Do You Take a Pre-Workout?

Diet and Nutrition
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That always gets me. “I’m fasting, so it’s just bone broth, lemon juice, and kale smoothies for me!” Yeah, fasting! Same with BCAAs, etc.

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Pre-workout 100% mandatory for me, up @ 4:30am hitting gym by 5. Need the boost

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Apparently people greatly misunderstand exactly what a fasted state is…

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What do you use ? My schedule changes daily and I really have pretty poor workouts early in the day

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Similar schedule with different conclusion.

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I try different brands but find myself going back to Legion Pulse and Ignition Switch these days. The stim doesn’t make me jittery but gives enough pep

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Cool…I dislike the “stimmed” up feeling, personally. I’m actually in the process of developing a nootropic and neurotransmitter based shot for first responders / military types that don’t need the jitters often caused by the stim based stuff.

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x2 here! PWO is unregulated and unnecessary and full of crap. A good pre workout meal and a cup of coffee if needed should be totally sufficient.

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I don’t know. I’ll go with the first guy because I also train fasted. But, 60 minutes before I lift I eat four slices of pizza and have a milkshake. It took me a while to get used to training while in a fasted, keto-like state, but I have adapted.

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A fasted state is grossly misunderstood…if you’re really eating pizza and a milkshake 60 min before you’re far from a fasted state

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Yeah, that sign in hospitals actually says ‘nil by mouth (pizza and milkshake 60 min before surgery is ok)’.

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I think you may have a misunderstanding:

The pizza has very little toppings (only pepperoni), is New York style, and eaten very quickly. Also, the shake is made with low fat ice cream and I use a straw (so the carbs aren’t absorbed).

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Lately I have been doing the opposite of a traditional pre workout. I started taking CBD oil before my workouts. Will continue.

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I’d find a new hospital… Bahaha

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I could fast like that indefinitely!

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Used to buy ingredients and make my own, did that for over a year.

Now I’ve boiled it down to 2 cups of coffee and a caffeine pill, no plans to change that

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My bad… hehe

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I do a protein shake mixed with beet root powder sometimes after lunch, maybe a 3-4 hours before training

Usually pasta preworkout an hour or two before training

1g Citrulline, whatever dosage in beta alanine, 5g creatine, and whatever dosage CLA/L-Carnitine, and 1g (I think) L Tyrosine. I don’t like PWO mixes. Sometimes I’ll do a flavored coffee drink too

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In the gym at 5am
No pre workout.
Either drink water, or water with Powerade powder if I feel like some carbs

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i take mesomorph before the gym because i am shot after work