Jocko Fuel Pro Series Pre-Workout Review

Who this pre-workout is for

Jocko Fuel Pro Series is for somebody who reads labels. If you want to see real doses of everything, right there on the tub, this is about as legit as it gets.

It is not for bargain hunters. It's one of the pricier pre-workouts on the market, and I'll get into that.

Why I tried it

I spent over a decade in the fitness industry, and a lot of that time was helping people find simple supplementation to fuel their workouts. The supplement industry can be a confusing thing. There are a million options out there.

Jocko has been a pretty solid brand since it launched, and I've tried some of their products before. I'd never tried the Pro Series. It's relatively new. I bought this tub myself.

My first reaction was, man, that's overpriced. What got me to try it anyway is that it looks like it has clinical doses of everything. Some pre-workouts are kind of overblown, with a lot of fancy selling points on them. This one looked totally legit.

What's in it

I read the label on camera. Per scoop it's 8 grams of L-citrulline, 3.2 grams of beta-alanine, 3 grams of taurine, 3 grams of L-tyrosine, 2.5 grams of betaine anhydrous, 1.5 grams of Nitrosigine, 500 milligrams of Alpha GPC and 400 milligrams of Peak ATP.

For caffeine, it's 300 milligrams of natural caffeine. There's also coffee bean extract, Dynamine and TeaCrine, plus a couple of ingredients I don't know much about yet and need to do some digging on.

There are no artificial flavors, sweeteners or colors. Jocko uses their own sweetener blend, which is allulose, monk fruit and Reb M. The color comes from vegetable juice. It's a pretty clean label.

The scoop is huge, and there are only 20 of them

When I opened it, the first thing I noticed was the scoop. It's a 30 gram scoop. That's almost as big as a scoop of protein.

That's also why I had the serving count wrong. I thought it was 30 servings. It's 20. It's a big tub, but you go through it fast.

How Sour Gummy tastes

I got the Sour Gummy flavor. It smells really good when you open it. I mixed a full scoop in 12 ounces of water with a little ice, because I like to drink them cold.

It tastes pretty good. It's not overly sour. It's kind of sweet, and you can tell where the sour gummy comes from.

The tingle

I felt the tingle on my lips right away, on the first sip. That's the beta-alanine, and there's a good dose of it in here.

If you don't like that feeling, know it's coming.

My first workout on it

I'm not going to lie. It was one of the best workouts I've had in a while.

I don't know yet if that's the placebo effect of a new pre-workout. Any time you switch, you get a little bump, because it's different than the one you were taking. Or it's just that good. The jury's still out.

My stomach was fine. The workout was about 45 minutes, and I never felt like I had to go to the bathroom, during or after. No indigestion either. So it's pretty clean on that front for me.

Pro Series or the regular Jocko pre-workout

The regular Jocko pre-workout is really good. I liked it and I liked the flavor. It's not overblown with caffeine. I think it's about 200 milligrams.

Jocko says the regular one is your reliable everyday pre-workout, and the Pro Series is for somebody training at a high intensity four to seven days a week who wants the more complete formula.

The big thing for me is the price difference. The regular tub gives you 30 servings and costs less. The Pro Series gives you 20 and costs more. That's a lot if budgets are tight.

How I'd buy it

Subscribe and save is the cheapest way to go straight from Jocko. Or wait for a sale, because they usually run some pretty good ones. Vitamin Shoppe runs buy one, get one deals on it a lot of the time too.

Would I buy it again?

After one workout, it's solid and it tastes good. If you read labels, want the bigger doses, and you're fine paying a premium for them, I think you'll like it.

If money is tight, or 200 milligrams of caffeine is already plenty for you, get the regular Jocko pre-workout.

I'm going to use it every day for a month before I say anything stronger than that. One workout isn't a real test.