Gear Patrol Gets Powered Up
By Gear Patrol Reader Kirk Ward When walking into your favorite running, biking, or sporting goods store, you’re usually confronted with a variety of powders, gels, bars, etc. that promise to make you RUN FASTER, GO FURTHER, LIFT A SMALL AIRPLANE, CLIMB MT. EVEREST (cue Powerthirst YouTube clip). The claims can get confusing, so we’re [...]
Literally Saving My Ass
I was recently crewing an independent short film and, by day five of 14+ hour work days with greasy fast food, my stomach and digestive system staged a painful revolt (commencing at 3am, no less). I searched high and low for anything to quell this monster and, in desperation, turned to a friend who had [...]
A Boost For Both the Party Animal and Railroad Tycoon
As fit as a many of my Gear Patrol cohorts are, I personally have a hard time squeezing in all the various fitness and health regimens they abide so well by. I tend of rely on my active lifestyle, one daily vitamin, and walking pretty much everywhere I can in New York. Recently, I came [...]
Grown-up Cereal for the Boy at Heart
Since I was a kid, cereal has occupied its own place atop my food pyramid. I recall countless after-school cereal feeds with friends in front of the TV. We’d mix two or three different kinds in a heaping bowl with milk that would, if proportioned right, leave a syrupy-sweet draught of sugar-laced milk to drink [...]
Get Leaner. Get Stronger. Eat Dessert. It’s 3:30 pm and you’re fighting the mid afternoon lull… a little sleepy your body is craving that afternoon snack for a quick pick-me-up. Instead of heading to the vending machine for a candy bar this time, check out Lean Dessert from BSN. This specially formulated blend contains the [...]
Keep your active lifestyle nutritionally supported. Toss a couple of the convenient vitamin packets in your gym bag, desk or car and take as needed. You don’t go cheap with your gear, so why go cheap when you’re replenishing your body? Vitamins included in the Mega Men Sport Vitapak: Mega Men Sport premium high performance [...]
Eat your Wheaties. Scratch that. Eat your Dymatize Nutrition Elite High-Protein Cereal – Slenders. Hmm, doesn’t come across the same way, but toss your Wheaties in the garbage and reach for a bowl of Slenders. A high calcium, high protein cereal with 16 vimins and minerals. We’ve been eating it as a low fat option [...]
Supplements aren’t all created equally, especially when you’re training. Most multi-vitamins are generalized boosts in a variety of nutrients and this doesn’t necessarily work for those of you hitting the gym. Opti-men is an entire system designed to provide you performance supplmenetation using over 75 ingredients. Heres a rundown of the five performance blends: Amino-Blend [...]
