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CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving

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CytoSport Cytomax Sports Performance drink mix contains a blend of complex carbohydrates and sugars that work to sustain energy so you can train harder and longer.

Contains alpha-L-Polylactate™, an exclusive energy source that can help provide energy while lowering acid in the muscles to prevent cramping
Drink mix helps restore electrolytes lost during exercise
Low-sodium, no-sucrose formula; CytoSport Cytomax Sports Performance drink mix contains stevia, a natural sweetener
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Ingredients: Cytosport’s unique complex carbohydrate blend (including amylopectin starches and maltodextrins, crystalline fructose, dextrose, Alpha-L-Polylactate™ [patented L-lactate formulation containing non-acidic L-lactate ionically bound to L-arginine]), natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, sodium citrate, malic acid, potassium citrate, ascorbic acid, L-alanine, L-glutamine, stevia, guar gum, xantham gum, magnesium oxide, caramel color, chromium nicotinate, monopotassium phosphate, diacalcium phosphate, carmine (added for color), magnesium succinate, potassium succinate, calcium succinate. Allergens: This product contains ingredients derived from milk and soy. Manufactured in a plant that processes milk, soy, wheat and eggs.

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CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving Customer Reviews

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CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving

4.8

(based on 14 reviews)

93%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Tasty (9)
Boosts energy (7)
Quickens recovery time (6)
Goes down easy (4)

Cons

Best Uses

During workout (7)
After workout (4)
During ride (3)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid cyclist (4), Weekend warrior (4), Runner (3)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (4)

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Jan

2013

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

I live on this stuff

By cyclenutdad

from Davidson, NC

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Goes Down Easy
Good Value
Tasty
Works Quickly

Cons

Messy to Use

Best Uses

During Ride

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

I've been drinking this stuff for about 3 yr. It is the BEST. During the summer, I mix a tsp of powedered coconut water (avail from REI) in each bottle with 1.5 scoops of the cytomax. This really does help prevent cramps later. A tip, the sooner you washout your bottle, the easier it is to get the cytomax out before it undissolves and gums-up the bottle.

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Jun

2012

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Update/correction of my 5/26/12 review

By ENF

from East Bay, SF Bay Area

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

I'm posting this from Lake Tahoe, where I'll be doing America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride. During registration, I visited the sample booth for Cytomax. I offered the sales rep, Frank, the comments I made on my May 26, 2012 posting - that I had loved their product, but hated the taste of their new Stevia formulation. Surprisingly, Frank told me he disliked the taste of the new formula also, and had to fight the company to have it changed. The samples they had at the booth (Pomegranate Berry) definitely tasted much better - like the original. Frank assured me the Go Grape is undergoing the same revision. I tip my hat to Cytomax for changing back the taste. I guess I owe them an apology. I'll be buying again.

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May

2012

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

LOVED it - until they changed formula

By ENF

from East Bay, SF Bay Area

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Cons

Best Uses

After Riding
Before Riding
During Ride

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

I discovered Cytomax a couple years ago when I felt that the standard sport drink (think of the bath that football coaches receive at the end of games) seemed too "thin" and watery. I tried a one-serving sample of the Cytomax Go Grape from REI and I was hooked. I LOVED the taste. Go Grape was my favorite flavor, with Pomegranate Berry being a very close second. Did I feel better during and after my rides? Yes (although my experiences were subjective and hardly a scientific double blinded study.) I always had both mixes in my house, and would never go on a ride without two bottles of Cytomax attached to my bike.

Then, earlier this year, I purchased another large container and noted the Go Grape label was a bit different. The change in the taste was even more pronounced - it didn't taste like grape at all, it was not sweet, and it had a bitter aftertaste. I bought another thinking it was perhaps a bad batch, but it was the same unpleasant taste. I read reviews on different websites and learned it wasn't just me - others noted the less than pleasant taste. Cytosport had changed their formula by replacing sugars with Stevia. I'm extremely disappointed - as I said, this was my favorite sports drink and I would never go anywhere without it. I did email Cytosport and asked if I was the only one noticing the big difference in taste, but I received no reply. I guess I'm now a former customer. This is New Coke redux.

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Nov

2011

(0 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Keeps you going

By Think before you vote

from Cupertino, CA

About Me Avid Cyclist, Competitive Cyclist

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Pros

Goes Down Easy
Tasty

Cons

Messy to Use

Best Uses

During Ride

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

Helpful REI Rep in the store turned me on to this. I think his name was Jeff Beezos. Gave me a good price too.

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Aug

2011

5.0

Wow, a sports drink that works!!

By KKing

from Sammamish, WA

About Me Avid hiker

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Pros

Boosts Energy
Quickens Recovery Time
Tasty

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Before Workout
During Workout
Hiking
Hydration

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

It has been a long time since I've been using sports drinks. I really disliked the gatorade powders, etc. REI had these on sale, so I wanted to give it a try.

I was really surprised to notice the difference and the sustained energy. It was like a steady burn instead of the sugar high and low that other sports drinks had given me....

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Jan

2011

5.0

Best fitness drink on the market!

By Run Bike Ski Hike

from Seattle, WA

About Me Runner, Weekend Warrior

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Pros

Boosts Energy
Quickens Recovery Time
Tasty

Cons

Best Uses

After Workout
Before Workout
During Workout

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

I have tried several sports drinks and none has helped me as much as Cytomax. I am a runner, biker, and climber. If I have an early race I drink some Cytomax and eat a banana. BAM! Good to go! I also drink it during competition, but I dilute the mixture to about 50%. I find this gives me the energy I need as well as the proper amount of water.

I ran out about two weeks ago and I find I have to work a lot harder to get the same energy benefit from other drinks, gels, or bars...and none of those taste as good. This does not taste like a typical protein or recovery drink. My kids love to drink whatever I have left after a climb!

Buy with confidence!

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Sep

2010

5.0

I'm Surprised - It Really Works

By Bicycle Jim

from Ann Arbor, MI

About Me Crossfit Training, Cyclist

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Pros

Good Value
Quickens Recovery Time

Cons

Best Uses

After Workout
During Workout

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

I was skeptical having worked on medical nutrition clinical studies for several years, but have found substantially reduced muscle ache after weight lifting, cross fit training, intense spinning, long cycling rides. No GI distress for me.

Taste is "good enough" and self mix is both easy and reduces recycle/landfill waste. Try the single serves to find your flavor before committing to 82 servings. I carry one bottle of drink and one bottle plain water.

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Sep

2010

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Good Stuff

By azrogart

from Tempe, Arizona

About Me Runner, Weekend Warrior

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Pros

Boosts Energy
Quickens Recovery Time
Tasty

Cons

Best Uses

During Workout

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

I have tried numerous sports nutrition drinks during long training runs and races and generally end up with acid reflux with the more "commercially popular" brand drinks. Cytomax, however is very easy on the stomach, tastes great and contains only "good" carbs...no high fructose corn syrup! I have been using this now for three years in marathon and ultra training and racing with absolute confidence.

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Jul

2010

5.0

Works

By vdomeras

from Upstate New York

About Me Daily workout

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Pros

Boosts Energy
Quickens Recovery Time
Tasty

Cons

Best Uses

After Workout
During Workout

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

Cycled across NY State. At first I was surprised by how the power returned to my legs after a few swallows of CitoMax, later I relied on it. It seems to help recovery at the end of a day's ride.

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Jul

2010

5.0

Great for Runners

By saltysue

from Salt Lake City, UT

About Me Runner

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Pros

Boosts Energy
Quickens Recovery Time
Tasty

Cons

Best Uses

After Workout

Comments about CytoSport Cytomax Drink Mix - 82 Serving:

My husband is a cyclist and drinks this during and after his rides and swears by it. I started running about a year ago and was bothered by headaches and fatigue after a long run (anything over 45 minutes for me!) My husband suggested that I drink Cytomax after my run. I figured I had nothing to lose but a headache so I tried it - what a difference!!! I have not had a post-run headache since I started drinking Cytomax and my fatigue is also greatly improved. I used to think that all the hype about sports beverages was way overblown - but now I'm a true convert to the benefits of Cytomax. I won't run without it.

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