This blog will document my goals, stats, exercise, diet, and supplements. I will focus on nutrition and supplements and their impact at first, and later may keep a more detailed training log.
I have been training for 20 years (I'm 42). Although I have been diagnosed with M.S., I am in the best shape of my life and getting better.
I make heavy use of supplements to keep my hormone levels favorably balanced, cortisol levels down, metabolism up, and muscle nutrition uptake high. I take many cognitive boosting supplements and prepare my own pre and post workout shake mixes from separate bulk ingredients.
I lift weights 3-4 times per week, using HIIT and brief workouts to avoid overtraining.
I have been training for 20 years (I'm 42). Although I have been diagnosed with M.S., I am in the best shape of my life and getting better.
I make heavy use of supplements to keep my hormone levels favorably balanced, cortisol levels down, metabolism up, and muscle nutrition uptake high. I take many cognitive boosting supplements and prepare my own pre and post workout shake mixes from separate bulk ingredients.
I lift weights 3-4 times per week, using HIIT and brief workouts to avoid overtraining.
Post-Holiday feasting
Posted 11-26-2007 at 02:16 AM by delton
Since my first post, I ran out of the bottle of Syntrax "Adipokinetix", which provided the nor-ephedrine and yohimbine. This stuff isn't available anymore after norephedrine was pulled by the FDA. Dexatrim had racemic norephedrine; the adipokinetix had just the "good" one. Hit the web for more details. There is considerable controversy as to whether norephedrine is really dangerous. Lots of overweight women were taking large quantities of Dexatrim, and some of them had strokes.
Anyway, so I had two old bottles. The less old bottle, from Syntrax, is the one I finished. The really old bottle is from Trigonal Industries, which made it before Syntrax somehow acquired the product. The label is very "startup". After finishing the Syntrax, I moved on to the old one.
I think it's different. It really makes me feel unpleasantly jittery, and slightly nauseated at times. It may simply be overdosed, or it may have a racemic mix (like Dexatrim), or some evil new substance has slowly developed in the many years since its expiration.
The weirdness extends over time. This morning, I took what was supposed to be 50 mg of norephedrine and 6 mg yohimbine. That's a low dose compared to what I have been doing for the past couple of months. In addition to feeling unpleasantly edgy this morning and afternoon, I noticed some strong effects in the evening when I played my musical instrument. The speed with which I could play was dramatically increased.
My plan for tomorrow is to take just one cap, half today's dose, do that another few days, and then stop the norephedrine. I think the Syntrax product was tremendously helpful, but for some reason this older stuff is turning me into Mr. Hyde. So that's it for the norephedrine, which can't be purchased now.
A quick note about the holidays. I decided to eat anything I wanted for three day, and I certainly ate much more than has been the norm recently. I also burned about 300 calories doing some HIIT on a treadmill each morning. Anyway, I was at 158 lbs, up one or two, but the waist is constant. Actually, all my muscles are fuller. I think I did a nice glycogen load overall.
I lifted today, and although I felt very good going into the workout, my strength was oddly down.
Anyway, so I had two old bottles. The less old bottle, from Syntrax, is the one I finished. The really old bottle is from Trigonal Industries, which made it before Syntrax somehow acquired the product. The label is very "startup". After finishing the Syntrax, I moved on to the old one.
I think it's different. It really makes me feel unpleasantly jittery, and slightly nauseated at times. It may simply be overdosed, or it may have a racemic mix (like Dexatrim), or some evil new substance has slowly developed in the many years since its expiration.
The weirdness extends over time. This morning, I took what was supposed to be 50 mg of norephedrine and 6 mg yohimbine. That's a low dose compared to what I have been doing for the past couple of months. In addition to feeling unpleasantly edgy this morning and afternoon, I noticed some strong effects in the evening when I played my musical instrument. The speed with which I could play was dramatically increased.
My plan for tomorrow is to take just one cap, half today's dose, do that another few days, and then stop the norephedrine. I think the Syntrax product was tremendously helpful, but for some reason this older stuff is turning me into Mr. Hyde. So that's it for the norephedrine, which can't be purchased now.
A quick note about the holidays. I decided to eat anything I wanted for three day, and I certainly ate much more than has been the norm recently. I also burned about 300 calories doing some HIIT on a treadmill each morning. Anyway, I was at 158 lbs, up one or two, but the waist is constant. Actually, all my muscles are fuller. I think I did a nice glycogen load overall.
I lifted today, and although I felt very good going into the workout, my strength was oddly down.
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