Overall Review of Wyked:
First, thank you to Taurus for giving me the opportunity to log Wyked. I have tried several preworkout drinks over the years, but most recently have been using NO-xplode and Superpump250. A special thank you to StakedCop for choosing me for this log and to Rosie for always answering my random questions and the constant inspiration. And finally thank you to everybody that has followed and participated in this log.
As with most preworkout, Wyked combines a creatine component with a nitric oxide and stimulant component. The first thing that stood out to me before I even opened the contained was the list of ingredients which follows:
Creatine Monohydrate
Glycine
Taurine
L-Alanine
Leucine
Beta Alanine
D-Aspartic Acid
Arginine AKG
Caffeine
Liposomal Bitter Orange 20% Extracted For Synephrine
Synephrine HCL
Geranium Oil Extract (4-Amino-Methyl Hexane)
Hordinine
Short and sweet! Too often now I see preworkouts with categories like NO Complex followed by 3 or 4 different version of arginine or some other NO-evoking ingredient. Just pick one and stand behind your ingredient. If you list too many, in my opinion, you don’t understand the science behind your product and there is no way I’m going to put my money towards it.
There are a few ingredients here that I know people disagree with, so let me address them all. First, let me say that not everybody responds the same to all ingredients, so just because your body doesn’t respond well to creatine monohydrate, for example, is no reason to say it is useless. I respond best to monohydrate and so this works very well for me.
DAA seems to be another hot topic subject. Personally, I believe DAA works to increase test levels. I have not tested my own blood while on it, but have researched it enough to believe that it does work. It’s not going to give you steroid test levels, but that isn’t what this product claims. I also do not agree with the idea that DAA causes excitotoxity. As I’ve stated before, I have a PhD in neuroscience and am currently doing my post doc. Does this make me an authority on DAA? No, but I have been performing electrophysiology on glutamatergic and dopaminergic circuits in the cortex and striatum and can talk about NMDA receptors for hours on end. DAA has been shown to increase anxiety and although I am prone to anxiety issues, I have been lucky to respond well to DAA and have not experienced any anxiety issues when taking it.
Finally, possibly the biggest hot topic is arginine and whether or not it increases NO levels in the blood to cause vasodilation. Again, I work on nitric oxide and my entire thesis was based on nNOS. So I think I can speak with some knowledge on this topic. I personally believe oral administration of arginine will cause eNOS to synthesize NO enough to cause vasoldilation. If you don’t agree, then simply don’t use it. There are other products that claim to do it instead which I don’t agree with, but that is my opinion based on my studies and what I have read.
As stated earlier, I am prone to anxiety issues as well as having a pretty weak stomach. However, the stimulant makeup of Wyked did not give me any jitters or upset stomach, which has been a problem with other products like NO-xplode and Superpump250. What it did do was give me the energy to have amazing training sessions after a long day of work when I just wanted to go home and sleep.
The following rating system was inspired by Rosie’s without trying to rip her off
Taste 10/10: The taste of Wyked was great without being over powering. It did mix well with drinks like Powerade, but stands on its own as well. I have a weird sense of taste…I think I’m the only person in the world that liked the flavor of Endorush lol. NO-xplode to me tends to be a little too much, so Wyked was a very refreshing change of pace.
Stim/”Pump” 10/10: I got an amazing boost in the gym every single time I used Wyked and tried it during training at different time in the day (i.e. evening and morning training). It’s hard to really put into words, but basically the boost was there without playing on that dangerous fine line between great time at the gym and panic attack. I never once had to hold back on any exercise out of fear of sending myself over the edge. I pushed myself to the limit each time and Wyked definitely increased my endurance, allowing me to rock out extra reps and sometimes an extra exercise or two.
Solubility 10/10: Wyked mixed instantly in water. The last bits to dissolve were the black specks, which I was told is the synephrine, but they dissolved quickly too.
Side effects 10/10: I had zero negative side effects when taking Wyked. Some side effects I have experienced with similar products include upset stomach, jitters to full blown panic attacks, and headaches. I had none of these the entire run. I also monitored my blood pressure before and after training while using Wyked and while using no preworkout drink. Wyked caused no significant increases in blood pressure, which often is a panic attack trigger for me.
