Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula Tropical Punch

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula Tropical Punch Retail Package Description

Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula Tropical Punch comes in a tub roughly as round and about 1/3 as tall as a 2-liter soda bottle. It's wrapped in a carbon-fibery textured plastic wrapping that has some swirly business in the top center. Below is "Gamma Labs" in 3d, metallic, strangely stretched/distorted/vortexed configuration. Below, still centered, "Clinically Superior", on the next line, larger "Pre-Training Formula", both in a font that reminds me of the Terminator 3 DVD box. Under that, in bright red, "Tropical Punch". At the bottom, in the silver band, "Dietary Supplement - Net Weight 8oz (229.5G). On the back:

Of course, those statements haven't been evaluated by the FDA. Also, this product doesn't diagnose, fix or prevent anything. There's also some statement about this being intended to enhance workouts, not for people under 18, and if you've got heart or blood pressure issues, don't use it. As most products recommend, you should see a doctor before scarfing this stuff down like Cartman on Beefcake.

In the way of Directions: Consume 30 minutes before your workout. Add two (2) scoops to 12oz. Of cold water.

Caffeine Addict's Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula Tropical Punch Review

When I received Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula mix in the mail, I was happy for two reasons, it didn't take up a cubic foot of storage, like 12 cans of soda, and I didn't pay a fortune in shipping charges to transport water. While mixes are not uncommon in the bodybuilding arena, they're only beginning to take hold in the energy drink market. I'm a huge proponent of concentrates, mixes and bulk packaging. How ridiculous is it to pay to ship water, and do I really need a different 2oz. bottle for my energy shot every day? My only complaint with Gamma Labs is that this big jug of a container only comes with 8oz of powder. I know, all the workout enhancement products come in super-mega-oversized containers, so I digress. After all, I'd rather pay to ship air than 192fl.oz. of carbonated water.

I checked out the Gamma Labs website and their Youtube channel, both were filled with people more fit and attractive than me. Immediately, all my happiness from receiving this mix in the mail was buried under years of negative self-image and mounds of my own fat rolls. My roommates last five peanut butter cookies and pirated chinese-subtitled episodes of Mike and Molly were my only solace.

Putting my self-loathing aside, I mixed up a batch of Gamma Labs Tropical Punch. Kiana Phi, who's life work is apparently making everyone else feel worse about themselves by way of her near-perfect physique, describes the Tropical Fruit as having a "nice tangy flavor". I'd argue that she left out "gritty", I take that back, I wouldn't argue anything with her. Not only could she hurt me physically, she seems pretty nice...which almost makes feel bad that I'm so envious of her stupid face.

I watched another video with Bobby Lashley, hoping to get some clarity on how Gamma Labs works, what the heck "pumps" are, or how to get in touch with Kiana Phi. Unfortunately, the only thing it cleared up for me is why I wear a t-shirt on the beach, and maybe why guys like Bobby Lashley know how to get in touch with ladies like Kiana Phi, meanwhile the last time I got a girl's number it was about letting out the waist on pants I got too fat for.

Referencing the giantic tub (which does allow for readable text, unlike 2oz. Energy shots), I found that Gamma Labs offers a blend of l-arginine, l-citruline and a blend of 3 creatines so you can train longer, improve endurance, focus, and protein synthesis. Additionally, it contains anti-oxidants that lower muscle breakdown. The also say it increases recovery time, but to me, increasing sounds like that makes recovery times longer, and I imagine that's the antithesis of the desired effect. All these things are to happen, as the prophecy on the tub has foretold, if you consume it 30 minutes before your workout.

I'm going to be frank, you can continue to be judgmental and mean-spirited, I like Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula. I feel a pronounced energy boost, but it's not raw and uncontrolled like VPX, and it doesn't make me want to cut my skin off with gate shears like Tweak Extreme. I'd compare it most to Speed Stack Pumped. For me, a really apparent increase in positive outlook was the most beneficial effect. I take St. John's Wort, and this product seems to enhance that gravitation toward positivity. Often, I have the physical capacity to tackle a job, I simply lack the drive, or I focus more on the obstacles than the goal.

The tub contains enough mix for 180fl. oz., either 30 6oz. Servings (made with 1 scoop of mix), 15 12oz. Servings (2 scoops), or some mathematical function that looks like 6x = y, where x is the number of scoops and y is the water in fl. oz., then dividing 180 by y to determine the number of servings per container. No matter how you do the math, it's 18 cent per fl. oz. in the recommended solution at $32 per mix barrel.

Energy Junkie's Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula Tropical Punch Review

I like that mixes encourage disrupting the natural archaic flow of products from manufacturer to bottler, to distributor, to store, to you. Powders weigh nothing, and can be sold directly from the manufacturer, with nominal shipping charges. Finally, after a scant 15 or 20 years, embracing direct internet sales and offering a big "up yours" to traditional sales channels, instead of begging for scraps from the distributor/retailer's table. I mean, would you rather buy this for $36 from their website, or pay $45 for it at GNC? What you'd rather pay is $25, which is probably what you could get it for, if there weren't some (somehow legal) price colluding for Gamma Labs not to underprice GNC. Thankfully, you can cut a little further into the BS by buying it for $32 at bodybuilding.com.

Unfortunately, I know companies holding firmly to the retail chains store teats, moving tons of units for the same gross profit they could get selling directly at 30% the volume, with 20% of the skilled labor and a smaller portion still of the hassle. I'm not sure when doing more work and getting a smaller piece of the pie became desirable, strictly to have a higher gross sales number. All that to say, Gamma Labs Pre-Training Formula Tropical Punch is an awesome product, albeit chalky, that's packaged, marketed and distributed like another cow in the herd. Why? Because you won't buy it unless GNC does the service of putting it on the shelf of their overpriced retail space, and for $20 more than you should be paying for it, you can leave with the warmth of knowing a guy making some low-double-digit-percentage over minimum wage assured you it will "Give you good focus, stamina and an intense pump", along with some other jargon you nodded and pretended to understand.

Obviously, this mostly empty tub won't find it's way into C-stores, grocery stores, hardware stores or "adult news" stores. The target market of this product knows where to find it, along with all the other big tubs of things at GNC.

Out of the gate, when you mix this with cold water, it's pretty chalky. After about 5 minutes, a lot of powder will settle to the bottom. If I stir it up again, it's less chalky. It looks like most people "in-the-know", perhaps including Kiana Phi, who Jason has a high school crush on, are using the blenderbottles, which have the patented blenderball in them. You may have better results with this contraption.

Other than the mild chalkiness, the taste is pretty good. I enjoy it enough to hardly even care about the chalky texture, particularly if I keep stirring it. If you don't keep stirring it, you're greeted with a pretty sandy bottom of mix when you reach the last couple of oz.

I felt awake, alert, focused and energized. I experienced everything the product claims, in reasonable proportions. Now, I'm no supplement expert, but I'd recommend this product to anyone not pregnant, or nursing, who is over the age of 18, who has consulted a physician, and is looking for SERIOUS PUMPS!.