
Having used
AfterGlow on and off for about a year I've decided to review it. The first time I bought this was at a local
GNC. The fact that I know the owner gets me some good deals every now and then (when he's there). And he has made some good recommendations except this time. He literally put this in my hands and tried to shove me out the door. Fine... I took it and tried it. Looking back now I can honestly say that there is no justifying the price for this product. Not even the fact that it contains 800mg of Phosphatydelserine per serving can be worth this much. You can get 500mg pills of "Phospha" from the
Vitamin Shoppe. Results?...sorry but
AfterGlow did not work for me. I was actually still sore for days (3 or more days is too much) after my workouts and I was also wiped out. My workouts are pretty intense and even the amount of carbs (which do give you a little kick but not enough)it has didn't help. Usually my heaviest day is Saturday and I would end up sleeping the afternoon away because I was so tired. I would just wake up and eat then go back to sleep. Although, when I woke up at around 5 or 6 I felt like a
Monster but it meant my whole day was gone and how I felt had to be the rest that I got. The taste was unbelievable. I rated it 7 Overall just because of the taste. I got the Bazooka Fruit and man was I surprised. It tastes sort of like and old school candy called Now & Later. (Only an old sugar junkie would know these candies) The recommended amount of water is 12 to 16oz but I was using 20oz because of the ridiculous clumping. Don't get me wrong as a recovering "sugar-holic" those clumps brought back memories of Sweettarts, GrapeApes and the afore mentioned Now & Laters. An experience so sweet it would make your eyes cross and your lips pucker as if you just sucked on a lemon. (yeah... it's that good)There are absolutely no sides other then wanting more. Seriously, they should have marketed this under Willy Wonka's Musclebound Oompa Loompa Juice. While I was using
AfterGlow all I had in supplements were
100% Whey (EAS)
multivitamin (
GNC) and a Vitamin C complex (
Vitamin Shoppe). I work out 3 days a week which is why I have such heavy workouts and I really would like to fully recover before I get back in the Gym. If I can't recover with rest than I would like a supplement or supplements to aid in my
recovery. After using other products and also mixing and matching supplements together I have come to realize that we don't have to be constrained to one "do-it-all" supplement. For the price of
AfterGlow you can get a good mix of pills and powder that will go above and beyond what
AfterGlow can do. This website has smart guys and smart weightlifters that I have acutally taken advice from and made up a post workout mix to my liking and guess what... it works. Soreness is about 2 days max... But I digress... if you have the money for
AfterGlow and you're curious? I say go for it but if you have the money and you want results then do a little research and you can come up with a postworkout that will do the job. And if you just want to take a sweet ride to candyland...
AfterGlow is the one to have. Or you can try to find Pixy Sticks empty one into your mouth and that's
AfterGlow (although ridiculously cheaper)...
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- Clumps A Lot (not Really A Con. For Me)
- Tastes Great
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