HOW TO PICK A PRE-WORKOUT FLAVOR YOU’LL ACTUALLY FINISH
The tub you finish is the one you liked drinking. Four questions I'd ask before picking a pre-workout flavor, and why I'm not going to tell you what any of them taste like.
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WHEN SEPTEMBER BLOWS UP YOUR TRAINING SCHEDULE
The summer schedule doesn’t break because you got lazy. It breaks because everyone else’s schedule changed. How to rebuild a training week you’ll keep once school goes back.
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WHAT ACTUALLY LIVES IN MY GYM BAG
I tipped my gym bag out on the kitchen floor on Sunday and found something that used to be a protein bar. Here's what goes back in, in the order it goes in, the stuff everybody forgets, and where the bag lives in between.
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EVERYTHING YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY FROM SWOLEAF RIGHT NOW
Most people know us for one pre-workout. There are ten things you can buy from us today. Here is all ten of them, what form each one comes in, and nothing else.
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COMING BACK AFTER TIME OFF WITHOUT WRECKING YOUR FIRST WEEK
It isn't the coming back that makes people quit, it's how the first week goes. Cut the plan in half, go more often, and let the first session feel too easy.
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ILLICIT PRE WORKOUT: IT’S CALLED EL CHAPO NOW
Illicit pre workout got renamed. It's called El Chapo now, and this is where to find it on the site, plus a straight answer on whether the original formula is coming back.
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ESCOBAR PRE WORKOUT: WHAT HAPPENED TO IT, AND WHAT I REACH FOR NOW
Escobar is discontinued. Here's the plain version of what happened to it, and the two I reach for before a session now.
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I DIDN’T FEEL ANYTHING, SO I STOPPED TAKING IT
Some supplements you notice inside the session. Others you take daily and never notice at all. Judging both by the same test is how half used tubs end up at the back of a cupboard.
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THE NEW SITE, AND WHERE EVERYTHING LIVES
Lana couldn't find something on our own website from her phone, and gave up on it. So we rebuilt the shop. Here's a walk round the new one and where everything lives.
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HOW TO *ACTUALLY* READ A SUPPLEMENT LABEL
The back of the tub tells you almost everything, if you know what order to read it in. Serving size, blends, the Other Ingredients line, and the bits nobody looks at.
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WHAT LEAN ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
A healthy lean body looks athletic and defined and in actuality not paper-thin skin, shredded. Though being shredded may be the goal, note that it may not always…
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WORKOUT PLATEAU? FIX WHAT’S ACTUALLY STALLING YOUR GAINS
Most workout plateaus come from recovery and nutrition gaps, not bad programming. Once you lock in sleep, consistent protein, and enough fuel for your training, supplements like recovery…
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