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redbull question

sconoscuito

sconoscuito

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so this guy on my team told me he drank red bull and helped him a lot during the practice

so I tried to do it today and it surely did a good job.. we had our hardest practice today with whole lot of sprints and basically the hardest practice so far since the season began..

anyway It obviusly didnt give me wings or anything but helped me beat most of guys during sprints and kept me going even when usually im tired as hell...

so to get to the point can you guys tell me what I should take as prepractice drink to have a same effect

I noticed it had vitamin B12 in it which supposedly helps your body make more red blood cells so more oxygen is carried to your muscles.(I was considering buying that, now Im definetly doing gonna do it)

but I think theres some more stuff in it like caffeine etc
 
sconoscuito said:
so this guy on my team told me he drank red bull and helped him a lot during the practice

so I tried to do it today and it surely did a good job.. we had our hardest practice today with whole lot of sprints and basically the hardest practice so far since the season began..

anyway It obviusly didnt give me wings or anything but helped me beat most of guys during sprints and kept me going even when usually im tired as hell...

so to get to the point can you guys tell me what I should take as prepractice drink to have a same effect

I noticed it had vitamin B12 in it which supposedly helps your body make more red blood cells so more oxygen is carried to your muscles.(I was considering buying that, now Im definetly doing gonna do it)

but I think theres some more stuff in it like caffeine etc
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RED bull = water, sugar, vit b, minerals and vitamins and caffeine

take an ECA stack w/ a protein/dextrose mix and you'll get the same if not greater benefit

Mr.X
 
redbull only has 80mg caffeine in it... drip coffee has about 115-130mg...

i don't see why everyone thinks it has more...
 
yea I dont know whatver it was it did a good job..

potassium, b12, carbs, b6? what else is good for increasing endurance?
 
WizKid25 said:
redbull only has 80mg caffeine in it... drip coffee has about 115-130mg...

i don't see why everyone thinks it has more...
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Really? I stand corrected. That is surely news to me. When I'm working late nothing gets me going like a red bull. Including a large cup of coffee. Maybe it's the sugar too. I really thought it had more caffeine than that.
 
Red Bull has lots of caffeine and sugar, the vitamins and herbs is a bunch of BS marketing. If you want the same buzz less money, drink a few cans of mountain dew and take a vitamin, vitamins contain the same amount of B vitamins as Red Bull. Also B6 and B12 don't give you energy, they help release energy from the food you eat. Anyway I know coffee has tons of caffeine, but for some reason it doesn't give me a buzz at all. But when I drink 2 or 3 cans of mountain dew it gives me crazy energy, perhaps its the combo of sugar and caffeine together. Red Bull costs 2 to 3 bucks a can, mt dew is 25 cents, I guess I'm kinda cheap, I rather spend my money on more protein, than pay for Red Bull's marketing.
 
energy is not exactly what I'm looking for most of the time that comes naturally during practice...

but I read on the message boards and b12 increases red blood cells which helps carry more oxygen throughout your work out to ur muscles.

something like that anyway

paying 2 bucks for a drink everyday is kinda weak though thats why I was wondering if I took maybe something like b12 by itself and caffeine by itself

P.S. theres sugar free red bull what about that?
 
you can drink a mountain dew and take a "b" complex vitamin, its much cheaper and should work better, cause "b" complex vitamins have about 400% of the daily value, and red bull has 100 %. Are you trying to avoid sugar? If you want potassium you can drink gatorade, or eat a banana.
 
well I'm not exactly sure if I should be avoiding sugar or not.. I mean I have a 3 hour long basketball practices where we basically go balls out so I dont think a little sugar is gonna hurt me all that much
 
I also play bball for 3 hours, I either take a caffeine pill and tons of gatorade, or mt dew and gatorade. I also try to eat a lot of carbs before I play. I don't avoid sugar, cause it seems to be helpful, I mentioned no sugar, cause you asked about diet red bull, if you want b complex try vitamin shoppe's online site. Red Bull works fine, but its expensive, you can duplicate it for cheap, you can even improve on it with a little tinkering. I looked online some of the b12 had like 16,000 %. I'm not sure how much the body can use at a time, but red bull had only 100 %.
 
placebo effect or not but after todays practice when everyone was fuckin around in the weight room for our 30 min weightroom routine I was still going like an that duracell bunny...

of course it wasnt just the red bull.. I had 2 oatmeal bars and a banana but for some reason red bull did a good job comapred to when I didnt drink it yesteryda
 
I'm not an expert on vitamins, so I'm not sure which brand is best, but make sure you get a b complex, and not just a b12. Also if oatmeal and bananas worked for you, keep eating it. You can take the vitamins, substitute the red bull with a caffeine pill. I suggest you drink gatorade and lots of water so you don't dehydrate from the caffeine and all the sprints.
 
stop recommending mtn dew. its sweetened with H.F.C.S.
ingredients in a mtn dew.
Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, concentrated orange juice and other natural flavors, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preserves freshness), caffeine, sodium citrate, gum arabic, yellow 5, erythorbic acid (preserves freshness), calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor) and brominated vegetable oil.

instead just make an eca w/ 200 mg caffeine, 25mg ephedrine hcl, ~2-300 mg aspirin ... you will perform like an animal. ALso take in some prot./dex a bit before. You will definitely notice a difference... a large one...
 
I didn't say mt dew was healthy, it does help me play for 3 hours, it can be substituted with caffeine pills and dextrose. I don't want to preach to people, but ephedrine should be a last resort for energy IMO. Also protein won't help you before a basketball game, trust me I've tried many combos to get the most endurance possible. You want to eat high carbs earlier that day, you will need them, runners don't eat high protein, they carb up, bball is tons of running. Bodybuilders need high protein, just because "we" use tons of protein, doesn't mean you use extra protein for every situation. This is what I do the day of a basketball game, high carbs all day long, like cereal or oatmeal, brown rice, etc. I will take a protein shake when I first wake up, but not right before it will dehydrate you. That's why I drink extra strong gatorade, you can buy the powder in bulk, and mix it with less water. Take one caffeine pill 200mg, you can add b complex if you want to. Don't take creatine, I tried it once, because it helps me lift weights, but playing bball I was sluggish and I got tons of cramps. The reason I said mt dew, cause its the same crap as red bull, only cheaper, I tried both of them and they both gave me the same amount of energy. Your right that mt dew is bad, but its easy to just throw a few cans in my bag and go.
 
Isaac79 said:
Red Bull has lots of caffeine and sugar, the vitamins and herbs is a bunch of BS marketing. If you want the same buzz less money, drink a few cans of mountain dew and take a vitamin, vitamins contain the same amount of B vitamins as Red Bull. Also B6 and B12 don't give you energy, they help release energy from the food you eat. Anyway I know coffee has tons of caffeine, but for some reason it doesn't give me a buzz at all. But when I drink 2 or 3 cans of mountain dew it gives me crazy energy, perhaps its the combo of sugar and caffeine together. Red Bull costs 2 to 3 bucks a can, mt dew is 25 cents, I guess I'm kinda cheap, I rather spend my money on more protein, than pay for Red Bull's marketing.
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And Where do you get Mountain Dew for .25 a can???
 
12 cans of mountain dew for $2.99, that's 25 cents each. I just got some on sale 24 cans for $3.68, that's like 16 cents a can. Caffeine Pills are 100 for 6.00. Red Bull is 1.99 a can, prices may vary by location :)
 
8-10 hours of solid sleep the night before helps also. :)

No matter what I take, this makes all the difference the next day.
 
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