(Part 2) Best sports nutrition pre-workout products according to redditors

They are powder drink mixes with about the same ingredients as energy drinks you see at gas stations. I try to get the ones without creatine as it makes you gain weight, it's meant for people who lift a lot I think. Beta-alanine is another common ingredient but it doesn't have any negative effects.

They are also usually sugar-free but taste good to me. Kinda like crystal light. Lotta fruity citrus flavors. I'm drinking this one right now. it has about 200mg caffeine. If I get one with something crazy like 400mg caffeine I just use half the scoop. Less than $1 per drink.

I use beet juice powder and can tell a difference in my energy levels when I take it. it's all the good parts sans the fiber and bulk

https://www.amazon.com/Powder-BulkSupplements-Total-Health-Athletic/dp/B017KYQCF0/

https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Non-GMO-Supplement-Stamina-Increases/dp/B07221P9GJ/

https://www.vitacost.com/frontier-co-op-organic-beet-powder

Reminds me of this product I was considering:

http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Supply-Pre-workout-Nootropic-Zen-like/dp/B00B2NNRFO

Me.

Late diagnosed BPII when I was 29. The next 8 years on lithium so I was stable and not trying to kill myself. Cannabis to try to increase mood enough to not weep all day long. Everything was hard. Everything was a struggle. Everything that went wrong was a tragedy. I learned about the effects of Adderall to bipolar brains after doing my own research. Then I provided all that to my pill shrink who said, "I don't feel like changing your meds and if i did i wouldn't try that." I asked him when he stopped being a real pill shrink and just became a script signer for a pay check. I took the ADHD test and it said I had ADHD. Found a new pill shrink and got put on 10mg x2 daily Adderall. That med has changed my life.

I am about to suck adderalls proverbial dick here for a second, but there are several issues with the drug that anyone on it needs to know, and if you are a man there can be some other scary symptoms too, but there are ways around everything i have learned and will be glad to share that info later if needed.

So everything is different. The first two months i got the euphoria. I was floating through the air. Hovering over the ground. No longer did I slog through oatmeal just to move or think. Now I was graceful.

I catch myself smiling all the time now. I sing in the car. I am social again. All the toxic negative shit my brain would do or say to me all day long to beat me, berate me, and stifle me is gone. Suicidal thoughts all day long are gone.

Thinking is clear. Actions are leveled. Energy is up. Food consumption is down. 22 pounds lost in 4 months on adderall.

I am a better me in every single way, but that is because I reigned it in. Adderall helped me to control my life, nay, LIVE my life now, but I had to get a handle on it too.

After feeling that euphoria that first month, I abused it a little too like some do. Take more than i needed. I parachuted it once. I ground it and tipped a joint with it. I was consuming it every way possible to see how it hit the brain.

It made me want to up the strength. DON'T. Make the adderall work for you, don't be a slave to it.

You may need to take some supplements on it. I recommend one to all, and the other if you are male and having... issues on it. Or female and just feel like your blood circulation is poor.

First: N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine (NALT) Powder When Adderall is working it's basically burning up these two chemicals in your brain. You deplete yourself and you get low mood and irritability. Little bit of this one or twice a day in yogurt or water keeps mood up and irritability down. Works wonders.

Second: Nitric Oxide Supplement with L Arginine, Citrulline Malate, AAKG and Beet Root. Are you a male on Adderall who was suddenly shocked to find you got coke dick? Do you have minor ED symptoms now? Male or female do you have blue tinges of color around toes, fingers, and dick (if a lady, i don't know if any part of your privates will tinge blue, we need a females story to know), but what this is poor blood circulation. Adderal, for whatever fucking reason, slows down or tells the body you don't need as much Nitric Oxide in the body as you do. Low Nitric Oxide, bad blood for doing anything physical from working out, sex, sports, etc. You can get the three ingredients you need as powder supplements too, but I find it easier to take this one in the capsule form. That was the last thing added and so far has fixed the worst of the negative side effects. Everything is now functionally very close to normal and i will take it. lol. It is fascinating stuff really.

I have done sooooo much gorram research on this drug, these supplements, why and how adderall does what it does, etc. It is a miracle drug for bipolar and ADHD. Just know you have to stay in charge of it. Don't abuse it, take breaks when you can, or drop your second pill out of the day when you are good. I have many days where I take 20mg in morning and only 10 or less in afternoon using a pill splitter. Some days I never take the second pill.

I am happy your are going to at least try it and see what it can do for you. It saved my life. I was stable, but so low all the time, never did anything less i was dragged out by friends. I closed myself off from everyone and everything. Now.. I am a social butterfly, sort of, at least compared to old me.

In four short months I have gone from sitting in the dark all day everyday, to going out and about. I have gone to parties without panic attacks or leaving early. I have gone back to loud bars and enjoyed myself. I started putting myself out there sexually again (after adding the Nitric Oxide Supplement) and had the first hook up in a long, long time. I make plans now. I look forward to things. I forgot, before the pill, what it was like to have a brain without suicidal thoughts. (That comes at a cost if you are a gamer, but that is a whole 'nother story). I forgot what it was like to live. Every year i reluctantly lived was agony, and now, I got a match under me. Life is worth living and I am going to fucking enjoy some of it for a change.

As long as you control the adderall and not the other way round, it is a a miracle drug. It can also be a cold hearted mistress if you ignore any warning signs.

I wish you all the best and if you need to talk about anything while on it, let me know. I am here for you.

https://www.amazon.com/Physique-Enhancing-Science-Supplement-Frost/dp/B00PKQMN1S

I usually just use ON's Amino Energy.

But got a good deal on this preworkout that I'm really liking.

The one I use is Vasoblitz.

Decent amount of L-citrulline, betaine and nitrates. I also add a separate beta alanine and glycerol powder as well. Price isn't too bad for 30 servings (I lift 3-4 days a week so it last a good bit)

While not cheap, free-form and branch-chain amino acid supplements help you maintain and repair muscle with minimal calories compared to an equivalent mass of proteins. I use this one pre-work out, and this one as a more, well rounded, general protein substitute.

I've found, along with fasting, they work especially well with negative lifts. Muscles experience more microtrauma during eccentric contraction under heavy load(compared to concentric and isometric contraction), and less energy is required to perform these exercises. As you're already fasting, burning calories should not be your primary goal in lifting. Rather it's to maintain a metabolic engine which is always burning calories. The amino acids reduce recovery time and soreness, promoting repair, and in some circumstances, hypertrophy.

Do i need to pre workout cycle?

taking this!

will be taking it 3 straight days a week... im not much of a coffee drinker or soda... tried coffee before but didnt really work on me

If you're not a usual night owl, then start flipping your sleep cycle a few days beforehand if possible. A couple nights out till 4AM should do the trick. Lots of people like to use the Wed or Thurs before Night 1 to acclimate their sleep cycles/bodies. Basic stuff like hydrating (get actual electrolytes), eating healthy, and sleeping well during the daytime go a long way to help power you through the night. I also recommend preworkout mixes over energy drinks. They work better to "wake you up" and energize your whole body without the accompanying caffeine crash that is typical for energy drinks. You can find many brands in single-serve sealed packets that you should have no problem bringing into the festival. This is a good one.

I drink pre-workout, but only about 1/5th of a serving. The energy it delivers feels a lot cleaner than drinking sugared pureed beans. This stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/PEScience-Frost-Scoop-Caffeine-Free-Preworkout/dp/B00PKQMN1S/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=pes%2Bscience%2Bhigh%2Bvolume&qid=1562868200&s=gateway&sr=8-3&th=1

Raspberry Lemonade

Found it here:

https://www.amazon.com/Supplement-Nitrosigine-Arginine-Citrulline-Vascularity/dp/B076CRGF8H/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1520968722&sr=8-3&keywords=nitrosigine

This should help.

Atomic Rhino | Smelling Salts for Athletes | 100's Of Uses per Bottle | Explosive Workout Sniffing Salts for Massive Energy Boost | Just Add Water to Activate Pre Workout https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NVXFGX5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_CootDb2SG6RJ0

I take Pure Cane Natural Pre Workout. It not only has beet root powder, it has creatine and citrulline. The Tropical Fruit Smoothie flavor is the one with beet root powder. You can buy it on Amazon and contains the necessary natural ingredients to not only give you a nice pump but increase your energy throughout your workout. I think it tastes great and doesn’t require a ton of water that’ll leave you sloshing it around in your stomach like a bloated whale. Give it a try, it’s good stuff and highly recommended.

Pure Cane Natural Pre Workout

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they make a caffeine free N.O. xplode but never tried it. Its got a few stars: http://www.amazon.com/BSN-N-O-XPLODE-2-0-Caffeine-Free/dp/B004C63PMS

I just bought bulk powders from that site for all the active ingredients in this pre-workout and it worked quite well for me---insane pumps and could get more reps on 3rd, 4th, and 5th sets. It depends on what you're taking the preworkout for, though. If you only care about increased blood flow and pump, 8g citrulline is the only requirement. If you care about a stimulant, then caffeine (and l-theanine to take the edge off the caffeine high, if you want the energy without the jitters).

Try this...

https://www.amazon.com/Legion-Pulse-Pre-Workout-Supplement/dp/B00M8JEICM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1525094847&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=pulse&th=1

My supplement is taken by athletes and entrepreneurs to get into the flow state of mind.

Flow, the herbal preworkout for your mind.

Ingredients and Science.

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Optimum Nutrition makes one without creatine. The raspberry lemonade flavor is quite tolerable.

I've used most of the popular ones. Craze, Hyde, jack3d, 1mr, NOshotgun and may others but the two I seem to going back to are Labrada's Super Charge Xtreme and Optimum Nutritions's Platinum Pre both give you 'clean' energy and dont make you feel like complete shit after your workout.

I alternate different ones based on recommendations and price. I think C4 was good just had to stick to the 2 scoops, face itched a bit though.

Currently using GAT preworkout mostly because it was on sale and I was entertaining the Vitamin Shoppe guy with his rhetoric about the testosterone building riff raff he talked about.

To me, it's just stronger coffee that tastes sweet. Gives me a boost for my workouts when I feel sluggish. No super human strength or better lifts.

As for protein, I've been using it less when i was cutting, i realized that I felt fuller eating solid food. I may crack open the ON Double Chocolate during this bulk if my weight doesn't increase fast enough.

It's a bit more expensive, but you can replace that whey protein with amino acids. They only have ~1 calorie per gram, instead of 4. They have higher bioavailability. Free-form amino acids don't need to be broken down by the liver, and get into the bloodstream much faster. I'm doing intermittent fasting, and I began losing muscle faster than I wanted to, but taking these has really helped. I take Monster Amino, in the morning and before bed. From what I've found, it's the most complete mix for its price. 15 minutes before working out and 4 hours afterwards, I take Extreme Nitric Stack for the FFAAs. It caused some skin flushing at first, but I instantly noticed increased endurance and faster recovery times followed.

I take this multivitamin, They are horse-pills, but you get a lot for the money. With Monster Amino, it approaches the tolerable upper limit for B6, so stop taking it if your hands start to tingle.

I also take calcium, magnesium, algal DHA, and L-Dopa, but those are more for helping with ADHD.

Here are some links for the product in the above comment for different countries:

Link: http://www.amazon.com/BSN-N-O-XPLODE-2-0-Caffeine-Free/dp/B004C63PMS


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OPTIMUM NUTRITION Instantized BCAA 5000 Powder, Unflavored
or
OPTIMUM NUTRITION Instantized Bcaa Powder, Fruit Punch

BCAAs help muscle recovery and add very few calories, it tends to give you an energy boost as well. My wife prefers the unflavoured one mixed with fresh lemon juice. I'll take a scoop or two of the second one in my first liter of water of the day. They're also good for while you work out.

When working out I also like Optimum Nutrition Natural Amino Energy Naturally Flavoured as it also has caffeine.

I'm no good at it, and haven't ever successfully got into the habit, but from reading about it, paying attention to your macro nutrients is also very important. Personally for me, to break any current plateaus it's my next step.

Check your history, good on ya for what you've already accomplished!

Is pre-workout a thing? I was thinking about using a preworkout ( https://www.amazon.com/GAT-NITRAFLEX-Testosterone-Performance-Creatine-Free/dp/B007P7DOT0 ) for energy since I have it laying around not getting any use, but I'm concerned it's for weight lifting only ?? Do you guys use any preworkouts for more energy?