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Title: What do you take before the gym
Post by: the trainer on March 11, 2014, 09:03:17 AM
Normally before I workout I drink a strong cup of coffee to get me going but I was wondering about all those pre workout supplements they have these days, do you guys take any of them and do you get better results than a strong cup of coffee.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: _aj_ on March 11, 2014, 09:06:26 AM
Bowl of oatmeal.

On long-workout days, I still have some old skool Jack3d that I use. It is starting to lose its awesomeness.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: SuperTed on March 11, 2014, 09:07:42 AM
I don't take any stimulant.
Just eat my breakfast with a protein shake and head off.  :D
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Karl Kox on March 11, 2014, 09:08:30 AM
I've taken them all at one point.
The original Jack3d was great.  
C4 and Xtream are pretty good.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on March 11, 2014, 09:20:54 AM
Nothing.  I roll out of bed, throw on some workout clothes and head to my garage to get started.  I've been doing this for so long My body just wakes up at the same time everday, which kind of sucks because on vacation I'm still getting up early all alert.

I've been working out on an empty stomach for about 12 years now
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: AlphaMaleDawg on March 11, 2014, 09:21:34 AM
If I work out in the morning, 40g protein from whey and 54g carbs from quaker oatmeal. I stopped taking pre workout supplements
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Yanin on March 11, 2014, 09:23:10 AM
A selfie
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Mr Nobody on March 11, 2014, 09:24:56 AM
A shit.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: 240 is Back on March 11, 2014, 09:26:26 AM
A selfie

you beat me to it.  good call.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Tito24 on March 11, 2014, 09:53:56 AM
poppers
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Johnny Bravo on March 11, 2014, 09:55:27 AM
Small meal 75 minute before
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: gracie bjj on March 11, 2014, 09:59:02 AM
lately my gym been having a heavy marijuana smell ligering around, seems like thats the big pre work out formula this month.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Pandemic on March 11, 2014, 09:59:23 AM
I try to workout fasted, so I'll take a serving of MusclePharm Assault...

http://musclepharm.com/store/all-products/assault/

Skip this shit if you already have:

 - Watermelon Kool-Aid
 - No Doz
 - Creatine

Otherwise, it's not too bad.

Like others said, coffee / espresso or oatmeal are great alternatives.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Johnny Bravo on March 11, 2014, 10:00:45 AM
Coffee just gives jitters. Placebo effect possibly?
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: MCWAY on March 11, 2014, 10:03:04 AM
I try to workout fasted, so I'll take a serving of MusclePharm Assault...

http://musclepharm.com/store/all-products/assault/

Skip this shit if you already have:

 - Watermelon Kool-Aid
 - No Doz
 - Creatine

Otherwise, it's not too bad.

Like others said, coffee / espresso or oatmeal are great alternatives.

Assault goes a bit overboard with the beta-alanine. My head, forearms, feet, legs were tingling like crazy the last time I used it. There's a tub on sale for $8 at GNC. I thought about getting it but since I already have VPX's SyntheSize, I opted not to do so.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Skorp1o on March 11, 2014, 10:05:06 AM
In my late 20's I tried cocaine before a workout a few times when I had the stuff alying around....to this day those sessions will be remembered as my best work outs ever.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Henda on March 11, 2014, 10:08:11 AM
Days im off work i drink 2 or 3 cups of tea, gym is a minute away from kids school so drop kids off and straight to gym. I too like training on empty stomach
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: BigCyp on March 11, 2014, 10:09:48 AM
A double espresso from my beloved machine, is all.

Preferrably italian beans (no robusta mixes though, 100 arabica).
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: the trainer on March 11, 2014, 10:19:41 AM
lately my gym been having a heavy marijuana smell ligering around, seems like thats the big pre work out formula this month.

How is it possible to have a good workout when you are high, its make you slow and give you that lazy feeling.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: jon cole on March 11, 2014, 10:36:52 AM
Normally before I workout I drink a strong cup of coffee to get me going but I was wondering about all those pre workout supplements they have these days, do you guys take any of them and do you get better results than a strong cup of coffee.

cal50 by grenade.

best prewo supp.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on March 11, 2014, 10:43:12 AM
cheque drops
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: funk51 on March 11, 2014, 10:48:27 AM
a banana ::) ::) ::)  [the fruit kind] a half hour before and a swig of gaspari's superpumped right before and water throughout.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: njflex on March 11, 2014, 10:51:18 AM
HOT STUFF..
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Nails on March 11, 2014, 10:53:43 AM
usually just take as shit or a piss before the gym, too many homos in gym lockerooms to venture into the bathroom stalls
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: jixxxer on March 11, 2014, 11:00:47 AM
n.o. xplode r 1m.r. I have been taking stims for so long, I cannot and will not workout without em. For me at least i get a much better workout taking some pre workout suppl.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on March 11, 2014, 11:21:19 AM
adrols about 1/2 hour before are awesome
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: pissant on March 11, 2014, 11:22:20 AM
superdrol

ephedrine
 

herion post workout 4 the painz
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Novena on March 11, 2014, 12:11:53 PM
One CocaCola Classictm
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: pissant on March 11, 2014, 01:03:50 PM
I fucking wish I was in the 70's and could do blow with a buncha dudes and then lift heavy ass weight.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: no one on March 11, 2014, 04:09:29 PM
3iu gh

if im really dragging i'll have a coffee.

if im past coffee helping a pre workout supp.

if im past that helping i stay home.

I've taken them all at one point.
The original Jack3d was great.  
C4 and Xtream are pretty good.

get a jug of musclepharm assault. take a half scoop that and mix it with a half scoop of your c4. ive tried every combination known to man of every supp out there and this works the best. as a stand alone if i had to choose only one it would be GAT. NO3 Overload was my favourite back in the day. of course it got discontinued.

HOT STUFF..

hahaha YES!!!

duchaine's original formula was beyond ridiculous. it came out right when i started working out. what i wouldnt give for a can of that. might as well just snort a rail of crystal ffs. tahts not true- crystal is way cleaner and less jittery than Hot Stuff was :D
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Melkor on March 11, 2014, 04:12:36 PM
In my late 20's I tried cocaine before a workout a few times when I had the stuff alying around....to this day those sessions will be remembered as my best work outs ever.

You didn't happen to be training partners with Mike Mentzer by any chance? Dude supposedly smoked crack cocaine and crystal meth on occasion before his workouts.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Melkor on March 11, 2014, 04:18:51 PM
I tried some of those stimulants when they still had that DMAA stuff in them, but to be honest I find now that a very strong cup of black coffee (real coffee, not that instant crap) and some thrash metal is more than enough to get me amped up for a training session.

I think the key with coffee is not to use it on rest days or at other times of the day. Keep it strictly for before workouts and it almost gives the ceremonial like effect of a pre-workout supplement (I'm sure that some of this is placebo effect).
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Wolfox on March 11, 2014, 08:19:45 PM
200mgs of 1,3,7-Trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6(3H,7H)-dione (caffeine)

6 grams of 2-Amino-5-(carbamoylamino)pentanoic acid (citrulline malate)



I call it the HyperNatty stack.  8)
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: the trainer on March 11, 2014, 08:44:20 PM
I tried some of those stimulants when they still had that DMAA stuff in them, but to be honest I find now that a very strong cup of black coffee (real coffee, not that instant crap) and some thrash metal is more than enough to get me amped up for a training session.

I think the key with coffee is not to use it on rest days or at other times of the day. Keep it strictly for before workouts and it almost gives the ceremonial like effect of a pre-workout supplement (I'm sure that some of this is placebo effect).

That is my problem I have a strong cup of coffee everyday I cannot do without it, guess I need to go to gnc then.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: NightTrain on March 11, 2014, 08:51:54 PM
the bus  :D
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: ESFitness on March 11, 2014, 09:19:50 PM
1/2 tab ephedrine and 1/2 scoop of Superdrive from Gaspari mixed with 8oz grapefruit juice... and 150mg dbol.

if I have time i'll drink down about 6g of cittruline malate as well.... as well as sipping on a Gatorade with 10g bcaa's and 10g whey isolate and 15g fructose and 15g dextrose.... but lately my workouts have been sporadic and I don't have time to properly prepare.  :-\ ..... oh, and also, if I have time (or if I have the product on hand) i'll put 50-100mcg IGF1-DES in each muscle trained 10mins pre-workout... which also hasn't been happening in the past few months. lol
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: James28 on March 11, 2014, 09:35:31 PM
Nothing. On occasion I might have a cup of coffee but rarely.

Been doing this so long my body just goes with it.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: benchmstr on March 11, 2014, 09:45:35 PM
i take my vitamins while im laying in bed..alarm clock goes off and i take vitamins

1000mg vitamon c
digestive enzymes/probiotics
vitamin d 2000mcg
green tea cap
carbolin 19 cap

then i grab a water bottle and workout

bench
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Wolfox on March 11, 2014, 09:52:11 PM
1/2 tab ephedrine and 1/2 scoop of Superdrive from Gaspari mixed with 8oz grapefruit juice... and 150mg dbol.

if I have time i'll drink down about 6g of cittruline malate as well.... as well as sipping on a Gatorade with 10g bcaa's and 10g whey isolate and 15g fructose and 15g dextrose.... but lately my workouts have been sporadic and I don't have time to properly prepare.  :-\ ..... oh, and also, if I have time (or if I have the product on hand) i'll put 50-100mcg IGF1-DES in each muscle trained 10mins pre-workout... which also hasn't been happening in the past few months. lol

 8)

For those who do longer workouts or do weights and cardio back to back... i'd recommend you try citrulline malate. I could do 2 hours of weights and then hop in the treadmill and go for days. Stuff works.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: AbrahamG on March 11, 2014, 10:00:56 PM
GW-501516
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: phreak on March 12, 2014, 12:47:38 AM
Started taking agmatine this week, but more for the positive effect it may have on increased nitrogen turnover in tendon tissue. I.e. my supraspinates are both fucked up, so I'll try any outlandish cure to fix them.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: visualizeperfection on March 12, 2014, 01:02:07 AM
Rite Aide brand caffeine pill if needed.

if im taking orals, ill take one pre workout.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on March 12, 2014, 01:03:10 AM
3 semi dry dates..
one banana..
big mug of full cream milk with coffee and honey..
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: sososue on March 12, 2014, 01:16:17 AM
nothing, I once tried a pre-workout drink but ended up training too hard.
I dont want to get too big.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: swanzi85 on March 12, 2014, 03:54:39 AM
Latley two caps of keratin 45 mind before weights. Then on the way there,15-20 min drive,I finish up sipping on an amino acid mix and strong cup of coffee. Then another scoop of amino with 2 caps of kreakln sipped through out the workout. I train fasted. Wheater the amino help or not it gives me peace of mind. Kreakylyn by American efx works
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: CalvinH on March 12, 2014, 11:56:46 AM
A piss
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: njflex on March 12, 2014, 12:00:04 PM
A piss
well ...if u redrink it ,surge in energy and natural creatinine and uric acid will double your strength like celltech..
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Mr Anabolic on March 12, 2014, 12:33:55 PM
3iu gh

if im really dragging i'll have a coffee.

if im past coffee helping a pre workout supp.

if im past that helping i stay home.

get a jug of musclepharm assault. take a half scoop that and mix it with a half scoop of your c4. ive tried every combination known to man of every supp out there and this works the best. as a stand alone if i had to choose only one it would be GAT. NO3 Overload was my favourite back in the day. of course it got discontinued.

hahaha YES!!!

duchaine's original formula was beyond ridiculous. it came out right when i started working out. what i wouldnt give for a can of that. might as well just snort a rail of crystal ffs. tahts not true- crystal is way cleaner and less jittery than Hot Stuff was :D

You're confusing Hot Stuff with Ultimate Orange.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: no one on March 12, 2014, 12:39:12 PM
You're confusing Hot Stuff with Ultimate Orange.

you know what your 100% correct- i am confusing the two.

maybe hot stuff was the stuff that gave me explosive diarrhea.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Melkor on March 12, 2014, 04:04:12 PM
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Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Roger Bacon on March 12, 2014, 04:07:24 PM
Black Coffee

Hoping to take up smoking soon so I can look a little bit more mature/cool

Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Devon97 on March 12, 2014, 04:29:38 PM
You're confusing Hot Stuff with Ultimate Orange.

BIGNO!

Even stronger was Ultimate Punch, it came out 4-5 years later.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Devon97 on March 12, 2014, 04:30:50 PM
I have 1 apple, 2 scoops of BCAA's by Beverly International, 1 packet of Emergen-C and 1 table sp Creatine.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: jaejonna on March 12, 2014, 04:38:03 PM
Jack3d, Kashi bar and a couple of bong hits ....
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Wolfox on March 12, 2014, 04:39:39 PM
Everyone at my gym is raving bout that C-4.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Dago_Joe on March 12, 2014, 06:08:47 PM
Usually Jack3d, but sometimes Adderall and 40 mg Halotestin.  Not kidding.  If I'm doing legs and just don't feel the fire burning, I snort an Adderall and whooooaaaa mama I'm ready to go.  Not that I recommend this, but it does get you going like nothing else. 
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Devon97 on March 12, 2014, 06:12:32 PM
Usually Jack3d, but sometimes Adderall and 40 mg Halotestin.  Not kidding.  If I'm doing legs and just don't feel the fire burning, I snort an Adderall and whooooaaaa mama I'm ready to go.  Not that I recommend this, but it does get you going like nothing else. 

How difficult is adderal to get? with or with out a Rx
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Devon97 on March 12, 2014, 06:13:02 PM
Everyone at my gym is raving bout that C-4.

What do they love about it?
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: dyslexic on March 12, 2014, 06:14:56 PM
A Zero Redbull. If I don't get one right away, I get withdrawals and have to run to the store.

I can do black coffee, but it's not too easy on an empty stomach. I've been training on an empty stomach for over 35 years.

I can do scrambled eggs and hot sauce... if I have time, otherwise it's a few big swigs of water, a Redbull and off I go.

The closest thing that resembles food is an RTD, which I have to drink very slowly. Full of vitamins and minerals and WAAAAY to much protein, so I drink about 3/4 of it into the morning.

As the day progresses I eat a little more. Most of my eating is done before bed.

That works for me, and it keeps me right where I wanna be.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: the trainer on March 12, 2014, 06:22:18 PM
Everyone at my gym is raving bout that C-4.

Yes I am hearing good things about it also, right now I am trying to choose between C-4 and vpx 12 gauge shotgun.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: haider on March 12, 2014, 06:30:37 PM
Free coffee from work. The only preworkout I've tried is XTEND which had very noticeable effects on my gym stamina. But like anything else you adapt to it over time.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Dago_Joe on March 12, 2014, 07:28:13 PM
How difficult is adderal to get? with or with out a Rx

Depends on the circles you run in.  I can find it like asking for a tic tac.  Plenty of online overseas pharms sell it also.  In case you don't know, adderall is just amphetamine.  Definitely not something you wanna do every day, but on leg and back day it gets me so amped up its great.  Easy to get out of control with it though cuz you fell pretty fucking good on it. 
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Roger Bacon on March 12, 2014, 07:50:54 PM
Free coffee from work. The only preworkout I've tried is XTEND which had very noticeable effects on my gym stamina. But like anything else you adapt to it over time.

I have some xtend, I like it.

I think it's helping speed up recovery too

Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: no one on March 12, 2014, 11:28:01 PM
xtend> other than protein the only otc supp i take religiously.

mix 2 liters and keep it in the fridge and sip on it thru the day.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Costanza on March 12, 2014, 11:34:16 PM
In my late 20's I tried cocaine before a workout a few times when I had the stuff alying around....to this day those sessions will be remembered as my best work outs ever.

QFT. Absolutely nothing comes even close to good quality Columbian castor sugar, nothing.
Title: Re: What do you take before the gym
Post by: Roger Bacon on March 12, 2014, 11:37:55 PM
Yeah, I take Extenze too...

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