posted Wed, 06/04/2014 - 12:42
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Over use of Pre workouts and hormones.
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So, its been 2 years and i take pre workout drinks such as jack3d, C4 extreme and Mr Hyde close to 5-6 times a week on average. The doses i take are well over recommended, sometimes even up to 4X's just to get the same feeling as what it used to be.
Recently, went to the doctors and my testosterone came back at 360 ng/dl which for my age of 26 is very low. Over 6 months since PCT of last test cycle was said done, and surely levels should be higher!
My question is, could my heavily caffeinated reliance on pre workout drinks be a possible cause of my low test? Feeling very fatigued through out the day, low/none libido and sex drive and depressed.
Thanks for answers.
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I don't take ANY pre-workouts. We are on AAS for christsake! What in the hell would any of us need any more boost than we are already getting for?
AnonHomie you need to stop that pre workout shit. Drink 2 cups of Black coffee and call it good. Who knows what exactly in those products. None of it is regulated and the lil bit of a boost isn't worth the trouble. Now as far as your question as to if it's affected your hpta that's IMO so far a longshot if what is on the label is really inside of the product. Now again none of these products are regulated so who knows what might truly be inside. You also might have consider that your pct might have been not aggressive enough or not run long enough. Or it may even be that six months removed from the pct you did some real damage to your hpta. IMO after six months you should have healed somewhat. How about you outline your
Cycle history and Pct history. Also any other risky behavior like drug use. Certain drug use will lead to permanent hpta damage.
Prework sure, I'll take 4 servings and a handful of dbol LOL
I'm the same way when it comes to prework.. I stop depending on that stuff completely... Motivational videos, Pumping Iron, or Ronnie Coleman's Unbelieveable does the trick for me.. everytime I pin I have Ronnie Coleman's Unbelievable playing in the background and Ronnie yelling Light weight baby! IDC what anybody says Ronnie is fucking awesome!
Love watching videos of the pros before I go lift. Nothing pumps me up like it. Will be trying the handful of dbol this winter lol.
LOL I wouldn't recommend a handful of dbol, your liver might like that idea Xb. I'm going to open an anonymous youtube channel and post the link on my profile.. motivation videos and training videos...
lol by handfull i mean 1 10mg pill. Just sounds cooler. Maybe one day ill try takin all 30mgs pre work. And ill definitely check out your channel. People give me so much shit man I constantly watch videos of people working out.
LOL; I just got to make sure bro XD Thanks dude.. I;m working on it now, should be up sometime tonight bro.
Unrelated to your question, sorry.. You should consider taking a few weeks off of the caffeine so this stuff starts working again. I was in the same boat as you and I went cold turkey on pre workouts and energy drinks for almost a month since the stuff didn't do anything for me anyway. Now I can't even use a full scoop of Mr Hyde without getting all jittery again - it's great.
Good luck.
Sounds more to me like Ur shut down from Ur last cycle still. What were u running did you use a proper pct? I really don't think preworkout supps will jack Ur hormones up unless Ur running something like methyl mass which has junk prohormones in it that'll shut u down. Test with any compound is a must for men. Without it we will experience bad shut down.
If you're taking 4 times the recommended doses, any things possible. It's all about a balanced system. Abuse of anything can throw the balance out of whack. Research some natural ways to spike your test. Do a couple full blood panels and re-evaluate. Keep your system working for you.
What was your last cycle ? Have you used any nandrolones or trenbolones ?
Have you checked you Prolactin level ?
I had the same feelings once, and checked my Prolactin level, it was too high, I used some Caber and it got back to normal. And after that my sex drive got back and I felt great.
Preworkouts shouldn't bo doing such things. Those products contain arginine, citrulline, b-alanine, caffeine and other ingredients that're pumping nitric oxide - so your blood should reach cells, and your dick should be hard as a rock ;)
Ofcourse if they contains what manufacturer says. Sometimes producers add some ingredients that are not listed.