New flavour. First outing. We launched Piña Colada Hydroboost Carb+ at Polyfest Games, with our purple tent up at LSKD HQ in Loganholme. Protein coffees, smoothies and VO2max were on the menu too.
The games ran on 17 and 18 October, with Rookie, Intermediate and Pro divisions. We were there on Sunday, with our purple tent up and drinks on the counter.
If you stopped by, thanks for spending part of your day with us. Seeing you try a drink in person is one of the best parts of taking Ascend out to an event.
Meet our new Piña Colada flavour
Polyfest was the launch of our new Piña Colada flavour in Hydroboost Carb+. If you tried it at our stand, you were there for its debut.
Hydroboost Carb+ gives you 21g of carbs per serve, along with electrolytes. It is a way to get fuel in your training bottle, with a new flavour to try.
Want to know what those carbs are? Our guide to the carbs in Hydroboost Carb+ explains cyclic dextrin and maltodextrin in plain words. It also covers where a carb drink fits before and during training.
A protein drink you look forward to
Our protein coffees and smoothies put a familiar drink at the centre of the day. If a plain shake feels a bit same-same, a different way to have your protein is worth a try.
For your own smoothie at home, our Dairy Free Protein gives you 25g of protein per serve, with 28 serves in a tub. Blend a serve with a drink you enjoy and follow the directions on your tub. Choose dairy-free ingredients if you want the whole smoothie to be dairy free.
We use collagen as the protein base. We also add tryptophan, one of the essential amino acids, so the finished mix contains all nine. These are the amino acids your body needs to get from food.
That is a useful detail when you read a protein label. Ordinary collagen is missing tryptophan. Our added tryptophan gives the formula the full set of essential amino acids.
Flavour counts too. You are the one who has to drink it. Pick a flavour you enjoy and a way to mix it that fits your day.
Thanks for having us, Polyfest
A big thank you to the Polyfest Games crew for having us there, and to everyone who came over to see us.
You can see more from the stand in our Polyfest photo post. If you tried a drink and cannot remember which one it was, ask us. Tell us the flavour and whether it was a coffee, smoothie or training drink. We will help you find it.
Campaign artwork based on a photograph from Polyfest Games. Photo: @caseysims_.
