Muscle Elements AMINO PM Log!

[gallagnm]

Just look at that beautiful product labeling... white is a great look (yellow/green top shaker is mine, has some of the preworkout in there). Ignore my books and messy room

Thank you to Muscle Elements for hooking me up not only with the amino pm, but with some great tasting pre workout, aminos, shaker, and protein as well! I have not had over 150mg of caffeine in a long time... and just downed a packet of the cherry limeade... really good tasting. Ill probably be up forever, but I have to do some work anyway so hopefully it helps there haha. Ive been using pill preworkouts lately and I have forgotten how much I enjoy powder ones.

I am super excited to try this amino PM out. Has a solid label and I am ready for some good quality sleep. I will be starting out with one scoop.. I see 1.5mg of melatonin per scoop and I think thats a really nice dosage for some good quality sleep and not feeling groggy in the AM.

I am off to the gym now to train (myself then a client of mine).

[gallagnm]

Friday

Day 1

extensive warm up

Mobility
will do some tonight

core stability under rotation - 5x5 each way with a medium resistance band
BB bench - 5x12 (95, 115, 135x3)
BB squat - 5x20 (empty barx2, BWx3)

superset:
DB front squat - 4x12 (10# DB)
BW squat - 4x12

Total squats this session - 196

Total Daily Activity as of 8:10PM
15,012 steps
12 floors climbed
6.39 miles traveled
4176 calories burned
291 active minutes
7 hours and 28 minutes of sleep last night
53bpm resting HR today



Supps
iSatori Bio-Gro
iSatori Bio-Whey
ME PreCre
ME Amino PM
iForce Potassium Nitrate
Multi
Fish oil
Biotin

Nutrition
2672 calories
142g protein
280g carbs
114g fat

NOTES
Short workout. Little tight; havent really been mobilizing the past 2 weeks... Stuff with the car and work is killing me. So today was all about working on technical form and getting a good burn with higher reps. The pre workout was insane... I miss my high stims. May be paying for that later tonight

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[gallagnm]

Night 1

even with 400mg of caffeine coursing through my veins at 4:30PM (while only being used to around 150mg), I was able to fall asleep at 10:29 (according to my surge).

Total time asleep: 7 hours and 9 minutes
10:29PM bedtime
6:12AM wake up

4 times awake
11 times restless
34 minutes awake/restless

woke up the best yet with only 7 hours of sleep... Looking forward to tonight. Can anyone tell me why the bottle only says 5 nights a week maximum usage?

[gallagnm]

Saturday

Day 2

extensive warm up

Mobility
will do some tonight

cable row - 3x15 (70,80,80)
floor press DB - 3x10 (35,40,40)

triset:
standing calf - 3x15
seated calf - 3x15
BW standing calf - 3x15

hanging leg raises - 1x20
hanging knee raises - 1x20
pushups - 50 reps
incline DB press - 1x30 (35)
ab rotational stability with band - 50 each way (100 total)

Total Daily Activity as of 9:50PM
9,234 steps
10 floors climbed
3.93 miles traveled
3,670 calories burned
222 active minutes
7 hours and 9 minutes of sleep last night
54bpm resting HR today



Supps
iSatori Bio-Gro
iSatori Bio-Whey
ME PreCre
ME Amino PM
iForce Potassium Nitrate
Multi
Fish oil
Biotin

Nutrition
2606 calories
127g protein
356g carbs
69g fat
Went to all you can eat sushi tonight

NOTES
Very good workout. Again nothing too impressive, just was looking to get in some good movement maintenance. Felt very good all day, no crash or headache. Real test will be during the week, if I dont get good enough quality sleep, I get these very stressful headaches. Lets see how this can help!

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[gallagnm]

night 2


fell asleep in about 30 minutes. Watched an episode of modern family then passed out. I really enjoy this going to bed very quickly phase.

Total time asleep - 7 hours and 40 minutes
10:37 PM bedtime
6:37 AM wake up

1 time awake
9 times restless
20 minutes awake/restless

woke up a little extra tired today, but starting to get into the groove now. Definitely looking forward to training today

[sschantz]

Thank you for logging this. How did you like the PreCre XS? Like you I am somewhat stim sensitive but actually enjoy PreCre XS, tons of energy and dont feel like I am having a heart attack....

Although our sleep aid is natural you still want your body to try and regulate itself occassionally. When mixing it, add it to water and not vice-versa.....

Thoughts on taste?

[ProWrestleFan]

Hell yeah!

[gallagnm]

Thank you for logging this. How did you like the PreCre XS? Like you I am somewhat stim sensitive but actually enjoy PreCre XS, tons of energy and dont feel like I am having a heart attack....

Although our sleep aid is natural you still want your body to try and regulate itself occassionally. When mixing it, add it to water and not vice-versa.....

Thoughts on taste?

flavoring and energy on the pre was amazing. Nothing bad about that.

Will do some cycling with it and figure out the nights I will use it/wont use it

The first trial I mixed it in water and tried to spoon stir it.. Eventually it all will dissolve, but you need to put some power behind your stir if you are not going to use a shaker. Taste is not bad, but something I wouldnt sit down and sip casually to enjoy. I usually down it and then hit the bed. Again, its not spit the liquid out bad, its just not mind blowingly amazing.

Some da*n good effects though

[gallagnm]

Sunday

Day 3

extensive warm up

Mobility
scapula mob
psoas stretch
shoulder flexion mob

abdominal rotation stability - 5x5

triset
BB OHP - 4x12 (BB,65x3)
DB rear delt - 4x12 (10,15x3)
plate rear delt - 4x12 (5, 10x3)

superset
DB front raise - 4x10 (10x4)
DB rear delt - 4x10 (5, 10x3)

superset
cable curl - 4x10 (60,70,80,90)
push down - 4x10 (60,70,80,90)

triset
1 arm preacher - 4x12 (15x4)
DB skullz - 4x12 (15,20,25x2)
BB reverse curls - 4x12 (BBx4)

superset
cable curl - 4x15 (20,30,40,50)
push down - 4x15 (20,30,40,50)

superset
DB bench press - 3x15 (35x3)
DB sumo deadlift - 3x15 (35x30

Total Daily Activity as of 9:27PM
12,882 steps
32 floors climbed
5.48 miles traveled
3,334 calories burned
160 active minutes
7 hours and 40 minutes of sleep last night
53bpm resting HR today



Supps
iSatori Bio-Gro
iSatori Bio-Whey
ME PreCre
ME Amino PM
iForce Potassium Nitrate
Multi
Fish oil
Biotin

Nutrition
2633 calories
125g protein
282g carbs
101g fat

NOTES
long workout, crushed the arms and felt amazing. Nothing too heavy yet. Tomorrow is that dreaded monday

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[gallagnm]

night 3

total time asleep - 6 hours and 15 minutes

10:47 PM bedtime
5:20 AM wake up

3 times awake
8 times restless
18min total awake/restless


not a long night but felt DA*M good waking up this morning. Due to grad school, monday-friday will be my nights I take it. If i take it on the weekend ill let yall know


side note on the flavoring. Its still pretty good until that last bit... the grit on the bottom is a rough point. If you add a little extra water at the end to down the rest of it then that works very well

[gallagnm]

Monday

Day 4

extensive warm up

Mobility
will do some tonight

abdominal rotation stability - 5x5

deadlift - 3x10,8,6 (89, 139, 179)

superset
DB incline - 5x15,12,8,5,3 (35,40,45,50,55)
chins - 5x15,12,8,5,3

superset
BB bench - 4x12,12,8,6 (95,115,135,155)
chins - 4xfail

superset
palof press - 4x14 a side
2 arm DB row - 4x12

Total Daily Activity as of 9:15PM
14,304 steps
17 floors climbed
6.09 miles traveled
4,349 calories burned
289 active minutes
6 hours and 15 minutes of sleep last night
52bpm resting HR today



Supps
iSatori Bio-Gro
iSatori Bio-Whey
iSatori Lipo
ME Amino PM
iForce Potassium Nitrate
Multi
Fish oil
Biotin

Nutrition
2596 calories
157g protein
191g carbs
134g fat

NOTES
long day but monday is over! Tuesdays are a longer day for me... but its still not monday

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[sschantz]

night 3

total time asleep - 6 hours and 15 minutes

10:47 PM bedtime
5:20 AM wake up

3 times awake
8 times restless
18min total awake/restless


not a long night but felt DA*M good waking up this morning. Due to grad school, monday-friday will be my nights I take it. If i take it on the weekend ill let yall know


side note on the flavoring. Its still pretty good until that last bit... the grit on the bottom is a rough point. If you add a little extra water at the end to down the rest of it then that works very well

Is the time slept good or bad? The flavoring will grow on you

[gallagnm]

Is the time slept good or bad? The flavoring will grow on you

time slept is wonderful. I used to wake up a couple times a night, but now i will either wake up once or not at all. I mean this is only my 4th time with it so we will see how the results pan out... but so far im sleeping like a rock



night 4

late night last night. Had some clients run late so that made my night a little late as shown below

total time asleep - 6 hours
10:55PM bedtime
5:11AM wake up

0 times awake
7 times restless
16minutes awake/restless


that 0 times awake is huge. The only times ill sleep directly through the night is when im a zombie and am worn down from the week... or I have me some Amino PM

[HARRYBEAST]

am I a ghost people

[sschantz]

am I a ghost people

Huh?

On nights I use Amino PM, I sleep better and also less as weird as that sounds

[gallagnm]

am I a ghost people

not anymore since I see you have showed! How have ya been?

On nights I use Amino PM, I sleep better and also less as weird as that sounds

I forgot to add the dreams part. Never really been a big dreamer... but ive been having some interesting dreams since I started this

[HARRYBEAST]

Good man. I still lurk in your journal. How about you?

[sschantz]

not anymore since I see you have showed! How have ya been?



I forgot to add the dreams part. Never really been a big dreamer... but ive been having some interesting dreams since I started this

Interesting,, only time I ever have lucid/colorful dreams is when I used ZMA

Are you using a Fitbit to track your sleep?

[gallagnm]

Good man. I still lurk in your journal. How about you?

not bad, training heavy has come to a halt due to decreased mobility so working on that before I work up... just a tedious process

Interesting,, only time I ever have lucid/colorful dreams is when I used ZMA

Are you using a Fitbit to track your sleep?

Yes I am. I got the surge a couple months back and I love it. It is really good to see how many steps and activity I get during my day

[sschantz]

What's the haps in here? What are your goals as it relates to lifting?

[gallagnm]

What's the haps in here? What are your goals as it relates to lifting?

havent used it since wednesday, took your advice to let my body regulate its own sleep as well. Will start back up tomorrow night.

I would love to have a better recovery time. Its hard when youre busy to trying and do everything perfect for a good recovery time so im hoping this can give a little push

[ProWrestleFan]

not anymore since I see you have showed! How have ya been?



I forgot to add the dreams part. Never really been a big dreamer... but ive been having some interesting dreams since I started this

Same here. I have some awesome dreams when I'm taking AminoPM!

[sschantz]

I cant help but laugh every time I come in here with Jonah Hill screaming like a lil boy...

[gallagnm]

I cant help but laugh every time I come in here with Jonah Hill screaming like a lil boy...

lol its a good gif right?

after a long weekend of no amino PM tonight will be my start up - monday-friday will be my nights I take it

[gallagnm]

night 5

6 hours and 2 minutes total sleep

10:22PM bed time
4:39AM wake up

2 times awake
10 times restless
15min awake/restless

not a bad night. Sleep is getting a little less due to a busy week but I am falling asleep hard and sleeping like a rock. I have noticed some good recovery times.. not as sore as I would expect to be. Continuing to have some good sleeps!

[sschantz]

Excellent, do you wake up to an alarm or on your own?

[gallagnm]

Excellent, do you wake up to an alarm or on your own?

the last week was so hectic that I needed an alarm. But less stress in my life will make me wake up on my own. Some days I have to be at the gym at 530AM to train cleints so that requires a 445AM wake up schedule... those times I need an alarm haha I havent used the amino PM in a couple days. I knew I wasnt going to get much sleep so I didnt want to half a** it and give a review on that. Will be starting back up

[gallagnm]

night 6

total sleep time - 8 hours and 18 minutes

11:01PM bed time
7:44AM wake up

2 times awake
15 times restless
25min awake/restless

was a good night. Some crazy dreams again but they are decreasing in number as I progress through the tub. I feel like im getting some really good quality sleep and waking up feeling nice and refreshed from my workouts. More to come

[gallagnm]

Saturday

extensive warm up

Mobility
first rib mobs
pecs

farmers walk - 3 minutes accumulative

DB OHP - 4x12
rear delt raise - 8x12
front raise - 4x10
rear delt raise - 4x10
BB curl - 4x10
push down - 4x10
preacher curl - 4x12
skullz - 4x12
reverse BB curl - 4x12

Total Daily Activity yesterday
12,929 steps
18 floors climbed
5.59 miles traveled
4,532 calories burned
268 active minutes
55bpm resting HR today



Supps
iSatori Bio-Gro
iSatori Bio-Whey
iSatori Lipo
ME Amino PM
iForce Potassium Nitrate
Multi
Fish oil
Biotin

Nutrition
cheat day - full of alcohol, wings, hibachi.... good day

NOTES
Week upcoming is very laid back, cant wait to relax

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[gallagnm]

Night 7

7 hours and 34 minutes total time asleep

11:07PM bed time
7:07AM wake up

3 times awake
17 times restless
26 minutes awake/restless

not a bad night. I cannot sleep in anymore, tried today but it was useless. Kept waking up as you can see. I am sleeping right through the night which is new for me. I am liking how this is going so far