Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

I purchases this yesterday at GNC Kailua. Representative said it was very popular and it had good reviews, so I purchased. Very easy to take, when using the blender bottle. I was very surprised, it tastes pretty well. Can already feel the cooling effects from my insanity workout.

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

taste of tropical punch is too strong but still wondering on other flavors

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

This is the best BCAA product I have tried. The beta alanine and citruline malate are great additions to the BCAA's. This product helps me push through my workout and decreases muscle soreness.

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

First off I want to thank Cellucor for sending me this product to review.

Taste 9/10

This product tastes amazing. I have tried Monster Amino before and after drinking that I did not want to ever try a BCAA product again because it tasted like sewer water or something. I mix two scoops of this BCAA product with 12 ounces of water and it tastes so good. I just want to sip it all day lol.

Mixability 7/10

It mixes good and is easy to drink, but there are some tiny white rock type things that never seem to mix completely. My guess is that is the L-Luecine, but I do not know for sure. It is something that is easily overlooked because the taste is so good.

Effectiveness 10/10

This product did everything I was looking for in a BCAA product. As everyone else says you do feel the Beta Alanine tingle your skin as that plasma uptake in your blood arises! If you take it before a workout after you take something like C4 which has beta alanine you will reallly get that tingle hard!

My DOMS was almost obsolete and I was barely sore even after leg days. I say thanks to the HICA that was implemented in the product.

Value 10/10

You cannot beat around the bush to much when it comes to BCAA and prices. BCAA products are just more expensive to make. You get what you pay for with this product and results for me at least are real.

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

I have been a huge fan of Cellucor for quite some time now. COR-Performance Beta-BCAA lived up to the Cellucor standards. The tropical punch flavor was very tasty and didn't leave a bad taste in my mouth. Tropical/Fruit punch flavors have always been my least favorite among supplements, and usually I stray away from them, but Cellucor got this flavor right and I actually enjoyed it. The mixability was great as well. There was very little to no residue left at the bottom of the glass and it wasn't frothy or chunky at all. The profile on this product is incredible. I am really impressed by how well the product worked. My recovery on a day-to-day basis was superb and I experienced no soreness at all the next day unless it was after one of my military-style workouts which I do twice a day on Tuesdays. I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a great BCAA product by an even better company. The only downside that I personally noticed, which isn't even that big of a problem, was that the container for this product is a little "flimsy" and "bendy", making it sort of a pain to get the top back on after using the product.

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

Great Product!! I love bcaa drinks and this has to be one of my favorites in terms of taste and it has an excellent ingredient profile with citrulline malate and beta alanine.! The dosages I feel are good especially for beta alanine because most preworkouts have around 1 gram of it and with this supplement added you can get around the recommended dosage. Great product overall by cellucor!

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

I've been relying on more of an electrolyte mix for intra-workout, lately, so I've started taking my BCAA's pre-workout (just a few minutes after my pre-workout product). Cellucor's BCAA product is the best thing that I've found for this. The citrulline malate and beta alanine make it perfect. 2 scoops gives 3.2g BA and 4g CM, along with the 10g BCAAs. I generally take 3g extra CM with it to really amp up the NO synthesis/increase blood arginine levels. The tropical punch flavor is amazing. It's something I'd love to just sip on all day long; it's that good. The lemon-lime and watermelon flavors are both good. As far as either of those flavors are concerned, Cellucor's are as good as any other out there. Best BCAA product on the market.

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

First off, cellucor was kind enough to give me the opportunity to test this great new BCAA supplement. I have been using various BCAA supps for the last 3 years, but this one will be my new go-to during workouts.

Mixibility: 9/10 - This was by far one of the easiest mixing supplements (not just BCAA/Intra) I've ever used. My current intra requires A LOT more shaking to get it mixed initially and requires a few good shakes before each sip to get the sediment on the bottom mixed up. I noticed very little settling at the bottom of my shaker with all of the flavors.

Taste: I really was never a fan of any of the three flavors that were sent (read: I wouldn't buy an pre or intra supp in any of those flavors unless it was just a steal of a deal), but I was beyond surprised at how great and subtle the flavorings were in each variation. Also, one thing worth mentioning -- my current intra workout/BCAA supplement has a strong enough flavor that if i don't thoroughly rinse the shaker 2-3 times immediately after my workout it will leave a very putrid odor and also dyes the clear plastic in the shaker until I toss it in the dishwasher. All three flavors that were sent to me left absolutely no after-odor or coloring with just a quick rinse post-workout.

Tropical Punch - This was not the typical, overly sweet or tart tropical punch that I was used to. It's a very mild flavor and by far my favorite of the three. 10/10 for sure.

Watermelon - I have always found anything Watermelon flavored to be extremely overpowering, and just not tasty in general. This, however, was a very subtle watermelon flavor that made it enjoyable to sip on throughout the workout. This flavor was a very close second to the Tropical Punch, but I still give it a 10/10.

Formula: BCAA, HICA, CM, BA

Workout notes: I mixed bottle in 20oz of water and drank it down 1/4 of the way then refilled to the top 30 mins before workout, and I took this with my usual Pre-workout. As I've seen in other reviews, BCAA's are part of my daily stack, so I did not expect to see life-changing results. The added benefits that I mentioned in my review are more than enough to get me to switch from my current BCAA supp

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

I was lucky enough to beta test this product for Cellucor. Here were my initial thoughts:

"Label looks great, profile is on point, and from what I've had so far taste is pretty darn good (I've now sampled one of each flavor). I personally think the tropical punch and lemon-lime are the better of the three flavors, watermelon was a touch to sweet for me. But we'll see when I adjust my H2O this week."

And here are my final thoughts. Please note that the only difference for numbers I am reporting is flavor, because as the formulas are the same, the rest applies to all 3 versions.

Mixibility: 10 - This stuff mixes like a dream. I've honestly never had a BCAA that mixes as well as this does. I mixed almost every flavor in ~16 oz water in a blender bottle, and all immediately went into solution without any clumping or frothing with a quick swirl or shake. Sometime with other products you notice the big flakes of leucine sitting on top. This had no problems and was probably one of the best attributes.

Taste: Lemon-Lime - 9, I really liked this flavor. Not too sweet, not too tart like most other lemon-lime flavored BCAAs. It was refreshing without being astringent. Watermelon - 6, this was my least favorite flavor of the three. For me it was too sweet and not tart enough. But if you like very sweet, this may be for you. It tasted like a blowpop flavor. But I prefer other watermelon BCAAs out there for flavor. With more water the flavor got better for me (mixed at 16 oz and 20 oz), but as I said, I prefer the other flavors. Tropical Punch - 10! By far my favorite flavor. This stuff tastes great and is very refreshing. Unique flavor, like a pina colada, or a pineapple mixed with fruit punch flavor. Absolutely recommend this one.

Formula: 10 With 10 g of BCAAs, 5 g of leucine, 3.2 g beta alanine, and 4 g citrulline malate, per serving this product formula is very complete. I like the high dose of BCAAs overall and the high amount of leucine in the 2:1:1 ratio. Plus there is a full clinically studied dose of beta alanine, which I felt the tingles with during each serving.

The following are areas which I think are very hard to judge on a numbered scale, so I have only provided my thoughts.

Workout Thoughts: I drank this intra-workout and it provided a nice refreshment throughout. I never "feel" a difference working out with BCAAs, but I never train without them.

Recovery: I didn't necessarily notice any enhanced recovery, but I think it is very hard to assess this unless you are truly in tune with everything you do on a daily basis. Having come off a 2 week hiatus, I was just getting back into the swing of things, so it is hard to judge. But with this formula, I can't see how it wouldn't be beneficial to recovery both during and after a workout.

DOMS (Soreness): Again, hard to judge coming off a break. But considering I pushed myself hard and hadn't been working out lately, this may have helped to blunt DOMS a bit since I was never so sore that I couldn't push myself on the next workout.

Thanks again to Cellucor for letting me test this beta product out!

Comments about Cellucor® Cor-Performance Series BCAA™ - Tropical Punch:

Was lucky enough to beta-test all 3 flavors of this! I was sent 4 servings of each flavor from Cellucor. I sipped on them intra-workout. Mixed perfectly with 20oz. of water and 2 ice cubes in a shaker bottle. No clumps, particles, or foaming. If I had to rate each flavor from highest to lowest (which, if you have all 3 to try is an extremely hard thing to do) it would be like this: Tropical Punch, Watermelon, Lemon Lime. All of them tasted absolutely delicious, as all of Cellucor's products do! Tropical Punch tasted like I was sipping on Koolaid. Watermelon literally tasted like a Jolly Rancher. And Lemon-Lime tasted just like the classic Gatorade flavor. The effects were very noticeable as well. I noticed a slight tingling sensation from the beta-alanine, but not to the point where it was excessive like some of the pre-workouts out there. The recovery was also quite noticeable. I wasn't getting as sore after my workouts, like I had been the week prior to using the BCAA's. Definitely got some great energy from this as well while sipping on this intra-workout. Overall I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a quality BCAA product, whether you'll be taking it intra-workout, post-workout, or just want to sip on it every day because it's so ridiculously good! Another great job by Cellucor with this one, and thanks again for giving me the opportunity to try these all out!