Beta-Alanine

[Lukas]

If any of you are considering taking this supplement, do it! I was taking it (1,500 mg a day) a couple months back and it was great, here's what my #'s were at

Dumbell Press: 55lbs 3x5
Bench Press: 135 3x5
Chin-ups: could rep out 10
Pull-ups (wide grip): get up to 5
Squats: 175lbs 3x5
Deadlift: 205lbs 3x5

Those are just an assortment. Now, I eventually ran out and had to convince my mom to order some more (she is a alternative supplement/treatment, homeopathic, holistic fan. All at once. I really had to do work just to get some protein) so in that time period when I didn't have any, my numbers dropped significantly

Dumbell Press: 50lb 3x5....barely
Bench: 125 3x5
Chin-uos: 5 at most
Pull-ups: 3

Squats and deadlifts stayed the same weight, but I needed more sets and effort to pump out the needed reps. But with the Beta-Alanine I could do an entire workout and still feel energized and awesome. This is because it reduces muscle fatigue by keeping the pH in the muscles balanced.

This might sound like a sales add, but it's not lol :smile: If you train with weights or anything that uses muscle (any activity) and you train with intensity, use it.

[Vegetable]

When did you take it, exactly? Just before the work out? Early in the morning?

[Lukas]

I took it after breakfast. That way the tingling (not harmful) you get from it is gone by my strength workout which is usually mid-late afternoon.

[anfeyd]

Thank you. I will take this supplements in hopes I will one day be able to bench 135 and deadlift 200 lbs.

[Caveman]

Haha yes people take so many supplements that really are pointless unless you're at a decent level anyway, you may as well just stick to the basics and spend the spare money on something else.

[Lukas]

Haha, I know my lifts suck, not a point of personal pride. But they sucked even more when I was off it.

[Rahf]

Beta-alanine supposedly has a positive effect since it buffers up your carnosine levels. Similar effects to creatine that is. My pre-workout drink includes beta-alanine.

[jan]

Meh, it's probably illegal in Norway anyways. I'm waiting for meat to be banned soon, because of its highly anabolic and roid-rage inducing effects.

[Skippy]

Meh, I think the only singular amino acid genuinely worth taking pre-workout would be L-arginine, maybe l-carnitine too.

If you buy some L-arginine which is like, $6 for a months supply, tak 1g of it with some B6 and b12 with a cup of coffee you've pretty much just made your own NO Xplode.

Good times.

[jan]

I tended to have better workouts after supplementing with l-arginine and BCAAs pre-workout.


Too bad I've run out of both:(

[Karlnold]

Somehow I've always felt as if nothing matters.

[Kitosho]

counting my money driving my money truck