[Steveoph]

This intro is to be edited/glorified in full beauty in time to come, but I just wanted to start logging it for you guys so here's a quick intro.

SMASH® Pre-Workout: Pump – Strength - Endurance – Energy
Axis Labs: SMASH Pre-Workout - 495G



Background:
This is the first Pre-Workout supplement I’ll be taking steadily (only sampled Purple Wrath). I’ve been working out for a few years, sometimes it got forgotten about due to sports teams/ being on vacation all summer, and I really started taking my workouts seriously starting this year. I won’t be posting a daily food log of what I’ve eaten, although I record it all so if anybody is really curious for some odd reason, PM me and I can send it to you. The reason I’m not including it is because I’m on a all-you-can eat meal plan here at University, and it is basically a buffet of items at every meal- getting the macros straight is a nightmare.

Also SMASH contains CEE, and I haven't regularly dosed on creatine, so there should be some good gains from that.


Current Supplements: SMASH, ON whey PWO, Fish Oil Caps, Ground Flaxseed, Calcium, Vit C, Glucosamine/Chondroitin, Garlic, Vit. E, Green Tea Extract and Multi vitamin.

How to read my workouts: I put the weight in lbs first, then I put the reps (duh lol). Brackets means I took a brief pause, maybe 5s and then how many more reps I did. A + sign means I lowered the weight and did a few more reps.

[Steveoph]

Mon Mar 26th

So on a Monday morning I finally get to start this log; Initial review of SMASH
Mixability- 10/10 . I tossed a scoop into 16oz of water, and closed the container and looked back and it was settling in, a few swirls and it was dissolved. Quite impressed, next to no foam on top/sides.
Taste 9/10 - I never give 10’s for taste because there’s always something better, but this tasted great just like a fruit juice; definitely looking forward to drinking it again and again.

Strength/Endurance: As for a Pump, it was a Monday morning so I didn’t get much of a pump because I was a bit tired; only noticed the pump during the leg press (the weight stack felt light as a feather and I bumped it up from last week) but not too much of a chest pump. Endurance was quite good today, will see if this keeps up every day.

Workout: Chest/Arms with Quads

(142) Barbell Flat Bench 115x7(1),5(2),5(2),5(2),4(1)

Leg Press 374x9,9,8 394x8,9 -- Lower Abs 10,10,9,9

DB Decline 45x8,8,7,4.5 ---- Deadlift 135; 8,8,7(2),6(3)

Leg Ext 130x7,7,8,7 --- Shoulder Press 174x8,6.5,7,6+2

DB Fly 25x8,8,8,7 + Fly 99x6 +3 Start 10:40 End 11:45

PWO- 1 Scoop Gatorade Powder + 1 Scoop ON Rocky Road

Cooldown: 11 min elliptical, 200 cal , 1.09 mi.

with medium sized meal 40 mins after.

[Steveoph]

Tues March 27th

Well wow I’ve been doing a fairly similar routine for the past 3 weeks and have had no DOMS, but after yesterday’s workout I’m feeling it today. I take it as a sign that I pushed myself pretty hard yesterday. Definitely feeling it in the legs today.


Took SMASH same way as yesterday, a bit frothy today because I mixed it up 2 hours before and was walking around with it, but still tastes great. In the gym today I really noticed the pump. My endurance was quite boosted considering how poorly I slept last night. I managed to get in an extra 2 exercises before my arms started getting fatigued, and managed to bump up most of my weights. The pump today was also huge; after doing some DB Rows I just stood looking in the mirror wondering why I was looking so ape-ish with my arms today lol.
Endurance/Strength was 10/10 today.

(142) BB Row 95; 6,6,7,7 -- Back Extension 10,10,10,12

DB Delts - 25x8,7,7,7 ----- BB Shrugs 135x8,8(2),7(2),8(2)
Low Row 90x8,8(20 + 100x7(2),7+3 --- Assisted Dips 20; 10,10,9,9

Calf Raises 110x8,9,10,10, 90x15 --- BB Rows 50x7,8,9,8

T-Bar Pulldown- 110x8,7,8,6(2) Skullcrush 50x7,6,4, 45x8

PreWO 10:35 Start: 11:10 End 12:20
Cooldown: 8 mins rowing.
PWO Shake- 3/4c. milk, 3/4 scoop Gatorade, 3/4 Scoop ON ( 1/4 leaked here lol)
Meal 35 mins after

[bLacKjAck.]

SteveO!!

Sorry I am here so late buddy. Looks like you are really enjoying SMASH.

Love the detail here. Very descriptive in your exercises and such.

Make sure you keep those cals high and I think you will do very well.

[Clickster]

Looks awesome buddy!

Will be following along, appreciate you doing the log for us at Axis Labs, it is much appreciated.

Thanks bro.

[Steveoph]

DAY 3- ------ Off day
Took SMASH on empty stomach before lunch, and ended up doing 17 mins of HIIT but nothing to report, except being thirsty from the creatine.
Had quite a good HIIT stair session, not sure if it was from the extra ATP for the spring sets or not. Will do HIIT again on Sunday and compare.



DAY 4- CHEST/LEGS
Today the SMASH gave me a crazy energy boost. I didn’t even realize how pumped up I was until I was about to walk into the gym and I was randomly whistling my favourite Christmas tune lol. Gotta love that caffeine. Had some good sets in for the chest today, but looking at my log seems like I could pushed harder to match Monday’s workout. Overall good pump today , with medium endurance. Seeing some gains , especially in the flat bench. My next chest day is Monday after a good 3 days rest; should be some further gains.

As for recovery/soreness, there has been none except for on that fist day which is great. I haven’t been experiencing DOMS or other soreness with my current PWO-nutrition regime / stretch and cooldown so all is going well.

Workout:
Flat BB Bench- 115; 8,7(1),6(2),5(4),4(2)--- DB Obliques 50;8,8,10,10
Leg Press 394;9,8,8,9 ---- Captain Chair; 12,12,9,8
DB Incline 45;10,9,6
DB Decline 45; 7,6(1),5(2) ---- Deadlift 135x8,8,6(3),7(3)
DB Fly 25x8,8,8, Machine 100x10,7 Leg Ext 130; 4x8
Machine Shoulder 174; 7,7+3

8:40 Pre-WO= 0.5 cups steelcut oats + 3/4scoop ON + Flax + 3 EW + Apple
11:00 - SMASH . Workout 11:30-12:50 followed immediately by
PWO Shake ( 2/3c. milk, 1 scoop gatorade + 1 scoop ON).
Solid meal 45 mins after.

[bLacKjAck.]

Originally Posted by Steveoph

DAY 3- ------ Off day
Took SMASH on empty stomach before lunch, and ended up doing 17 mins of HIIT but nothing to report, except being thirsty from the creatine.
Had quite a good HIIT stair session, not sure if it was from the extra ATP for the spring sets or not. Will do HIIT again on Sunday and compare.



DAY 4- CHEST/LEGS
Today the SMASH gave me a crazy energy boost. I didn’t even realize how pumped up I was until I was about to walk into the gym and I was randomly whistling my favourite Christmas tune lol. Gotta love that caffeine. Had some good sets in for the chest today, but looking at my log seems like I could pushed harder to match Monday’s workout. Overall good pump today , with medium endurance. Seeing some gains , especially in the flat bench. My next chest day is Monday after a good 3 days rest; should be some further gains.

As for recovery/soreness, there has been none except for on that fist day which is great. I haven’t been experiencing DOMS or other soreness with my current PWO-nutrition regime / stretch and cooldown so all is going well.

Workout:
Flat BB Bench- 115; 8,7(1),6(2),5(4),4(2)--- DB Obliques 50;8,8,10,10
Leg Press 394;9,8,8,9 ---- Captain Chair; 12,12,9,8
DB Incline 45;10,9,6
DB Decline 45; 7,6(1),5(2) ---- Deadlift 135x8,8,6(3),7(3)
DB Fly 25x8,8,8, Machine 100x10,7 Leg Ext 130; 4x8
Machine Shoulder 174; 7,7+3

8:40 Pre-WO= 0.5 cups steelcut oats + 3/4scoop ON + Flax + 3 EW + Apple
11:00 - SMASH . Workout 11:30-12:50 followed immediately by
PWO Shake ( 2/3c. milk, 1 scoop gatorade + 1 scoop ON).
Solid meal 45 mins after.

Steve-O!! (man I am gonna love saying that!)

Lookin good man, keep those gains coming. Keep those cals up!!

[Clickster]

Very nice workout on Day 4.

Looks solid bro, keep up the great work, the log looks awesome.

[Steveoph]

DAY 5- Arms/Back Day

Had my typical breakfast at 8:45- 1/2cup steelcut oats, ½ scoop ON whey, 1.5 apples and a tbsp ground flaxseed. Took my SMASH at 10:10 and hit the weights at 10:45 , with my PWO Shake (1 Scoop ON, 1 Scoop Gatorade) at 11:40.

Didn’t find I had much endurance today, nor was there any real pump. My body just wasn’t feeling the effects of SMASH today I guess. Didn't even do my usual 10 exercises. The concentration and energy boost just didn't hit me, just one of those off days I guess.

Workout:
Chinups 6+3, Assisted Chin 20lbs; 8,7(2),6+3
BB Rows 95x7,6,7,7 ---- Back Extension 10,12,12,12
BB Trap 135x8,145x10,10,9 --- Delt Side Plate Raises 10lb; 10,8,8,8
DB Row 55; 8,8,8 ---- Biceps Preacher 45; 6,7,6

[Steveoph]

DAY 6 – Beautiful rest day.
On a side note, I understand why blackjack calls it a cocktail now. This time when I mixed it up it took me a good 10 minutes to down it because I kept slowly sipping it; the taste is great guys.


-----DAY 7--------- HIIT Stair Sprints


Took SMASH 30 mins before my HIIT stairs sprints.
I go up 7 flights then a light jog down, and did this for 25 minutes. (It might not sound fun, but time flies when you got your iPod Video and TV shows on it like I do lol).
I was doing this after just having fruits and a shake for a light breakfast, so was a bit worried about glycogen/bonking but it went very well. Had tons of endurance for my sprints. Overall a great HIIT set, the creatine I think helps with the sprints.
Afterwards I noticed some soreness, but that was probably from me rushing off to grab breakfast and not getting a good stretch / cooldown in. I just got to be careful that I don't get into overtraining; going to up the amount of whey I got for more BCAA/Glutamine, and I also got some bulk glutamine coming on Tues.

[Steveoph]

DAY 8- CHEST/LEGS
Today I decided to switch it up a bit and took SMASH only 20 minutes before hitting the weights, and I found myself with a great pump today. My stomach sort of felt a bit unsettled especially after my leg press, but I’m going to try experimenting a bit more with when I take the SMASH. Also I tried mixing it with about 350 mL ( 10oz? ) and had a bit of trouble dissolving the last little bit, so it looks like you need 12oz+ of liquid for good mixage.


Endurance today was awesome today. On some sets I will have done 4 sets of 8, and then come through with a 5th set feeling liking the rest were just warmup sets. I was worried about my leg press because I don’t think I got enough carbs to refill my legs after yesterday’s HIIT but had a good workout nonetheless. I even bumped it up 25 lbs, and went up to 50’s on the decline DB. Overall awesome workout today.

I’m liking doing this log because I was wondering why I didn’t manage to do 4x8 of deadlift but realized I had kicked up the weight by 10 lbs and my back was still a bit sore from yesterday.

Workout:
BB Bench; 115x8,8,8,6(2),7(2) -- DB Lats 55;8,4x10
Leg Press 394; 8,8 420; 9,9
DB Decline 50; 6,6,5(1),5(1) --- BB Deadlift 145; 8,8,6(3),7(3)
Iso Leg Extension 130; 4x8 --- Shoulder Press 174x8, 184x9,7.5,8

Pre-WO 8:45 = 0.5 cups steelcut oats + 0.6 scoop ON Whey + Flax + Apple
SMASH at 10:50 . Workout 11:10-12:30 , PWO at 12:30 = Scoop ON Whey + Scoop Gatorade + Solid meal 45 mins after.

I think I know what you mean about keeping up the cals blackjack, my pre-WO eating doesn’t seem to be that high. Macros look like:
½ cup Steel Cut Oats = 12p/54c/5f . 280 cal, Apple 0/15c/0 55 cal. ON = 15p/1.5c/0.5f 72 cal. + Maybe 50 cal from flax... not all that much. It’s just hard because I have class usually for 2-3 hours straight and then I want to hit the gym right away aAnd I don’t want to eat too close to my workout.

[bLacKjAck.]

Great stuff man!

Looks like you are really enjoying your SMASHing workouts!

Yeh, endurance is huge on this stuff from what I have noticed. I'm glad you have been pleased with it.

Remember if you have any questions about anything let us know!

[Steveoph]

DAY 9-- ARMS/BACK (Tues Apr. 3)

Not a bad day in the gym, with decent strength and endurance. After 9 days on SMASH now it’s hard to remember what my fatigue was like for workouts before I took it, but I think I’ve been experiencing extra endurance and a bit of extra pump for these last 9 days or so. Going to keep pushing up the weights, everything is coming along nicely.

My workouts used to be about 50 minutes or so, but now I find myself doing 75 minutes every workout and wanting to do more, but I’ve signed up for the damn cardio machine and don’t want to lose my spot or no cooldown for me

Workout:

Leg Curl 90; 4x8 --------- Low Row, 80x8, 110x7(2),7(2),6(1),8(1)
BB Traps 135x10, 155x8,8,7(3)8 --- Back Ext- 15,12,15,10
DB Row 55; 4x8 -------- Seated Calf Raise 130x8,8,7(3),7(4)
Iso Lat Pulldown- 110x9, 125x7(2),5(3),8+5 -------Assisted Dips 20; 10,10,8(2)
Rear Fly- 90x8,8,8+4 ------- Biceps 40; 8,8

DAY 10 - OFF DAY

Took the SMASH like usual. This time I noticed I had some stuff at the bottom of my cup. It seems like you really need the 16oz and to let it sit for a litte bit for full mixage.