Gains Digest — Issue #7

🍗 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.

👉 Find it here

🏋️‍♂️ 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?