Hi, everyone.
Where I live, supplements containing ephedra are illegal.Yesterday a friend of mine wanted to sell me a product containing ephedra. I think it was called Stack2. I’m tempted, but I wanted to check with you guys first. Are ephedra supplements safe?
Oh my god they are plenty safe,don’t believe tge hype…the product you are talking about is Stacker2
unless you have a heart condition or take way too much…but its the same deal with any stimulant.
Fowler,
I have used an ephedra / ECA stack off and on for many years. My experience is that it make me feel plenty jittery, reved up and I tend to ramble on at the speed of light!!! As a matter of fact, there was a little rumour going around with my crew that maybe I had a little coke problem or something.
Recently I switched to Hot-Rox and I LOVE the stuff! I seem to be getting great results (fat loss) minus the jitters, racing heart and rambling.
In addition, please take this with a grain of salt, but my experience is that ephedra can be a little bit addictive. That’s right, addictive, I found that once I started training while using ephedra it became near impossible to train without the added ephedra edge.
Because I was hell bent on losing fat I would use the stack up to three times per day. I found myself to be very reved, upbeat and maybe a little over aggressive. Although I LOVED THAT FEEELING I found that eventually I would crash for a couple of days. In addition, once I stopped using ephedra altogether I would feel like shit, very lathergic and a little negative / depressed.
The bottom line is… I loved the feeling while on ephedra, I loved training while on ephedra, I loved the energy and aggression while on ephedra!!! BUT… I hate the sleepless nights, the jitters, the crashes and the negative feelings after having come off ephedra (ECA stack).
I would highly recommend you give Hot-Rox a try and stay the hell away from ephedra/eca stacks.
DS2003
no its true, that shit might kill you! it has also been found that supplementing with protein can cause uncontrollable rage. there is a thread in the off topic right now on this very issue.
yo dog,
lick sack!!!
ephedra works use it wisely good resuts
ephedra certainly works just follow the guidelines and it wont kill you lots of success with e/c/a side effects the occasional sleepless nights and jacked up feeling
If you can manage to get your results without it I would. I echo that post about fun and jittery shit, but in the end I would go with something else.
Just follow the directions on the bottle and you should be fine…or do your research and calculate it by bodyweight…that’s what I do
What would you suggest as the best ephedra product I can get at fitrx or DPS?
personally i prefer pure ephedrine hcl and some caffeine pills, over the herbal stuff. its fun to make your own concoctions, plus you know whats in them.
P-Dog: I couldn’t find that on DPS or FitRx. Wheredo you get it?
this board has really changed. playgrounds kill more people every year than ephedrine. lets ban playgrounds.
Nah, Goldberg, this place hasn’t changed as much as you think.
There have always been newbies with ignorant questions (sorry fowler). And most of us vets have always bitched about them.
Same thing now.
And as long as you follow the directions, fowler, you’ll be fine.
just type the words “vasopro ephedrine” into your search engine and youll get a ton of hits.
I suggest if your going to go with the old home made ECA stack try using a ratio of 10:1 caffeine to ephedrine. Try using 250mg of caffeine and 25mg of ephederine. I suggest you drop the aspirine as it is hard on your stomache and not really of much benefit.
Have fun (:
You might want to try starting with a lower dosage but still use the 10:1 ratio.
I’ve just ordered 25mg Ephedrine and 200mg caffeine tablets.
Take 3 or 4 times a day?
ctually recently a study showed u can use it just once a day and still get the thermogenic affect, maybe you want to slowly work up that’s up to you.