Note: The stresses of work and scheduling time to be by myself at the house in order to film my final review kept getting pushed back further and further and instead of making you guys (and gals) wait in the dark I decided to just take a look at my notes and write it out here instead. I WILL get around to doing a video but I was tired of making you guys wait. My apologies. Coz that ain’t mah style yo!
THE GOOD
Let’s start off with what everyone wants to know right off the bat: is this fat burner legit? The too-long-didn’t-read answer: YES. The well thought out answer: Although Ripped Cocktail does show promise in the realm of fat burning supplements, it is this loggers opinion that Ripped Cocktail would best be used in combination with other fat burners that target different pathways other than RC, or ones that further enhance upon what RC is good at. Lecheek already offers up this idea on their own website, saying that it would stack perfectly well with their thyroid product Hyper-T2. This is to not knock on RC in any way (read: NOT KNOCK) because it certainly helped me out throughout my 3 week stint of running it.
STARTING WEIGHT: 254lbs (this may not have been my weight at the beginning but it was the highest I saw during my run)
ENDING WEIGHT: 246lbs (-8lbs)
I will blame some of this weight loss due to water weight (its a given… it just happens). However I do NOT attribute any of this weight loss due to muscle loss… I actually got STRONGER during my run with Ripped Cocktail. I set multiple PRs through ALL lifts (overhead press, bench press, deadlift, squat) while my bodyweight decreased. I started to see my abs start to return in the mirror and my body started to show its former (leaner) self. I noticed the striations return on my shoulders/delts and a separation line appear between my underarm and pectoral muscle (which looks awesome during a lat spread).
Ripped Cocktail kicked in for me more so on the second week. The Beta Alanine tingles were always there, but the thermogenesis bumped itself up noticeably in the second week. Hunger cravings went down (feeding window from 1-9PM) during the breakfast hours after I tossed back 2 scoops upon waking up and subsequently another scoop before lunch. This also maintained my energy and alertness levels while at work and didn’t have grabbing a Diet Mt. Dew for the drive to work or splashing some Mio Energy in my water midway through the morning.
THE BAD
Marms only sent me one bottle.
THE TRUTH:
This product works, and works well. But I think the implications it could have on fat loss could be further extended if combined with other fat loss supplements. Taken that into consideration, an 8lbs fat loss from me during 5/3/1, HIIT 3-4x a week, LeanGains protocol, and a solid diet… its not necessarily a requirement to stack it. Which also leads me to solve the riddle that everyone has been wondering… how does Ripped Cocktail compare to Alphamine? Honestly… they are two different animals that each have the same goals. The real question would be… how well does the synergy work between combining Alphamine WITH Ripped Cocktail ?!?