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Hmm i might have to. Curls before squats have always been what I do anyways just for the ham/glute activation as I notice I sit into the hole better when I've warmed up with them. I'll give it a shot next weekend
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Hmm i might have to. Curls before squats have always been what I do anyways just for the ham/glute activation as I notice I sit into the hole better when I've warmed up with them. I'll give it a shot next weekend
Some people get jack off training
Good to see the Recovery/Endurnace is kicking up on you here buddy. Especially in a deficit.
Good to see you also found your sweet spot for dosing the product to get the best out of it.
Anything to note on Pumps via the supersets?
Alarm went off this morning, took my quake and hit snooze... except i hit "stop" instead of snooze and woke up an hour later... Needless to say, no gym this morning and most likely not tonight as i'll be working and travelling. So. Friggin. Peeved.
Alarm went off this morning, took my quake and hit snooze... except i hit "stop" instead of snooze and woke up an hour later... Needless to say, no gym this morning and most likely not tonight as i'll be working and travelling. So. Friggin. Peeved.
When you can sleep through a pre-workout.. You sir have an incredible stim tolerance!
Not at all the case... caffeine doesn't wake you when you're already asleep ha. Since this takes so long to kick in and I fall asleep so fast, i just felt great when I finally woke ha. Based on this, I'd say this is a pretty good showcase of how smooth and slow the energy is since there's zero "kick"
If i take any caffeine after like 4 or 5 PM . I will not fall asleep until like 11 PM
Then again. I am pretty much off stims year round, especially off season. Maybe 1-2x a week I will take a pre-workout.
What you're taking about is completely different though...that's waiting for the caff to kick in, and then trying to sleep which obviously is going to be stupid. I'm talking about falling asleep when I never even really woke up and never let the caff kick in. Apples to oranges
If i woke up, drank a coffee, and tried to go back to sleep. It would never happen. Ever.
That's not the caffeine then... if you can fall back asleep normally in <5 min it's physiologically impossible to have metabolized the caffeine in that amount of time ha.
Maybe you're just "special".
I am not alone with people who drink caffeine and have hard times sleeping, or if they wake up and take a shot of caffeine and then find they get instant energy. Very typical actually with any caffeine consumption unless you have quite a tolerance build up.
I am sure you have seen the case where someone takes a pre-workout, then goes to the gym to lift and finds out the place is closed. They are then full of energy. If that person tried to go to sleep after taking that, it may not be instant, and it may take some time for the effects to diminish.
My brother is like you. He can take 4-5-6 coffee's a day and then fall asleep 5 minutes later because he works 50-60 hours a week and relies heavily on it.
Some people are just stim addicts
You literally confirmed what I'm trying to say haha... its not the caff, it's mental (exhaustion or lack of) that makes the difference. Obviously if you take it and wait it's gonna be hard regardless how tired you are tho.
Me too. I cant sleep after drinking coffee but my partner drinks a large glass of black coffee before sleep.I can wake up and go back to bed if I don't drink coffee.
if i wake up and have a coffee I won't go back to bed. I will lay there for hours upon hours.
If I don't drink coffee or caffeine at night.. Ill pass right out
If I drink a coffee later at night ill be up forever and won't be able to sleep
Again you may be used to more caffeine/stims then most people (or myself) so anytime I take in any form of caffeine it keeps me up for a long duration. Just like how woody can take an espresso and pass right out. I myself just get hammered by caffeine. Hell I get a buzz off drinking a diet coke which is like 50mg caffeine.
Dieting on a double session and maintaining your intensity and strength?
That is what I am talking about!!!!!!
Yeah this was incredibly impressive and I think truly speaks volumes to the MENTAL aspects of what Quake has brought for me. The last few days meals have been small and I've actually been even further under my cals than planned just due to time constraints. Have had 3-4 shakes each night just to get cals up since dinners were out and I wanted them to stay relatively clean, which means volume and total cals will always be way lower (nobody offers the "2000cals of chicken and broccoli platter" haha.
I attribute the fact that I was able to keep my intensity up mostly to the focus and motivation that Quake has given me consistently. I'm surprised as this level of focus has only shown for 1-2 other products I've ever taken so needless to say, this is exceptional for me.
I know Driven2lift has said he hasn't felt this nearly as much so I'm curious why it seems to hit me so hard. I haven't seen other logs tho so outside of ours I'm not sure if others have had closer to mine or his reactions.
You're probably guessing right that the deficit is catching up but fingers crossed it was a fluke and you kill your next lift sir
What are your refeeds looking like when needed?
It depends... I've done both "dirty" refeeds which are pretty much just double my cals, hit a certain min of protein and then whatever I want, lower in fat. Cookies, cereal, whatever. Other times I've gone very controlled with classics like oatmeal, toast, bagels, rice to keep it cleaner.
I hardly notice any difference in terms of effects so I tend to go a bit dirtier because it's more fun.
you forgot the missing piece of information.
You got like a years supply of oreo's and cereal too![]()
Surprised you did not have something before a 6:30 PM workout, but then again you do like to eat 1 meal for your own reasoning. Which again is a major aspect to why you won't get the full benefits of the nitrates/pump agents in the product.
Sounds like the cut is catching up to you with the energy and lack of sleep!
My schedule yesterday ended up a complete mess due to the ATL airport being completely f'ed from the storms the day before... flight cancelled, bumped, etc etc which ruined/cancelled my trip to bama. The nice part was that after sitting at the orlando airport for 7 hrs in the morning, I was able to get home and actually just stay there and get my normal workout in at my home gym.
As normal, 1.5sc 35min pre was the standard for legs hyper day. At this point, the results are almost exactly the same each workout, which is stellar as within these few weeks it seems that there has been zero issue with building any tolerance to the effects. Truly a big positive as this makes this a strong contender for a top tier product based on cost:effects.
I have moved all of the remaining scoops into an old amino IV sample jar so that probably means I'm looking at 5 or so more workouts before I'm done. I was going to try out 2 full scoops again, but since there has been no tolerance buildup, I dont see that as a useful trial as it would basically be wasting a half scoop and hurting a workout.
Big claims.. Love your honesty here man. This is why I wanted to get a tub in your hands to give it a true test.
Wish you were eating more to get the best benefits of it!
Refeed tomorrow!
Now this will be interesting. The Solution has been waiting for this the entire log![]()
Once you get some fuel and food in you, you will feel like a new man.
Eat up!
Good to see things in the right direction.
Get that carb up in before the log ends so you can blow it up one last time![]()
hella not wasting a carb up eating in my hotel room/out haha. If I eat in the hotel, it sacrifice being able to cook anything good/fun; if i eat out, I lose any chance at a fun volume of food due to price
AYCE buffets = Win Win!![]()
