AK's Lit-Up/E-bol/Recompadrol log unsponsored

[AutoKal47]

Hey guys,

here starts my log on the new stack.
A sort of "body, you need to shut up and do what I tell you to do!"

Odd combination maybe but you know I'm not new at
running somewhat odd stacks and/or supplements in a weird way.

Sups
So, I'm putting together two of the products that increased my strength more than any other:
Lit-Up (prewo) and E-bol (adaptogen/ecdy) and a nutrient partitioner Recompadrol (finally I got it)

Now recompadrol will be in my hands in a coupla days, meantime we start with the first two
to see how they work together, I'll add Recompadrol as soon as I get it.

Lit-Up has a great forumla, sodium DAA based prewo,
E-bol ecdy based sup with also a killer formula.
Recompadrol, nutrient partitioner that a lot of people point out
as the best, this is the first time for me with this one.
I found nutrient partitioners to work very well on me
despite I'm a low carber, my previous combo with Glycobol
simply gave me I think my best shape ever, vascularity is crazy
and strength was still up (vascularity on the last E-bol run was
crazy too, so this is gonna be fun..)

Lit-Up will be run at 2 scoops a day, prewo
for E-bol I'll follow the blueprint timing and take 2cps 1hour prewo with fish oil, and 2cps
pwo with my whey shaker.


Other sups: whey, fish oil, beta alanine, creapure, multivit, BCAA

Diet
Hardcore low carber (30gr a day on days on, traces on days off).
I do IF, stop eating at midnight, workout fasted (just BCAA + prewo, details later)
and my first meal is around 5 or 6 pm.
I'll start Recompadrol 1cps a day with my first or my last meal
it depends in which one I have the carbs, most likely the first one.
Cals are about 1500/1700 a day, lower on day off, higher on refeed day.
I usually don't carb up for the refeed (just a mixed meal to boost cals),
but I will try to once I have recompadrol
I eat *clean*, no cheats, ever, as clean as it gets.

Some stats:
age 34, weight 171lbs, 4/5% BF, high 174cm

Training:
6 days on, 1 day off, sessions are very long, and *very* high intensity

The week looks approximately like this:
Day1: Deadlift, Squats (light), Abs
Day2: Chest, tri
Day3: Traps/shoulders/back
Day4: usually arms and abs, but I use this day to train the muscle group I feel it needs it
Day5: Squats/Legs/Abs
Day6: Back
Day7: Rest (we'll call this *sh#t day)

Goal:
keeping BF as low as it is while increasing strength and hopefully do lil lean gains.

Pictures before the stack can be found here (up to date, just few days ago)

Yesterday was chest day, my fav, DOMS are crazy good today,
about to get the goodies and hit the gym in 30min.

Let's see what happens

[mattrag]

Hey guys,

here starts my log on the new stack.
A sort of "body, you need to shut up and do what I tell you to do!"

Odd combination maybe but you know I'm not new at
running somewhat odd stacks and/or supplements in a weird way.

Sups
So, I'm putting together two of the products that increased my strength more than any other:
Lit-Up (prewo) and E-bol (adaptogen/ecdy) and a nutrient partitioner Recompadrol (finally I got it)

Now recompadrol will be in my hands in a coupla days, meantime we start with the first two
to see how they work together, I'll add Recompadrol as soon as I get it.

Lit-Up has a great forumla, sodium DAA based prewo,
E-bol ecdy based sup with also a killer formula.
Recompadrol, nutrient partitioner that a lot of people point out
as the best, this is the first time for me with this one.
I found nutrient partitioners to work very well on me
despite I'm a low carber, my previous combo with Glycobol
simply gave me I think my best shape ever, vascularity is crazy
and strength was still up (vascularity on the last E-bol run was
crazy too, so this is gonna be fun..)

Lit-Up will be run at 2 scoops a day, prewo
for E-bol I'll follow the blueprint timing and take 2cps 1hour prewo with fish oil, and 2cps
pwo with my whey shaker.

Other sups: whey, fish oil, beta alanine, creapure, multivit, BCAA

Diet
Hardcore low carber (30gr a day on days on, traces on days off).
I do IF, stop eating at midnight, workout fasted (just BCAA + prewo, details later)
and my first meal is around 5 or 6 pm.
I'll start Recompadrol 1cps a day with my first or my last meal
it depends in which one I have the carbs, most likely the first one.
Cals are about 1500/1700 a day, lower on day off, higher on refeed day.
I usually don't carb up for the refeed (just a mixed meal to boost cals),
but I will try to once I have recompadrol
I eat *clean*, no cheats, ever, as clean as it gets.

Some stats:
age 34, weight 171lbs, 4/5% BF, high 174cm

Training:
6 days on, 1 day off, sessions are very long, and *very* high intensity

The week looks approximately like this:
Day1: Deadlift, Squats (light), Abs
Day2: Chest, tri
Day3: Traps/shoulders/back
Day4: usually arms and abs, but I use this day to train the muscle group I feel it needs it
Day5: Squats/Legs/Abs
Day6: Back
Day7: Rest (we'll call this *sh#t day)

Goal:
keeping BF as low as it is while increasing strength and hopefully do lil lean gains.

Pictures before the stack can be found here (up to date, just few days ago)

Yesterday was chest day, my fav, DOMS are crazy good today,
about to get the goodies and hit the gym in 30min.

Let's see what happens

You know I'm in!!

[AutoKal47]

You know I'm in!!

Glad to have ya bro!

First with this combo is over, gotta run now but I can
anticipate it was pretty amazing! I've never tried E-bol with the
blueprint dosing protocol, but it def makes a difference

details later

[R1balla]

subbed! what are you thoughts on Lit up only on training days due to saturation?

[mattrag]

I too am doing the blue print but I don't have any ecdy lol.

[MAxximal]

I`m in bud

30g of carbs daily of…veggies, rice, oatmeal…or?

Once you start with Recompadrol NOT SCARE if repently your HUNGRY increase and you have a uncontrollable desire of sugary things this means (your body has low sugar levels). I run 3 bottles in a row and never fail me is simply amazing Stuff.

[MAxximal]

I too am doing the blue print but I don't have any ecdy lol.

I see the iForce ECDY stuff is very affordable now on NP if you wish try it.

[AutoKal47]

subbed! what are you thoughts on Lit up only on training days due to saturation?

You know I love Lit-Up a lot, I've run it solo before and in my book is just a fantastic product.
My first DAA product but the whole formula seems to work so well on me, I can spot what it does so well
Training is simply not the same without it for me, see, training in a fasted state take time to get used to,
and even when you are used, and the prewo product plays a more important place with this protocol.
The energy is never jittery with Lit-Up (i use stims, but I still get jittery if I abuse them and while that might
trick you in thinking you have more energy is not true).

I work out to failure on 5 of the 6 days, when on Lit-Up failure - maintaining the same routines - doesn't feel
the same then without it. I still have to experience that totally broken omg-i-can't-take-a-step-more pwo
feeling which is a problem sometimes since I have the whole day ahead.
Meaning, the energy *lasts*
It's steady thru all the workout and it just feels good. Also the nootropic effect of it is most def one of the thing
I like the most, for me concentration is everything, is what makes or waste a wo. Lit-Up gives me the right
amount, I'm sensitive to nootropics and some ingredients makes me focus yes, ON EVERYTHING!
On random things, which end up distracting me from the wo. Lit-Up doesn't, i'm there, all the time.

The only thing I've noticed with this run is that it seems to take a bit more to kick in, but that could be
easily my state, not a big deal, I'm just waiting few minutes more before really push it.

I`m in bud

30g of carbs daily of…veggies, rice, oatmeal…or?

Once you start with Recompadrol NOT SCARE if repently your HUNGRY increase and you have a uncontrollable desire of sugary things this means (your body has low sugar levels). I run 3 bottles in a row and never fail me is simply amazing Stuff.

The 30gr of carbs are: 10gr of oats in the pwo shaker, 15gr of whole wheat bread, the rest is traces in fat free cottage cheese
(i eat quite some of it, approximately I counted 5gr of carbs from it)

I'm not scared maybe I should but I don't just control hunger, I master it lol
Really I can control it pretty well.
As for the sweets - which I like - I have my ways to satisfy them. Protein rools, fat free greek yogurt w/choc whey, and
my home made protein bars, which are made with whey, z-sweet (zero cal, zero glycemic impact, zero carbs/sugar sweetener),
inulin (fiber, the only sugar alcohol with almost no cals at all, no impact on insulin, no stomach discomfort etc..) and egg whites.
I make a whole oven once a week and snack on 'em one bite at the time, they are ridiculously filling, no carbs/sugar, no fats.
Technically dried whey and egg whites.

First day impressions:
this will sound like a sponsored log but is not, broke another PR on bb shrug
Energy was crazy good and while it was only very first day, I think I can state (knowing well
what Lit-Up does) where E-bol came into play was a noticeable enhanced recovery,
more energy, both mental and physical, felt a great synergy with Lit-Up
Even if it was just a placebo (first day, could be) it worked at giving me a great wo day

Usually when you workout with this intensity you feel the energy somewhat going down
during the process, well, today the difference could be described as follows:

I was feeling the trained muscles getting stretched and burning and all the usual,
but not my body. Not that overwhelming heaviness that slowly but unavoidably
comes with hours of training. My mind was clear, my body simply felt *good* but
the trained muscles (you know especially traps - which i like to literally devastate - and delts
are small muscles, the burning is different from large muscles, is very concentrated..) were so sore.

DOMS:
This is gon' be tricky to describe.
I don't get DOMS easily, really, and I like them so I do my best,
to get them

Usually I get them the next day - when I do - never after few hours, well
while the pain is indeed different (as in not so sharp and fatiguing) the trained
muscles feel *heavy*, like there's something in me that keeps a big part of the pain
away but they feel like they would hurt like mofos if that "something" wasn't there.
I guess is the adaptogen.. or maybe I'm just imagining things I don't know.

I know that I had a bit more energy during the rest of the day, and that's unusual
Not that I didn't push it (new PR), actually something to be noticed about my training habits
I make sure I *always* add 1 more rep somewhere, one more lbs, whatever.. one more.
I am able to count on two hands the times I fail at this in one year.

One thing for sure, I have a very pronounced alpha feeling and my mood is great
(you can probably tell
from my excitement in the log lol).

To be noticed: vascularity was pretty crazy the whole day which for me
means looking gross to most people lol
You'd think you wouldn't get pumps when in low carb, well my body might be used
but I do get them and today were nice, very nice with Glycobol (absolutely *obivous* effect
of that, love it, that's where I wanna compare Recompadrol..)


Pre/pwo food 'n' sups looked like this:

* 1hour before wo: E-bol 2cps with 2gr of Fish Oil (blueprint, diary fats enhance half life of it)

* 30 min before wo:
Black Coffee, 10gr of bulk BCAA, 3.2gr of Beta Ala, 2,5gr Creapure, 3 tabs of Anavite,
2 scoops of Lit-Up, I skipped the caffeine today (forgot to take is, usually is 200mg) and didn't notice it
nice.

* Intra 10gr of bulk BCAA, 1 scoop of Xtend, 1gr of Vitamin C

* PWO 2cps of E-bol w/whey shaker containing 20gr of whey, 8/10gr of Oats.

* First meal 7pm with chicken sandwich (10gr of whole wheat bread), chicken, fat free cottage cheese,
fat free greek yogurt with roughly 40gr of whey, multivit, 2gr fish oil. A bite of my home made bar.

*There's gonna be a snack later and my last meal, pretty much the same stuff without the bread.

When Recompadrol gets in I will use it at first on refeed day (Day 1 or day 2 it depends how I feel)
see the effect and then try to integrated it in the workout days somehow, as usual, experimenting.


Going into details about the wo is tricky as I switch exercises on the fly
and I forget unless I write 'em down right away but it was something on the line:

* Warm up was something like BB shrugs 30reps, 10+10+10 from narrow to wider grip
again with front grip.

* BB shrugs 5 sets, 12/10/8/6 heavy, + last one new PR, 2 reps
3x seated weighted dips (
2 light/fast supersets with isometric at the end

* DB shrugs, 3 sets, heavy
vertical bb row superset, to failure
seated weighted dips superset, to failure

* 3 x seated bb shrug isometric (30sec, drop 2 plates, 30sec.. etc..)

* DB shoulder press 4 sets, heavy, added weights to all the sets
Side DB lateral raises superset (stiff arm), to failure
Front DB raises superset (alternate arms), to failure
Concentration bb vertical row (mid weight, very slow)

* Weighted dips 3 sets 12/10/8 (last one was forced, almost passed out lol)
One arm cable lateral raises 3 or 4 sets, don't remember
Barebell shoulder press (behind the neck), weird set, started as fast n light, ended heavy and slow

that was pretty much it I think, and sorry if I ****ed up some exercise name,
you know I'm improvising here. I might miss something, like I said,
I go with the flow, every single time so I forget wtf I do, I just know that I stop
only when I there's nothing left reallly.

Great first day! These three are gonna be fun to run together

[MAxximal]

You know I love Lit-Up a lot, I've run it solo before and in my book is just a fantastic product.
My first DAA product but the whole formula seems to work so well on me, I can spot what it does so well
Training is simply not the same without it for me, see, training in a fasted state take time to get used to,
and even when you are used, and the prewo product plays a more important place with this protocol.
The energy is never jittery with Lit-Up (i use stims, but I still get jittery if I abuse them and while that might
trick you in thinking you have more energy is not true).

I work out to failure on 5 of the 6 days, when on Lit-Up failure - maintaining the same routines - doesn't feel
the same then without it. I still have to experience that totally broken omg-i-can't-take-a-step-more pwo
feeling which is a problem sometimes since I have the whole day ahead.
Meaning, the energy *lasts*
It's steady thru all the workout and it just feels good. Also the nootropic effect of it is most def one of the thing
I like the most, for me concentration is everything, is what makes or waste a wo. Lit-Up gives me the right
amount, I'm sensitive to nootropics and some ingredients makes me focus yes, ON EVERYTHING!
On random things, which end up distracting me from the wo. Lit-Up doesn't, i'm there, all the time.

The only thing I've noticed with this run is that it seems to take a bit more to kick in, but that could be
easily my state, not a big deal, I'm just waiting few minutes more before really push it.



The 30gr of carbs are: 10gr of oats in the pwo shaker, 15gr of whole wheat bread, the rest is traces in fat free cottage cheese
(i eat quite some of it, approximately I counted 5gr of carbs from it)

I'm not scared maybe I should but I don't just control hunger, I master it lol
Really I can control it pretty well.
As for the sweets - which I like - I have my ways to satisfy them. Protein rools, fat free greek yogurt w/choc whey, and
my home made protein bars, which are made with whey, z-sweet (zero cal, zero glycemic impact, zero carbs/sugar sweetener),
inulin (fiber, the only sugar alcohol with almost no cals at all, no impact on insulin, no stomach discomfort etc..) and egg whites.
I make a whole oven once a week and snack on 'em one bite at the time, they are ridiculously filling, no carbs/sugar, no fats.
Technically dried whey and egg whites.

First day impressions:
this will sound like a sponsored log but is not, broke another PR on bb shrug
Energy was crazy good and while it was only very first day, I think I can state (knowing well
what Lit-Up does) where E-bol came into play was a noticeable enhanced recovery,
more energy, both mental and physical, felt a great synergy with Lit-Up
Even if it was just a placebo (first day, could be) it worked at giving me a great wo day

Usually when you workout with this intensity you feel the energy somewhat going down
during the process, well, today the difference could be described as follows:

I was feeling the trained muscles getting stretched and burning and all the usual,
but not my body. Not that overwhelming heaviness that slowly but unavoidably
comes with hours of training. My mind was clear, my body simply felt *good* but
the trained muscles (you know especially traps - which i like to literally devastate - and delts
are small muscles, the burning is different from large muscles, is very concentrated..) were so sore.

DOMS:
This is gon' be tricky to describe.
I don't get DOMS easily, really, and I like them so I do my best,
to get them

Usually I get them the next day - when I do - never after few hours, well
while the pain is indeed different (as in not so sharp and fatiguing) the trained
muscles feel *heavy*, like there's something in me that keeps a big part of the pain
away but they feel like they would hurt like mofos if that "something" wasn't there.
I guess is the adaptogen.. or maybe I'm just imagining things I don't know.

I know that I had a bit more energy during the rest of the day, and that's unusual
Not that I didn't push it (new PR), actually something to be noticed about my training habits
I make sure I *always* add 1 more rep somewhere, one more lbs, whatever.. one more.
I am able to count on two hands the times I fail at this in one year.

One thing for sure, I have a very pronounced alpha feeling and my mood is great
(you can probably tell
from my excitement in the log lol).

To be noticed: vascularity was pretty crazy the whole day which for me
mean looking gross to most people lol
You'd think you wouldn't get pumps when in low carb, well my body might be used
but I do get them and today were nice, very nice with Glycobol (absolutely *obivous* effect
of that, love it, that's where I wanna compare Recompadrol..)


Pre/pwo food 'n' sups looked like this:

* 1hour before wo: E-bol 2cps with 2gr of Fish Oil (blueprint, diary fats enhance half life of it)

* 30 min before wo:
Black Coffee, 10gr of bulk BCAA, 3.2gr of Beta Ala, 2,5gr Creapure, 3 tabs of Anavite,
2 scoops of Lit-Up, I skipped the caffeine today (forgot to take is, usually is 200mg) and didn't notice it
nice.

* Intra 10gr of bulk BCAA, 1 scoop of Xtend, 1gr of Vitamin C

* PWO 2cps of E-bol w/whey shaker containing 20gr of whey, 8/10gr of Oats.

* First meal 7pm with chicken sandwich (10gr of whole wheat bread), chicken, fat free cottage cheese,
fat free greek yogurt with roughly 40gr of whey, multivit, 2gr fish oil. A bite of my home made bar.

*There's gonna be a snack later and my last meal, pretty much the same stuff without the bread.

When Recompadrol gets in I will use it at first on refeed day (Day 1 or day 2 it depends how I feel)
see the effect and then try to integrated it in the workout days somehow, as usual, experimenting.


Going into details about the wo is tricky as I switch exercises on the fly
and I forget unless I write 'em down right away but it was something on the line:

* Warm up was something like BB shrugs 30reps, 10+10+10 from narrow to wider grip
again with front grip.

* BB shrugs 5 sets, 12/10/8/6 heavy, + last one new PR, 2 reps
3x seated weighted dips (
2 light/fast supersets with isometric at the end

* DB shrugs, 3 sets, heavy
vertical bb row superset, to failure
seated weighted dips superset, to failure

* 3 x seated bb shrug isometric (30sec, drop 2 plates, 30sec.. etc..)

* DB shoulder press 4 sets, heavy, added weights to all the sets
Side DB lateral raises superset (stiff arm), to failure
Front DB raises superset (alternate arms), to failure
Concentration bb vertical row (mid weight, very slow)

* Weighted dips 3 sets 12/10/8 (last one was forced, almost passed out lol)
One arm cable lateral raises 3 or 4 sets, don't remember
Barebell shoulder press (behind the neck), weird set, started as fast n light, ended heavy and slow

that was pretty much it I think, and sorry if I ****ed up some exercise name,
you know I'm improvising here. I might miss something, like I said,
I go with the flow, every single time so I forget wtf I do, I just know that I stop
only when I there's nothing left reallly.

Great first day! These three are gonna be fun to run together

You use whey protein and BCAA at the same time?

[flightposite]

looking ripped man. subed

[JudoJosh]

In to get lit up!!

[R1balla]

weird. Lit Up hits me in about ten minutes. sometimes less

[AutoKal47]

You use whey protein and BCAA at the same time?

Well BCAA in free form are different from the ones contained in whey,
but anyway i don't dose them together, did I write it somewhere?

My protein intake is quite high, even higher now on e-bol, whether they are
whey or/and BCAA, it happens that I dose them one next to the other on wo days,
I don't really pay much attention to the dosing of the two, I keep BCAAs
around my wo (morning) and my meals after 5/6pm, the only whey i get
before that are the 20gr pwo

[3clipseGT]

Holy detail and holy shreddedness! Im definitely in man

[chubbarock]

excellent detail is excellent, in on this

[AutoKal47]

weird. Lit Up hits me in about ten minutes. sometimes less

Wasn't you mentioning being pretty sensitive to stims in general? I'm I mistaken?
I handle stims quite well, actually I start to handle them too well, especially caffeine..
But there's no prewo that hits me in less than 25, that's usually my sweet spot,
I'm noticing this time it takes lil more, but also I do wo very first thing in the morning
so sometimes really depends on how I did I sleep and how I wake up and such.

Holy detail and holy shreddedness! Im definitely in man

thanks and glad to have you on board.
Sorry for the long ass details, I have time on my hands these days, work will get
crazy soon, I'm taking advantage of a calm period now

excellent detail is excellent, in on this

Again welcome on board, lol I start to feel self conscious about all the details now ahah
I'll keep the next posts shorter

[chubbarock]

Wasn't you mentioning being pretty sensitive to stims in general? I'm I mistaken?
I handle stims quite well, actually I start to handle them too well, especially caffeine..
But there's no prewo that hits me in less than 25, that's usually my sweet spot,
I'm noticing this time it takes lil more, but also I do wo very first thing in the morning
so sometimes really depends on how I did I sleep and how I wake up and

Again welcome on board, lol I start to feel self conscious about all the details now ahah
I'll keep the next posts shorter

Don't cut the details, I find them interesting - also, Litup usually hits me in 15-20

[AutoKal47]

Don't cut the details, I find them interesting - also, Litup usually hits me in 15-20

Ok I feel better now

Quick side note but worth mentioning: I'm very rarely hungry,
and the few times I do I control hunger very well. Yesterday I was definitely
hungry and since these last three days I've been kicking my own a$$ like no tomorrow
I had some more cottage cheese and whey-ed yogurt before going to bed, not that
I couldn't control it, I just didn't want to.

This morning, i woke up hungry again, for me that's a first! I do not recall
last time I've been hungry in the morning, even the smell of anything but coffee
makes me wanna puke in the morning, but not today, I'd eat a cow right now..

Now I wasn't about to change anything in my diet if not taking in some more
protein because of E-bol, but the reason because I'm running this specific stack
is because I've been thinking that at the condition I am now I will more likely
hit a plateau soon, and I am a very instinctive person with both diet and wo.
and I do feel like my body requires more nutrients right now, I'll listen to it.

So I am probably going to up the cals a bit, keeping IF protocol tho'

So far, no other stack or product raised my hunger, it might be just yesterday
and today but, i doubt it, it feels different, it's not feeling snacky - which happens sometimes -
I do want real food.. I think it's a good thing, we'll see

[MAxximal]

Ok I feel better now

Quick side note but worth mentioning: I'm very rarely hungry,
and the few times I do I control hunger very well. Yesterday I was definitely
hungry and since these last three days I've been kicking my own a$$ like no tomorrow
I had some more cottage cheese and whey-ed yogurt before going to bed, not that
I couldn't control it, I just didn't want to.

This morning, i woke up hungry again, for me that's a first! I do not recall
last time I've been hungry in the morning, even the smell of anything but coffee
makes me wanna puke in the morning, but not today, I'd eat a cow right now..

Now I wasn't about to change anything in my diet if not taking in some more
protein because of E-bol, but the reason because I'm running this specific stack
is because I've been thinking that at the condition I am now I will more likely
hit a plateau soon, and I am a very instinctive person with both diet and wo.
and I do feel like my body requires more nutrients right now, I'll listen to it.

So I am probably going to up the cals a bit, keeping IF protocol tho'

So far, no other stack or product raised my hunger, it might be just yesterday
and today but, i doubt it, it feels different, it's not feeling snacky - which happens sometimes -
I do want real food.. I think it's a good thing, we'll see

"more protein because of E-bol" and get more hungry because of E-bol

ECDY accelerate protein breakdown and protein synthesis

[JudoJosh]

"more protein because of E-bol" and get more hungry because of E-bol

ECDY accelerate protein breakdown and protein synthesis

Did not know this.. I really got to give ecdy a try sometime