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    Question good pre work out and recovery supplement ?

    i take C4 FOR PRE workout..
    recently i dont recover as fast as i use to since decrease carb , so i was thinking of taking recovery supp. which one is good or effetive?
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    Recovery supps dont really do much

    Cit mal, lclt are about all that potentially work.


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    Originally Posted by nealboom111 View Post
    i take C4 FOR PRE workout..
    recently i dont recover as fast as i use to since decrease carb , so i was thinking of taking recovery supp. which one is good or effetive?
    Recovery products don't really work. I used to use C4 for pre workout and loved it. Right now I'm using PhD Wired, and its pretty good, with good value too... Got mine at a local supplement store for $39.99 and it has 60 servings in it.

    Another good pre workout I have used is Nutrabolics Swollen!

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    Originally Posted by nealboom111 View Post
    i take C4 FOR PRE workout..
    recently i dont recover as fast as i use to since decrease carb , so i was thinking of taking recovery supp. which one is good or effetive?
    LCLT dosed peri-workout has always helped me with DOMS.. carbs intra workout help with my endurance, too.
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    I just do BCAAs intra. Either Xtend or Prime Amino (from SES). I'm ketogenic and have no recovery issues
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    I use Bodybuilding.com Platinum Series Scream, Amino Recovery and Post Protocol... It's my triple threat stack and it's been great for my recovery.

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    If your stats are correct (5'10" 143) why are you cutting carbs? The easiest solution is to maintain the caloric intake you had when you had no problems recovering or up them further.
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    You have decreased carbs (and I'm guessing a caloric deficit)... if you're going at the same intensity as you usually would before the carb drop, I'd suggest dropping intensity first. Most "recovery" supps will hardly make a difference, if any at all. Can't expect the same output when the input is decreased.
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    Originally Posted by MasterBench View Post
    If your stats are correct (5'10" 143) why are you cutting carbs? The easiest solution is to maintain the caloric intake you had when you had no problems recovering or up them further.
    this. also, I'm jealous you got to meet dan green.
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    is bcaa is just selling sup ? because whey has almost the same amount as bcaa right?

    i am assuming C4 is good for pre workout right? any other sup that is good intra workout? stopping from muscle break down.
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    You can look into Bodyforge 2.0 , it's a non prop stim-free preworkout and recovery product. It contains lclt and hica for recovery.
    You can stack it with C4 for an awesome workout.
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    if you're on a cut, aminos are always good. MET-Rx has cheap aminos(See my signature below for a link)
    but nutrition needs to be on point for recovery, as well as rest time. Respect the DOMS.
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    magnesium + sleep for at least 8 hour should help you
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    i sleep for about 10 hours a day.

    what would be the best combo with C4?

    is aminos good?
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    Originally Posted by nealboom111 View Post
    is aminos good?
    If you are training very seriously / intensely / frequently it wouldn't hurt to give some EAA / BCAA / Leucine a try

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