{"id":2687,"date":"2015-02-23T20:46:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T20:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2015-02-23T20:46:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T20:46:33","slug":"muscletech-gakic-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2015\/02\/23\/muscletech-gakic-review\/","title":{"rendered":"MuscleTech Gakic Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Made an emotionally based purchase last week, and shed out \u00a330 on Muscletech Gakic &#8211; 2 months supply.<br \/>\nBought it off ebay.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been training with weights for 18 years, and think I&#8217;ve maxed out my genetic potential on most bodybuilding style exercises like bench press, so any improvement in strength would be amazing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update this post over the next 2 months of taking the supplement. I have not been incentivised in any way to write this post.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1 &#8211; necked the dosage of 8, yes 8 tablets about 30 mins before my session. Took with 100mg caffeine.<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I was flying, doing the cardio warm up on the elliptical\/mountain climber machine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong><br \/>\nShort workout tonight:<\/p>\n<p>Warm up 5 mins on elliptical trainer, level 13 2 mins, level 14 2 mins, level 15 1 min.<br \/>\nWarm up exercises and dynamic stretching.<br \/>\nDumbbell Bench Press &#8211; 50kg x 6 reps (PB is 11 reps on this, did 6 last week)<br \/>\nMachine Bench Press &#8211; 2 sets, 6 reps, 105kg<br \/>\nTricep Bench Press (elbows tucked in to sides) &#8211; 2 sets 32kg x 8 reps<br \/>\nPlyometric exercises<\/p>\n<p>Pretty standard workout really, no immediate gain in strength from the Gakic<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update each workout in this post.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking of switching up my training. Changing to a 2 days split.<br \/>\nDay 1:<br \/>\nChest and Shoulders<br \/>\nBench press<br \/>\nShoulder press<br \/>\nPush Press<\/p>\n<p>Day 2:<br \/>\nBack and legs<br \/>\nFront Squat<br \/>\nBarbell Row<br \/>\nPartial Deadlifts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made an emotionally based purchase last week, and shed out \u00a330 on Muscletech Gakic &#8211; 2 months supply. Bought it off ebay. I&#8217;ve been training with weights for 18 years, and think I&#8217;ve maxed out my genetic potential on most bodybuilding style exercises like bench press, so any improvement in strength would be amazing. 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