Proprietary blends in preworkouts

[NikeBoi69]

I keep seeing preworkouts with decent ingredient lists but proprietary blends instead of exact amounts.

Do you avoid those completely, or are there certain ingredients you look for before deciding whether a product is worth trying?

 

[Tmango]

Avoid completely. Begs the question what else they are hiding.

 

[Sickxlost]

Always avoid. There is a reason they don’t want you to see what’s in there. Overdosing garbage and under dosing what you would actually “need”

Pre workout ingredients are not a secret, so keep that in mind… they are hiding something.

 

[Meetketchup]

Scam.

 

[big_rich]

So many seem to have that listed I steer clear of those.

 

[Durro NoHurtNoBigShirt]

I use products that have the amount of each ingredient! No pixy dust!

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[HFO4]

Hard pass

 

[wheywarrior]

I skip any preworkout that hides the exact doses behind a shady proprietary blend.

 

[elit3keraed]

it’s a scam. 20,000 mg proprietary blend looks good

Until you realize that they underdose the shit out of everything.


Cool you get Citrulline, agmatine, beta alanine, betaine, creatine, powdered glycerol, caffeine, n acetyl tyrosine, l carnitine, choline, Huperzine, and D aspartic acid


Then you find out creatine is 10g, Citrulline is 4g, betaine is 1.2, beta alanine is 2, glycerol powder is 3g…none of which is the effective dose, and the remaining blend is also basically worthless and underdosed.


But hey it’s the super explosive, veiny dick 3000 pump blend. Pay $65 for 30 servings. Don’t spend $100 to get all those supps individually and make your own with effective dosages and get 150 servings but have no cool name

 

[balin]

I only take products that tell me what's in them and how much. But in general i have not gotten any better results with preworkouts. My poundages or reps did not go up any faster when using them then when i didn't.

 

[Tmango]

I only take products that tell me what's in them and how much. But in general i have not gotten any better results with preworkouts. My poundages or reps did not go up any faster when using them then when i didn't.

Agree with this. I can feel the caffeine in some but can always just have coffee. Any extra pump from citrulline is mild at best. Just keep a pwo to tne and mtren.

 

[balin]

Agree with this. I can feel the caffeine in some but can always just have coffee. Any extra pump from citrulline is mild at best. Just keep a pwo to tne and mtren.

I have been using coffee for decades but the rare times i don't use it my workouts are the same. I don't really associate pump with increased protein synthesis. I can get the best pumps with much lighter weights then i can with a heavy load. But i tend to think the heavy weights will do far more towards synthesizing tissue. Especially with how short of time the pumps last.

 

[NikeBoi69]

Appreciate it guys.

 

[Arnold]

I keep seeing preworkouts with decent ingredient lists but proprietary blends instead of exact amounts.

Do you avoid those completely, or are there certain ingredients you look for before deciding whether a product is worth trying?

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