Comment · Sun, February 2, 2020
Feedback on pre-workout stack?
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faxmulder · 6 points
Hi folks,
Premise: I’m quite sensitive to caffeine, it affects my sleep if taken too late in the afternoon.
For this reason, in these months I’ve started taking an espresso only at breakfast. Previously I was doing 1 breakfast + 1 lunch.
So far so good, but I have yet to find a good caffeine replacement for post-lunch tiredness... I feel I’m missing something to keep going through all the tasks at work and then at home in the evening.
That being said, I’m starting to working out again and I’m trying to assembly a pre-workout stack. The fact is that I can’t workout in the morning, thus I’ll go to the gym at around 6pm.
Do you think that TeaCrine could work? Considering its long half-life, I was thinking about taking it after lunch at about 1:30/2pm in order to be ready when I go to the gym. Would it affect my sleep?
The rest of my pre-workout stack would be: cordyceps, agmatine, taurine. I’m considering throwing in also an adaptogen, such Rhodiola or PanaMAX or eleuthero, and maybe citrulline in the future.
The other supps I’m taking are: multivitamin, fish oil, Vit D, magnesium malate, grape seed extract, shilajit and boron (cycles).
Thanks!
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iwantmyownname · 2 points
Most likely Don't need the multi-vitamin, not every day at least
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
The issue with multivitamins is twofold. One, most are crap. They use shitty ingredients in improper ratios. So they just suck in general. Two, many things compete with each other for absorption. So taking all your vitamins at the same time isn't going to lead to the effects you want. You need to space many of them out to actually absorb them. Some multivitamins take that into account, and give you day and night bottles to take from. Those are usually more expensive, though. In my opinion, it's better to look at your diet and do an intelligent analysis of where you might be lacking in certain nutrients. You can do a blood test if you want, but you don't have to. Then when you decide what you are deficient in, add those things in at the appropriate time of day and in the appropriate forms to actually achieve what you are expecting. I take zinc, D3, K2, slow release C, and CoQ10 in the morning. I take magnesium at night. The rest I get from a balance meal plan.