This is one of the high stim pre workouts that delivers every time and ticks the boxes across all points. Sister company of SoCal Supps did great job with Cerberus Pre workout. It doesn't get enough love, being left in shadow of Wildfire but this is truly one of best DMHA Hitters out there. I purchased it from Nutricartel, it's the old batch with 10/2025 expiry date, which means it still has the goods. Unlike Wildfire who lost its power and got nerfed by reported many users that it doesn't feel the same anyway. Experience: Flavor I have is Fruit punch, it's great flavor for a high stim pre workout 8.5/10, has slight bitter backend but overall very good tasting pre, goes down easy. It doesn't have any artificial colors which is a plus. Beta alanine comes in strong and lasts around 15 minutes, then quickly followed by sense of wellbeing, initial energy kick and some minor buzz and euphoric feeling is brewing. Right off the bat you can tell it has the good goods in it. As it was building up, I had a feeling that it gonna deliver the aggressive rage vibes in the gym, since it kinda started with my jaw being clenched which usually happens with aggressive and strong pre workouts. But to my surprise it took different route which I was surprised yet enjoyed. It became a happy feeling type of pre workout. Mood elevation took over and just mix of feeling both chill and energized, excited to be in the gym and put in work. There's nice drive when going into sets but it's mostly euphoric af. Strength is good ?? felt confident and strong no pain. DMHA buzz Continued almost to an hour mark. I didn't feel like Alpha Yo took over the experience it was pretty much balanced between DMHA and 2 mg of Alpha yo, but because of the euphoric buzz DMHA had slight edge. Overall I liked the experience nothing annoying or bad feeling or jittery, anxious feeling with pre. At some point I totally forgot about the pre workout and was locked in the workout, focused on this task. Pumps were awesome. I felt jacked. Post workout feeling nice calmed down, L-theanine does have most contribution to that aspect, thankfully not intra workout but post workout. I highly recommend it to every stim junkie user out there. It's strong enough to give you enough energy and mood, but not that strong which will slap and put you in survival. You gonna get energy, buzz, power output, mood elevation and great focus.
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This is the first product I got from Ninja, and I did enjoy this one for sure. Great product to be used as a stim junkie daily driver. No illicit ingredients, but it provided a quick and long lasting burst of energy. My overall experience aligns with Nader's review, which is there's nothing crazy about this pre workout. It's high energy mostly which is caffeine buffered and the energy is sustained for a long time, no ups or downs. The build up is pretty fast and it's prolonged enhanced performance and focused state of mind. Sense of wellbeing is extremely nice, especially post workout, you are not gonna experience any crash. Nothing to be scared of, especially seeing that amount of caffeine content which is solid 600mg of it. It's quite high for my liking, which is my usual sweet spot is between 300mg to 400mg of it. But that's why labels are just labels. If it was like Apollons Assassin 600mg of caffeine would definitely slap and elevate the heart rate and in some individuals it would put them in survival mode since the stim tolerance isn't that high. Another point I liked was the pumps. Just combination of Citruline and Agmatine is enough to give you Swole, Vascular pumps that you can feel. I'm not sure if it was the focus ingredients like Alpha GPC, L-tyrosine my pumps were enhanced with help of the extreme mind muscle connection, on top of purely pump ingredients. When I trained my back, I noticed I feel working muscles, lats better and can connect to them better when running this pre, so focus elements definitely contributes to that. Flavor I have is Break stuff, it's nice has little nice sourness to it. You can use it 2-3 times a week. This pre gets solid 4's across the board. Will help you push the workouts beyond the points you wouldn't do normally. I didn't even knew it has 2mg of Alpha Yo in it, until I read the label more carefully. It probably working in the background giving a lil umph to energy. I did end up going to bathroom a lot after the workout, which for me personally, is one of the signs that I ingested alpha Yo. High quality ingredients will play its part to improve the performance and pump the iron with some rock music or Nu metal!
This product is one of the daily pres that I got before getting back to high stim pre workouts. I did end up using the whole tub. It's okay daily for your trainings. Ingredients panel does correlate to actually experience in terms of energy and pumps. Combination of Citruline, Nitrosigne and Glycerol gives overall good long lasting pumps. Focus isn't noticeable, I catched my adhd head distracting easily between sets, but the performance is enhanced, will wake you up, give enough boost to get yourself in the gym. Only thing that I doubt in the label that is in there is the 2 mg of Alpha Yo. In some high end dailys like Unleashed by Muscleforce 1.5 mg of Alpha Yohimbine feels like Egde of İnsanity level of power and slapping. But in this one, it's not noticeable, both in added effects or side effects like runny nose or cold sweats, it's a good news for individuals who don't like or handle the alpha Yo very well. The flavor I have is Miami, which is supposed to be combination of strawberry, mango and pineapple. It's good, enjoyable, much expected from Bucked up. Usually mass production brand like this and Ghost or other ones have good flavoring systems because avarage people is so focused on flavor, unlike like us stim heads who will drink the nastiest drink ever known to man and move on, get to the workout. For experienced stim junkies this pre isn't recommended, it's not satisfy, scratch the itch and not gonna give you the kick you need. Beginners can definitely go for it, and not be afraid of Alpha Yohimbine, 400 mg of caffeine gonna hit just right
As little weaker brother of high stim Hypermaxed out pre workout, HyperMax 3D, actually the oldest one. I have used original version 5-6 years ago it was a hitter and new version is improved for sure. They recently released HyperMax Grand Pre. Label looks similar except some pump ingredients. I have purchased this pre from Nutricartel along with VasoMax pump formula to stack and use it together. Both are now 39$ since new line of these products came out. Experience - Flavor I have is Rocket Bomb flavor. It's okay, to me it taste more like Lemonade flavor which I don't like. It has deep green color, which I think is unnecessary, as artificial colors must not be used in 2025. Beta alanine kicks in around 5-7 minutes. Then caffeine kick and enegry flow builds up slowly. At first I felt like it didn't really have much effect but as the time passed and I started doing my warm-up sets I could feel I'm very energized motivated and focused on my workout. Motivation is very subtle but it's there there's a very good sense of well-being and mental clarity. Alpha yohimbine has a nice backbone to the whole experience minus the side effects that you might get from it. I take two scoops every time and it translates into very good pumps and enhanced performance. Personally I would consider this as a perfect daily workout even though he has some great area ingredients like Eria Jarensis and Beta PEA which is proven to have similiar effects like amphetamines. Nevertheless it feels like a healthy pre workout option. Best suited for intermediate and experienced pre workout connoisseurs, who want to cycle off high stim pres and daily pre workouts in between the training days. Pumps are solid, I did stacked VasoMax first time I used it, but then next time when I didn't stack anything, pumps were as just as good. 3d pump breakthrough ingredients is one my favorite pump compound. It's a perfect mix of Vascular and Swole pumps and the pumps stays longer than it would with Nitrates for example. Overall it's a great product and definitely recommend it. 10/10 daily pre which excels at every aspect of a pre workout.
Performix labs, has being around for a while now, and one of the most reputable all rounder supplement company. I've been using their products through out the years. And their new hard hitting HyperMax'd out is as strong as a daily pre workout can get, I'd personally put it as high stim pre. İt's ain't no joke. Despite it does not have exotic stimulants like DMHA, DMBA. I purchased the samples of it 4 times now from Ruesco and experience was pretty identical even though I played with different doses, since it's 1 scoop /2 scoops serving size type of pre workout. Experience - Flavor I that was dragon fruit flavor it's okay drinkable a little rough texture to it and mixability is not an issue. First time I've tried 1 scoop, beta alanine kicks in about 5 minutes it's really strong. Enegry kick is fast and feels like a slap in the face, waking you up and starts elevating your energy, heart rate and focus. It's unique experience, because it's like everything comes together all in once and it doesn't take much time to build. You can definitely take in the locker room or right before starting the gym. Only alpha Yohimbine reaches its peak around 40 minutes, which feels like a second kick. Thinfin is very potent trademark ingredient which is Phenethylamine (PEA) both Performix labs and Xtremis Cartel uses, I believe that's exact reason why the initial kick in enegry and mood is fast. That's why it is called as love drug. Phenethylamine stimulates the body to make certain chemicals that play a role in brain chemistry which makes you feel happy, enhanced mood and sense of wellbeing. It has relatively short half-life but together with other stimulants like Caffeine and Eria it has prolonged effect. Especially if paired with Hordenine it can last as long as 40 minutes. But main star of the show with this pre workout isn't mood elevation it is the aggression, enegry and crazy drive forward. Yo-yo blend is so strong that even at 1 scoop I felt extremely energized and stimulated, I couldn't sit in one place even between sets. I was walking back and forth forwards I felt extremely strong , weights felt lighter. I could definitely push on more weights more reps. I got a PR on bench press with ease. It definitely has some alpha Yohimbine side effects like elevated heart rate runny nose cold sweats, sweaty palms but if you can't handle it for a certain amount of time, it all eventually subside and you will be working out really hard. 2nd time I took it it was 1.25 scoop which was similar experience but even stronger. It was borderline anxious feeling, so I guess even 1.5 scoops will be too much for me, and will put me in survival mode. It makes this product a true 40 servings pre workout for most people. That's why price point is really good. Pumps were rock hard and muscle contractions was intense. I would recommend this only to experienced stim junkies that enjoyes alpha Yo pre workouts, even then it is recommended to start with 1 scoop first, then adjust the tolerance from there!
Jack3d is the legendary pre workout that started that all high stim phenomenon. I personally didn't have the chance to try it back in the day. So I have tried a sample of new version from Ruesco and this version now formulated under Hi-tech Pharma umbrella. Experience - I took 2 scoops, which most people recommend taking it. 3 scoops might be an overkill. Flavor I had was Pineapple flavor. It's very nice, pleasant flavor, felt like pineapple juice. No bitterness. Beta alanine kicked in pretty fast and strong. Soon after initial caffeine stimulation kicked in. I gave me some stomach ache initially, but then went away. Sense of urgency came like a rocket and it was jittery and anxious type of urgency which I don't like. Drove to the gym and started doing warm ups, it was still building, but fortunately it didn't get any stronger and unfortunately didn't get any better too. Energy was high, but Jittery, shaky feeling stayed with me whole workout and even post workout for another hour. I couldn't concentrate on my other stuff post workout, doing things calmly, I was unrest and all over the place. Comparing to Mesomorph which was great experience both pre and post workout mood elevation department, this one didn't do anything remarkable for me. Along with Kran3d/Amp3d this fall into Hi-tech products that I don't like. Pumps were okay, proprietary blend only has arginine which is the least effective pump ingredient, so you can definitely add pump formula on top of it
It is one of my favorite add-on ingredients. 100mg of DMHA and 100mg of Eria Jarensis is so versatile, potent and effective as both standalone and stackable product. I have used this mostly before I bought too much DMHA pre workout. İt's great option if you have a lot daily pre workout and very less DMHA pres, thus stacking this onto any regular pre workout, you will have illicit high stim pre workout. Experience : 1-2 caps is the perfect dose for it. I have tried it and tested it out in many ways. On its own with 1 capsule I didn't notice any effects honestly and to me it's not worth it to take a DMHA ingredient, have it in your system, affect your adrenal glands and not benefit from it. because I only take the DMHA couple times a week I don't want to waste this chance. With 2 caps it's a lil different. You feel something in the background, illicit feeling and mild mood elevation. But for me as stim junkie it doesn't do anything, neither I'm not going to take this and do work. I take stims only to improve performance in the gym. However one time I have tried 2 caps with double espresso and went to techno night. It was unique experience, because of the synergy and accelerated effect when these stimulants are paired with Caffeine, in my case caffeine from espresso, around 120mg of it, I could definitely feel it working and contribute to alertness, mood elevation and some background buzz, it was still minor though, nothing crazy like euphoric buzzing out of your mind. Other times I paired it with Psychotic Red, DVST8 Dark and Alpha Lion Supreme pre workout. Each time it was certainly improved experience, it had illicit feeling to it and I did get both DMHA benefits and side effects like dry mouth, appetite suppression slightly more elevated heart rate than usual. Currently I'm not using it, since I already having so many illicit, DMHA, DMBA high stim pre workouts that İ cannot even stack or use it in my weekly rotation. But if you are traveling it's a great option, since you can only take some caffeine pills and this little tub of Euphoria and you can have great workout while traveling or on holidays, away from home. It's relatively side effects free, so beginner high stim users can definitely get it.
I was a big fan of Centurion Labz back in the day, when they were hardcore pre workout brand, in times of Uncle Eddie. I had the original formula that had DMAA and was called just "Rage". It's was strong af for my time and tolerance. Nowadays they are reformulated products towards more FDA compatible side. I have picked up latest version God of Rage - Unchained when It came out, which is without any illicits or DMHA(which previous version God of Rage v2 had) Experience - Flavor I have is Gashing Grape flavor, it's okay, mixability is on point except little glycerol bits sticking to the shaker cup. Beta alanine tingles came in fast and hard, then I expected caffeine or Eria kick in but something else hit me, and it wasn't pleasant.. It was stomach ache, it was like something was piercing my stomach, sharp pain. I didn't pay too much attention, even though I wasn't on empty stomach, still something didn't agree with me in my system. Arrived to the gym. Started doing warm ups, thermogenic effects surprisingly was very apparent from the get go, sinephrine and Grains of paradise (mucuna) contributed well to sweating and elevated heart rate. Pre workout for sure lives up to its name neigh God of Rage. Because I was driven, focused on the task, hitting weights with minimal rest. Sense of urgency with alpha yo was noticeable around 30-40 minutes mark which was translated into aggressive mood, attack mode in training. Pumps were tight and mind muscle connection type. You can add pump formula or pump pills onto it. Even tho stomach ache persisted pretty much all through my workout, I was focused on hitting weights. It prevented me from hitting abs and Cardio in the end,which was a bummer. And I was burping all the time, certainly this pre was very heavy my stomach. I have tried it more in next weeks but that stomach pain was popping up everytime, which was annoying. Gave my buddy to a scoop of that. He said he was okay, no pain or whatsoever, so I sold it to him for cheap. To me it felt like high end daily driver pre workout. Solid 4/5 or 8/10 across all categories. I might try their liquid pre workout maybe it's more gentle on digestive system, because I really like vibes from new lines of pre workouts of Centurion Labz. I suggest you to purchase a sample from them first try and then buy the whole tube, so you don't end up like me. They have samples available for all pre workout and muscle builders.
KJ labs took the stim junkie pre workout world by storm, as all reviews pointed out it being a lil "different" most high stim pres.. According to the reviews I understood its not my type of pre, but out of curiosity ordered a sample from Ruesco, to try it. Experience - Flavor I had was Blue razz flavor, because I took only half of the 10 grams dose, 5 grams dose with more water tasted mild and uneventful, nothing off putting. I didn't stack any pump formula with it, to gauge the effects better. Beta alanine kicked in around 10-15 minutes, it was mid to low level. And then nothing really happened until 45-50 minutes mark. Initially I felt like focus element is kicking in, because my eyes like almost got widened from the sides, I checked the pupils they were slightly dilated. I felt both focused locked in and zoning out between sets. I had zero mood elevation. Whole experience was kinda weird, whatever research chemical or unlisted ingredients is in it, didn't felt natural or normal, most repelling side of this pre was that I didn't really felt like it aided my workout or performance. Certainly I didn't took the other samples. I have tried their oxymelt pre workout with full serving and I did actually like that experience, because had very good physical and mental endurance on it, good energy and minus the weird illicit feeling I got from Smash Amf. Post workout after taking Smash I had crash in mood, I got lazy and didn't had motivation to do anything, even though I didn't felt Ike sleeping, which later that night had me troubling with falling asleep. I'm glad I didn't took the whole serving which might ended with more severe side effects. I have a theory that UK labs, Smash and Firestorm is made by the same manufacturer, since tubs and labels, expiry dates, lot numbers are so similar even identical, even feeling I got Firestorm was not good. Overall since I don't like it I can recommend it to anyone, expert crazy stim junkies who can actually enjoy such pres and looking forward to next illicit shady products!
It's the second pre workout that I have tried from Androgen Factory. First one was Kong Pre workout it was nice daily. This one somewhat falls into high stim pre-workout category. Experience- I had a sample from Ruesco and the flavor was blue crystal slushie, just like Heisenberg produced his "products". It was very harsh flavor, bitter and chemically tasting. Had to chug whole thing right away and chew piece of gum. Beta alanine kick was very strong, itchy feeling all over my hands, face and ears. Caffeine hit was followed shortly after and that was pretty strong, slap fashion wake you up out of the dead type. It kept building up to 1 hour mark and you could feel your energy levels go up and kind of have nuclear heat inside. I'm not sure of the ephedra extract is real on it or not but I felt breathing was a lot better on it and had thermogenic effects too. Cardiovascular Recovery between sets were noticeable shortened. No elevated heart rate, survival or anything. After initial energy kick its pretty smooth ride. At no point I did feel like it's too much or too little. Eria didn't much contribute to mood elevation department. I might be sourced badly or maybe it depends on the batch. Pumps were good nothing crazy. Glycerol contributes more to Swole type of pumps, not much Vascularity. I haven't noticed extra terrastial pumps with Nitrosigne trademark ingredients on its own. Straight L-Citruline works way better than Nitrosigne alone. Focus element was on point, to help to dial in the workout. I'd consider it a beginner high stim pre workout. 2-3 times a week. Because it has eria jerenisis in it, you don't wanna tax your adrenal glands and build tolerance to stims.