3 weeks with Stim X

[zaxxon1982]

Sorry missed a couple days of the log.

This week marked my first experimentation with 2 caps of Stim X. As always, they are taken preworkout, first thing in the morning, with a preworkout shake of about 200 cals.

By now my daily schedule is pretty clear so I'll just point out highlights.

The energy level is definitely higher on 2 caps than 1. I mentioned before that 1 cap had a nice "morning coffee" effect from an energy standpoint but didn't really step on the gas. 2 caps will do just that.

On the way to the gm I could already tell how much more alert I was. The Monday workout was squats/oh press/chins plus hypers and it was great. That's not a really taxing routine from a CNS standpoint, so I was looking forward to Wednesday. More on that later.

The workout itself went very well. The sides were all there, and worse than before. Dry mouth was the worst. Good thing I actually remembered the water bottle that day. I didn't feel particularly strong, but I definitely powered through the workout. Very nice all around, especially the hypers.

Rest of the day I was on fire. I was working on some pretty abstract things, and I was creative and capable all day. It was very even and manageable though, to the point that I actually don't fear taking three caps (although that will not happen any time soon).

The appetite was actually not too bad. I am either developing a bit of a tolerance or getting better at force feeding myself. Put away about 3300 calories today counting a filthy Reuben for lunch.

Night was easy. Asleep by 10:30.


Wednesday was similar all around. The important difference was that Wednesday was the squats/bench/deads workout, which is a killer on the CNS. The 2 caps made me handle the CNS fatigue much better than I do without the stim. I was still a little out of it immediately after the deads, but there was none of the enduring effects that I usually see on that day. I will watch for this phenomenon in the future, and if it continues I think I will make 2 stim X caps part of that workout every time.

The afternoon was nice. Able to relax without falling asleep, which I attribute to the stim X. Generally it's hard for me to take an afternoon off to watch movies or play games, etc. without nodding off. Today I was able to, to the credit of the stim X.

Overall impression so far is that the 2 caps really give an energy boost and are a good CNS support for movements that tax the body in that way. Also nice for people who want to enjoy lazy time without it turning into nap time. Force feeding is, of course, a necessity, as is LOTS of water. I think I drank 300 ounces today counting the protein shakes.

 

[gymratforlife]

I have some on the way now,couldnt wait for the samples lol.

 

[AX_Ryan]

Great log, we appriciate that.

 

[gymratforlife]

Great log, we appriciate that.

Ordered from DPS nutrition but they sent me a email saying their out

 

[zaxxon1982]

Ordered from DPS nutrition but they sent me a email saying their out

Unbelievable. I got mine from Bodybuilding.com. Had it inside of a week.

 

[AX_Ryan]

Ordered from DPS nutrition but they sent me a email saying their out

That stuff is selling like hot cakes. I sent an email over to AX to find out the DPS status. They should have more on the way.

 

[gymratforlife]

That stuff is selling like hot cakes. I sent an email over to AX to find out the DPS status. They should have more on the way.

Excellent they sent me an order comfirmation after they had sent me the email saying they were out of stock and it included the Stim X in the email invoice so I guess its coming.

 

[zaxxon1982]

Here's the rundown on the Friday, Saturday, and Monday workouts (3/31 4/1 4/3).

Friday was the squat/chin/oh press/hyper day. Still using 2 caps this week. The 2 caps one day, zero caps the next day hasn't been a problem so far, but I will be watching closely to see how my energy and appetite respond to the roller coaster.

Schedule is pretty normal here (see above posts for that). The workout was great. By the time I was done with the hypers I was looking for excuses to do some more work but thought better of it and got out of the gym. My mouth is as dry as ever. On the way out I noticed that I was definitely more amped than I had been Wednesday. I attribute this to the lower CNS strain from this workout compared to the other. Bottom line is that Stim X really fills the tank from a CNS/energy standpoint, and if you don't empty it in the gym you'll notice plenty extra hanging around.

Rest of the day was not too bad. I did forget to eat for about 4 hours and didn't get my midmorning meal because I wasn't anything like hungry and engrossed in what I was doing (possibly attributable to the Stim X, but I'm not ready to credit that to the supplement at this point). Sweating wasn't a problem, confirming my earlier suspicion that Stim X keeps me warm more than it warms me up.

I was able to focus on whatever I wanted all day, but I'm not really much of an ADD problem in the first place so it's hard to tell if there's any effect in this area.

No problems sleeping.

Saturday it was back to 1 cap for an easy arms/calves day. I didn't notice much to speak of during the workout other than the dry mouth.

Rest of the day was completely normal. I noticed again that I was able to engage in some laziness Saturday afternoon without napping, a definite positive from my perspective. Appetite suppression was still there, but I have become accustomed over the last 2 weeks to eating according to the clock and not rely on hunger to remind me to check my watch.

Sunday - no Stim X. Nothing remarkable there.

Monday.

2 caps in the morning before the squat/bench/dead workout. Unbelievable workout. I had terrible problems with the dry mouth but was worth it for the quality of the lifts. This was the best workout I've had in my life.

Until the last set of deads. I'd been drinking a lot because of the dry mouth and when I stood up after my last set of deads I puked between the squat racks. Normally this isn't too big a deal for me, but in this case I think I hurled the remainder of my Stim X.

The next couple hours were still good in that I had the CNS balancing I experienced last time with this workout. The cooldown was a very long period and I sweated a lot for maybe 2 hours.

The rest of the day I didn't really notice much effect of the Stim X. I suspect this pattern worked out this way because I was able to get enough Stim X in my system pre-vomit to get me through the morning but not through the afternoon. I don't know the absorption rate of the caps or the half-life, but this is at least one anecdotal data point that says if you wretch within 90 minutes of taking the caps the effects will probably subside sooner than usual.

Will take 1 cap Wenesday and 2 Friday and report back. I'll also have some final thoughts on my 3 weeks with Stim X.

 

[zaxxon1982]

Monday's workout was great, and Wednesday thru Friday were pretty much on par with that one (sans the regurgitation).

Wednesday (April 5) I went back to 1 cap for the squat/OH/chin/hyper workout. 1 was definitely enough to keep me engaged and alert throughout the experience, and I was fine afterward, with the improtant and persistent exception of the tremendous lack of appetite. Guzzled the PWO shake and relaxed for a couple hours before an afternoon golf outing.

I don't play golf very often and don't have a good routine for planning my day around the activity. In this case, thanks to an 11:50 tee time and the appetite suppression of the Stim X I completely forgot to eat lunch. Worse, I didn't bring any water with me and the lousy beer girl didn't show up until the sixth or seventh hole, at which point my dry mouth was so bad that I bought her entire inventory of purple Gatorade. Guzzled that down over the next couple holes and finished the round. Then we went out to dinner.

I was really surprised that even after working out, playing golf, missing a meal and not having any solid food all day I really wasn't that hungry when we got to the restaurant. I think I could fast for a month with a bottle of this stuff. Thankfully, it wasn't too hard to put away a caprese, some creamed spinach, a potato, and a Kansas City strip, so hopefully even though the timing was wrong at least my cals in vs. cals out was still positive.

Again, no problems sleeping.

Spent most of Thursday recovering from the events of Wednesday. I have a nasty sunburn on my neck and a few core muscles are sore from the golf.

Friday (April 7) it was back to 2 caps for the squat/bench/dead workout. I had another incredible day at the gym. The energy level is so high that I'm through the set almost before I know it. And I'm really liking the CNS support for these lifts. Very nice all around.

Nothing else remarkable about Friday. Dry mouth, long cooldown, low appetite. Pretty standard stuff for me with this supplement at this point.

Having spent a little time with Stimulant X, I do have a few observations and plans for how I will use it going forward.

1) I will use 1 cap for most workouts and cardio.

2) 2 caps for heavy/intense workouts

3) I don't think I will ever take even 1 cap after 9:00 a.m. I don't think I would be able to use Stim X if I had to work out at night.

4) This stuff dries out my mouth like none other. Water bottle goes pretty much everywhere.

5) On days I use the supplement, I will always pay extra attention to meal planning, because hunger will be no help to me to remind me to eat. I could envision a situation where I could take a cap in the morning, forget to eat all day, then as the effects were wearing off in the evening, ravenously binge on junk as a day's worth of appetite returns all at once.

6) I will keep a small supply with me at work and on business trips. I think I could work 2-3 days non-stop with this. Not an advisable course of action, but it might help pay the bills.

It will be interesting to see in the future how Stim X interacts with other supplements and drugs. I probably won't stack it with any other stimulants or with thermogenics, but may stagger it with TRex for days with/without weight workouts. I will also be curious to see how any other substances work with Stim X. I could also see some recreational value to Stim X combining it with drugs that are CNS depressants (e.g. alcohol, cannabis, etc.) to get the psychoactive effects of the recreational drugs without being completely shut down by them. I don't use recreational drugs, so someone else will have to trod that path, but I can definitely see Stim X being useful there.

Overall I am very pleased with my experience and will probably be a light-to-medium user of Stimulant X for quite a while. I'll take a month off of it every now and then. Otherwise I'm glad AX made it and glad I can get it.