Tried Muscletech Neurocore today, having gone through a tub of Superpump last month, I decided to try this as I've read quite a large number of positive reviews. Plus it's actually really good value at £23 for 50 servings. Can't complain at that
Taste - Ok so it's advertised at fruit punch, and I actually had Fruit Punch in Superpump too so it's a great chance for a comparison. Flavour wise, it does taste like fruit punch, it's almost identical initially in taste to Superpump, however, it has a slightly different aftertaste. It's interesting, whilst certainly not unpleasant, it's certainly an unusual flavour. But it's definitely something that I will enjoy taking daily. This was with two scoops, I'm interested to see what three will taste like, if the concentration makes it too sweet
Energy - Now, I have quite a high tolerance for these things, more often than not, I feel next to nothing. Jack3d was the last thing that really made me buzz. However, two scoops of this, and I was positively buzzing. It was crazy. I had that feeling in my stomach on the way to the gym, that you get when you're about to go on an insane roller coaster for the first time.
A sense of being eager to get in there. It was chest and triceps day so I start off with my normal incline bench press, and straight away you notice that it just gives you that edge you might not normally have on that first exercise. I'm not going to lie and say I had tunnel vision and was like a raging gorilla, as I don't believe any of these supps do this and it makes me cringe when people claim these sorts of things, but it did genuinely make me feel like, "30 seconds is too long to rest, I wanna get this set done now!". I felt like that first time you have a strong coffee when you're younger, like you just can't stay still. Even in between sets, I was on my feet pacing and just eager to go. It was quite bizarre. Also, something I noticed was that you just feel a bit more "with it", hard to explain what I mean, but you almost feel like you're high on adrenaline in some respects, like you're just fully alert and on your toes
And even by the end of the workout, that energy is still there, it does taper off, but that could be my tolerance, but it was certainly a noticeable improvement to before.
Pump - Ok, this is where I was extremely impressed. I like to do a lot of drop sets, so I'm used to getting a decent pump, but today my chest felt like it was huge. I like to tense the muscles in between sets to keep that blood flowing through them, and when doing that, it was almost uncomfortable to do so the pump was so intense. And it felt great too, and it almost gives you a boost in itself because you just feel like you want it to keep getting bigger and bigger. I didn't really notice any improvement in vascularity, but then the pump alone was good enough for me not to worry about that
Come Down - There was none, unless I'm still feeling the effects which I highly doubt, then there was no noticeable come down. I didn't get the shakes like you do with some other supplements, and I didn't suddenly feel lethargic. So that was another plus point for me
The other major plus point for me, is it didn't make me feel like I need to spend the entire day on the toilet. Which is extremely rare for pre workout supplements. I didn't feel anything. Any usually I'm pretty sensitive to magnesium and the like.
Overall, I'm hugely impressed with this, it does seem to live up to the hype and the reviews I've read. And it's certainly well worth the money I paid, and more. Just hope I don't build an immunity to this as quickly as I do most
