Pre-workout.. right before bed?

Hi.. I'm new. Anyway. Been looking through the forum and seen some good suggestions, but I've never used PWOs before, and I've got an interesting dilemma.

I work at night, 10 hour shift. I prefer to work out on an empty stomach, so I hit the gym in the afternoon right after I wake up. Then I go to work, blah blah blah, go home and go right to bed. I'm not satisfied with my progress, but doing a heavy-duty workout in the afternoon makes me very tired when I go to work.. not a great way to start the day. Then when I leave work, I'm usually dog-tired.

So I have two options: A) find a PWO (or anything other than sugared-up energy drinks!) that will keep me going through the night, or B) find a PWO that will give me enough energy to workout hard in the morning, but not keep me awake afterward. Personally I prefer option B, because that gives me the ability to work out twice a day.

If it helps, this is my gym routine: right after waking up, weighted pullups and dips, 5x week. Lunch break, 3 maximum effort sets of pushups, 5x week. Second workout (3-4x week) would be a CrossFit style metcon.

If you want to lift after work and before bed you could try something non-stim. Things like Clout, Ultima, Hemavol, Focus XT, and Protocol can really give you a boost but not stim you out so you can't sleep.

Hows your stim sensitivity level?

Sometimes I can take a pre wokrout, lift, then sleep right after, some days I stay up til I see the sun rise.

[QUOTE=MuscleMom;982423773]Hows your stim sensitivity level?[/QUOTE]

Average, I would assume. I've had caffeinated beverages my entire life, and an occasional energy drink.

Check out DILATE - it's stim-free, so you can use it when you want without worrying about it keeping you up. Pumps and endurance are awesome, search out some of the recent logs.

in ur case if u want a good sleep right after ur workout and same time get pumped and give it an extra edge during ur workout

i would buy beta-alanine and arginine separately and take them 15mins b4 workout

other wise most pre workouts got caffeine which will make u awake at night if u workout @ night

[QUOTE=Trooper89;982605873]Average, I would assume. I've had caffeinated beverages my entire life, and an occasional energy drink.[/QUOTE]If you notice that you can't sleep if you consume them close to bedtime, use a pre with no stims. If they don't bother you, than don't worry about it.

I will be happy to send you a sample of ErgoPump (as soon as I get restocked :) ) so you can give it a shot. [url]http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/ergogenix/ergopump.html[/url]

(take some ErgoBolic right before bedtime and you will get some awesome zzzzzzz's!!)

[QUOTE=teslation;982655303]in ur case if u want a good sleep right after ur workout and same time get pumped and give it an extra edge during ur workout

i would buy beta-alanine and arginine separately and take them 15mins b4 workout

other wise most pre workouts got caffeine which will make u awake at night if u workout @ night[/QUOTE]

Beta alanine has no acute benefits when taken preworkout (saturation/maintenance is key) and arginine is practically useless.