Caffeine never paired well me with for running. For one it made me pee a lot but also it felt like my mind body connection was out of place. I felt just a bit off, it’s hard to explain. I know it works well for most people thoughBeing on a keto diet improved my long distance running tremendously. I’d alway have taken caffeine too. Like 60mg start, 60 at mile 11, 30mg mile 20 and just push through to end. You’re gonna need loperamide if you do that though, for obvious reasons.
FYI 18% BF when I’m running normally. I’m a bit lower now but I’m not running as much tbh.I have tested/experimented some too, but it's all not very revealing I guess.
I'm not much into caffeine too, not even in race situations, although I tried it extensively for a while. With endurance stuff, I find it important to know what my body is doing and a stimulant is not exactly helping with that. And I see it as part of training/preparation to get to know what it feels like to have a low batch and what games the mind is playing. I sometimes used Kola nut (it's slower and easier on the stomach for me than the coffee bean), but just to get easier off the couch within a long consistent training stretch and not for running itself.
Also did the keto lifestyle for a while, but what this is and does can be read on the net I guess, although it was quite interesting. @PrincessDiz Did you get crazy ripped too? I imagine that that is not always desired when female. I have a low body fat percentage by nature, but once eating that way, I got this pre-race-day-look all the time to the point where it got almost scary.
I tried cannabis a couple of times too, with a vaporizer of course and not exactly for performance reasons. Why I would want to dope myself for training is beyond my understanding anyway. Some light sativa right before a run can really change my mindset and my perception of the whole thing. I run in nature, so that is certainly a factor too, I'm not sure if it would be that pleasant in a city surrounded by cars and stuff. It's really easy to get in a flow state, just letting the scenery fly by, feeling the body so intesely, amazing! One time I got a shitload of insights while running on cannabis; I had to sit down and immediately write them on a piece of paper once I was back home.
Psychedelics can have a strong bodily effect on me too, but that's too unpredictable and I don't take them for sport/training etc. The most impressive and closely related to movement was with LSA, where I 'actually' was floating. No sensation of walking or moving whatsoever, I was just a warm cloud that could be navigated through space by mind alone. Pretty far out, but I wouldn't want to do anything serious in such a state.
Seeing as testosterone is already present in your body, both female and male in their own way, it doesn't make sense to say AAS is best suited to hypertrophy. Most AAS are derivatives of testosterone, a naturally produced hormone in the body. Your body doesn't primarily utilize testosterone for hypertrophy. That's like saying serotonin is best suited for tripping, seeing as tripping has significant synergy with serotonin. Serotonin has many important uses beyond tripping. We don't have serotonin in our bodies to purely trip and enjoy MDMA. Our discovery of certain compounds and their involvement with certain hormones is simply a byproduct of that discovery, not THE reason why the hormones exist in the first place.Caffeine if you want to dip a toe in
EPO if you are willing to risk your health for performance
Most stimulants are the opposite of what you want for endurance. Most AAS are best suited for hypertrophy. The documentary Icarus on Netflix starts with this topic, before veering into the Olympic AAS scandal. Would recommend
i never get much exercise but on LSD still i can suddenly go 10 km in a trance without even breaking a sweat or deep breathe til i have totally returned.I used to hit my THC cart before runs but I was also in high school and hit my THC cart before everything haha
I’ve tried pseudoephedrine before a run and might have a slight benefit but could be entirely placebo
LSD is where it at that though. It definitely has to be less than 100 ug with 30-50 ug being the sweet spot. I feel like my body has endless energy and bounce. The runners high pairs extremely well with the acid high. I’ve only done this three times (I don’t take acid nearly as much I used to lol) but it’s definitely something I plan to do again
yeah idk much about test or much of anything really lolI felt cardio was effortless on clenbuterol, but how well does the experience on the treadmill translate to the earth in regard to long distance I'm not sure. I'd also add in that you'd probably see the best benefit in the first 2-3 days of titrating the dosage up before you start getting mild tremors that may mess with maintaining the mindset for the long haul.
I feel like coffee is great if you're going long distance, but have access to restrooms along the way. Too much stimulation to the digestive tract for me to consider it.
I can't see how testosterone would be an advantageous drug for running unless you were severely hypogonadal. 500mg test e/wk after 5-6 weeks I have some noticable pumps in legs from doing little to no movement. Honestly couldn't imagine how that would feel trying to actually run endurance with some solid striding. We all respond differently though so who knows?
yeah it's definitely a PED loli never get much exercise but on LSD still i can suddenly go 10 km in a trance without even breaking a sweat or deep breathe til i have totally returned.
I was 6 minutes slower than Olympic gold for sprint triathlons and beat high level competitors with plenty of room to spare in a city where I live, third largest in the country I believe.No offense but a 19 min 5k isn’t exactly anything to write home about. Any semi dedicated runner can hit those sub 20 times relatively quick. Dropping those extra 2-4 mins to get down to where those 15-16 min guys are at is a very long, tedious process
I have strong suspicions that gear had much to do with your performance. Any one who is not overweight, and coming from some sort of fitness background will see those significant gains when new to running. getting to sub 20 is definitely something to be proud of but it’s not anything outside of the scope of the well noted phenomenon of “newbie gains”. I’d be willing to bet that had you continued your regimen the progress would have quickly plateaued
im not denying that test can help with running performance, just that the times you were putting out had anything to do with the gear