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7/26/2009 4:51:47 PM

I wish I was more sensitive to caffeine.... or any stimulant really. Coffee, soda, caffeine pills, ephedrine, etc - I could inject that shit and still feel nothing.

and

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"it isn't that caffeine is "good for you" in the sense that, say, certain nutrients are good for you. It's that it can be useful and without any real negative effects if used properly."

well said.

7/26/2009 4:57:35 PM

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"i think it's just getting older."

Yeah, that is certainly the most logical explanation, I just find it hard to believe that I've gone backwards so much in such a short period of time. Also, it wasn't really 3 years. We're talking, since about Sept 2006 to about March 2008 was like night and day. And now, 1 year after that it's just as bad or worse.

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" that, and having less energy and not getting the same results in the gym just due to working a lot and not getting as much consistent sleep."

I get just as much sleep now as I did when I was training regularly. In 06, I was going to bed between 9:45-10:30 and getting up at 5:45 for a swim. Now I sleep from about 10:45-6:30/7.

7/26/2009 6:51:44 PM

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"I wish I was more sensitive to caffeine.... or any stimulant really. Coffee, soda, caffeine pills, ephedrine, etc - I could inject that shit and still feel nothing."

ECA stacks used to light me up pretty significantly, but I can drink a triple espresso and go to sleep. caffeine doesn't do much for me.

7/26/2009 10:36:14 PM

I've tried ECA stacks, they just make me feel weird.

7/27/2009 7:31:06 AM

Once I had to drive back to raleigh (3 hour drive) at like 2 in the morning, so I drank 2 cups of coffee, an energy drink, and a mountain dew.

Got about 30 minutes into the drive when I had to pull over and puke on the side of the road.

7/27/2009 7:34:04 AM

but you were awake!

7/27/2009 8:04:19 AM

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"ECA stacks used to light me up pretty significantly, but I can drink a triple espresso and go to sleep. caffeine doesn't do much for me."

ECA stacks don't really do a whole lot for me. I can still drink an assload of caffeine and go to sleep. I've had a 10-shot latte (which is barely a latte anymore) and taken a 1-hour nap. I will say this: elevated pulse rate, elevated body temperature, and sweating.

I bet if I threw an aspirin into the mix, it'd be even more.

I have had great results losing weight with stacks, but not on caffeine alone.

I tell you this: how I passed my weightlifting exam? Two Red Bulls and a couple of aspirin.

7/27/2009 9:30:54 AM