What exactly is anabolic halo?
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What exactly is anabolic halo?
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I didn't ask if it needed a pct.
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380816591] Is anabolic halo a ph?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380822311]I didn't ask if it needed a pct.[/QUOTE]
apparently you don't know anything about a ph.
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380816591]What exactly is anabolic halo?[/QUOTE]
I'll quote myself. Is it safe for people under 18 to take anabolic halo? Why can't people answer a question with thier time rather than just post trying to one up someone who obviously is asking a question because they DONT know.
^^ In before i get flamed for that.
Hell yeah bro, you'll gain like 15lbs in a month. Ask Leonidas300 about that. :D
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380824491]I'll quote myself. Is it safe for people under 18 to take anabolic halo? Why can't people answer a question with thier time rather than just post trying to one up someone who obviously is asking a question because they DONT know.
^^ In before i get flamed for that.[/QUOTE]
Now I feel bad about my comment:(
Anabolic Halo is crap. Get Torrent instead.
I don't plan on touching muscle tech or anabolic halo. A guy I know was just talking about the stuff and there are so many things in it I really cant tell exactly what it is. And I read the quote from the bottle "anabolic halo is an extremely powerful anabolic product... dont take if you are under 18." A lot of things though say do not take if you are under 18 just so companies can cover themselves, not necessarily that it is bad.
[url]http://www.anabolichalo.com/product/index.shtml[/url]
Just glimpsed it but it just looks like amino acids with some herbals. Either way, it's by MuscleTech if that says anything.
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380826121]I don't plan on touching muscle tech or anabolic halo. A guy I know was just talking about the stuff and there are so many things in it I really cant tell exactly what it is. And I read the quote from the bottle "anabolic halo is an extremely powerful anabolic product... dont take if you are under 18." A lot of things though say do not take if you are under 18 just so companies can cover themselves, not necessarily that it is bad.[/QUOTE]
Nothing in there will kill him, it's just a bad product, tell him to enjoy his nap after he takes it. One of the awesome thing in that Super Prop blend is melatonin.
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380826121] there are so many things in it I really cant tell exactly what it is. [/QUOTE]
have you tried searching the ingredients in google to find out what they are?
I've taken it, it's alright, not worth the price though. Just some more mis labeled glorified creatine.
Serious?
[QUOTE=Da_win88;380828311]I've taken it, it's alright, not worth the price though. Just some more mis labeled glorified creatine.[/QUOTE]
ummmm, that's not true at all. go read the label again.
[QUOTE=CMillertime;380830181]ummmm, that's not true at all. go read the label again.[/QUOTE]
and I surround my self with morons....
Review: Muscletech's Anabolic Halo
"Brace yourself, for the extreme musclebuilding potency of the world?s most hardcore anabolic/non-androgenic musclebuilding supplement ? ANABOLIC HALO. The cryogenically enhanced formula forces you into a total body muscle metamorphosis? It synergizes a shockingly powerful anabolic environment that radiates from your muscles, setting the stage for chilling, eerie muscle gains the likes of which no bodybuilder has ever imagined."
At first glance, Anabolic Halo looks like a reviewer's worst nightmare. In addition to the loooooong list of (75!!!) ingredients, there's a flood of "techno-speak" to cut through. To all appearances, Anabolic Halo is the most complicated, technologically-advanced supplement on the market.
Appearances can be deceiving, however. Despite the barrage of words, Anabolic Halo is actually pretty simple to figure out.
Need proof? Here's an example...
"The second pharmaceutically inspired technology, called Lyophilization, actually changes the physical state of a proprietary dose of an anti-catabolic complex in ANABOLIC HALO. Lyophilization exploits the micro-molecular process of sublimation which is so advanced, it actually forces molecules within a structure to skip matter states and go directly from a solid to a gas."
Lyophilization" is just the technical term for "freeze drying." It's a food processing technology that's been around for decades. Taster's Choice instant coffee is a classic example. "Sublimation" is nothing unique or mysterious?let alone "advanced"...it's what dry ice does when it "melts." Freeze drying helps to preserve compounds and/or structures that might be damaged by conventional drying processes (which utilize heat), but it doesn't magically alter their properties or make them more bioavailable.
See what I mean? It's just an ordinary process that's been "dressed up" to look extraordinary.
A similar trick's been done with the list of ingredients...
Amount Per Serving
Energy 80
Fat Calories 0g
Total Carbohydrates 19g
Sugars 9g ?
Thiamin(as Thiamin Mononitrate) 0.5mg
Riboflavin(as Vitamin B2) 0.57mg
Niacin 0.33mg
Vitamin B6(as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) 0.64mg
Vitamin B12(as Cyanocobalamin) 20mcg
Iron 0.1mg
Sodium 120mg
Anabolic Halo? Proprietary Blend 24,832mg (Powered By Patent-Pending Jet Pulverizing, Hammer Milling, Lyophilization Cryogenic Technologies)
Supercritical Growth Factor
Dextrose Monohydrate
Maltodextrin
Creatine Monohydrate
Creatine Malate
Creatine Taurinate
L-Lysine HCL
N-Acetyl L-Valine
L-Valine Alpha-Ketoglutarate
L-Valine Ethyl Ester HCL
L-Isoleucine Pyroglutamate
L-Isoleucine Ethyl Ester HCL
N-Acetyl L-Phenylalanine
L-Threonine
L-Histidine
L-Histidine Alpha-Ketoglutarate
L-Methionine
Pure Anabolic ICE Crystal
L-Leucine
Evodia Powder (As Tetradium Rutacarpum)
Big Catuaba Powder (As Trichillia Catigua)
L-Leucine Isovaleric Acid
N-Acetyl L-Leucine
L-Leucine Ketoisocaproate
L-Leucine Pyroglutamate
Alpha-Amino L-Butyrate
Alpha-Hydroxyisocaproic Acid (HICA)
11-Hydroxy Yohimbine (8 Mcg)
FREE-TEST Cold Burn
L-Carnitine Fumarate
Coleus Forskohlii Extract (Root) Standardized For 10% Forskolin And Supplying Isoforskolin And 7-Deacetylforskolin
Vitus Vinifera Extract (Skin) Standardized For 20% Proanthocyanidins
18 Beta Glycyrrhetinic Acid
Acetyl L-Carnitine HCL
Acetyl L-Carnitine L-Arginine HCL
GH Sub-Zero
Wasabia Japonica Powder
Yohimbine Extract (As Pausinystalia Yohimbe)(Bark) 2mg
Rubus Idaeus Powder
L-Aspartic Acid
Beta Alanine
L-Glutamine
Muira Puama Powder
Maca Powder (As Lepidium Meyenii)
Sandalwood Powder
Bacopa Monniera Extract (Aerial Parts) Standardized For 20% Bacosides
Deanol Bitartrate
Tylophora Indica Extract (Leaf) Standardized For 0.1% Alkaloids
Quercetin Dihydrate
Cassia Extract (Cinnamomum Cassia)(Bark) Standardized For 40% Polyphenols
Growth Isotherm
Flos Chrysanthemi Extract (As Chrysanthemum Morifolium)(Flower) Standardized For Luteolin And Apigenin
N-Acetyl-5-Methoxytryptamine
L-Ornithine
L-Ornithine Eicosanoate
Geum Japonicum Extract (Whole Plant) Standardized For 2% Triterpene
Rubus Coreanus Powder
Fadogia Agrestis Powder
Propolis Extract (From Bee Pollen)
Mistletoe Extract (As Viscum Album)(Stem)
Idebenone
Alpha Glycerophosphocholine
Cis-9, 10-Octadecenoamide
Artichoke Flavonoids (As Cynara Scolymus L.)(Root) Standardized For 5% Icariin
Muscle Hail Storm
Adenosine 5' Triphosphate Disodium Salt (ATP)
Adenosine 5' Monophosphate Free Acid (AMP)
Cytidine 5' Monophosphate Free Acid (CMP)
Guanosine 5' Monophosphate Disodium Salt (GMP)
High Performance ATF-4 Insulin Coolant
Fenugreek Extract (As Trigonella Foenum-Graecum)(Seed) Standardized For 5% Trigonelline And 40% Galactomannan
D-Mannose
Impressive, no?
Well, actually...no, it isn't. Muscletech's "cryogenically-enhanced" formula is really designed to produce a brain freeze. It exploits a classic?but unreliable?assumption: "more is better." When you pick up the container and look at the list, you're supposed to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of "stuff" you're getting.
Before reaching for your wallet, however, there's a follow up question you should ask: how could the formula be optimized for that many ingredients?
It's not just that there are 75 distinct compounds to juggle...it's also that many of them have no "track record" when it comes to improving muscle gains and/or performance.
Thus, it's not hard to eliminate the superfluous and/or irrelevant compounds and focus on the ones known to be useful.
Looking at the label, it pretty much comes down to this...there's good research to show that L-leucine (alone or in combination with other essential amino acids) can help kick start muscle protein synthesis after resistance exercise. Glutamine and beta-alanine have some merit, too. So does creatine.
These are all basic, tried-and-true elements, regardless of the number of different forms they're provided in.
As such, Anabolic Halo should work ok?provided it supplies enough of these compounds to do the job. Does it, though? Let's do a bit of math to find out.
According to the label, one scoop of Anabolic Halo provides 24,832 mg of ingredients. This is a skosh under 25 grams, but we'll use this (slightly higher) figure to simplify things. Now, 25 g seems like a lot, but?as the nutritional info tells us?19 of those grams consist of carbs (dextrose monohydrate + maltodextrin).
25 g - 19 g = 6 g.
Uh-oh...I think we just figured out why the recommended dose is 3 scoops! However, 18 grams (6 g x 3) still doesn't leave us with a lot of "room," as ingredients like creatine and amino acids need to be taken in fairly large doses. Even Muscletech says so! For example:
"A critical anabolic agent in ANABOLIC HALO can amplify muscle satellite cell concentration by over 100% in just 28 days!"
This comes from a 2006 study on creatine monohydrate. The researchers reported a 111% increase in satellite cells per muscle fiber by the end of the 4th week (28th day) using a dose of 24 g x 7 day (loading phase) + 6 g/day maintenance).
Does the recommended amount of Anabolic Halo supply 6 g of creatine? Since Muscletech iimplies Anabolic Halo will deliver results similar to the study, we'll assume the answer is "yes."
18 g - 6 g = 12 g
Moving right along...
In a 21-day human clinical study at the University of Connecticut, a key musclebuilding compound in ANABOLIC HALO was shown to dramatically increase the number of pre-workout androgen receptors compared to a placebo. The tested compound was able to facilitate an improvement in free-testosterone bindability and utilization.
This refers to a study on L-carnitine...simple, inexpensive L-carnitine. Does Anabolic Halo supply the full 2 g equivalent used in the study? Once again, we'll assume the answer is yes, since Muscletech uses it to claim Anabolic Halo achieves "greater free testosterone utilization."
12 g - 2 g = 10 g.
Likewise, research has shown that it takes a good 6 g of essential amino acids to trigger muscle protein synthesis; approx. 3 g beta-alanine to raise muscle carnosine stores; 2 g of L-glutamine to increase growth hormone levels; and...
10 g - 6 g - 3 g - 2 g = ???
Whoopsie! I think we just ran out of "room."
Now, to be completely fair, we could tinker with these numbers a bit. For example, one 1999 study showed that taking as little as 3 g/day of creatine monohydrate for 28 days was an effective way to elevate muscle creatine stores. Needless to state, this ISN'T one of the studies Muscletech is citing, but it does indicate we can shave the doses down, here and there, without skimping on the "basics."
It still doesn't leave much room for all the botanicals and extracts, however. Propolis extract, for example, is typically taken in ~500 mg doses; ditto Bacopa monnieri and Muira puama...so this stuff can add up pretty quickly.
This leaves us with one inescapable conclusion: if Anabolic Halo is to work at all, then most of the latter are going to be "label decoration."
Like I said, it's really a lot simpler than it looks...
By now it should be clear that the apparent complexity is straight out of Marketing 101. In reality, Anabolic Halo has some merit, but it's expensive, and doesn't offer anything that you can't get by?say?mixing Purple Wraath or IntrAbolic with some dextrose and creatine. And for my money, I know which one I'd choose.
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380824491]Why can't people answer a question with thier time rather than just post trying to one up someone who obviously is asking a question because they DONT know.[/QUOTE]
The real question is why do you think your time is so much more valuable than ours? In the time it took you bitch it up in that post, you could have done the smallest amount of research to get the answer you need. Better move would have been to research it before making this ****ty thread.
in the future cmillertime, do some research before you open your mouth
[QUOTE=~Hades~;380833461]The real question is why do you think your time is so much more valuable than ours? In the time it took you bitch it up in that post, you could have done the smallest amount of research to get the answer you need. Better move would have been to research it before making this ****ty thread.[/QUOTE]
Definitely didn't say that. I said why waste your time just being negative rather than posting a helpful answer or just clicking out of the thread.
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380843581]Definitely didn't say that. I said why waste your time just being negative rather than posting a helpful answer or just clicking out of the thread.[/QUOTE]
On the flip side of that, why not just research the product yourself and avoid making a thread like this that will undoubtedly attract the exact responses you dont want?
And a thread like this is not "research".
Ananbolic Halo is a matrix of muscle feeding ingredients to maximize muscle growth after workouts. It is not a PH but some people say it has helped them put on 10+ pounds of lean mass similar to when they used PH and test boosters. I heard it's a really cold sensation in the throat when you drink it so beware of this hardcore product.
[QUOTE=Smartpart;380816591]What exactly is anabolic halo?[/QUOTE]
I think like anabolic so like muscle grow and halo is like dangerous so like omg i didnt wanna buy it like cause anabolic probably meant like anabolic steroids and like halo like the game so yeahh
hahahah just joking no its not man it is just a overpriced failed post workout MIX
lulz...
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[QUOTE=Da_win88;380834641]in the future cmillertime, do some research before you open your mouth[/QUOTE]
I ment there is more in Anabolic Halo then just creatine douche bag. It's still a ****ty product. I didn't read all of your post because I fell asleep half way through from the melatonin in anabolic halo. Oh wait, melatonin isn't in creatine!! Wow I guess it is more then creatine mono in anabolic halo. And I do a lot of research thanks.
[QUOTE=quank;380827701]have you tried searching the ingredients in google to find out what they are?[/QUOTE]
To be fair to the kid the label is incomprehensible to most people.
I know a lot of supplements and what's in them. This one is just silly though. By the time you google all 75 ingredients you have no idea what you read anymore or how they'd interact, etc.
This product is just a mess of a product. I can't imagine what might possess someone to buy a product with so many ingredients in it. I doubt anyone here can explain in any detail what all 75 of those products do without resorting to google or this forum.
This is just a stupid product that no one should waste their money on... no reason for people to bash each other for not explaining what it does correctly because even Muscletech doesn't explain what it does in comprehensible terms.
Muscle Tech= The Downfall of Supplements. You might as well chug Toxic Waste Post workout then take a Muscle Tech Product.
[QUOTE=shadar;381101431]To be fair to the kid the label is incomprehensible to most people.
I know a lot of supplements and what's in them. This one is just silly though. By the time you google all 75 ingredients you have no idea what you read anymore or how they'd interact, etc.
This product is just a mess of a product. I can't imagine what might possess someone to buy a product with so many ingredients in it. I doubt anyone here can explain in any detail what all 75 of those products do without resorting to google or this forum.
This is just a stupid product that no one should waste their money on... no reason for people to bash each other for not explaining what it does correctly because even Muscletech doesn't explain what it does in comprehensible terms.[/QUOTE]
Someone with logical sense. Thanks a lot. Repped.
[QUOTE=asianstyles;381095241]lulz...
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i never understood what freezing it would have to do with anything? is it to throw off idiots to buy the prod or something? brb...gonna go freeze my green mag :D