Guys 35+ and stims

[qbkilla]

Just curious how many guys 35+ use stimulants and how much? Im in my 40s i try and use them less these days just for heart health and I hear they can mess with digestion.
Me..

88mcg t4 Ed (dr. Prescription to keep in range)
400mg caffeine Ed (1,energy drink am pre fasted cardio, another late afternoon on way to workout)

Sunday- this day I don't work or train so really try and rack up steps, 15-20k. I'll wake up drink an energy drink, 25mg bronkilaid, 15mg yohimbine, hit 6 k steps cardio. Then do another cardio session in the evening usually a hike and take the caffeine and bronkaid.

I haven't had any issues wirh hr, bloodwork, bp etc from this amount of usage. Sleep and energy are fine. I just make sure I don't eat a meal to close to drinking an energy drink because the combo bloats me. I know coffee is much healthier, maybe that will be my new years resolution.

 

[traininsane11]

I’ve just turned 33 and and deeply hurt and offended that you put 35+ as if that’s the definition of “older guys” 45+ maybe 35 is prime time!

Personally never got anything out of stim type products or caffeine so don’t bother with them or very rarely

 

[bjjgear]

Older dude here and enjoy adding stims on days where I am dreading doing a longer session or if I'm just not feeling it. Some type of preworkout with DMAA, DMHA, etc. My workout is first thing at 4am so sleep is never an issue. If I were training at 5pm I'd probably never use stims at all.

Caffeine is such a given I don't even count it

No adverse effect on bloods, health, etc.

 

[bigvin4]

I abused stims like ultimate orange and jack3d and all the insane pre workouts back in the day and now the last 10 years I’m super sensitive to any caffeine or stimulants..so I basically do a 120mg caffeine packet in my water every morning and that’s it for any caffeine or stims for the entire day..if I need something to keep me up late night I’ll maybe do a Diet Coke for the caffeine..

 

[Mattyn55]

Just curious how many guys 35+ use stimulants and how much? Im in my 40s i try and use them less these days just for heart health and I hear they can mess with digestion.
Me..

88mcg t4 Ed (dr. Prescription to keep in range)
400mg caffeine Ed (1,energy drink am pre fasted cardio, another late afternoon on way to workout)

Sunday- this day I don't work or train so really try and rack up steps, 15-20k. I'll wake up drink an energy drink, 25mg bronkilaid, 15mg yohimbine, hit 6 k steps cardio. Then do another cardio session in the evening usually a hike and take the caffeine and bronkaid.

I haven't had any issues wirh hr, bloodwork, bp etc from this amount of usage. Sleep and energy are fine. I just make sure I don't eat a meal to close to drinking an energy drink because the combo bloats me. I know coffee is much healthier, maybe that will be my new years resolution.

Im 42 brother and stay pretty rested most days after many years of not knowing i had sleep apnea. Getting a CPAP machine changed my life. There are still just those days tho and ive been liking modafinil or armodafinil lately. All that other crap like adderal just makes me shake and feel like im on speed. Caffeine works sometimes but it gives me cramps so damn bad. The moda and armoda just give me focus and energy with no crash. I get bloodwork done regularly and everything comes back ok. I do cardio daily and have a fairly decent diet. But the older i get i still always wonder, think its just a natural thing to worry bout the older we get

 

[jackedsanta]

57, been through all the stimulants over the years, during my Olympic lifting tenure Dymetadrine with caffeine and a baby aspirin was the shit, eventually I got to the place where I couldn't even drink a bang/or reign energy drink just way too much caffeine. Today I got a couple brands of pre-workout that I like, but they all have the same problem too much caffeine, so I usually buy one version with Stim and a free Stim version (1/2 and. 1/2) this keeps my caffeine total under 150 mg per day on training days, and off days it's just green tea for me just so I don't get a caffeine headache

 

[buck]

I’ve just turned 33 and and deeply hurt and offended that you put 35+ as if that’s the definition of “older guys” 45+ maybe 35 is prime time!

Personally never got anything out of stim type products or caffeine so don’t bother with them or very rarely

Think how i feel! I am 65. It is all in perspective. I was at my best around age 45. But i also told everyone i was an old man. They they can be one in the same thing. If i had to pick an age to be forever it would be about 45. Still had size, strength, endurance, more money, dating girls 20 years younger then me etc. Then life goes on.

By my early 40's i was cutting back on my ephedra use. Still have a bunch in my war chest just incase!

 

[M@NU]

im 35.
i used to use a lot of shit when the pre workouts still contained DMAA, AMP citrate, DMBA etc
nowadays its 100mg caffeine (1 cup of black coffee) + 5mg injectable ephedrine 5 days of the week pre workout. No stims the remaining day.
but i also snack on anadrol or anavar sometimes pre workout if you count that too

 

[UnholyAlliance]

I had to dial back on stims these past few years as now that I'm approaching 62 I find my heart goes crazy to the point I'm about to pass out when taking stims. Even reduced my coffee intake as well.

 

[chooch]

Kind of interesting you mention this. I don’t respond at all to energy drinks, pre workout, etc. And beyond that and either connected or really just as weird, I don’t respond well to much of ANYTHING. I don’t drink much but I can drink like a fish before getting a buzz. Not a fan of weed, but the times I’ve done it I didn’t get much out of it. Even gear, I’m the farthest thing from a hyper responder there is. Been this way my whole life and I have no clue why. Oh 50yo now but as I said, it’s been my entire life.

 

[stackdizzy]

I guess i take around 1000mgs caffeine ed plus t4/t3 100/25, 5mg reta this week. If this seems like a lot i also take 6mg haldol daily prescribed.

 

[Tomgrass]

After nearly 20 years of caffeine use i dropped cold turkey 3 months ago and i am not coming back , no coffee no green tea redbull etc. If i fancy coffee decaff for me. Feel so much better.

 

[Gaintrain]

40 here and as of recently the past 2 weeks I removed all stim base pre workouts and energy drinks, non stim only pre workouts and one cup coffee in the am, I feel great!

 

[seymoor77]

Just curious how many guys 35+ use stimulants and how much? Im in my 40s i try and use them less these days just for heart health and I hear they can mess with digestion.
Me..

88mcg t4 Ed (dr. Prescription to keep in range)
400mg caffeine Ed (1,energy drink am pre fasted cardio, another late afternoon on way to workout)

Sunday- this day I don't work or train so really try and rack up steps, 15-20k. I'll wake up drink an energy drink, 25mg bronkilaid, 15mg yohimbine, hit 6 k steps cardio. Then do another cardio session in the evening usually a hike and take the caffeine and bronkaid.

I haven't had any issues wirh hr, bloodwork, bp etc from this amount of usage. Sleep and energy are fine. I just make sure I don't eat a meal to close to drinking an energy drink because the combo bloats me. I know coffee is much healthier, maybe that will be my new years resolution.

Yep, like you said - switch to coffee which actually has health benefits

 

[T swol]

50 and can only handle 1 cup of coffee before I train in the morning. Anything more I get headaches. I do miss the preworkout days but don’t miss the blood pressure headaches.

 

[Siggy]

They will pry my *stims from my cold, dead hands. Perhaps literally.



*Clen, Adderall, Ephedrine, Caffeine,Yohimbine.

 

[Siggy]

Ironically, I use very little stims when working out. It freaks me out to feel my heart beating so hard. I might take 12.5mg of Ephedrine with 70MG of Caffeine or 20MG of Clen. Thats it.

Its when Im partying or need to get a lot of things done that I go nuts on the stims. Its bad.

I like coffee but I cant do it for preworkout, it puts me to sleep. The mechanism is well explained by chatgpt.

 

[Cv215]

i take 10-12 25mg bronkaid tablets a day with a total of about a gram of caffeine. Usually split into 2-3 doses. I didn’t realize you could get addicted to bronkaid but it’s definitely a thing. I need to just start cutting the dose back to a reasonable level. I use to take Dmaa as well but oddly dmaa would make me fail drug tests at work where as ephedrine does not.

 

[Siggy]

i take 10-12 25mg bronkaid tablets a day with a total of about a gram of caffeine. Usually split into 2-3 doses. I didn’t realize you could get addicted to bronkaid but it’s definitely a thing. I need to just start cutting the dose back to a reasonable level. I use to take Dmaa as well but oddly dmaa would make me fail drug tests at work where as ephedrine does not.

Hello, fellow stim freak.

 

[aminofreak]

I take 100mg caffeine, 1/2 bronchaid, and an 87mg aspirin every morning when I wake up. Im pretty sensitive to stims so never needed more. Ive been doing this everyday for 14 years. Im 41