Product Review: Prime by USP Labs

This testosterone booster contains the ingredients of Tribulus Aquaticus and Terminalia Chebula, the first of which is a natural test booster (variant of Tribulus, with the less effective Terristris form being more common), and the second is an adaptagen that exerts a hormanal balancing configuration on the body that excites the central nervous system for CNS stimulation. Based on the factual information of these substances, the product appears to be highly effective in its category when compared to competitor options. But, the problem here concerns the way its benefits are communicated. Even though its packaging boast strength gains, the implication is that this can be ignored or bypassed in favor of size gains. Although, the product does not make that claim explicitly, the intense focus on size, without the pre-cautionary reminder or requisite of strength will lead to less than optimal understanding necessary to attain maximum benefit. Users of this product should concentrate on incremental increases in strength and faster recovery, as these are the core experiential determinants or indicators of contractile muscle protein creation. Applied strength generates greater anabolic signalling, which can only occur in environments of successful recovery.

Users who attempt to use this product in low intensity environments without cycling will get substandard results compared to those users who strategicly target its use in a high intensity spectrum of compound movements in resistance training. Another contention that reinforces this notion is that it is suspected that the product facilitates anabolism through an anti-catabolic pathway cancelling out the effects of cortisol on some significant level. If this is true, then as good as this product is, its effects can be scaled upward for even better results. A good stack would be Prime + Anabolic Pump with meals, while using HMB + CISSUS with other meals and before/after training. ZMA should be taken before bedtime: It is also inferred that ZMA may amplify the adaptagen effects of Prime, since it rebalances hormonal configuration, during sleep. Remember to focus on strength and recovery, which always predate gains in size.


Recommended Product(s):


Prime by USP Labs - Taken with meals
Anabolic PUMP - Taken with meals

CISSUS - Taken before training + meals
HMB - Taken before/after training + meals

ZMA formula - Taken 30-60 minutes before sleep

Fat Loss and Lean Mass Retention

Protecting the amino acid pool should be the first priority, before any fat loss consideration is implemented. Whenever the body raids the amino acid pool, it opens the cell membrane to pull out and break apart the amino constituents from their carboxyl group components. Subsequently the hydro-carbons are extracted for glucose conversion. The branch chain structrure of BCAAs allows them to effectively bypass the liver and saturate the bloodstream, thus acting as a diversion mechanism supplying the body with its own hydro-carbons for conversion. Internally, the raid on the cell's amino acid pool is sufficiently avoided. But it gets better. If one adds HMB to the mix, then the cell membrane becomes reinforced over time, facilitating increased protection and higher concentrations of the existing amino acid pool. Increased strength and faster recovery are the key signposts of effectiveness. In addition this reinforcement is done through transferring LDL cholesterol from the cardiac system to be used in reinforcing myocyte structures.

Ephedrine is highly anti-catabolic, believe it or not. It as an overall B-receptor agonist targets fat cells and protects muscle cells so well that lean mass retention is higher when employing its use, even outside the traditional ECA stack with caffiene and aspirin. Anabolic Xtreme has a pro-hormone enhancing product named Hyperdrol, which was best suited in this situation as a fat-burning anti-catabolic laced with the anti-cortisol mechanisms of CISSUS Quadriangularis. In sum, build a fat-burning anti-catabolic stack around HMB, BCAAs, copious amounts of Glutamine, and Ephedrine with the ECA stack as a strategic option to retain the greatest amount of lean mass, during periods of fat loss.


Recommended Product(s):


HMB
Deluxe BCAA
Lipodrene with Ephedra