equip

One of the best life hacks to make sure I’m hitting my protein goals (~140g/day) has been Equip Prime Protein. I have been using Equip products for upwards of almost 3 years now. I was ecstatic when I found the brand (focusing first on their protein, and eventually discovering the rest of what they had to offer). I had tried SO many protein powders on the market. From vegan options to non-organic options that are full of metals and pesticides, to much “better” organic options that taste like absolute garbage. I had all but given up on ever finding a truly good one that didn’t need to be masked by tons of other things.

Enter: Equip. 

Equip protein has minimal ingredients (think: 1 to 4 ingredients in a bag, that’s it!), super clean, high quality sourcing, and all derived from grass-fed beef. GRASS FED! And the best part? (Or one of the best parts?) It tastes amazing. Like legit amazing. 

I started off with the basics - chocolate and vanilla.

Chocolate is my personal favorite to mix in for what I call my biohacked coffee. The recipe includes: 

King Coffee

Equip Chocolate Prime Protein

Equip Unflavored Collagen

Cymbiotica Shilajit

CellCore CT Minerals 

I legit drink this combination every single day, sometimes twice a day, even while traveling.

Vanilla quickly became Sawyer and Charlie’s favorite. Their breakfast of choice for the entire 2022-2023 school year and summer to follow was Equip Vanilla Protein, Equip Unflavored Collagen, raw milk from our local farmer (and Sawyer was especially particular about this - if I didn’t make it to the pickup one week and had a grocery store brand of organic whole milk in the fridge, he’d say “mommy, that isn’t from our farmer, I don’t want it”), and ½ of a frozen banana (per shake). 

We changed things up a bit for the 2023-2024 school year, and instead enjoy “vanilla protein yogurt” every morning - 

Equip Vanilla Protein

Organic Greek Yogurt from Costco

Sawyer prefers his topped with 9 Hu Chocolate Chips (exactly 9), and Charlie prefers a drizzle (in the shape of a heart) of local raw honey. I’m personally partial to making this ahead of time, as the yogurt tends to get a bit thicker, and more gelatinous, and I’ll cut strawberries and dip them in the thick yogurt, or will do like Sawyer and top mine with the Hu Chocolate Chips. (To make ahead of time, plan for 1 scoop of Prime Protein for each 6-8oz of yogurt, and mix thoroughly – it doesn’t last long in my house, but we’ve enjoyed up to 1.5 weeks after originally mixing and it’s always perfect). 

It admittedly took me a little bit to purchase some of the other flavors because the chocolate and vanilla were just that good.

Peanut Butter is my personal favorite flavor for a thick, creamy protein shake. It’s great alone with raw milk, or to make it more satiating I’ll add a frozen banana, a scoop of Equip Unflavored Collagen, and a scoop of Core Colostrum. 

Salted Caramel is another household favorite to mix with Greek Yogurt. It’s especially delicious when mixed with Greek Yogurt and put in the fridge for 24 hours or more to get nice and thick to use as a dip for fruit or Simple Mills Sweet Thins. 

I’ve obviously mentioned the Unflavored Collagen a few times. It mixes so well that it can go in just about anything, and can really help your protein intake if you’re struggling to meet grams equal to your ideal body weight (ie: if your ideal body weight is 140lbs, striving for 140g of protein per day is ideal). 

The Pre-Workout is my absolute favorite before any lift session at the gym. It is literally the only pre-workout I haven’t had to switch every 1-3 months to get that same feeling in the gym (you know what I'm talking about if you’ve ever used a pre-workout). It also is SO clean that you don’t get the spike and crash of other pre-workouts, and there’s no crawling out of your skin here (again, you know what I'm talking about if you’ve ever used one). I personally love to hack this and when I mix my Pre-Workout with ~8oz of filtered water I’ll add in a scoop of Core Colostrum and make it energizing and gut healing. 

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