Scivation Xtend Go Log

[Anthony21]

I want to apologize for the delay in putting this log up. Ever since 11/23 i've been dealing with a lot of personal issues, heavy at that. It's really taken a lot out of me and even with my training. The timing couldn't be any worse with the Holidays and my obligation to this log.

I'll try the best I can though to keep my commitment. With that said let's jump into it.

I want to also thank Scivation for selecting me as a logger. I really do appreciate it.

I received my package last Friday or Saturday I believe. The flavor of choice for me was Mango Nectar.



Also included was an awesome shaker cup, one that's bigger than I have lol.

I've logged Xtend years back and this Xtend is definitely different with the added ingredients as shown below.



One question though. The ingredient pic above shows 1 scoop equals 100mg of caffeine. My tub of Xtend though states one scoop has 200mg of caffeine

So as you can see this is Xtend with the added benefits of some stims which I'm a fan of. I already normally take a preworkout prior to training so somedays I may just experiment with taking Xtend as my only source of stims for my training.

I've already had three training sessions with Xtend Go which i'll post below.

weight x reps (lb)

11/25/2016

Barbell overhead press
60x5
70x5
85x3
95x5
105x5
120x9 5 + set

Close grip bench
120x10
145x10
170x10

Pull up
5
5
5
5
5
5

Barbell row
140x10
140x10
140x10

Barbell rolling tricep extension
65x12
65x12
65x12

DB curls
30x10
30x12
30x12


11/26/2016

Deadlift
185x5
230x5
275x3
300x5 Work set
345x5 Work set
390x7 5+ set

Front squat
145x10
175x10
200x10

Good morning
45x10
45x10
45x10

11/28/2016

Bench touch & go
165x5
190x5
215x7 5+ set

Incline bench
95x10
115x10
135x10

Pull up
5
5
5
5
5
5

Banded pressdown
25
25
25
20

Barbell shrug
225x12
225x12
225x12

Barbell curl
45x12
55x12
55x12

I'll comment on the taste and flavor on my next post. I have a lot on my mind right now.

[NoCarbsNoSugar]

How do you like the flavor so far?
Sure sounds delicious.

[Anthony21]

How do you like the flavor so far?
Sure sounds delicious.

Good question. The flavor to me after three tries reminds me of an orange type flavor. I don't necessarily associate it with a mango flavor but more of an orange flavor.

I had a couple days off trying to get my mind right. I should be hitting some squats tomorrow and will update then.

[NoCarbsNoSugar]

Orangey flavor - love an orange flavor.
At one point, I had my protein, Intra, and Post, all orange-flavored.
Not too bad at all.

Hope you feel better soon.

[Anthony21]

My apologies for such a horrible log based off my own standards. Long story short, i'm in the process of a seperation from my wife. It has taken a lot out of me, both physically, mentally and emotionally. Unfortunately my nutrition and training has been impacted dramatically.

Today starts the day of me gaining that momentum back though. Today is the day I turn this log around and provide a log that this product deserves

I'm going to be getting back on my nutrition and training. I'm actually headed into the gym with a scoop of Xtend Go. I'll comment on how things went afterwards.

[IlliniTrack800m]

i did happen to see that you're going through tough personal times via your main log journal.

big support to you that you're looking toward better times by making today one for positive change

[NEBinAK]

The difference between your tub and the picture are two different formulations, yours is the newest version. Thanks for getting the log going and I'm sorry to hear about your personal issues.

[NoCarbsNoSugar]

sorry to hear you're going through difficult times, Anthony!

[Fitteacher34]

Interested to see how you like Xtend Go. Old-School Xtend was one of my favs!

[IlliniTrack800m]

Interested to see how you like Xtend Go. Old-School Xtend was one of my favs!

"Was"???

[Fitteacher34]

"Was"???

Can I have some more please?

[NEBinAK]

Can I have some more please?

Awesome sale currently where you could try both

[IlliniTrack800m]

looks like a pretty good deal to me

I'm pretty excited about our upcoming flavors though and that we don't have to keep it a secret

[Anthony21]

Wow it's been a while. I want to apologize to Scivation for the lack of logging. I had a lot of personal issues going on that really took away from my training and this log.

I'm back though and hope to make up for the time missed.

I still have my Xtend and have been using it as I've been getting back into my training.

Here is my first "real" training session that went down today. It's copied from my workout log that I also keep on this site.

2/1/17

Squat
Warm ups
45x10
95x5
135x3
185x2
225x1

Work sets
250x4x6

Deadlift
Warm ups
135x5
225x3

Work sets
325x2x6

Ab wheel
10, 6, 4

Training felt great and finally feels good to have decided on what to run program wise for my training.

Alright so let's talk about Xtend Go. I used 1 scoop during this training session in the large Xtend shaker cup that came with my package.

I will note that I did take a pre prior to training on top of taking the additional caffeine from Xtend Go. Training felt good but I obviously can't pin point and say it was all Xtend Go. I'll probably just use Xtend Go for several training sessions and see how that works vs taking a preworkout.

The flavor to me isn't as good as I would like it to be. I've had other products with a similar flavor that tasted better. This Mango Nectar kind of has a slight off taste at first to me b ut isn't bad by any means. I will say it does look like piss in your bottle though lol.

Tomorrow is my bench day and i'll try just the Xtend Go solo and see how it impacts my training.

[Anthony21]

weight x reps (lb)

2/2/2017

Bench touch & go
170x7
170x7
170x7

Close grip bench
185x6 RPE 7
185x6 RPE 7
185x6 RPE 7

Barbell row in rack
170x6 RPE 7
170x6 RPE 7
170x6 RPE 7

So with this training session nothing was too strenuous. I decided since that was the case to just go with using a scoop of Xtend Go instead of a preworkout.

For me I didn't get much of a kick during my training since I was just sipping Xtend through out my training. I did feel though afterwards that my energy elevated as the day went on which would make sense.

So it's kind of tricky I guess in regards to how to use Xtend Go. I see it so far more for those longer and grueling training sessions, which I definitely will be having plenty coming up so i'll report as those come.

[NEBinAK]

All good my friend glad you came back

[Anthony21]

All good my friend glad you came back

Thanks a lot for your patience. I'll update this later with my second bench. I also have some light squats and deadlifts to hit up today.

[DanielPhD]

One of the best BCAA, but why 1g citruline? It is quite few(

[ScivationLead]

One of the best BCAA, but why 1g citruline? It is quite few(

Should be plenty citrulline in your pre, ect.

[Anthony21]

Sorry for not updating as mentioned above. Been swamped at work picking up lazy people's hours that call in (working in Security). I'll have this updated tomorrow with all my training sessions, up to the most current one and my thoughts as well thus far with Xtend Go.

[IlliniTrack800m]

Sorry for not updating as mentioned above. Been swamped at work picking up lazy people's hours that call in (working in Security). I'll have this updated tomorrow with all my training sessions, up to the most current one and my thoughts as well thus far with Xtend Go.

Thanks, that would be highly appreciated!

[Anthony21]

Here is my training thus far. I have some squat work later today.
weight x reps (lb)

2/3/2017

Bench
170x7
170x7
170x7

Barbell row from rack
185x6 RPE 7
185x6 RPE 7
185x6 RPE 7

Close grip bench
160x6 RPE 7
160x6 RPE 7
160x6 RPE 7

new PRs today
170 was a new 7RM for Bench
170 was a new PR for 3 sets of 7 Bench


2/4/2017

Bench touch & go
180x5
180x5
180x5
180x5

Barbell row from rack
195x6 RPE 7.5
195x6 RPE 7.5
195x6 RPE 7.5
195x6 RPE 7.5
195x6 RPE 7.5
195x6 RPE 7.5

Barbell shrug
145x12
145x12
145x12

DB curls
35x10
35x10
35x10

new PRs today
195 was a new PR for 6 sets of 6 Barbell row from rack
180 was a new PR for 4 sets of 5 Bench touch & go


2/8/2017

Bench touch & go
190x4
190x4
190x4

Close grip bench
215x3 RPE 8
215x3 RPE 8

Barbell row from rack
205x5 RPE 8
205x5 RPE 8
205x5 RPE 8
205x5 RPE 8

Pull up
6
6
6
6


2/11/2017

Squats
250x10 AMRAP Set (10 is the max number to hit)
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3

Barbell RDL w/shrug
225x8
225x8
225x8

new PRs today
250 was a new 10RM for Squats


2/13/2017

Bench touch & go
180x7
180x7
180x7
180x7

Barbell row from rack
215x6 RPE 8.5
215x6 RPE 8.5
215x6 RPE 8.5
215x6 RPE 8.5

new PRs today
215 was a new 6RM for Barbell row from rack
215 was a new PR for 4 sets of 6 Barbell row from rack
180 was a new PR for 4 sets of 7 Bench touch & go

Number wise there is nothing impressive as for my bench, squat and deadlift I started well below my true 1RM.

Things at home have finally been coming together and it really has motivated me again for my training. So most importantly how has Xtend Go helped? It's kind of really hard to say to be honest. I feel this is the type of product that would be best used for longer training sessions. As I mentioned in previous posts I typically take a preworkout before my training.

I've tried to take Xtend Go a couple times preworkout but it just doesn't do much for me sipping it through out my training. I have used Xtend Go at work in a gallon of water and it definitely helps with my energy since i'm getting caffeine spaced out through out the day. It's kind of hard to tell if this is something I would consider a must by as just taking a preworkout has always been sufficient for me.

I'll let you know how training for squats went today once that's wrapped up.

[Anthony21]

Took 4 days off lifting. Had some things come up and making some big plans with the family. Long story short, me and my wife have decided to relocate the family to Arizona. We're tired of the weather in Oregon, especially for our girls who are unable to play outside due to it always raining up here.

We've been planning things step by step and plan to put our house on the market come next month.

Here is my squat training from yesterday.
weight x reps (lb)

2/18/2017

Squats
255x10 Top set
245x3
245x3
245x3
245x3
245x3
245x3
245x3
245x3
245x3
245x3

Lilly Shrug
245x8
245x8
245x8

So instead of taking my preworkout before training. I took a scoop of Scivation Xtend preworkout. Gulped down some water with a scoop to see if that had any impact for me vs taking a preworkout. Honestly I prefer a preworkout before my training. Also having to gulp all that water preworkout to me is annoying.

It's hard to say that Xtend Go has served me well for my training purposes. Reason being that I still feel Xtend Go is best served for those longer duration training sessions and my training lasts between 1-1.5 hours. So it's hard to say if it's really played a big role in my training or not at this point.

[ScivationLead]

Great feedback here, Anthony. We know you have lots of stuff going on, and it's great you are able to train and update your experience.

[Anthony21]

Great feedback here, Anthony. We know you have lots of stuff going on, and it's great you are able to train and update your experience.

I'm just glad things with me and my wife are finally settled and we're moving forward. There is going to be a lot of things coming our way though in the next month.

The plan is to put our house up for sale in March and be in Arizona soon after. We're hoping it sells fast since we're in a prime area for houses along with the inventory being low right now.

[IlliniTrack800m]

I'm just glad things with me and my wife are finally settled and we're moving forward. There is going to be a lot of things coming our way though in the next month.

The plan is to put our house up for sale in March and be in Arizona soon after. We're hoping it sells fast since we're in a prime area for houses along with the inventory being low right now.

I finally learned how stressful and tiring moving can be and it feels like there's not enough hours in the day. Good luck brah lol

[Anthony21]

I finally learned how stressful and tiring moving can be and it feels like there's not enough hours in the day. Good luck brah lol

Thanks man. There is a lot to take on, especially with having kids. I'm stressing over getting my oldest daughter into a good school within the area. So many moving parts to it all but hopefully worth it in the end.

[Anthony21]

I'll update my training after my squat work for today. Had the last two days off so will be squatting and deadlifting today before work.

[ScivationLead]

I'll update my training after my squat work for today. Had the last two days off so will be squatting and deadlifting today before work.

No rush man. I hope all is well. I retired from the military last year and we moved to our "retirement" house. The home building and moving processes were not too stressful, and the kids are really excited to be in the new area.

[Anthony21]

No rush man. I hope all is well. I retired from the military last year and we moved to our "retirement" house. The home building and moving processes were not too stressful, and the kids are really excited to be in the new area.

weight x reps (lb)

2/25/2017

Squats
275x6
275x6
275x4

Deadlift
355x3
355x3

Yesterday's session went real well. My squat and deadlift felt good and strong. It's nice having some Xtend during my training to add some flavor to my water. I noticed a nice drop off of energy several hours after training, more than likely due to the stims in Xtend Go. Thus fat though training has felt solid and definitely looking forward to bench today.