About a month ago, I posted that I was testing Nitrean and Opticen. It is now one week past my competition, and I can honestly say that these products have helped tremendously.
Number one, is that both can be mixed in water easily and still taste good! Number two, if I don’t have time for a meal immediately following a workout, I’ll use the Opticen (2 scoops mixed with 16-20 ounces of water). This is obviously not ideal {real food is always better} but when I’m rushing, I’m happy with the Opticen. Additionally it does seem to help with muscle soreness significantly! With the exception of one very recent workout {of like 90 back squats at 95 pounds}, I have been a heck of a lot less sore! Finally, I’ve had one huge PR in the last month! My Dead Lift PR went from 185 to 210!!
The one product that didn’t work for me was the ETS supplement, although, I’ve read that magnesium and zinc would help with muscle soreness, I found for my body, the dosage may have been too much for my small woman’s frame or something…I just didn’t like how bad I smelled after taking it for a few days–even after I reduced the dose by half, I still smelled horrendous post workout. That’s not to say that it was the product, but, once I stopped taking it, I did stop smelling like a dump truck.
So far, these products {Nitrean and Opticen} are working for me and I’ll continue to repurchase.
You can read more about the products here.
P.S. Opticen and ETS were given to me for the purposes of review. I am stating my honest opinion and nobody is paying me for this review.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Joe Hrdlicka // Aug 24, 2010 at 1:28 am
It’s always good to hear which brands of products are working for others. Thanks!
2 Ray Chris // Sep 26, 2010 at 12:52 pm
I’ve been looking for a good set of mixes that aren’t just good for men, but great for women as well. I started looking at Nitrean and Opticen after I read about them in Women’s Health, but your review has really pushed me to make the order. I’m not up to CrossFit level, but I’m looking forward to seeing if they work for me as well. Thanks so much for your blog. Good luck in your competitions!
- Rachel
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