will ECA impact your gains on AS?

[DickRenegade]

will ECA have an impact on your gains on AS?

any personal examples?

can someone help me:

i was taking 3 xenadrines 45 mins. prior to working out, 5 days a week. had awesome energy for the workouts. now i can't get xenadrine but have stacker 2's. took one of them and didn't get nearly the same boost. i'm afraid to take two and i can't cut one in half.

any recommendations?

thanks,
dick

[YellowJacket]

Only in the sense of caloric balance. Ephedrine/caffeine will speed up your metabolism, therefore burning more calories. If you can make up for the calories lost from an ECA, you'll be fine. I take one before I train for the energy boost and have an extra can of tuna or something each day to compensate for the calories metabolized from ephedrine/caffeine.

[jack hust]

never bothered my gains

[YellowJacket]

ECAs are actually anti-catabolic, so if anything it would limit your gains via calorie restriction, not catabolic at all.

[DickRenegade]

yeah...

i've heard they're catabolic for fat (get rid of fat) but preserve muscle... but haven't read any studies proving it.

i do it just prior to workouts for the energy boost but shoot insulin right after to make sure i'm anabolic once i'm done. i know i'm catabolic while working out.

dick

[HeHateMe]

I use some version of ECA before every workout nowadays...

I'm kind of addicted to the stuff. Which can't be too good. I've tried going without, but I just can't workout with the same intensity.

[bufflildude]

great energy boost before workout...never hender my gains to much

buff