The preworkout thread

[Elvia1023]

I should receive an order from muscleandstrength very soon. I ordered loads of stuff So some new pre workout reviews can start. In the next few days I will have...

Nutrex Hemo-Rage Under Ground - 30 Servings Peach Pineapple
Ronnie Coleman Yeah Buddy - 30 Servings Sour Berry
ProSupps Mr. Hyde Zero - 30 Servings Fruit Punch
RedCon1 Total War - 30 Servings Blue Raspberry

 

[cybrsage]

Looking forward to the new reviews! Thanks.

 

[Elvia1023]

Looking forward to the new reviews! Thanks.

Which one shall I try first? Gonna train back in about an hour. They sent me a sample of USN's 3XT-PUMP which contains 400mg caffeine. Maybe I will try that as it's mainly stimulant based so not sure why they have pump in the name. I don't like taking very effective pump products when training back due to my lower back tightening up.

 

[drtbear1967]

What about just old fashion toot and dbol? LOL

 

[thudgens96]

What about just old fashion toot and dbol? LOL

Lmao the pre workout of my youth

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[Elvia1023]

Review time

USN 3XT Pump Pre workout Lemon and Lime flavour- The ingredient list is very basic and mainly caffeine, yohimbe and theacrine. This was a sample sachet so 1 scoop so I even licked the sachet to make sure I got the full dose I just looked and it gets good reviews online and I can see why. Firstly this is one of the worst tasting pre workouts I have ever had. To me that was a good sign as I figured it should be strong.

Great energy but that's it. Nothing fantastic and you could get a similar effect with a few caffeine pills. To me this felt nice but I can tell for someone sensitive to stimulants this may be too much. It has 400mg caffeine and 50mg teacrine to give an indication. I just went online to recheck the ingredients and I noticed a 3 star review. It was a guy who said he is only 170 pounds and it was too strong and he couldn't stop shaking after using it. Overall a good product but I wouldn't recommend guys go out and buy it.

Not pre workouts but I may as why review whilst I am here...

Oh Yeah Almond Fudge Brownie- I just ordered these for a nice snack. They were out of most flavours but these sounded fairly nice. Not great macros and as a result they taste amazing Most protein bars have that well protein powder taste which isn't great. Most bars are also fairly hard and have a chewy rubber like texture. This is just like a chocolate bar you would buy in any store. Great taste and texture and an enjoyable snack. Not the greatest macros but if you are not dieting for competition they are ok. 14g protein, 18g carbs, 9g fat (0g trans fats).

Muscletech Amino Build Next Gen White Raspberry flavour- You have to laugh at the "shown to boost strength by 40%" on the label I just like having a nice drink whilst training and if it contains aminos then a bonus. I go through a lot of amino products. There is not too much to write here other than the ingredient panel looks decent. The taste is very different and really nice. I had 3 scoops in a large bottle of water and drank that whilst training. It contains some electrolytes such as coconut water, watermelon juice and sodium chloride so a nice little touch but you find that in most amino products these days.

I will be using synthepure for 2 fruit smoothies per day and that is always my main protein. But I like to use flavoured whey in my oats of a morning. I am looking forward to trying Mutant's Isosurge Coconut Cream flavour and Dynamik's Prey in Chocolate cheesecake flavour.

My next pre workout review will likely be on RC's Yeah Buddy

 

[Macedog24]

Elvia how you doin. Have you tried any formulas that have both BCAAs/eaa's.
And what do you like. Something similar to an older vpx powershock.

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[Elvia1023]

I couldn't sleep last night at all. I did get up quite late yesterday but it was 100% the USN 3XT Pump product. I took it about 9pm and was literally sat up at 6am wide awake. I tried to go to bed but was lying there over an hour and couldn't sleep. So I feel rough now as well as full of cold. I have been training eod but I think I may go tonight and hit calves and shoulders then spend about 30 mins in the sauna. If I do go the gym it will be 1 scoop of Yeah Buddy to try next

 

[Macho313]

I couldn't sleep last night at all. I did get up quite late yesterday but it was 100% the USN 3XT Pump product. I took it about 9pm and was literally sat up at 6am wide awake. I tried to go to bed but was lying there over an hour and couldn't sleep. So I feel rough now as well as full of cold. I have been training eod but I think I may go tonight and hit calves and shoulders then spend about 30 mins in the sauna. If I do go the gym it will be 1 scoop of Yeah Buddy to try next

We appreciate your logs about all these pre workouts..you are the f_____g man!!!

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[Elvia1023]

Elvia how you doin. Have you tried any formulas that have both BCAAs/eaa's.
And what do you like. Something similar to an older vpx powershock.

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I see that is an increasing popular thing for supplement companies now. I guess the all in one factor will appeal to most. I drink aminos during training anyway so it's something I don't really look for in a pre workout. If anything it just makes the product a lot more expensive compared to others. I also drink a synthepure smoothie pre training most days so my aminos are more than covered. Most don't really offer a full spectrum of aminos and it's more the BCAA's from what I have seen. Off the top of my head PRE JYM and PRE KAGED were 2 products that put aminos in that were both effective. If you haven't used PRE JYM that is a great overall pre workout and pretty much covers all areas. I can't recall seeing anything that contained a full spectrum of EAA's in though. In fact there aren't even that many effective EAA products out there now... loads of BCAA's products though. At the moment I am using Amino Beast by Beast Yourself and the new BCAA's I just bought. Another useful product I used to like was Mutant Rehab too. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

[Elvia1023]

I haven't been well recently but still trained twice. I came off all hormones recently so that probably hasn't helped my immune system and general recovery. Anyway on Friday I trained calves and shoulders. On Sat I was in bed all day and tonight I trained legs. I used Ronnie Coleman's Yeah Buddy both times.

After training the first time on it I was going to write I need another day to access it properly. Reason being I wasn't well but super hyped up for the gym anyway and that just added to things. Tonight was more of the same but gave me a better undertstanding of the product.

Going on it's ingredients I expected the energy factor to stand out a lot more than pumps. It's main pump ingredients are only 1g citrulline and 500mg agmatine sulfate. However they must be properly dosed and from a good source as the pump is great on it. The first night I had a lot of honey pre training but tonight didn't eat much so a better circumstance to judge and it was great.

Yeah Buddy is definitely more geared towards the stimulant factor but it's a nice clean and sustained energy. I have a high tolerance to stimulants so it doesn't feel strong to me but it's apparant. It contains a patented time released caffeine and it definitely stays with you. I took it over 6 hours ago and I definitely still feel it's effects. Therefore, this product is best taken at least 6 hours before bed but for the slow metabolizers of caffeine that could be even double to be safe. All in all a very good product.

My plan was to use each pre workout for 1 week at a time to properly gauge their effectiveness but I think I will try a new one next time I train HYDE is so popular and weirdly I have never used it but now I have their brand new one so I will try that. It's exactly the same as the old formula but it contains no artificial sweetners, colours or flavours.

 

[cybrsage]

I have been using pre gym lately. It does have a lot of stimulant in it, so I take only half a scoop. I really like it though it seems to work well.

 

[Macedog24]

I like prejym, one of my favorites. What flavore do you have

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[cybrsage]

Black Cherry, I love it.

However, I did confuse its caffeine content with that of Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde is the one that has a ton of caffeine.

 

[Elvia1023]

Black Cherry, I love it.

However, I did confuse its caffeine content with that of Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde is the one that has a ton of caffeine.

I was actually going to write before reading this post that if PRE GYM does that to you then HYDE should blow your head off Saying that PRE GYM is by no means weak in stimulants and does give me a great boost. PRE GYM is definitely one of the best pre workouts out today.

 

[Elvia1023]

I have used 1 scoop of HYDE pre workout training chest and tri-ceps on Tues and tonight training back. As people know I have a high tolerance to stimulants so my response could be different to many. For me it simply felt great... no anxiety, jitters or ill feeling. The energy feels smooth and long lasting. The pumps are great with HYDE too. All in all a great pre workout. I am sure if someone new to pre workouts took it they could find it too much but for me it was smooth sailing. I am using the version without artificial sweetners and flavourings so the taste isn't great but not too bad.

Before using HYDE I used RC's Yeah Buddy and interestingly they are very similar in effect. In fact there is not too much difference between both of them at all. Looking at their ingredient panels this should be no surprise as they are very similar. Each have around the same caffeine content and that is made up of both short and long released forms. They each have similar amounts of beta alanine, citrulline malate and agmatine sulfate. They also both use similar amounts of Choline Bitartrate and both include other energy/focus ingredients. I definitely recommend both to everyone.

It's hard to score them out of 10 so far as I am sure if I used either after say a 1 month break the response would be much more dramatic. Although they are both a safe 9/10... two of the best I have used.

I forgot to mention about the flavour of Yeah Buddy the other day. I ordered the sour berry flavour and it's not nice at all and I just seen online that taste gets scored bad. I figured they added that sour flavour to try and mask the bitterness (they failed). Although perhaps the other flavours are much better but it's not important to me as pre workouts are small.

Incidentally I just noticed there is a HYDE v3 that looks really good but I am in no rush to try it. I may go back to Yeah buddy next training day or I may try the Nutrex Underground preworkout

 

[cybrsage]

Ah, a Hyde version 3. That explains the big sale many had on the version 2.

 

[Elvia1023]

I have been busy and tried quite a few different products over the last week or so.

Firstly I did try the Nutrex Underground pre workout the day after my last review. Nothing spectular but it did feel really good and gave me a big boost in energy with no crash afterwards. I haven't tried it since but will so today as I am training back. As I have mentioned in the past I prefer to take a preworkout that won't give me great pumps when training back as it can sometimes make my lower back extra sensitive. I will know more after I use it again but thinking about a 7/10 after the first use.

One day I also tried one of my fav combos of Savage Roar and Full as Fuck and it always performs... good energy, focus and pumps.

I have to say I am loving Yeah Buddy by Ronnie Coleman. I used it twice last week and it gives great focus, energy and even pumps.

HYDE is very similar to Yeah Buddy but last time I used it I felt out of breath all session. I felt decent but was struggling for breath the whole way through. So far I definitely prefer Yeah Buddy to it. I will need to experiment more with both products though.

I might as well mention some of the other things I have used recently...

Ronnie Coleman Amino Tone (Cherry Limeande)- not much to say as it's just an amono product but it tastes great and I am enjoying it. It's a BCAA product but with some other useful ingredients added to it.

Dynamik Prey Whey (Chocolate cheesecake)- tastes amazing in my oats and no major bloating.

ProSupps PS Whey (Campfire Marshmallow)- tastes really nice and tried it in my oats one day and it was very good (nowhere as good as chocolate though).

Universal Carbo Plus (unflavoured)- I have had this for awhile but just starting using it. Only 1-2 scoops (17-34g carbs) intra training. It's great so far. Texture like sugar and mixes easily but is not very sweet. No bloating at all so far with the smaller amounts added into my intra shake.

 

[Macedog24]

I see that is an increasing popular thing for supplement companies now. I guess the all in one factor will appeal to most. I drink aminos during training anyway so it's something I don't really look for in a pre workout. If anything it just makes the product a lot more expensive compared to others. I also drink a synthepure smoothie pre training most days so my aminos are more than covered. Most don't really offer a full spectrum of aminos and it's more the BCAA's from what I have seen. Off the top of my head PRE JYM and PRE KAGED were 2 products that put aminos in that were both effective. If you haven't used PRE JYM that is a great overall pre workout and pretty much covers all areas. I can't recall seeing anything that contained a full spectrum of EAA's in though. In fact there aren't even that many effective EAA products out there now... loads of BCAA's products though. At the moment I am using Amino Beast by Beast Yourself and the new BCAA's I just bought. Another useful product I used to like was Mutant Rehab too. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Let me rephrase this question. Not a preworkout drink/mix, but looking for a bcaa/eaa mix to take during my workouts. Have you used any amino drinks/mixes that contain both and if so, what and how was the flavor. Any you would prefer taste wise. Thanks Elvia!

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[Macedog24]

Your always helpful and on point, very thorough.. i appreciate the time and detail you put into these reviews.
Have you had the chance to try prejym, with speedX3. Yet. All i can say is WOW, intense .

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