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re: recovery/preworkouts etc because i thought this posted yet it's still in my buffer and didn't apparently
Cissus Quadrangularis is the one I always associate with recovery. It's a cheap herbal and really does help in my experience but it's not a miracle drug, like maybe it'll make a pulled muscle heal 2-3 days faster than it would otherwise. Decent investment imo because you only take it when you're extremely sore/pulled something so a $12 bottle lasts a year.
Regarding creatine I've been dicking around with the big doses for a few months and I do think there's merit to it. Can't really comment on it making me thirstier because I always drink a ton of water anyways regardless if I'm taking it or not, had labs done for something unrelated last month and all my levels/kidney function were fine. This is a single datapoint report though so I might be an outlier. Regardless it's the one thing I'd absolutely recommend to everyone (at the normal dosage) because it's so benign. Get yourself a wineglass or something to use for taking it; the powder has a habit of sticking to corners of glasses/mugs and the sloped bottom stops 95% of that.
Preworkouts are a crapshoot based on brand. The sixstar ones walmart carries are cheap and decent (iirc 30 servings for $16) and they sub out decently for energy drinks but can be a bit overpowering flavorwise. I just dump a serving into my 40oz water bottle and add a cheap drink mix packet (the kind that comes 6 to a box for <1$ at grocery stores). Result tastes more or less like hawaiian punch and won't completely overload you on beta-alanine etc like a double serving might.
Cissus Quadrangularis is the one I always associate with recovery. It's a cheap herbal and really does help in my experience but it's not a miracle drug, like maybe it'll make a pulled muscle heal 2-3 days faster than it would otherwise. Decent investment imo because you only take it when you're extremely sore/pulled something so a $12 bottle lasts a year.
Regarding creatine I've been dicking around with the big doses for a few months and I do think there's merit to it. Can't really comment on it making me thirstier because I always drink a ton of water anyways regardless if I'm taking it or not, had labs done for something unrelated last month and all my levels/kidney function were fine. This is a single datapoint report though so I might be an outlier. Regardless it's the one thing I'd absolutely recommend to everyone (at the normal dosage) because it's so benign. Get yourself a wineglass or something to use for taking it; the powder has a habit of sticking to corners of glasses/mugs and the sloped bottom stops 95% of that.
Preworkouts are a crapshoot based on brand. The sixstar ones walmart carries are cheap and decent (iirc 30 servings for $16) and they sub out decently for energy drinks but can be a bit overpowering flavorwise. I just dump a serving into my 40oz water bottle and add a cheap drink mix packet (the kind that comes 6 to a box for <1$ at grocery stores). Result tastes more or less like hawaiian punch and won't completely overload you on beta-alanine etc like a double serving might.
I second this. My usual is starting at around 7 effort, doing a set and adding weight and repeating not until I can't do the set but until I can't keep proper form, then going down one and doing one or two hypertrophy until I can't make the normal set number. If you remember your numbers that's usually something like (bar curls as my example) warmup -> a set with +5 on each side -> maybe a second at +10 (where i can't keep the form correct) -> two more sets of +5 -> done. Works well, burns you out, doesn't take forever.
Reverse pec fly will do this too. I love both pec flies.
