Okay, so I've used both of these before, but I got them in what I thought would be tastier flavors. Well, they are, but I'm also lazy and don't want to mix up a bajillion different drinks before the gym LOL.

So I recently got the Fruit Fusion flavor of both Dilate and Ritual. This morning was my first go 'round with them.

I have just started training first thing in the morning, before work, fasted, for about 2 months now. I did it once to make sure I got a workout in with an evening obligation and have since found that I really like it. So my current morning routine has looked like this:

05:00 AM: wake up (weigh myself)
05:10 AM: 1 scoop Amino-HP and 500mg agmatine, 200mcg Hup-A, levothyroxine (Rx)
05:30 AM: 1 scoop PJE + 3g citrulline malate
05:45 AM: Lift (could be closer to 6)


Only thing different today was swapping out the PJE and cit mal for 1 scoop of Dilate and Ritual combined in a shaker with some crushed ice. It was really good! I haven't tried each individually to see if there's any subtle differences, but there were no noticeable differences in combining both in one shaker (which was exactly what I was hoping for).

I really love the profile on all 3 of these products individually, but the combination is crazy good (particularly since I'm doing this fasted, now).

Had a high volume back session today and this is what I ended up with:

FreeMotion lat pulldowns (solo ring pulleys on each side): 120x20 for 7 sets/ 80x20 for 1 set
FreeMotion lat pull-ins (solo pulleys used on the fly station): 120x25 for 3 sets*
Seated Rows (wide/neutral grip from low pulley): 105x25 for 4 sets
Standing lat bar pushdowns: 55x25 for 4 sets

*this is where I pull at about a 150* angle and engage my lats to do the pulling almost like a row; totally short ROM, but it feels really good

Aside from those, which were just added back in, the others were actually all increases on either weight, sets or reps from the last time I did this workout (which was a month ago the way my split works). Coolest part about that is I'm down over 15 pounds from that day, so increasing my workout capacity is huge.


Mixability is on point; no problems or complaints at all; no floaters or chunks or anything.

Flavor is way better than I expected. It was early so I wasn't judging all that well for notes lol, but I'll have more details incoming. I just usually don't care for fruit punch type flavors anymore after all the early years of that being the only (and poorly done at that) option. This was very good.

Energy, pump, and focus were all on point. I was in the zone today. Workouts are kind of a time of worship for me, too -- I either go with rock or hip hop, but I listen to a lot of Christian artists and have a lot of time where I'm really focused on praise and positive thinking while working out. Today was hip hop and it was awesome.

The energy carried well beyond the gym and had me feeling great all the way into work. I just now started in on some more caffeine, 6 hours after the fact (which was my usual amount of time difference when I worked out in the afternoons).

I'll get some photos and more notes. If you have questions, ask away!