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Gains Digest — Issue #7
You’re Not Behind. You’re Just Early.
🍗 High-Protein Snack Spotlight
🔥 Product: Dymatize ISO100 Protein — 25g per scoop
One of the cleanest whey isolates on the market:
25g protein
~1g carb
Mixes like a dream (no clumps, no grit)
Best for: morning shakes, post-lift, and fast-digesting fuel.
Top flavor: Fruity Pebbles or Chocolate Peanut Butter.

🏋️♂️ Quick Gym Hack: Use “Pause Reps” for Growth
Struggling to build strength or control? Add pause reps to your main lifts.
Pause at the bottom of a squat
Hold mid-rep during a row
Stop just before lockout on a bench press
Why?
You remove momentum, force control, and build real strength through the hardest part of the lift.
💡 Gains Tip of the Week: Track 1 Variable, Not 10
Trying to track everything = overwhelm.
Instead, pick one variable this week and go all in:
Just track protein
Just track sleep
Just track training consistency
Master one habit. Then layer on the next. That’s how real change happens.
📉 Myth Busted: “Carbs at night = fat gain”
🚫 False.
Calories > timing.
Carbs at night won’t hurt your progress unless they push you into a surplus.
In fact, carbs at night may help with:
Muscle recovery
Sleep quality (via serotonin)
Next-day energy
🧠 Mindset Shift: You’re Not Behind. You’re Just Early.
The scale might not move.
The mirror might lag.
The pump might not always hit.
That doesn’t mean it’s not working.
Progress is invisible first. Visible later. Keep going.
👊 Final Word
You're building something most people quit on.
You’re training your body and your brain.
Even when it doesn’t feel like much — it’s everything.
📬 Forward this to a friend who’s questioning if it’s worth it.
📩 Hit reply and tell me: What progress have you made that no one else sees?
