Review: Jack3d by USP Labs

USP Labs manufactures the pre-workout drink Jack3d. You can buy it through several outlets online, including here.

Overall : 7/10

Serving Size : 10/10

One scoop. One tiny miniscule scoop. Only 5.5 grams. That's it. It's really simple to mix a little water in, get your swig of it, and move onto just having water. This is great because it leaves you room to drink water while exercising and staying hydrated.

Taste : 9/10

Very sour if you don't mix in water, if you go even slightly to much with water – it will taste like disfavored water. Not in a bad way, very drinkable and easy to get down. This is a very light drink with a big punch effect wise.

Pump : 10/10

The pump you get from jack3d is a top of the line pump. It's good and feels like clean energy. The experience involves longer lifts and bigger pumps compared to some of the other drinks that have been reviewed on the site.

Side Effects : 4/10

There are some crashes from this supplement. It tends to be more along the line of crashing from pushing yourself hard, and not the typical sugar/caffeine crash associated with pre workouts. This can be attributed to the 1,3 Dimethylamylamine. What is it? 1,3 is essentially, or originally was a root extract from germanium. Now it typically is a synthesized substance.

That gets us to the other side effects. This supplement is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list. This is speculated as being for a variety of reasons. Number one being that it hasn't been tested to the degree that they would like it to have been tested. Another reason why it has been claimed to be on the list is the ability for abuse of the substance as for lack of better explanation it works really, really well.

The crash is minimal but the hit this supplement takes being banned is huge. Essentially, if you are in sports that involve testing stay away from it. If you are in body building that doesn't have it as a banned substance or you are just looking to beef up go for it. Just make sure to stay away from killing yourself by mixing in a bunch of caffeine in your day.

Pricing : 10/10

For the 250 Gram (45 servings) will put you back about $29.99 before shipping costs. This comes to about $0.66 USD per serving. This is a substantially lower mark compared to other pre-workout supplements.

Recommendation:

Go for it, but be cautious.  Make sure you are keeping your caffeine and other stimulant intake monitored. Also insure that you build your way up to making sure you have a reaction too and able to handle the stimulants in this drink.