this has piqued my curiousity - is there any research/anecdotal evidence on amphetamines and lifting performance? Im curious if a low dose before a competitive lift might offer an advantage. I'm also suspicious if the dose was high enough, that form would break down and lifting would be negatively impacted. But I don't know nor am I willing to be a guinea pig.
I've used Vyvance periodically for the past several years. There's absolutely an advantage, perhaps not a huge increase in absolute strength per se, but it can put you in a focused and "aggressive" mindframe, not hostile towards people but more interested in lifting and doing things in general, more "active." Ephedrine used to do the same for me but I haven't seen it in decades. Though in general, if something causes too much euphoria it might make you rather just chill or just sit staring at a wall or fiddle with some useless task endlessly. I'd say about 10mg of dexamphetamine or other equipotent might be a good dose and not too much. I think meth for ADHD is prescribed at about half that dose.
I thought the story of this Finnish soldier during the winter war was amusing. It increased his performance
too much.
"Koivunen was a Finnish soldier, assigned to a ski patrol on 15 March 1944 along with several other Finnish soldiers. Three days into their mission on 18 March, the group was attacked and surrounded by Soviet forces, from whom they were able to escape.[3] Koivunen became fatigued after skiing for a long distance but could not stop. He was carrying his patrol's entire supply of army-issued Pervitin, or methamphetamine, a stimulant used to remain awake while on duty.[4] He consumed the entire supply of Pervitin, and had a short burst of energy, but soon entered a state of delirium and eventually lost consciousness. Koivunen later recalled waking up the following morning, separated from his patrol and having no supplies.[5]
In the following days, Koivunen escaped Soviet forces once again, was injured by a land mine, and stayed in a ditch for a week, waiting for help.[5][4] In the week that he was gone, he subsisted only on pine buds and a single Siberian jay that he caught and ate raw.[5][4] Having skied more than 400 km (248.5 mi), he was later found and admitted to a nearby hospital, where his heart rate was measured at 200 beats per minute, and he weighed only 43 kg (94.8 lbs).[5][4]"
