pre-workout supplements

GERMAN ROCKS

hear lads on about taking pre-workout. what is it and what are the pros and cons.

siochain

most have some nitric oxide precursors and loads of stimulants.

Pros
may get you though a session with a bit more effort that usual

Cons
Crash after the stims
Disrupted sleep
Dependency
Cost for what they are


Personally I use black coffee and coconut oil and it works a treat. Eat well, sleep well, train hard is all you need.

Alf Veedersane

I use coffee. Chocolate chip cookie with the coffee on occasion.

Duck's hoop

siochain wrote: »

Personally I use black coffee and coconut oil and it works a treat. Eat well, sleep well, train hard is all you need.

What's deal with Coco oil pre workout?

siochain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Contains MCT's which are an easily utilised sustained energy source. Which I find very handy as lot of my workouts are first thing in the morning and I don't have the time to have a breakfast before hand.

Also contain lauric acid.

Duck's hoop

siochain wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Contains MCT's which are an easily utilised sustained energy source. Which I find very handy as lot of my workouts are first thing in the morning and I don't have the time to have a breakfast before hand.

Also contain lauric acid.

Ok. What's a MCT? Lauric acid?

Its ok I'll google. But you're show boating now.

How much you put in your coffee? If indeed that's what you do. I use it in endurance shake recipes but there's all sorts going in there.

horsesfc88

Black coffee and l-arginine is all i take, it gives you the focus and pump

I've been training since i was 14 ( 23 now ) i've tried all the pre workouts known to man, some of them we're good craic

But Coffee and l-arginine is all you need and less than half the price

siochain

Duck's hoop wrote: »

Ok. What's a MCT? Lauric acid?

Its ok I'll google. But you're show boating now.

How much you put in your coffee? If indeed that's what you do. I use it in endurance shake recipes but there's all sorts going in there.

Start off with a tea spoon and work up to two.

guile4582

I find Myprotein's Pulse is good and a coffee.
must look into coco oil

Johnny Drama_11

could you use coconut oil in a smoothie, would you gain the benefits?

guile4582

Johnny Drama_11 wrote: »

could you use coconut oil in a smoothie, would you gain the benefits?

how strong is the taste? would it overpower a smoothie as mentioned or a protein shake?

siochain

taste is grand,

but then again personal taste can differ

guile4582

best place to pickup? H & B i'd imagine?

guile4582

guile4582 wrote: »

best place to pickup? H & B i'd imagine?

Nooooo go to centra or super value or dunnes, way cheaper, same stuff
Or an asian market

Skuxx

guile4582 wrote: »

best place to pickup? H & B i'd imagine?

Or online would be better again, especially if your getting a few things to save on the shipping cost!!

RichFTW

Use coffee like a few others here to make my own PW. Making your own eliminates some of the cons noted above. The pros are more energy and more productive workouts.

Make my coffee in the morning then put it in the fridge. For the shake pre workout I use about 6 oz of cold black coffee, 2 oz of milk, 1 scoop vanilla protein, beta alanine & l-arginine. Tastes really good and you don't crash like you would with a store bought pre workout.

Use an aeropress for the coffee so its like a diluted espresso shot and I can adjust the amount of coffee I use depending on how I feel. With pre workouts, you will eventually build up a tolerance to the stims/caffeine used so you have to up the dose in order to get the same effect. Upping the dose means you end up taking extra of all the other crap in it though. If you mix your own, then you can adjust the caffeine separately when you make the coffee and keep your other supplements the same.

guile4582

siochain wrote: »

taste is grand,

but then again personal taste can differ

Was just down in the Asian supermarket and found coconut oil. But didn't buy until I figure something out. It seemed solid enough. I shook the bottle and there wasn't much movement. There was three brands all labelled coconut oil.

I don't see this stuff I saw mixing in a protein shake
Am i wrong?

Zombienosh

It's solid at room temperature.

Remmy

I just have a regular black coffee without sugar. I used to be a big fan of red bull and other knock offs before exercise but found they just made me crash midway through especially if it was a longer cardio based workout.

guile4582

Zombienosh wrote: »

It's solid at room temperature.

excuse my ignorance

so it liquefies in the fridge?

Zombienosh

no it will melt with heat.

If I'm doing a long slow run I might use a caffeine tablet in my water
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