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Rachel Wade
Beverly International

Hi Rachel, I'm a graduate student in Louisville looking for advise on which sup's to take for hardness and that lean look. I'm not a competitor by any means, I take care of myself and love the gym. I've been taking Beverly for 8 years now and with all the new sup's out there I'm not sure which to take as staples. I've always taken mass and have recently taken 7-keto(awesome) and energy. Anything else you would have me absolutely take? Thanks

Shane

Hi Shane.

You know, of course, that the first factor in hardness/leanness is a high quality diet that’s in line with your current goals (a great article for calculating a diet is http://www.bodymusclejournal.com/vol09/ez_diet.html).

You have some great products already. Assuming that your diet is in line with your goals, I would recommend that you try adding some Density, Muscularity and Ultra 40. An awesome muscle hardening stack would be:

4-6 Density first thing in the am, 4-6 before workouts and a couple between meals
3-5 Ultra 40 with each meal
3-4 Muscularity with each meal

*Quantities depending on your weight.

Question:

Why not put Super-Pak into capsule/softgels? I'd rather swallow twice as many caps and pay twice as much than choke down the horse tablets!

Thanks Rachel! Yes diet is always important and well thought out. I'll try adding some of the suggested supplements, I wish money grew on trees so I could take all of those...not likely though!

Shane

With budget as a concern, I would start with Ultra 40 becuase it will last the longest and is a great combo with your Mass.

Next, if there's room left in the budget I would add Density and then Muscularity.

Hi RachelJ,

As you mentioned, there would be many more gel caps and pills overall in the Super Pak if we made it all gel caps – lots more. And I understand your concern but most people do not want to take twice as many pills even if they’re gel caps as you mentioned.

But that’s not why it’s a combo of tablets, caplets and gel caps. The main reason (there are lots of them) is that each vitamin, mineral or cofactor is in its best form. And gel caps are not the best form for everything. Some are most efficiently manufactured and utilized in capsule from, some in tablets. And the Super Pak is not put together from commodities – each ingredient is derived from the best possible source and form available for that item. All gel cap vitamins would be a fraction of the potency of the Super Pak. Just like our Ultra C vs Lean Out vs EFA Gold for example – the best form of manufacture (what’s possible to deliver our level of potency), delivery and efficacy varies depending on what ingredient(s) you are talking about – just like it does in nature. All foods don’t come in the same form and neither do supplements.

Hopefully this gives you some clarity.

I totally understand that...and maybe I should have mentioned CAPSULES -not softgels.

I am tempted to grind the tabets down into a powder and put them into a capsule... you can buy them in bulk for cheap.

Still the same form...just in an easy to swallow case.

Does anyone know why the mass amino container says no sodium but the nutrition facts show it has sodium?

Hey gettinripped513 -

There is no sodium added to the Mass Aminos. The sodium listed in the Supplement Facts is what's naturally occuring in the product ingredients.

I can see how that would be confusing. Thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. We will make a change on our next label printing.

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Originally posted by Rachel:
Hey gettinripped513 -

There is no sodium added to the Mass Aminos. The sodium listed in the Supplement Facts is what's naturally occuring in the product ingredients.

I can see how that would be confusing. Thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. We will make a change on our next label printing.

Thanks for the response I have been using the product for 2 years now and always had that question.

The new Uplift product looks interesting. This definitely fills a gap in the industry. It has all of the productive ingredients minus the heavy stims that give me the shakes and keep me up at night. Long term use of those products can't be good for your (my) nervous system.
I'm curious though why Bev is seemingly making a point by saying, "No creatine" in the list of features?
Thanks

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Please explain exactly what Uplift is and what it does, when to take, etc.

You can read more about Up-Lift on the main page, here's the link: http://www.beverlyinternational.com/products/up-lift.html
Not including Creatine is a benefit to those who do not want to take creatine such as those who need to drop weight for a weight class, females who want weightloss along with fatloss etc.
If we put it in there, you're stuck with it. For those who want to use creatine we have Creatine Select. This is more versatile letting you load it or not load it or even choose whether you use it or not.

Hi Steven, how many grams of carbs does Up-lift contain per serving? I don't believe it was mentioned in the product profile.

Thank you!

No carbs, it's calorie free.

Thanks for the reply Steven. The reason I asked was I noticed that there is about 13-14 grams of product, yet serving size says 22 grams. I was wondering if the dextrose and malto (which are listed in the ingredients) adds 8-9 grams to complete the 22 grams. I realize it's not much, but I usually count everything, including calories from fiber.

Thanks again...

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Originally posted by Aram:
Thanks for the reply Steven. The reason I asked was I noticed that there is about 13-14 grams of product, yet serving size says 22 grams. I was wondering if the dextrose and malto (which are listed in the ingredients) adds 8-9 grams to complete the 22 grams. I realize it's not much, but I usually count everything, including calories from fiber.

Thanks again...

great minds think alike I just answered an email from one of my clients regarding this very thing. I wanted to see what it added before adding it to a precontest diet.

So there are no calories or carbs, thats a huge plus. I dabble with pre workout supps from time to time but they all add about 12-15 carbs fine for offseason but i always have to drop them come contest time as Id rather eat 15 extra carb grams in oats or whatnot instead of malto.

Thanks!

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Originally posted by RachelJ:
I totally understand that...and maybe I should have mentioned CAPSULES -not softgels.

I am tempted to grind the tabets down into a powder and put them into a capsule... you can buy them in bulk for cheap.

Still the same form...just in an easy to swallow case.

-What would you grind them down with? Blender/coffee grinder? I would like to do that with MS. Is it a hassle to do this and fill the capsules?

The main things you want to focus on when considering Up-Lift are:

1) Does it produce results? and
2) Can you take it/handle the taste?

The product contains about 15 gms of free form aminos, so covering the taste of the aminos was a real task (we’ve been working hard on that for about a year). The aminos will provide some calories themselves (4 cals per g), but those calories are going to increase gluconeogenesis – increase metabolism – so they will work out to be in the negative in the end.

Then there are about 3 gms of phosphates and the remaining approx. 4 gms makes up the rest of the ingredients - flavorings to make the product palatable. There is less than 1 carb in these ingredients, not enough to really affect the nutrient profile. These ingredients may add 2-3 calories.

The product is awesome; we’ve all had great results with it in testing here at the Bev HQ. The taste is a little strong at first, but then mellows out. So, that is something to consider before purchasing the product.