I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
Luscious Peach
I figured this would taste pretty good in milk, and I was right. Sure it’s still that artificial flavoring type of peach, but I really dug it.
This might be running #2 behind the Dutch Chocolate Fudge.
I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
Banana Bash
Bash is right… this flavor hits you pretty hard. It’s a very intense banana flavoring, like an intense Banana Now and Later candy. Not bad, but a little overwhelming for me.
Just like on Tuesday, no sled drags today. *sigh*
My ankle feels better, but beating it up now wouldn’t be productive.
I’m hoping to get back on it next week, but I won’t rush it.
I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Hrm.
It was kinda novel… you generally do have your PB&J with milk, so here it all was in one drink. And yes, you tasted artificial peanut butter flavor mixed with artificial (grape) jelly flavor. Yes, it mixed to a purple color.
Oo.. just had a little aftertaste burp as I wrote this. And um….
Well, it’s not gross. It is novel. It’s kinda like the Concord Grape Juice, but with peanut butter. And while I was ok with the Concord Grape Juice, something about this, not so much. But in a way, I could see wanting to drink it again merely to say I’m drinking my PB&J. 🙂
I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
Orange Juice Indulgence.
I was skeptical. The notion of OJ and Milk together didn’t seem like it’d be all that good. Well… maybe the case if it tasted like real orange juice, but it doesn’t. 🙂 If anything, it gave me the impression of orange sherbet, which wasn’t too bad a deal.
I’ve only a few flavor packets left, and I’m forming my opinion and course of action. Won’t make a determination until I’m done tho.
I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
Key Lime Pie.
This was… interesting. It tasted like every bit of the pie, including a hint of a graham cracker crust. It was a little weird, but it was alright.
I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
Lemon Meringue Pie
Dear God No. 😯
Mixed this with milk. I don’t know if this is the flavor. I don’t know if it was just me. Maybe I got a fluke packet. Or maybe it does suck that bad. But this was just repulsive… and the after-taste lingered, which made it worse.
That really surprises me because while I may not care for some of the flavors, none have given any indication of being just flat out gross. And I can’t imagine they’d market something flat out gross. So I have to figure there’s a fluke in here somewhere, but alas having only 1 packet there’s no real way I can tell for sure. If they want to send me another packet, I’d be happy to try it out. But I admit, I’m in no great rush to spend my money again to find out. There are 37 other flavors I can choose from…life will go on for me if I never have this again. 🙂
And now day 2 of starting cycle 12 over again.
“Week 1”
For some reason today I was all about speed and explosive power. When I was doing my deadlifts, and especially when I was doing my Presses, I was just going fast… just exploding and moving the weight with as much speed as I could. Not sure why I did that, but I did. I think with Press it hit because the music blaring on the stereo was awesome. 🙂 But I cranked it hard and really dug it. I’m fine-tuning my Press technique, especially that whole issue with how I get a little dizzy when unracking and setting up for the first press.
On the pulldown abs… while I like the exercise, I don’t like the side-effects. The rope handles kill my hands and neck. Gym owner and I were talking and he had me try another variation… the type where you kneel on the floor, and using a single handle (like you would for cable crossovers) grabbing it like it’s a horn coming out of your unicorn forehead. I did it for one set, but the weight was too light, but I’m going to give it a try. It seems it’ll have its own suck, but hey… no harm in trying it and seeing.
And you can see my assistance reps dropped. Not sure why. My guesses are either 1. how I tore up the palm heel of my right hand some days ago, and the bruising and scabbing over really hurt when I put pressure on it, 2. from all the explosive main lifts, I was just pooped. No matter. I still worked hard, regardless of the actual numbers.
OH, and on deadlift. While it seems to make some more sense to pronate my left and supinate my right, that just is NOT working for me. I’m getting some sort of deposit on the inside palm “knuckle” of my right middle finger, and this just puts pressure on it. Plus I notice much more desire to “curl” the bar in this position. When I got to rep 5 on the last set I switched my grip and it felt a lot better… I lost my groove, but I think supinating my left and pronating my right is the better way. It was good to experiment, now I know for certain.
I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
Kiwi Strawberry
What hit me the most here was wondering where the kiwi flavor was. I was looking for that tart banana-like flavor, and didn’t find it. It just tasted like strawberry. Maybe it was more subtle? Maybe if I had this more side-by-side to a “pure strawberry” flavor I could find it? It wasn’t bad at all, don’t get me wrong, but I just couldn’t find the kiwi flavoring.
I bought the TrueNutrition.com 38 Flavor sample pack.
French Vanilla Cream.
It was… fine. I drank this one in water and all I can remember was feeling kinda neutral about it. But it’s about as close to “plain vanilla” as they offer both literally and figuratively.
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