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I recently tested 3 pre work out pumps - Universals animal pump , Gaspari’s Superpumped 250 and Star labs Armegeddon.It was really no contest - animal pump is pills and the effect is short lived - too short - so 3/10 for Universal on that! Gaspari product superpumped 250 - well it works but no kick or buzz - evil taste - all of gaspari products taste like crap , made by a demented dwarf like chemist out to punish us i think! However it does work but gives no help on increasing either weightloads or sets or reps.The pump in the locker room is good but its not got that edge , the edge that would make it stand out! So Gaspari , - 5/10 - would have been 7/10 but its way overpriced for its effects! So - the winner is Armegeddon by Star - on in work supps - there EvolutionX10 topped Size On easily - Great pump , increased weight load - sets and reps - the best pre work supp - i have tried - 9/10 - plus great taste.

For 2 weeks running i have managed to rep - 350 kilos deads but any extra and i can only get one lift. Its not a question of too much iron the bar - nor that i believe that its not possible to lift it - rather it is a question of science! I am unconvinced - alarmingly so - that human fingers are not designed for taking such extreme weights. Going to continue with the tennis ball squeezing to see if i can muscle just a little more out of the fingers. One thing is sure - i am not resorting to straps , gloves or hooks! Others can - no problem - but i want to do this "au Natural "

As my last blog mentioned - i am testing 3 pre work out supps , using myself as the lab rat , so you don’t have to! So far , my inital findings are this:

Animal pump by Universal /Its a reasonable supp , not too expensive but like a lot of Universal products , its tablets. That personally is a turn off - the bulk of these are difficult to swallow , one or two are on the outer limits for horses i would imagine. However it gives a good pump and does the job. Not the greatest buzz but not bad.

Superpumped250 by Gaspari - This is a little more expensive but it is a powder and that is preferable. The worse thing about Gaspari is the evil flavouring - get your act together Gaspari - i mean we ain’t brain dead morons without taste buds! You wouldn’t be aware of a buzz - but it gives a real good pump - and acts well.

Armegeddon by Star - This is a similar price to Gaspari but tastes way better -real heavy buzz and great pumps! Got to admit i like it already!

If i was going to drop one of the 3 - it would be Animal Pump! Whilst it works - being pills its a pain in the butt -

I am testing 3 pre work out supps over a period of time and i will let people know what is the best [ in my opinion] at the end of the test. The 3 in question are Animal pump by Universal , Armegeddon by Star labs and Superpumped 250 by Gaspari. I recently tested 2 in work supps but as i said in an earlier blog Evolution X10 won that easily.

Having been using the tennis balls to increase wrist and finger strength over the past few weeks - i opted to superset Romanian deads at 330kilos [ 726lbs ] with Stiff leg deads at the same weight and Hack squats to [rest a little ] at 275kilos [ 605lbs]. I did 4 sets of 6 reps each exercise - then did leg press at 275 kilos with calf exs on the leg press at 200kilos[ 440lbs] - not bad for a 51 year old!