Friday, 28 February 2014

MuscleTech Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite Review



MuscleTech Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite Review


Overview

All new HYDROXYCUT HARDCORE® ELITE was rebuilt from the ground up with one purpose in mind, to provide you with an unrivalled thermogenic experience. With potent amounts of Coleus forskohlii, yohimbe, L-theanine, theobromine and caffeine, this powerful formula delivers a one-of-a-kind sensory experience and jacks up energy levels! Plus, HYDROXYCUT HARDCORE® ELITE will help you lose weight with the key ingredient (green coffee extract [C. canephora robusta]), which has been shown to be effective in two separate human clinical studies. Very few thermogenic formulas have solid clinical studies backing their weight loss ingredients, let alone two weight loss trials. Now it’s time for you to experience what a real weight loss formula can do for you!

It’s worth noting that they say weight loss and not fat loss. Just keep that in mind whilst reading the rest of the review.

Serving Size

2 Capsules is 1 serving and you take 2 servings a day, before your 2 biggest meals. So you don’t have to swallow an excessive amount of capsules which is always a plus.

The capsules are easy to swallow and don’t smell or leave an unpleasant after taste which is always appreciated.

Nutritional Information


Amount Per Serving

Caffeine 


Coleus extract (as Coleus forskohlii) (root) 
  270.00 mg
 Supplying forskolin 
  250.00 mg
Green coffee extract (as C. canephora robusta) (seed) Supplying 45% chlorogenic acids 
  
L-Theanine 
  200.00 mg
Cocoa extract (as Theobroma cacao) (seed) 
  100.00 mg
 Supplying theobromine 
  100.00 mg
Yohimbe extract (as Pausinystalia yohimbe) (bark) 
  
 Supplying yohimbine 
  56.30 mg

I love the inclusion of Green Tea in fat burners as it’s one of the most overlooked and most effective ones out there. Yohimbe is a great addition as well to really get that blood flowing and fat melting. All in all it’s a fantastic breakdown and I like that they give you a full breakdown, a lot of companies hide behind “blends” to avoid telling you exactly how much of any given ingredient is there. Well done MuscleTech.

Side Effects

I got a little shaky when I took the capsules first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Nothing uncontrollable or enough to make me stop taking them though. Headache’s weren’t uncommon either, you will want to avoid excessive coffee consumption whilst taking these as Hydroxycut is already packing a powerful caffeine punch.

Price

Well this varies so much from site to site, its anywhere between £20 - £35 if you can get it at the lower end of that spectrum then its quite good value for money considering the sky high cost of fat burners at the moment. I can feel you reaching for your wallets and throwing you money at MuscleTech already but hold one second because its time for the….

Results

Yes with fat burners it’s all about results. Forget all the fancy ingredients and sales talk does it work! Well not to be cryptic but yes and no. It is fantastic at flushing out any excess water and relieving any bloat, especially if you suffer from Creatine bloat. As a fat burner it’s not so great I’m afraid and I have no idea why not either, with its profile it should be great, hell it should be the best but it just doesn’t seem to work. Over the course of a 1 month course along with dedicated diet and strict exercise plan I only managed to lose 4lb of fat, no more than I would expect to loss on a cut with no fat burner. However I did lose 6lb of water weight. Remember at the beginning of the review they mentioned it was a weight loss product? That’s what it is. Weight loss. Not fat loss. They are different, don’t get me wrong if you drop 6lb of water from your body then you will look drastically different but it won’t be fat and that’s what I was looking for.

So the bottom line is if you’re looking to drop some weight off the scales or lose some water (pre-contest maybe?) then Hydroxycut is awesome but if it’s that stubborn fat you’re looking to burn then I’m afraid you need to look elsewhere. 4/10


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