Recommend a good, affordable preworkout?

[charlenenylor]

I have been buying my preworkout supplements from Sams Club for the last few months and have enjoyed the Muscletech Vapor line. I take 2 scoops of the product label found below before I lift 3-4 times per week. I am running out of my current container of PWO and need to find a replacement since it’s no longer available at Sams.

I’m no expert, but I am looking for a PWO with the following:
-150-350mg caffeine
-3g creatine
-2.5g beta-alanine
-2-4g L-citrulline
-No sugar
-Less than 10kcal per serving

The items above are from the Muscletech Vapor1 label, found here

https://imgur.com/a/y6VU2UZ

Are these bad criteria?

What makes a good preworkout good?

What do you recommend?

 

[eagle20]

@charlenenylor If you search for Pre Workouts on Bodybuilding.com and filter them by ratings (9 or above) you'll find a whole bunch of good ones.

Muscletech has several, and I switch back and forth between one scoop of Muscletech Vapor1 or Muscletech Ripped, and I add 6 grams of citrulline that I buy at bulksupplements.com.

You can compare prices at Amazon, Bodybuilding, and Jet. Jet is the walmart version of Amazon.

Somebody below recommends Jym. I like them, too. But they cost more than I want to spend.

Hope this helps.

 

[robert65]

@charlenenylor Preworkout is caffeine and marketing. If you drink some coffee or take a caffeine pill, you'll get the same results/

 

[franklampard14]

@charlenenylor Double espresso works well

 

[dawn16]

@franklampard14 Second this. Don't do a triple though. I feel crazy juiced/jittery if I combine a triple espresso with a heavy lift.

 

[dawn16]

@charlenenylor Cup of coffee.

Pre-workouts are a lie. You don't need that garbage to have a good lift. Your success will come better from good recovery and following a good program than from jamming a pre-workout.

 

[dawn16]

@charlenenylor Black coffee ️
A few scoops of that bad boy, a nip of hot water and some cold and you will be ready to go

Just remember to take a shit prior to going to the gym

 

[peacefulrivers]

@charlenenylor Jym

 

[shannonhartwell24]

@charlenenylor Gatorade Yellow! Powder is super cheap!

 

[agnosticchristian]

@charlenenylor Just a caffeine pill. 200mg. Cheap and just as effective (for me). I just bought a bottle of 250 for $10 and works great.

 

[osina]

@charlenenylor A bottle of 100 caffeine tabs at 200mg each is like less than 10 bucks.