 You can just tell when you're taking this specific one, the energy and the focus is just way different. We poppin', we poppin'. Hey, what's up guys, it's Josh here. I just wanna do a quick little review today on this Black Onyx Shatter Ripped. It even has this SX7 on the side. So I got this for a great deal online and I was actually really, really impressed by the feeling and the overall presentation that it had. So I really wanna do a quick little review on it because I have a lot of supplements that are very similar to this. And once I ordered this, I pretty much only wanted to use this for a few days. So I kind of wanted to give my two cents on the product. Muscle Tech has always had great marketing, a great look and great taste. And this is no exception. This is just a nice, shiny, colorful. I mean, you really can't get any more poppy than a Muscle Tech. But I did get this on a discount so I did try the Grape Candy. And the Grape Candy was just a right down the middle. Grape style flavor. I would not have ordered this flavor if I had a choice of all of them. The reason that it was discounted was because it was this flavor. So the flavor was right down the middle. But usually with Muscle Tech, their flavor is just one of the highest points as well as their shiny marketing and all that kind of stuff. To get into the pros of this, it has an amazing feeling for the first couple of times I was taking it. I mean, I would say for the first few days or a week, like I said, I only wanted to take this in the morning. And I had other products that are actually very, very good and very strong, very unique. And I just was really, really interested in this one. You could just tell taking this specific one, the energy and the focus is just way different. It's very, very solid. And unfortunately, I did not do research on all these ingredients. There's a few ingredients that I have not personally tried on their own. There are a few ingredients that I really, really like. That are already in here. Theanine and Tiacrine. Both kind of exotic compounds. The theanine is going to basically balance out the high dose of caffeine, which is 350 milligrams, super, super big dose. And the Tiacrine is fantastic. It doesn't give you that much euphoria, but it kind of gives you this backbone of energy so you don't really get tired and you don't really crash. The only problem with a Tiacrine is that it's really, really bitter. So you can't put that much per scoop in or else it'll ruin the taste of everything. I'll get into my cons with that. But that's the pros. Amazing feeling for the first few weeks. And I think the theanine and the Tiacrine, I have something to do with that, but there's also some extra ingredients in here that are also probably going to contribute to that. I'll put those on screen or put the whole ingredient list on screen. The cons, I'm really picky about certain things. And one of the things I'm picky about is artificial colors. I really don't like artificial colors, especially when it's coming in a supplement because the color is literally only there to improve the look for you. And then they also have natural colors. So it's like they're putting this extra thing in there to make it look good. And they're not putting the healthy kind in because it would cost too much money. I would just rather you not use any colors personally. I know it's not going to look all colorful and I know Muscle Tech has that shiny poppy look. But when I'm spending $30 to $40 on a supplement, all these ingredients are supposed to do something in my body. And when you put the extra colors in there, I feel like it's just putting a little bit of toxins in my body and I'm not allowing my body to absorb the ingredients fully. I just really don't like artificial colors. This clumps, but it wasn't unusable. This came with like three freshness packs. I've never seen anything come with three freshness packs. It does kind of have some trouble mixing. This I think is a few months away from expiration. So it is on the older side, but it really wasn't that bad. The only problem was that it would clump and then you'd get the pure taste of the tea cream. It has a specific taste and I was tasting in the clumps and I think that's going to turn people off. To be honest, I care more about the colors than the clumping. I'm almost done with this whole thing and I did use it pretty quick and the humidity around me is in the middle. It's not really dry and it's not super humid. So maybe if you're in a more humid climate or if you leave the thing open, you'll have problems with that. I really wanted some B vitamins in here. I wanted choline and I wanted tyrosine. Supplements that I would really, really like and something very, very similar to this. It's okay that they don't have it. I know they have a big dose of carnitine, which is also great for fat loss and it's great for overall brain health and things like that. And then there's also like a burnout effect with this one. Notice like once you take it in the morning, you take it a little longer. I just kind of feel like I can't reach that peak of excitement anymore at all from no matter what I do unless I go to sleep mainly. Close to a week, the effectiveness of this definitely went down. I know you're supposed to expect that with all supplements, but it seemed like the drop off was a little bit higher than other supplements. I would recommend this if it weren't for the artificial colors personally. If I'm gonna spend $30, $40 on a really expensive pre-workout, that's just the one thing that I just can't get around personally and it's unfortunate, hopefully in the future they go that way. And I know a lot of companies like Bang and like Genius and other companies they just won't use the artificial colors and which is so, so awesome and so good. I know we kind of need to push the wave a little farther so that all the companies do it. It's make or break for me. I literally have capsules that have color around them and I will take the ingredients out and put it in a clear capsule just cause I don't like artificial colors. Let me know if you tried this product. Let me know if you tried other products. I'd be very interested to see down below. Muscle tech's always coming out with new stuff so let me know what was your favorite. Have you tried this one? If you not, try this one. We're on the road of 25,000 subscribers and I couldn't do without it. I hope you guys are the best. I'm having a great day out here. Hopefully I'm a great dad. I'll see you on the next video. Peace.