Comeback of the legendary pre workout, which I haven't tried back in the day, but I was expecting a lot from this pre according to latest review and it definitely exceeded my expectations. Taste/Mixability - I have tropical Strawberry flavor it's unbelievable, how good a high stim can taste. It's 10/10, what a treat. Powder itself is very fluffy, looks exactly like Killswitch, Wildfire, Irate. Probably the same manufacturer. No artificial colors which is a plus. Serving side is on point. Flat scoop is 12 grams. Experience- Beta alanine tingles was kinda weak. Energy builds up fairly quickly along with strong euphoric buzz, followed by "eye opening" focus and things kinda become HD. Drive, sense of urgency, motivation, mood elevation, you name it, this pre delivers it all. It's very euphoric, but yet you stay dialed in, focused in the training. No fatigue or energy loss. Strength output is decent. Best intra workout feeling since I had Legit or Barbarian for the first time. Pumps are somehow very good, probably because of the top notch mind muscle connection it provides. No side effects, except wanting to drink more water than usual. Post workout everything is cool. Mood elevation lasts for good couple hours. A little bit of appetite suppression. Comparison/Similarity - It's one of the most euphoric pres out there. Darkhorse felt pretty identical. Hive v2 and Maniaco v1 also feels similiar. Energy/Performance - 10/10 Mood elevation/Euphoria - 10/10 Strength output - 8.5/10 Pumps 9/10 Taste 10/10 Overall 10/10 pre for me. It's actually somewhat slept on product. If you a stim junkie you should not miss the chance to get it or even stock up. It's a work of beauty on its own. 100% recommended
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Transparent labs are well known for their quality products and Sleep & Recover is definitely one of them. Purchased this from Nutricartel for 30$ and it's the version that has Melatonin. It's only 2mg combined from two sources in the product which is potented version as Microactive®. Personally I never had issues with Melatonin and lag it may result the next day according to people who are sensitive to that ingredient. So I went won't melatonin, but if you are sensitive to it, you can order the version without melatonin. Serving size is 4 capsules.it's gelatin based caps with no artificial coloring which is a big plus, taking into account how unhealthy they are. Capsules aren't big, easy to consume. The pros of capsule based sleep aids that are you can take them with less water than powder, so you don't wake up in the middle of the night to go to bathroom. Cons are that capsule based products take a little more time to get on its full effect because it takes time to get dissolved in the stomach rather than powder is more quick to be adsorbed. So if you can't sleep and have to sleep now, because you have to wake up early, capsules isn't a great choice because its gonna take time. I usually don't have any sleep issues and thus take sleep aids planned for better sleep and recovery and 30 minutes to hour before bed time, so it will slowly give its full effect by the actual bedtime. Sleep&Recover isn't a heavy hitter sleep aid when you need sleep the most, maybe you have taken high stim pre closer to evening even at night, so don't expect to knock you out, it's relatively weak but gets the job done when you need to wind down, relax and slowly fall into the sleep and stay as sleep during the night. Next day you won't feel any lag or tiredness if you had at least 8 hours of sleep of course. It's a good product to take 3-4 times a week. I don't recommend taking sleep aids everyday. But it's relatively safe to take multiple times a week because it doesn't have high doses of GABA or phenibut. It's mostly based on Glycine and Melatonin. For the serving size and price it's definitely a good product to purchase. Sometimes I take 2 caps, the half dose and it still good enough.
I bought this recently expired batch off of NSS for cheap. After seeing that it had a pretty similar profile to Herolean v2, I knew that it would be at least pretty decent. Most of our favorite ingredients (DMHA, Eria Jarensis, Yohimbine, GBB) are all significantly boosted, almost doubled in some cases. A slightly heaping scoop brought it to the 9.6g serving size, which I ended up running a total of 1.5 servings. I combined with Insane Labz Bloodbath. The flavor seemed slightly odd, but I had combine with the "unflavored" Bloodbath, so I didn't know for sure if there was some offset there. Starting with a half scoop, I was a little worried about my experience this day. I was exhausted from work and ended up starting later in the day (530pm) just to give me time to recover and get prepped. I even had to mess with my television for 10 or so minutes after taking it, so I went into the workout with a less-than-ideal mood. I could, however, feel this kicking in within 5 minutes or so, and after getting started around 15 minutes later, I could feel some decent mood elevation. Starting with my typical warm up, I could feel the focus and sweats building pretty steadily. Forty five minutes to an hour in, the sweats were at full pace and my head was dialed in; all of the aggravation from the day was absolutely gone! I finished the second half-scoop at about the hour mark, but I honestly could have made it by just on the initial half scoop as the ingredients seemed to be hitting pretty well. I had some muscular fatigue building up this week, but I definitely couldn't feel it at this point, as Red Sky gave me the physical and mental energy to really push! A half hour later, I finished the final half-scoop I had prepped up, even though I really felt I didn't need it to keep going. High Stim Ace sometimes makes references to stims making you want to dance, and I had always thought he was joking, but after take this last bit, the theme song to my intra-workout show (OG Dragonball in this case!) really made me want to hop around! The weights were easy to push around and I had zero mental hesitance to keep on going. I threw in the towel at about 2 hours and 50 minutes, as my fitness watch cuts off at three hours, so I keep it under that mark, but I probably could have kept on going! In summary, the focus here was great! Time flew by and I actually had someone delivering some new weights off of FB Marketplace mid-workout just in time to use, which added to the experience. GBB sweats were on point (I enjoy them as they make me feel super-productive). While initially I didn't make any claim to euphoria, I admittedly was having a pretty low-mood day and this pulled me right out of it. I could feel the Yohimbine/Alpha-yo head buzz, but none of the side effects and I slept pretty decent considering how late in the day I took this. There are no pump ingredients here, so definitely pair it with one, as well. Within the last few weeks, I had run both versions of Herolean (v1 and v2), and this very much matched, and in some spots exceeded, these. I've never used anything from Chaos and Pain, but I will definitely be checking out more of their product, as this was a spot-on experience!
This is hands down one of best DMHA pres out there, that has no L-theanine, GABA or Kanna any other crap. Grabbed a tub from the last restock at Nutricartel, according to Jake this was the last batch ever. Taste/Mixability/Serving size - Powder is pretty clumped up, and fixated like that lol It's like little rocks that won't turn into powder, to get the full serving size you have to heap the shit out of the scoop or take 1.5 scoops Mixes just fine though. Actually I was surprised it got dissolved after couple shakes and nothing sat at the bottom of the shaker cup. Flavor is Red Gummy, which reminded me El Jefe's gummy bears flavor. It's kinda nasty but you can just chug it down. Experience- Barely felt any beta alanine. It took good 45 minutes to peak. It's not a slapper. Energy builds up slowly, but it takes you from zero to 100 for sure. Best way I can describe it that, it will make you LOCKED IN. Super focus , drive , aggressive mood elevation are the main points. DMHA feels legit, it's not euphoric. Mind muscle connection are outstanding, pumps are awesome. I got to agree with HighStimAce view on Citruline Malate being somehow better tha L-Citruline alone. High energy is sustained throughout the workout, you just don't feel any fatigue or pain. It's not a drug addict stim junkie pre, you are not feeling high or buzzing. Just working hard and training as brutal as possible,which I really really loved. Comparison/Similarity - I could say such DMHA pres has its own category which stands out on pure performance, aggressive mood elevation and endurance. This falls just right in that category along with OG Chaotic Rage, Crack Primal, OG Helios and new Pillager as well. Post workout - I had good mood, sense of wellbeing and still tons of energy. No fatigue despite the intense training. No major sides effects, except mouth feeling dry and drinking tons of water, like Saul Goodman coming out of dessert. Appetite is down by a lot. Energy - 5/5 Strength/power output - 4/5 Mood elevation(aggressive) - 5/5 Pumps 4/5 Taste 2/5 Overall- strong 4/5.
It’s a solid high end daily pre workout which delivers long sustained energy. I didn't expect much from the label and from other reviews. It's not much talked pre workout. So decided grab a sample from Ruesco and try it. Taste and mixability is great. No chemical aftertaste. Blue Ice flavor is I assume is blue raspberry flavor which is really hard to mess up, so it was very enjoyable, also since there not a lot to mask. Energy and urgency comes in fast but in a very smooth fashion, and keeps going for solid 2-3 hours. Focus and drive is okay, it's not the craziest like Piana is displayed in the picture. No side effects, maybe a little elevated heart rate which isn't that big of a deal. You can stack it with pump formula. I used without it to gauge the effects better, since adding pump formula can mellow out the experience and nerf the stimulants in it. I got the pump from training itself. No crazy Vascularity or swole pumps. It's okay Performance 4/5 Energy 4/5 Mood elevation 3/5 Pumps 3/5 Taste/Mixability 5/5 Overall 3.5/5 I personally would not buy a whole tub, since there are way better daily pre-workouts that works far super than this one. It's not a weak pre on its own though, for beginners or individuals low stim tolerance it's considered as high stim pre. Rich Piana once said he used 3 scoops of this all the time which is crazy. RIP Legend
I received a sample scoop of this from Ruesco and provided a screenshot of the ingredients list online. The sample was pretty darn close to a full scoop. I fully intended to do the entire scoop at one time, but the taste was so off-putting that I had to drink only half of it at a time. I actually started my warmup without any preworkout, as I wanted to make sure this lasted through my entire session. About 15 minutes in, I downed the first half scoop and could feel something kicking in within 5 minutes. 15 minutes later, this was in full swing. I have heard of people complaining about feeling sick from this, but I am willing to bet that it was the flavor causing this. While there was some nausea that seemed almost yohimbine-ish (which is not a listed ingredient), the flavor is really what made me feel off at first. However, this disappeared after a short time, and the energy really kicked in. There is a definite tunnel vision here, only focusing on the weights. There was no euphoria and no time-dilation, but just intense focus. Again, there is a very yohimbine-like feel to this, but nothing in regards to side effects. Just a very dirty energy that just kept pushing me through. I had a three hour session and probably could have kept on pushing, but my fitness watch cuts off at that point so I knew I needed to call it quits. I ran this a little later in the evening (530pm-830pm), and had no issue getting to sleep closer to midnight, and while I woke up a few times during the night, I had no issues falling back asleep. I have another sample of this to run and hopefully it is a different flavor. That aside, I am considering getting a full tub of this one, as the energy and focus were pretty on point and my training session itself was very productive.
I received a sample of Aventador from Ruesco as a replacement for something else that was out of stock, and boy am I glad I picked this! The packet measured at almost a full scoop, of which I took the entire serving immediately before starting. Within 10 minutes during my warmup, I could feel the warm glow of the DMHA kicking in. About a half hour later is when I started to feel all of the other ingredients (Ephedra and Synephrine mostly) swell up. After this point I had a permanent layer of sweat until the end, even more so than other PWO's that have GBB in them. I ran this first thing in the morning before work, waking up from a very groggy sleep, but the energy from this was amazing and defeated any sort of fatigue that I had been feeling. The focus generated by this gave great tunnel vision as well, making time just fly by. Before I even realized it, I was already halfway through my session with what seemed to be minimal effort. All in all, I would say that this reminded me a bit of the energy that I get from Kill Switch (the Ephedra?) plus the flow from DMHA; not as much of the floaty feeling from KS, but definitely the focus and infinite energy. I could've kept of training after my hard limit, but I needed to get on with my day. The DMHA felt very well sourced. It kicked in almost immediately and I could still feel it at work over two hours after I was done training (six hours from taking it!). This was a very smooth pre-workout and I can see what all the talk is about with this one. As much as I need to resist my collector-itis, I very much am contemplating picking up a whole tub of this!
I bought this from a fellow reddit or who felt it was too strong, but I've always had a great time running this. The scoop itself is overdosed, so be sure to weight this one out. I downed a full scoop right away and could feel a strong head high kick in within minutes. It has a mild sort of lemonade flavor, with no chemical aftertaste. I started my warmup 10 minutes later and a full 15 minutes in, God Mode was in full swing. I could feel the beta alanine buzz pretty strong for about the first 30-45 minutes, which is about when I hit the hard weights. I had also paired this with a half serving (one scoop) if Bloodbath for pumps, as the label already has decent pump ingredients. I wouldn't say the pumps were outstanding, but adequate. Feeling slightly fatigued from the previous day's session and from work itself, I would say that God Mode added much energy in regards to strength, but the focus and specifically the tunnel vision was insane. The myo reps kept me going to failure, and while I wasn't hitting any PRs, I always wasn't afraid to push even though my muscles were sore. While there was still very much a zone of focus, I did notice my head start to clear a little getting close to the 1.5 hour mark. I downed another half scoop at this point, even though it was likely strong enough to keep pushing me through. I did feel some effects of the alpha yohimbine, namely some cold sweats, nose runs, and slight dizziness, but it was delayed until much later than other PWO's I'm used to taking, but this may be relating more to the second dose. After finishing my session, I felt pretty stimulated still. I was able to eat, but could have gone without. I wasn't tired until significantly later (I didn't finish my routine until after 8pm), but didn't have any issue sleeping once I laid down. Hunger didn't strike me the next day until we'll after noon, even though I had some protein the night of. Nothing in regards to a stim hangover either. In summary, I'm always excited for God Mode and I'm glad to have stumbled upon it before WXN saw it's end. I'm not sure if it's the DMBA or the Noopept, but there is something in here that is special. The focus in here is absolutely amazing and if it had a bit more yohimbine in there, I would be unstoppable against the weights. If you can get your hands on this, it is worth paying a little extra in my honest opinion！
I do not have many complaints about kill switch. It was a fantastic experience overall, with the biggest highlights being the focus and mood elevation. However, I do not believe this pre-workout is anywhere near the level of the legends that are excelsior and dark energy, so any of those claims are all for hype. That being said, the best comparison I could make for kill switch is that it is similar to Wildfire by SoCal Supplements, as both of these pwo's were great when it came to mood elevation. I also appreciate that it is 30 servings, and since you are able to find this product for around $50 at different stores, that is very solid value for money. The pumps were nothing special, but lets be honest, if you are taking a crazy a** stim junkie pre workout like this, you probably shouldn't be expecting crazy pumps (unless it's apollon nutrition). Lastly, I'll talk about the least important part, the flavor. I had the sour candy blood bath flavor, and it was solid; no complaints from me.
I decided to give this one a first try at 2.5 scoops (16g) on an empty stomach. I was very tempted to go with the “experienced” 3 scoops since I seem to be fine at a full dose of crack OG, but I’ve never had a really bad pre experience, and didn’t want to start now. I’m not going to give scores on categories because I’m not too experienced with illicit pres or reviews and feel it would be more accurate to just tell you my thoughts. Taste- not good, but not as bad as I was expecting. It really reminded me of 2013 era 1MR Experience- I took the drink at 1:20pm and felt slightly jittery as I was leaving the house (roughly 20 min), but that seemed to go away pretty quick. I didn’t notice much for beta tingles. I started warming up doing squats and never really noticed a hard hit, it all came in smoothly and before you know it, I felt an extreme amount of focus and determination. I also had legitimate tunnel vision, and it seemed burred at a distance. My first thought about that was, “well I’ve been near sighted for close to 30 years and only wear my glasses to play CoD, so what I’m seeing is just reality and im focused on the blurry vision”. Does that even make sense? Now im going to compare this to 2 scoops of crack OG. I didn’t set any PRs for reps (recently did with OG), which i believe is because it didn’t have the hard hit and with the amount of focus I felt, I think it was just instinct to not push for an extra rep or two, that I likely could have done. I didn’t feel depleted when I moved to hack squats and accessory lifts, just honesty felt good and didn’t have to talk myself into doing any lifts that I typically dread. Feeling- nice and clean, although tough to pee. When I walked out of the bathroom after the treadmill, I really felt like just walking out the door and aimlessly going down road. I probably could have solved some life problems by the end of it. Pump was good, but inconclusive because I added 1 scoop of bloodbath I felt good when I got home, but around 5pm I started to feel drained and it was time to head to work. I mostly just felt like I needed a pick me up to get going, so I wouldn’t call it a bad come down. Overall I really liked it, and if I can avoid the crash at the end with a few more tries, I’d rank it up there with the best pre experiences I’ve had. Definitely a winner and I’m glad I picked some up. Sorry for the rambling/long review for guys that like to get straight to the point (usually me)
It’s really difficult for me to follow through with proprietary blends in 2025. It’s been long enough since pre workouts have become a part of fitness culture that the idea of a proprietary blend, especially loaded with stims is kind of laughable. In this case, I was gifted a sample from Ruesco and gave it a shot. What became an amazing and eye opening workout had turned me into a fan! I now no longer care what the label says (especially since my sample came in the form of a shady little black market style designer drug baggie). So I ended up going with a tub and going only by the feel of the sample, rather than the label. Even today when I look at the tub and I’m just thinking “psshh… ok… creatine… geranium… caffeine alkaloids… some beta and some citrulline… some DMHA… who cares?” First off, the original mesomorph had been hammered pretty hard for having DMAA in it according to what I’ve read online. This version 4 is possibly far removed from that so don’t expect it to hit like it did a decade ago. I wasn’t fortunate enough to try the OG mesomorph, but I’ve tried this version and I can say with confidence that it’s a bonafide hitter. I swear there’s no DMAA in it but the label says “geranium” and for fuck sakes… I just want to believe there’s at least a smidge of actual DMAA in there! The 2-aminoisoheptane is in there and very clean feeling, very nicely sourced from my experiences. The best way to describe this stuff is that it’s an eye opener! It’s a wake up call after you wake up, but it’s not an edgy, aggressive response. It’s a very smooth and clean, almost friendly feeling. The euphoria has me beaming with joy as I’m leveling up on each set. As unexpected as it was, it has helped me to hit some PRs through sets and reps! I’ve tried it with and without pump formulas, I’d recommend with a pump formula if you’re going to lift heavy. This V4 mesomorph is a perfectly clean and friendly hitter that will keep you guessing but it’s something you have to try to believe for yourself. I have the tutti frutti flavor. It’s nice and kind of underwhelming. No chemical aftertaste, nothing overpowering. Not gritty or chalky, it’s smooth and enjoyable with some slight fruity banana like aftertastes.
This was one of those PWO that you could taste the entire workout, defenitly an illicit taste. After I consumed it in about 15 minutes I felt it, it was actually building up strong but in a different way other than other PWO. The taste and smell were not good, you can taste the DMAA or DMHA in it. The best part of this was the pumps, it was a 9/10 when it came to the pumps, it gave the energy for about 2 hours but then that was it after my workout I was ready for bed and actually went to bed. the focus was all over the place I couldn't stay focused on one thing I kept going from exercise to exercise and couldn't just focus on one exercise. All in all I feel for $44 US dollars its a decent PWO, it has something in it that made it a little dirty feeling, I still can taste it and feel the after affects the next morning.