Back pumps on DMZ

[elmatth1]

I just finished my 4th week of my DMZ cycle and have made awesome progress so far. Problem is, this past week and a half the back pumps have gotten so bad that I've had to miss two workouts and cut another short. I'm only on 40mg ed of DMZ and taking 4 caps of armor cycle for support ed. I'm also taking creatine, preworkout (C4), and fish oil.

I've been taking potassium supps, drinking more fluids, and added 1/2 teaspoon on Taurine preworkout (morning), lunch and dinner ft or the past week. Nothing has seemed to help relieve the back pumps.

My questions are, would more Taurine help? Are the preworkout supps and creatine making the pumps worse? Should I stop t he cycle altogether and start pct or drop down to 20mg ed until the cycle is over? Would I even see any benefit from 20mg of DMZ ed?

 

[Abe Lincoln]

More taurine, more water, ditch the preworkout.

 

[elmatth1]

Is there a limit to how much taurine I should be taking? Also, should I drop the creatine too, or just the preworkout?

 

[Abe Lincoln]

Is there a limit to how much taurine I should be taking? Also, should I drop the creatine too, or just the preworkout?

Up to 8g a day. I'd just drop the preworkout for now and see how that goes.

 

[GoHardOrGoHme]

Good deep tissue back massages and horse liniment worked wonders for me with back pumps on DMZ

 

[elmatth1]

Just ordered some horse liniment from amazon prime. Had to look it up first cause i had no idea what that even was! LOL. Would foam rolling work for the low back area in place of massage? Or would I risk injury doing that?

 

[GoHardOrGoHme]

Foam rolling is just fine. Didnt work as well as the back massages(didnt pay...just asked the wife) but I rolled almost every workout.

horse liniment is very hot. Dont get too handy cause you will be in a lot of pain.

 

[elmatth1]

Cool! Thanks guys! I'll give the suggestions a shot.

 

[sinewave3]

If you can't pinpoint the knots with the foam roller, try a lacrosse ball, or even a tennis ball. You can really dig in to the muscles. Just watch the spine itself!

 

[drinkyboy]

If you can't pinpoint the knots with the foam roller, try a lacrosse ball, or even a tennis ball. You can really dig in to the muscles. Just watch the spine itself!

I find a tennis ball works like a charm to target one spot

 

[elmatth1]

Funny you should mention the ball methods. I was just reading about that last night and am going to try it out this morning.

I was drinking about 48oz of water, 30oz coffee, and probably 36oz of diet Dr. Pepper each day, so I have added another 24oz of water and dropped the pop down to 12oz to see if that helps, too. That's going to be tough, cause I'm addicted to diet Dr Pepper!

 

[zcol94]

Funny you should mention the ball methods. I was just reading about that last night and am going to try it out this morning. I was drinking about 48oz of water, 30oz coffee, and probably 36oz of diet Dr. Pepper each day, so I have added another 24oz of water and dropped the pop down to 12oz to see if that helps, too. That's going to be tough, cause I'm addicted to diet Dr Pepper!

you need more water than that you should be at around atleast a gallon a day

 

[elmatth1]

Zcol, does that include all fluids or just water? I've always just thought that recommendation was for all fluids. If that's just water, I'm way under where I need to be!

 

[zcol94]

Just Water,
diet dr pepper and coffee are both going to dehydrate you, if that's all your drinking then simply upping your water intake is more than likely going to solve the back pump problems

 

[elmatth1]

Damn! I don't know how in all the years I've been at this I never realized that bit of important info! Thanks!

I'm gonna feel like a real dumba$$ if that takes my back pumps away!

 

[zcol94]

It happens to all of us man, don't know how many little things like that I've missed, but that's what forums like this are for