Hekotat
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My work schedule is all over the GD place so it's not always evenings. That shit be ok for just day-day work out that you first listed?
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Hekotat
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I actually wondered if it was placebo effect, either way it amps me up which I love when I'm ready to hit the gym hard.
I don't drink coffee and I'm not a fan of chocolate of any variety but thank you and everyone else for all the recommendations.
Denaut
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You can buy crystallized caffeine quite cheaply on Amazon. If your pre-workout drink had any active ingredient in it that would have been what it was, at a huge mark-up of course. Go with that instead if you need something. Really I just want you to stop giving shady, lying, pointless supplement companies your money for their nonsense and ridiculous marketing.
Ha! Sounds like we're in similar situations. I've never tried alternative milks but I do use skim milk and as for soda, much like yourself, I was surprised at the change.
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Saving the caffeinated pre-workouts for the weekends makes sense if you can only workout after work, for instance. Taking a caffeine supplement and then working out so close to bed could really mess with your sleep. I use C4 Extreme before every workout, but I always get it in before breakfast. It's basically just beta-alinine, creatine, and caffeine. Plus, the pink lemonade and pineapple flavors are delicious.
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Vanilla soy milk + cinnamon toast crunch. Your world will never be the same again.
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Serious question for all you pre-workout/post-workout supplement sugar rushers. Did you ever try NOT doing it. And when you first started were all the people you were getting "advice" from telling you to make sure you get these supplements?
They honestly do nothing that food (which also has nutritional value) can't accomplish and if you are tired before every workout you might want to take a look at your diet or get a sleep study done.
They honestly do nothing that food (which also has nutritional value) can't accomplish and if you are tired before every workout you might want to take a look at your diet or get a sleep study done.
I wish I could try that combo but my diet couldn't handle the cereal unfortunately. Although maybe I could give it a try. Damn it.
Hekotat
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I understand your point completely and I rarely take the stuff, currently when i've taken some (4 times total in 5 months) two of the times I got some at the store called Black Powder for .75 cents and it worked OK.
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Ephedra was the shit.
I was always careful with it. Drank lots of water, didn't do any kind of sports or exercise for an hour after. Worked.'
Stopped when I noticed I was getting irritated and angry a lot easier.
I was always careful with it. Drank lots of water, didn't do any kind of sports or exercise for an hour after. Worked.'
Stopped when I noticed I was getting irritated and angry a lot easier.
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I went from just shy of 290 pounds to 185 and didn't take any supplements (other than food) at all for exercise during that time. When I started trying to put on some muscle, I did some research and started using protein powder. Around the middle of '12, I started experimenting with some other stuff (green tea, creatine, cla's, nos, different proteins). Most of it was junk, but I did feel like the creatine and nos added enough to warrant the expense. I liked White Flood when I tried it, but my local shop doesn't have it and I get the C4 for about the same cost.
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I avoid caffeine when training after 5-6pm to make sure it doesn't keep me awake.
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I felt caffeine helped me get motivated to lift more, and since a lo carb Monster is all of 20 calories with no sugar it really wasn't too bad. It has weird stuff in it, for sure, but it helped.
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I don't think the people here that know what they are talking about advocate almost any of that stuff. It is almost universally crap.