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for what it's worth I have a prior for trust in Legion Athletics. The owner has a few niche (i'm talking 200 person views) podcasts where he's getting into the weeds about getting pissed off about not being able to get random samples for a given product and having to drop it as a result. His entire schtick is about competing by being not "unverified from cheaper chinese factory" and if you keep digging you'll see him complain about things like "i can't put out a COQ10 supplement because i can't compete on cost because i can't find a verifiable source that'll let me do a random sample"
his old multivitamin ad had a gigantic eye watering list of why is justifies each ingredient with a given study but he had to take it down because people didn't care and it basically him satisfying his own fitness autism.
so, if you need specifically a plant based protein (whey is still king for non-plant based), I put my weight behind seriously considering his products.
his is also the only not-Nootropics Depot sleep supplement that has the AcX recomended dose of melatonin, which increases my inclination towards his other stuff since most companies just do a megadose of melatonin
That's Mike Matthews, right?
I also found his blogs and articles really helpful years ago, when I was first getting into weightlifting. Just a good honest dude from what I can tell.
I had a Starting Strength phase and Rippetoe arguing that lifting for aesthetics is stupid but if you going to be stupid at least do it right and listen to this guy was my first introduction to him. And i take that recommendation seriously. Everything i've learned since that has only reinforced that positive impression on me.
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