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CAFFEINE BEFORE GYM?

Moya6512
Moya6512 Posts: 53 Member
edited January 7 in Fitness and Exercise
How effective and safe is it to drink a 5 hour energy shot before a workout. What is the best energy source if your body is sluggish?

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  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    Should be fine. Lots of people use straight caffeine pills as pre workouts.
  • Ph4lanx
    Ph4lanx Posts: 213 Member
    Pre-workout stimulants can range from something like a cup of coffee, through to L Carnitine tablets, all the way though to things like Thermo Detonator or .50 Cal and the like for the heavier lifters. Perfectly fine. Many people however, prefer to take some whey before starting, or BCAAs, or both.

    Depends on the type of training I guess. :)

    But yes, you'll be fine. :)
  • Juliane_
    Juliane_ Posts: 373 Member
    If you're doing a high intensity cardio as in HIITs what would be best and low calorie or no calorie?

    I would be interested in something like this. Coffee I find leaves me super thirsty so I don't use it pre-workout.
  • Ph4lanx
    Ph4lanx Posts: 213 Member
    Well I can only offer my own personal basis on this, but I do HIIT cardio before and after my weight lifting, so I'll go with it.

    Personally, I use Grenade .50 Cal as a pre-workout stimulant. 1 serving is about 23g and has a calorific content of 25 calories.

    If I was doing just cardio, I'd take a half-serving, personally, but I tend to do 20mins HIIT cardio, weights, then 20mins cardio once more.

    However if you're not used to stimulants, you might want to look elsewhere. Some L Carnitine would work better perhaps, and that has no calories.
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