Naked Energy

First off, if you’re judging your pre-workout by its taste, you probably think walking is an exercise and you’re not training hard enough for pre-workout anyway. Been taking this pre-workout for over a year now. It’s the cleanest available without artificial flavoring, loads of sugar/sweeteners, or fillers. Get it, suck it up, and train like you mean it.

I will break this down into three sections: Background/Physical Quality, Taste, and Perceived Workout-Benefit. Background/Quality: I decided to get a pre-workout because I really wanted to start exercising more but I've always had significant trouble motivating myself to go to the gym, and one of my biggest excuses was "I'm too tired"/"Ugh, I don't really feel like it right now, today was a long day". I figured if I forced energy into myself via pre-workout, I wouldn't have that excuse anymore. I chose Naked Energy's Unflavored pre-workout because it is only made up of 10 ingredients, all of them are natural, there is no sugar (gains-killer), and one serving is just under 5 grams (which I can drink with 8oz of water rather than getting a flavored one that's 16g per serving that I would need to drink 24 oz of water with, and which allows for me to pay $40 for 50 servings instead of $40 for 20 servings). When the product arrived, I was glad to see that there wasn't really much clumping and that the powder was pretty fine in terms of particle size. When I began using it I was disappointed by it's ability to dissolve in water, however I realized relatively soon after that I had just been too impatient with it. If you give it 30+ seconds of stirring, it will be almost completely dissolved, which is a huge plus. Taste: Bear in mind that supplements in general are not meant to be delicious. bearing that in mind, this is UNFLAVORED. that does not mean that it does not have any flavor, it means that they don't add anything to make it "yummy". It tastes AWFUL. It is one of the most alien and bitter tastes I've ever had. I started drinking it with a -take five sips without breathing, chase with water quickly, then repeat until gone- strategy. I mixed it with a cool raspberry-hibiscus tea and it was bearable. I went back to the five-sip method because I'm lazy and was able to manage. Read the next section to see why the taste didn't drop this product's stars. Perceived Workout Benefit: This stuff works. there is no doubt about it. it has become a staple of my morning routine. half an hour before I want to workout throw on workout clothes, I mix this with 8 oz of water, drink it quick (because again, the taste is atrocious), and watch an episode of the office for 20ish minutes while I let the pre-workout kick in. by the time the episode is over, I feel wide awake with clean and non-jittery energy, I can feel a light pins-and-needles tingle from the beta-alanine (which is bearable at 2g), and I actually look forward to doing my daily workout. I have never gone to the gym as consistently as I have with Naked Energy, and I've never woken up before my alarm and decided "you know what, I should go to the gym" and then feel like I could put in maximal effort at 5:30am until I started using Naked Energy. Plus, for 50 servings at $40, it's almost impossible to find a better option. TL;DR: Ignore the horrible taste, this stuff is awesome. Mix until clear and wait 20-30 min before starting exercise.

Highly recommend! Give a great energy boost. I take 1 heaping scoop (.65 servings) and it works well enough for me for intense early morning athletic workouts. I feel focused, not jittery. I like that the caffeine is a bit less than some and there is no sugar. About the flavor: note that alone, this tastes slightly like baking soda, (I wrongly assumed it might be flavorless) but when paired with a drink with even light flavor it's not bad or noticeable. I usually prefer bland flavors but using this in water solo might be unpleasant even for me; but to each their own.

I had high hopes for this product due to the Naked brand name and the high price. I appreciate not putting artificial sweeteners, colors, and flavorings in this, but, when you describe your product as unflavored, that means it has no flavor. The taste of this product is intolerable. It taste like you’re taking a handful of prescription meds or medicine and chewing on the pills. It’s absolutely terrible and bitter and I don’t know how people are actually drinking this because it’s disgusting.

Great stuff, gives me energy and I would give it 5 stars if they made one change. I just have one request, PLEASE REPLACE THE FOLIC ACID with methylfolate! I would gladly pay a little more for this product if it contained methylfolate since that is natural and not synthetic like folic acid. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

It works great and doesn’t have any unnecessary junk in it. May not taste great but preferable to all those disgusting artificially sweet weird flavors the other pre workout mixes offer.

I was trying to find a pretty workout that didn’t have all the fillers (dyes, sucralose or other artificial sweeteners). When I found this and it had the right amount of caffeine I needed and the other ingredients were listed as “none” I was intrigued. It did work as far as energy goes and without any jitters or itchy skin that some Preworkouts with B12 give you. But Unfortunately I wouldn’t recommend this product. Although it’s unflavored, I tried it in a number of different beverages to try to get it down. It maybe doesn’t have a “flavor” but it certainly has a taste and that taste is chalk. A friend of mine tried it and he said it tasted like goldfish water...I didn’t have that experience though. I tried mixing it in the following: Water Orange juice Chocolate milk White milk “Hint” - bottled flavored water from target It wasn’t AS bad in the chocolate milk and orange juice but I wasn’t interested in having to slam 8oz if either of those every time before lift. Three stars because if you can mix it into a protein shake or some other flavored beverage, it might be ok. I’ve opted to purchased a different pre workout called Honey Badger also from amazon. A friend of mine also recommended Beach Body preworkout. Also no dyes or sucralose in those.

I've been slingin' steel for nearly 20 years now so I've run the gauntlet of everything from C4 to local customized vitamin shop brews. My nearly decade steady go-to has been PreJym by Jym - great for what it is w/ minimal crash. Recently have changed my diet entirely towards a sustainable modified low-FODMAP setup (which has been great) and so I needed an absolutely clean pre-work out w/ no flavoring, preservatives, or additives of any kind. NAKED (unflavored) ticks all of those boxes and my first couple of workouts with it have been some of the best of the last five or six years. I dry scoop (straight to the back of the throat) one heaping scoop ahead of my workouts and it helps just knock it back w/o tasting, chase w/ a glass of water. The pumps are on par w/ anything else but the focus & stamina I've had with this stuff has been unreal - I maxed weight & reps in everything I did on that first workout with it, and it continued into my second. I have no gas or ugly burps/stomach uneasiest like I'd become accustomed to, so to get the workouts I have without the bloat...5 stars. I will use it exclusively.

Very effective Pre-workout. It tastes horrible, but this is a natural and pure product. Most pre-workouts on the market have artificial flavorings, sweeteners, and colors to mask the taste of these ingredients. Get past the taste, and you have one of the most safest and effective Pre-workouts. I will be taking this for the long term. No fillers, or dangerous ingredients here. Only pure, and clean energy. Thank you NKD Nutrition for making this product available.

Find the taste is horrible but you get used to it. I used to use gold standard pre, however, I wanted to go cleaner so started using this and the pump/feeling from it genuinely feels so much cleaner and natural than the Gold Standard pre. I also mix it with optimum nutrition micronised creatine as that's the only ingredient of this drink that's missing (obviously because it isn't vegan-friendly). Dunno if its just one that works so well or both as I only every mix them together with 400ml of water. Would I buy this product again? probably the taste is unique and you just get used to dealing with it after a while. Would like to know more about the maker of it though as the American site seems set up and running and usable but the UK one is none existent, so I am not too sure how much I trust the making process of the product.

Item was sent within a week of purchasing and was 4 months out of date. Not sure if anyone had a similar problem but the sell-by-date is printed on the bottom and I was disappointed to read it said January 2020.

This is a great pre workout. also if you do the math you get more servings for your buck then most on the market and no crap ingredients. It does add a bitter taste so I recommend to add it to juice or a water flavor of your choice.

Used this today for a fasted workout and it gave me a good workout. Loads of energy and nice tingles. Tastes weird but if you mix with dilute orange then it tastes fine! Love it! My favourite preworkout!