 kg
close grip bench press: 1 x 140 kg
squat: 3 x 205 kg
leg press: 5 x 520 kg (without the sled cause I have no idea what it weighs)
standing calves: 8 x 250 kg
triceps dips: 8 x bw + 50 kg
(my shoulder does not work 100% though the pain practically vanished after 15 caps so my shoulder press and normal/wide grip bench still sux)
Conclusion:
These are the effects I noticed from running Synthagen.
- Increased recovery
- fat loss
- increased strength
- better skin
- increased muscle mass
- anti inflammatory effects
- greatly increased mobility (the need for stretching is over!)
- increased endurance (noticed this quickly because I don't do a lot of reps)
- minimal rest times needed in between sets
Hopefully I didn't leave out any info! I have never actually written a "review" of any supplement before so feel free to ask if there's anything I've missed to mention.