Lets KILL IT with ILLICIT!!!!

grinnell27 said:
Sore shoulder, possibly torn or damaged rotator cuff. Got an appointment with the doctor in a week or so, get X-ray etc.
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That's right...

Are there any presses that don't hurt?
 
PM.
 
Had a few days off from the gym to be with the family and especially because it was my daughters 2nd birthday Saturday :)

So I hit up an early workout today, 5.30am.
Felt exhausted when I woke up, couldn't sleep very well even taking melatonin!

1 scoop of ILLICIT, was tempted by 1 1/2 lol.
Downed it before leaving, on the way to the gym I was getting pumped listening to my recent purchase of 'go' by rob Bailey and hustle standard.

[/b]Back and arms-[/b]

Wide grip pull-ups-

BW x failure (4 sets)

Wide grip Kat pulldowns-

150x failure (4 sets)
205x 6 (2 sets)

BB rows-

135x 20 (4 sets)

Seated machine rows-

110x failure (not a cable machine)

That's all for back. Nothing crazy today sadly.

Arms

Seated DB curls-

35x failure (5 sets)

Standing hammer-

40x failure (4 sets)

BB curls-

90x 6 (2 sets)
70x failure (3 sets)

Cable curls-

Not sure of weight x failure

Preacher curls-

70x failure (4 sets)

Tricep dips machine-

110x failure, 70x failure, 50x failure (4 sets)

Tricep rope pulldowns-

110x failure, 70x failure (4 sets)

Tricep ext from chest-

35 each arm x failure (4 sets)

So that's it for today, tomorrow is shoulders or legs, can't decide :)

Illicit hit me hard today as usual, great pump, great energy, great endurance and great focus...

All good on that front!
 
Bro If you like Rob Bailey You should check out Hollywood Undead.
 
Nice looking work out, You need to get some G8 from FinaFlex until @ PNutra come out with a sleep improver !!
 
Think I may only have 2 days left of this Pre.. at a push maybe 3 days.

Anyway lets begin with todays workout, Shoulders and chest...

1 scoop of ILLICIT before I left the house, stirred in 300ml of water with a spoon... mixes perfect, didn't notice any sinkers. Even though it tastes good considering 400mg of caffeine lol, its still not as easy to drink as juice at 5.30 am :)

Shoulders:

Side laterals:

25x failure, into 10x failure (7 sets)

Front raises:

45lb bar x failure into 30x failure DB's (4 sets)

Rear delt DB fly's:

25lb x failure (Palms facing each other) into palms parallel to the floor x failure (4 sets)

DB Shrugs:

70x failure (4 sets) Heaviest DB's that this gym has... Not my regular gym.

Chest:

My shoulder has been feeling a lot better recently, still not 100% but considering I couldn't even DB press the 25's before!

Flat DB Press:

55x 8-10 (palms facing each other) 4 sets

Standing Pec Dec:

90x failure... Pausing every rep at the bottom. (4 sets)

Seated machine press:

70x failure (4 sets)

This gym's weight are really weird... At my regular gym I can normally press 135+ for reps on the machines but here, the 70lb feels like 225?

Cable fly's from the floor:

Not sure of weight x failure (4 sets)

So that's it for today... Overall a great workout as training chest feels great :)

Mini review for today of ILICIT:

Pump- 8/10. Great as always!

Energy- 10/10. Again, this never fails.

Endurance- 10/10. Never any issues here.

Focus-9/10. Great focus today, felt great all workout. Only reason it doesn't get 10 is because I don't get 'tunnel vision'. Havent really had that since DMAA was removed though.
 
I believe you did " Kill It"
 
You can never trust the cable machines. We have maybe over a dozen cables, and none of them feel the same as another.
 
RegisterJr said:
You can never trust the cable machines. We have maybe over a dozen cables, and none of them feel the same as another.
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Yeah exactly man!

Sorry for the lack of updates on this. Got a job interview lined up next week so been prepping for that.

It was my last scoop today... Final review tomorrow for you all :)
 
Final Review

Well here it is, the time has come for my final review of IFN's ILLICIT.

Little bit of info about me:

I've been training for roughly 6years now, I started to get serious about 2.5 years ago and started to nail dieting, workouts etc. I used to be able to take 1scoop of every pre workout I could get my hands on and feel amazing! Really zoned in and focused on the gym, sadly this seemed to change... Likely due to a tolerance or maybe because of DMAA being banned? I have taken breaks from caffeine and pre workouts for up to 6 weeks at a time.. Still no change.

So when I saw ILICIT I got excited about the super heavy stim properties... 400mgs of caffeine! Yes please.

When it arrived I was eager to try it out, I chose back and arms as my first workout (IIRC). My favorite and probably my most demanding workout.

Effects:

The caffeine hit me hard and really gave me a boost that I wasn't expecting, this wont be the caffeine alone as ive taken caffeine tabs before up to 600mgs and not had that sort of impact. This was promising :)

The energy has lasted for ALL my workouts right until the end, I can honestly say I haven't yawned once durng any of my workouts while using ILLICIT.

The focus has also been good also, now its not like having DMAA in your system so it doesn't give you tunnel vision, shame but its hard to get that nailed.. I don't think any of the pre workouts ive had since DMAA was banned has been anywhere near as good. That obvious though.

The pump is excellent in this product, really helps blood drive into those muscles, quite often up to 60minutes later I can still feel pumped which is nice.

The endurance is the same story as the energy really, it allowed me to train harder for longer because my muscles didn't really feel tired until the last couple of exercises... And I like a lot of volume in my workouts.

Overall thought.

ILLICIT is a great pre workout for anybody who likes their stims and who may be a little tolerant to them, I'm not going to say this is the best pre workout I've ever had because it isn't... DMAA is king and in my eyes always will be so finding something to compare is difficult.

However I found this to be a very very good pre and I enjoyed using it everyday, it helped me hugely with early morning workouts and getting into my 'zone'. I'm sad to see no powder left in my tub which tells you that i'm going to miss using it (until I get my hands on more). IFN have come out with a great pre workout and I would no doubt recommend this to someone who is looking for a hard core, all out, guns blazing pre workout.

Q&A:

1. Would I use this again?
Yes. 100% I would use this product again.

2. Would I recommend this to someone else?
Yes. This is a fantastic product and I really enjoyed it.

3. Was it the best pre workout ive ever used?
No. Sadly not, its a very hard competition to me. My favourite ever was Hemo Rage Black (with DMAA)

4. Did I enjoy using it?
Yes. It was a great run and I found it awesome.

I want to thank IFN again for this opportunity to log ILLICIT, they are a great company with great products.

Thanks to everyone who followed along.
 
Very well written review, great information!
 
Nice log and review, as always. Good luck with your interview.
 
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