First and foremost, big thanks to Grambo and everyone over at Purus Labs for letting me try out their new Fresh Fruit flavored Muscle Marinade and D-Pol. I had an absolute blast logging these products, and I am beyond happy that I finally got to try the fabled Muscle Marinade.

I can honestly say this is my new favorite pre workout drink, and I've had more than my fair share.

I'm going to attack this review from a slightly different angle than normal, so bear with me. I'll go with a bit of stream of conscious with a summary at the end. Here goes.

First of all, I love Purus' approach to their supplements. The more I read, the more I admire their intentions to only include proven, research-backed ingredients in their supplements. If I started a company, I'd do the same thing. Throw in the fact that all of their containers look badass, and most of their products are priced competitively, there really is nothing to point out as a negative about the company itself.

Speaking of price, after a quick look on the interwebz and it can be found for anywhere from $25 to $40 per tub. At 27 servings, that's $1.08 to $1.48 per workout, which is pretty legit, especially for what you're paying for. Not the best, and I actually paid $free.99 for it, but I'd grab this again if it stays in that price range.

I mentioned the 27 servings, but this is a TRUE 27 servings, no double or triple dosing here like most pres available today. To me, this is awesome and makes things very convenient, not to mention how cool it is to finally find a product that WORKS on a stim junkie like me at 1 scoop.

As far as taste goes, I have to be fair and say that I can't exactly comment on the Fresh Fruit flavor by itself. Reason being is because I wanted an added pump to go along with the great energy/strength/focus that comes with the MM, so I added pure Agmatine to the mix. For anyone who's taken the pure stuff, you know how dry and tart it can make even the best things taste. FWIW it smelled incredible, and it didn't taste bad at all even with the added Agmatine. I'd venture to say it would have a pleasant taste on its own because it definitely wasn't overpowering or fake tasting, but I want to try it at least one my time to firmly comment on taste.

What I can firmly comment on is the EFFECTIVENESS of this stuff. Good lord this stuff kicks ass! I'm sure by now the majority of you know what's in MM, but for a short recap: 0 calories/carbs, creatine, beta alanine, aminos, electrolytes, caffeine, and a gamut of others, ALL at effective dosages. Again, love the theory here: a lot of what works, none of what doesn't. For that reason, they left out arginine. FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS! For this same reason, MM doesn't give much (if any) of a pump, but it's not formulated to. This can be a possible drawback if you seek a solid pump, but can be easily combated with a nitrate like D-Pol or an additional pump product to add to the MM like I did with Agmatine.

Listen, I don't give anything 10's in terms of effectiveness, at least anymore now that I have become accustomed to what I should expect from natural supplements. But I was tempted to give this a 10 for effectiveness. Point blank, THE best focus and energy I've had in the gym, and this was day in and day out. The only set back was a short period of 3 or 4 days where my body was adjusting to the 1,3-di in the formula, so I felt kind of crappy after working out (similar to an energy drink crash feeling). But you better believe the days before and following this short period my focus was razor sharp. It was just me and the iron, nothing ever crept in and broke my concentration. I felt the best mind-muscle connection with this stuff due to the great focus. The ironic thing was that because it provided such good attention to detail via the enhanced focus, I got a great pump due to how I was focusing on contracting at the top of each rep. You feel like a robot on MM, in a good way.

Other notable benefits: increased strength, stamina, and endurance. Nothing bananas, your bench max won't go up 50 lbs with one scoop. But the energy will make you want to attack the weights non-stop, and the ingredients in MM allow you to keep pushing at higher weights for longer. Don't believe me? Just take one scoop and look at your shirt 7 sets into your workout and tell me if it isn't drenched with sweat. With MM you're able to keep the intensity way up for longer, allowing for steady strength gains throughout the whole cycle. I don't think a single workout passed while using MM where I didn't increase either reps or weight on multiple sets.

I am very stim tolerant, but like I said, 1 scoop always did the trick for me. Never made me nervous or made my heart race either, which is an obvious plus. The only possible drawback I can find with MM is the lack of pump ingredients in the blend. But that can be easily fixed with a nitrate, pure pump product to add to the MM, or just by utilizing the incredible focus this gives you to your advantage to create a pump via a more intense, focused workout.

Looking at the cons listed, I don't agree with any. Bad taste? No. No Pumps? Addressed that. Hard to stay hydrated? Not at all if you know how to operate a water fountain, and it has electrolytes in the blend to aid that. Stomach feels weird? Never happened. Heavy Crash? Only a couple times. More sweat? How is that a con??? And build tolerance quickly? Not at all, I never got tolerant to this over the 4 glorious weeks of using MM.

In summation:
Taste: N/A until further notice (preliminary: 8)
Value: 8
Profile: 9
Effectiveness: 9.5
Side Effects: 2 (lower = better, 0 = best)

As you can see, I have a really hard time finding anything wrong with Muscle Marinade, which is why it's my new favorite pre. It overtakes Assault, Jack3d, and anything else in my book. I can't wait to run it again. I just really hope they don't reformulate it too drastically now that geranium is banned by the FDA because I do believe Purus uses geranium in Muscle Marinade. But you can be sure I will be picking MM up time and time again, you should too.

I'm Joe Flaherty, founder of this review. You're gunna like the way this works, I guarantee it.

First things first, thanks to the Purus Labs reps, specifically Grambo. Not paying for stuff rocks. I was selected to log my experiences with the D-Pol/Muscle Marinade Stack along with a few others, & I was more than happy to give the two products a try.

To put it plainly, I’ve found my new favourite pre-workout supplement & I don’t see it being replaced anytime soon.

Muscle Marinade is one of the few supplements I’ve been meaning to try for the longest time now, really ever since I became active on this site I believe. It started with a rather glowing review from Steelfan10, and some more high praise from other members. Needless to say, I had some very high expectations for Muscle Marinade. I feel safe in saying it not only met those expectations but also exceeded them to a degree.

Profile: A
-It’s a rather basic profile IMO, but still a good one. I would like to put it side-by-side with another similar product, but unfortunately most (if not all) of the others have prop blends. Muscle Marinade does not, which I found rather refreshing as I could plainly see what goes into Muscle Marinade. The profile is rounded out by your usual suspects, but stim heavy as most have noted in their reviews.

Mixability: C+
-Muscle Marinade gets low marks here IMO. Note, I always used a blender bottle.
It mixes up well enough, but there would consistently be a collection of powder at the bottom that wouldn’t dissolve. It would then find its way into each drink in the form of “grit”, and collect on the lip of the shaker cup. Kind of disappointing, but not a deterrent to buying the product. At the most it just got annoying.

Taste: B
-I received the “Fresh Fruit” flavour, the reformulated version. In other words, it didn’t smell like dead rats in the tub. I was kind of looking forward to that lol, no joke.
Anyways, it’s by far not the worst tasting supplement I’ve ever taken. It actually had a decent fruity flavour. Not overly sweet, not bitter at all, and extremely drinkable (minus the mixability issues). It doesn’t, however, stand up to Super Pump MAX. It’s still better than most out there today IMO.

Effectiveness: A+
-This is where Muscle Marinade earns all its praise. I typically used Muscle Marinade first thing in the morning (5:30AM-6:00AM weekdays, 8:00AM Sundays) when I lifted, and in the evenings around 6:30PM Thursdays for Martial Arts. It’s important to note I do not lift on Thursdays. I typically follow a 5/3/1 power lifting routine, mixed with the Finnish Deadlift Program.
Energy is downright awesome. On one scoop, you can literally go for hours in the gym & still feel like you got more in you. At times it was just downright unreal how much energy I had, and I would often find myself scratching my head looking for stuff to do. It wasn’t uncommon for workouts to start around 8:30AM & end well past 11:00AM. For Martial Arts I found myself moving faster, striking harder, & just plain performing at another level. The sessions would start hard & fast & pretty much sustain that pace for 1.5-2hrs depending on what we were doing.
Focus was rather unreal too IMO. Concerning the time issue, I would find myself so “in” to my workout that you simply loose track of time…and space. My gym has a rather odd setup, but I digress. Smashing through sticking points wasn’t very hard when using Muscle Marinade, and I set several PRs as a result.
I did hurt my back pretty good a week or so before starting Muscle Marinade, so I couldn’t test my deadlift or squat while using this. So, those numbers stand pat at 525 on deadlift and 420 on squat. I did make decent strides in bench, going from 280 to 290 for a 1RM. I also smashed a serious plateau on military press, topping out at 235for 2 reps, which works out to roughly a 245 1RM. I also set a PR of 230 for 4 reps yesterday (3/30/2012). Decent gains on what lifts I was able to test, but progress is progress.
I won’t comment on pumps since I was also stacking D-Pol with this. So, that being said it’s hard to gauge just how good the pumps were. It should be noted though that I did get ridiculous pumps at times with this stack.

Side Effects: A (minimal to no sides)
-No crash that I experienced and it didn’t affect my sleep much if at all even, at 2 scoops & when I took it on Thursdays.
One thing that did happen, & it usually does with pre-workouts, is I sweat A LOT. I leave little oceans wherever I go. Also, it kind of helped with bowl movements, especially when I took it first thing in the morning. I just eventually accepted this occurrence as a warm up of sorts.

Value: A
-When you find something that works for you, value jumps up no matter the price IMO. That being said, I would still pay the some $40 Vitamin Shoppe wants to charge me. For kicks I’ve looked up the price at the following retailers:
NutraPlanet.com: $39.99
Lockout Supplements: $29.99
ProHormoneForum.com (store): $35.99
IllPumpYouUp.com: $30.95
Vitamin Shoppe: $42.99
I would pay for anyone of those prices now, but at Lockout & Ill Pump You Up it’s darn good buy IMO. At 27 single scoop servings it’s fairly priced for the output you get.

Overall: A+
-Like I said earlier, this is my new favourite pre-workout supplement. It just about knocks the socks off every other pre-workout I’ve taken to this point. It tastes good, goes down alright, is priced fair, & just works like nothing else.
I highly suggest giving this product a try in the least.

This is part two of my Purus Labs reviews. This will cover the preworkout formula Muscle Marinade. Purus Labs took the supplement industry by storm with D-Pol and Muscle Marinade, I'll say that right off the bat and I would like to thank Grambo and Purus Labs
for giving me the opportunity to log and review these great products.

-------------Effectiveness (9.5/10)----------

I have a lot of admiration for a high-intensity preworkout that doesn't tweak you out and that is what Muscle Marinade is. This product gave me energy to spare during my workouts, but it wasn't a bad stim feeling at all. I don't feel like my BP was crazy out of
control, it just intensified my workouts and allowed me to go through my routine faster and with shorter breaks in between sets. Also, I never had to increase the doseage past the one scoop, so my tolerance for
this product didn't seem to increase too much while taking this product.

As far as focus or pump goes, some of the time I was taking other products with this that provided me with focus and pumps, but with this product by itself, I could not determine if I was getting any pumps or extra focus from this product alone. The Speed Extreme I had been taking was amazing for focus, so when I wasn't taking it while I was taking MM my focus levels weren't as high.

--------------Taste (7/10)------------------

I agree with everyone else that taste is one of the least important aspects of any supplement (besides protein shakes). However, with that being said MOST of the preworkouts I have tried have tasted as good or better than this. The Fresh Fruit flavor did grow on me and it wasn't gross in any way, it just didn't strike me as something I thought was exceptionally good.
But at the same time why don't you try original N.O. Explode, once you try to choke that down you will drink Fresh Fruit like
its the nectar of the gods.

---------------Price (7/10)------------------

This product comes in 27 serving tubs. A 27 serving tub will last me approximately 6 weeks because I workout between 4-5 times per week. You can typically find this for between 30-35 dollars a tub pretty easily. Thats between 1.10-1.30 per serving. This is a bit above the industry average for a preworkout. Typically, you can get 30 servings for about 30 bucks. Its a slightly more costly preworkout, but I think that the effectiveness makes it entirely worthwhile.

---------------Overall (9/10)----------------

I think that the price and flavor are important aspects of grading, but the effectiveness is so much more important of an aspect that I can't justify just averaging the gradings for an overall total. Instead, I feel that for this product that the effectiveness is so pronounced that I can't help but give this product a solid 9 rating overall.

Muscle Marinade. I have always wanted to try this product since my boy SteelFan labeled it the king of all pre workouts. Many thanks to Purus Labs for provided a sample tub for me and some of the other folks on the site.

How i ran it: 1 scoop 20 minutes prior to workout on an empty stomach. Nothing stacked with it preworkout or intra workout (other than water).

My Routine: As many of you know my routines are based on supersets, dropsets and monstersets. Many mass to shred supersets are my niche.

Profile: I am not going to list the entire profile, although it has a wide range of ingredients, including Creatine Mono, Beta Alanine, amino acids, electrolytes and the most pronounced inclusion of 300MG of caffeine and 80mg of 1,3 dime. This is a great concept, aminos in pre workout. I have been adding my own for years until some companies had the brilliant idea to add them in themselves.

Effectiveness: With these many stimulants I was worried that a full scoop would be overkill and have potential negative sides. Although I stuck with the plan, 1 scoop pre workout. No significant jitters during the workout were noticed, but it gave you an unreal amount of focus. Not as much energy as I had expected with all the ingredients, but it was solid none the less. The focus is what really sold me on the product, during the workout it felt as if you would lose track of time and be intensely focus on pounding out reps. I also felt myself workout faster, taking shorter breaks (which is odd since I don't rest that often anyway).

I never have had problems getting pumps from my workouts, with or without a pwo. Still had solid pumps with this product. Quite honestly, the pump really doesn't do much for me other than inflate my already large ego. That is primarily the reason I stopped wasting my money on Nitrox II and other type products. My workouts since they are mostly superset will yield a pump just by the sheer volume of work done in the gym.

So as far as effectiveness, this gets a solid 9+. Slightly surprised that it didn't yield as much energy but the focus was where it exceeded expectations. Only crashed one time which could have been due to a host of items, other than MM.

Taste N/A: Taste... Taste... I don't give a damn how it tastes. In my opinion, the worse it tastes the better. At least after drinking this, everything later in the day is only looking up.

Value: At roughly $35 online or $42 at local retailers, this isn't the cheapest but when you factor in 27 servings at 1 scoop each and you will not exceed 1 scoop that is a good value. For comparison, Jack3d and similar items that have 45 servings you would have to use at least 3 scoops to get anywhere near the effectiveness. Not to mention most pwos don't have aminos and significantly higher doses of creatine. Overall solid 9 on the value, the servings on the container are the servings you get. No BS.

Conclusion: I have tried all the mainstream preworkouts on the market with the exception of only a few newer ones. This is by far the king of pre workouts. If you want the best, why not buy the best and stop messing around with upping your dosage from 1 to 2 to 3+ scoops of the other brands.

Bladski seal of approval

Part 2 of of my logging and review stack provided by Grambo and Purus Labs. Muscle Marinade. Thank you again for the opportunity.

In the overwhelming market of Pre WorkOut supplements, it is truely hard to find one that is just right. Some get you wired and leave you hanging, some leave you wondering if your tub went through the kool aid assembly line, and some are filled with so much unnecessary filler that you leave much behind. This is where Muscle Marinade breaks the mold.

I was given the opportunity to log this with D-pol and honestly considered this just a bonus. I had never tried it and wasn't truely expecting all that much. I was wrong. The unassuming energy that this provided on a consistent basis was astounding. Each dose was equally as effective as the last. One scoop "and they mean one scoop" was enough to provide sustained energy through and through.

Dosing: One 19.7g scoop mixed with 12-16oz cold water. Mixes pretty well. Some floaters and grit, but there is a lot going into those 12oz.

Profile 10: Honestly too long to list everything, please see the label if interested. The profile is a key selling point and the basis of the products effectiveness.
Creatine Mono 6g, Betanine Anhydrous 2.5g, Beta Alinine 2g. ( Even at 2g I could feel the paraesthesia)
Fantastic Amino Profile, Stim Profile, Electrolyte and Vasolidation profile.

Taste: 7 Fresh Fruit. The taste was OK. Tolerable and easy enough to put down. Taste is certainly not the most important aspect to a pre work out supplement, but considering the profile and all that's in it, it works.

Effectiveness 10: As stated before constant, sustained, clean energy through and through. The beta tingle was a welcome sign of the purity of the product. Best part, no crash. Not once which is unusual for such a stim heavy product.

Value 9: You can purchase this for around 30$ which is around a dollar a serving at 27 servings. Going rate for a solid pre, which really only requires one serving and not three. 27 servings is an odd number and I would purchase a larger tub if possible.

Overall 9: Again Purus delivers. I have great faith in this company after my trial run and am anxious to try more of there product line. Muscle Marinade will replace my current favorite pre work out supplements unless cycling off creatine. Get your hands on a sample or take my suggestion and fry's full tub. You won't be dissapointed.

Ok so it is time for me to give the review of this amazing product.

First of all I have to say that Muscle Marinade has to be the best PWO supplement on the market, it has absolutely everything you need to perform better in the gym: creatine, aminos, energizers

EFFECTIVENESS: this pwo simply works, and it gives you a ridiculous amount of energy that last hours after the gym. You definitely feel the improvement in your endurance and focus in the gym. The beta-alanine tingles is freaking crazy too; you feel you are being hit with hot needles all over your body and for some reason when I was stretching it felt exactly on the muscle part I was stretching.

TASTE: So it does smell like dry vomit when you open it. I had the grape flavor, but the actual taste of it is pretty good. Just like kool aid, but if you are not into very sweet stuff mix it with at least 10oz of water, because it is very sweet.

MIXABILITY: it mixes very well for the amount of ingredients that it has, sometimes you have small residue at the bottom of the cup, but nothing a lil bit water can handle.

CONS: it does have a crapload of stimulants, 300mg of caffeine!! and sometimes I would crash a couple of hours after it faded away, but that was not common. The amount of caffeine may give you IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) symptoms. I felt like this after a couple of weeks of using. If you think about you are ingesting a crap load of stims everyday with this. Although I did not use the full dosage all the time.

I read online that caffeine affects colon health and it may aggravate IBS or give you a diarrhea

VALUE: 38.95 at ProSource.net, which is not bad because it lasts you more than a month. It has 27 servings, each one a full scoop. I used 1/2 scoop for like 2 weeks.


OTHER BENEFITS:
*my recovery was definitely improve, i would not be that sore after my workouts.
* I was able to lift my heavy sets for more reps. I think it was due to the extreme focus you get from MM.
* I kicks in like 10 mins, which is definitely a plus for me because I workout in the morning... I wake up, get dressed, drink MM and I go.
*I did not need to use the full scoop until the third week. The amount of ingredients it has kinda compliment each other.



OVERALL VIEW: MM is simply a great PWO. It delivers instant energy, tastes good, mixes well and although sometimes I did crash and had a lil bit of stomach discomfort, the products fulfills its promise. I highly recommend this to anybody.

I very rarely review products, but this is a long time in the making.

I have gone through 1 tub of Muscle Marinade, and will probably never go to another pre-workout for as long as I live. Maybe a little sarcasm, but still this is a very straight-forward product.

Obviously as many know, this product smells like manure-infused vomit, but the taste is actually very good. I got the grape juice, and the taste is very strong but pleasant. Dont mix it with any less than 10 oz's of water though in my opinion though, or the taste is far too overwhelming.

The ingredient profile is also excellent. Finally, a pre-workout with some BCAA's, and one with NO PROPRIETARY BLEND. Thats right, you actually know how much of what your getting with this product. Alot of people moan about their not being any vaso-dialators in this product. You guys should probably pull up your pants and be big boys, as the pump is something you can easily supplement. If the reason that your not buying this product is because it doesn't have any vaso-dialators, then your priorities for a pre-workout are in the wrong place.

The ingredient list is also very extensive, and the stim complex is very strong. 300mg's of caffeine, and 80mg's of 1,3. Compare this to other kings of the pre-workout market such as Jacked. First off, we have no clue how much of anything is in there because its a proprietary blend. But by Assaulting other USP Labs reps on other boards, Iv gotten the ballpark estimate that 3 scoops of Jacked is around 150-250mg's of caffeine, and 25-40mg's of 1,3. If we break down the numbers and the servings, A person that uses 3 scoops of Jacked would roughly only have to use half a scoop of Muscle Marinade, now thats value. Plus you get BCAA's and a more extensive profile that you dont get with Jacked.

As for the time in the gym, well its just about amazing. The focus and energy is out of this world, and I pretty much have a "kill everything I see" type of mindset when Im using this product. I only use about 1/2-3/4th's of a scoop, which means this product lasts me about 2-3 months per bottle.

When I first reviewed Jacked, I gave it all 10's and rightfully so, as it is a great product. But if this product could get 11's, it would. Plus theirs alot of pretty cool Purus Labs reps around that will let you test their products if you pm them and get friendly.

Overall, this is really a superb product, and in my opinion, the best pre-workout on the market right now.

Short & Simple, not writing a book over here.
-Great pump.
-Great Energy.
-Generous amounts of Creatine.
BUT
-Don't get grape juice flavor seriously, sh!t made me puke all the time.. just a repulsive taste and smell.
-I usually ignored the flavor and reaped the benefits, so chug it in a low amount of water to get it over with because it really is a good pre. Most pre workouts taste like crap anyway.

Muscle Marinade review, getting my punch on


This is my initial thoughts on Purus Labs new pre-workout supplement Muscle Marinade ( Purus Punch ), this is UNSPONSORED, here is what they have to say about it:


The Pre-Workout category has long riddled with ineffective, underdosed products lacking scientific validation. Companies do zero research yet pump tons of marketing dollars into convincing consumers their product is the best available. Typically, they design lengthy and purposely confusing nutrition panels, haphazardly concoct pixie dust proprietary blends making their cheap formulas, and load half the container with filler attempting to fool consumers into thinking they are getting more.

Consider Muscle Marinade the anomaly. It was systematically forged from science and research by real scientists and athletes, boasting an ensemble of performance enhancing and recovery stimulating ingredients supported by peer reviewed and published human scientific data. Taking it a step further, Muscle Marinade includes the clinically supported effective dosage of each ingredient in every one scoop serving. NO OTHER COMPANY''''S PRODUCT can match these claims. All facets of exercise performance and recovery are addressed withing our formula including increasing high intensity power output and muscular work, boosting mental acuity, enhancing fluid balance and hydration, reducing cortisol and free radical damage, enhancing cellular immunity, and facilitating maximal post exercise protein synthesis.

Marketing does not propel or sustain our products; Efficacy and Results do.




here we go when i first opened the bottle I was filled with an aroma much like kool-aid not sure about you guys but I usually find that most supplements have an off sent as if they are very unnatural so it was somewhat refreshing looking forward to the taste.

of course as Purus reps have discussed already they added a copy of the "white paper" that was really inconvenient, I thought it would be a shorted down version but it was actually pretty thick and held a good amount of the powder in its pages, and was difficult to take out without spilling some of the powder....

now on to the actual supplement....

Mix-ability: 9/10
I was supprised how well it mixed most supplements always leave small chunks but about 99 percent of the powder mixed in relatively easily, I did notice once i let it sit for a couple minutes ( while I put something in my stomach ) it seemed to separate a bit but no big deal

Taste: 10/10
Right on with what the reps were saying, most of the time people pump their *** up and say the taste is probably the best on the market, or the taste is "alright" when in reality it taste like horse ***. This was perfect, definitely could drink this on a long term basis. Right there with Kool-aid or Hawaiian Punch.

Stim Effect: 8/10
Stims were good, I enjoyed it didn't put me in a state where I was overwhelmed, really woke me up and gave me a smooth feeling, which was great because I was dragging ass all day from school.

Pump: 9/10
I felt like I was an Alpha male on this stuff probably walked around the gym like I was mr. cool cause people kept staring at me. Felt so great I probably pushed myself too far. (While I was Benching I wanted to squeeze one more rep out and failed 70 percent of the way with no rep needless to say nobody thought I was an alpha male after that)

Overall: 9/10: I love trying pre-workouts, really fits my life style but ill probably stop at this one for a while, 27 true servings is nice, dosed for a full amount of creatine so will save money on that. Very impressed with all these ingredients I thought it would taste crappy, but leave it to Purus to pull it off, very impressed.

I just finished my first tub of Muscle Marinade by Purus labs. In the past I have taken many pre-workouts including N.O. Xplode, Arnge Krush, Lean Revolution, SSIN Juice, Nitraflex, and 1.M.R. Compared to the others I have taken Muscle Marinade is hands down the best pre-workout, both in terms of actual performance, and value. The ingredient profile is impressive and there are no proprietary blends which I like because it gives you a better idea as to what you are putting into your body.

MIXABILITY: 8/10

I would say that the product mixes fine, some white specs after shaking but I knocked it a few points because it leaves a film-like residue on your shaker that doesn't seem to even come off in the dishwasher, it needs to be scrubbed off.

TASTE: 9/10

I had the Cherry Limeade flavor and it tasted fine, a little sweet for my liking, I preferred the lean revolution style of intake, basically just shooting it with 6oz of water. With MM you need to drink it with about 12oz. Overall still very good for a PWO.

PUMP: 6/10

Muscle Marinade doesn't really have any pump products in it, but I always stacked it with a pump product to get that feeling. It would be nice if Purus put some more effort into pump, but that isn't the most important to me for a PWO.

FOCUS: 10/10

Without a doubt MM gave me the best focus I have ever had at the gym, and this is at the end of a 5 month run of stim loaded PWO's. My average workout length went from 90 minutes to 120 minutes while taking MM. I simply did not want to leave the gym.

ENERGY: 10/10

The energy I got from MM was simply insane. I didn't feel cracked out, but the energy was intense and it worked perfectly with the focus I got. Even after tiring days at work, I would look forward to taking MM because I knew it would get me jacked up to work out hard.

VALUE: 10/10

This is a great product, by a company with a solid, growing reputation. The value is great, you should not take more than 1 scoop, and even a stim junkie like myself was never tempted to take more than 1 scoop. In fact, if you are not very tolerant, or if you are lighter weight you might want to start with 1/2 a scoop. The jug contains 27 scoops so this will last most people 1 month, and it will cost around $35.00.

OVERALL: 9.5/10

This is a great product that I experienced excellent results from. I am currently cycling off of stim based PWO's but I am sure I will return to MM in the future. I recommend this for anyone experienced with prior PWO's, but it might not be for first time users. Also I ate a small snack about 10 minutes before taking MM every night because I found it would upset my stomach if it was totally empty.