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Chemix Pre-Workout Ingredient Breakdown

By Guerrilla Chemist Chemix Pre Workout GlycerPump Kanna Lions Mane PeakO2

Chemix PreWorkout is an ultra-premium, high stimulant preworkout product designed to improve endurance, focus, mental clarity and supply great cell hydration for insane pumps. The advanced formula combines research-backed ingredients at clinical and efficacious doses with potent nootropics and stimulants to give you the perfect workout. Here is a focus on just...

Chemix Intra Workout Ingredient Breakdown

By Guerrilla Chemist Chemix Intra Workout Cluster Dextrin HBCD

When I was designing the Chemix Intra workout formula, I wanted to really focus on what causes fatigue rather than just adding carbs and amino acids. Carbs are certainly important, as glucose(dextrose) is the main substrate for glycolysis- one of the body’s pathways for making ATP(energy). Choosing the right carb...

N-coumaryoldopamine and N-caffeoyldopamine are 2 very interesting fat-burning compounds.

By Guerrilla Chemist N-caffeoyldopamine N-coumaryoldopamine

N-coumaryoldopamine and N-caffeoyldopamine are 2 very interesting fat-burning compounds. They are both beta-2 agonists(like ephedrine and clenbuterol) and have been shown to dramatically increase production of cyclic AMP(cAMP). Their mechanism of action is very similar to clenbuterol, which many bodybuilders use during their precontest cycles. cAMP increases lypolysis, which is...

Usnic Acid

By Guerrilla Chemist Usnic Acid

Usnic acid is part of a group of compounds known as uncouplers(DNP is anotheruncoupler). Uncouplers are mostly non-polar weak acids that are able to disrupt ATP synthesis. In a nutshell, one of the drivers to produce ATP in the electron transport chain is the energy generated from the H+ gradient(all...

Catechins

By Guerrilla Chemist Catechins

Catechins are a class on molecules that are common in teas, including black and green tea. They display many different health properties, including antioxidant, fat oxidation and carb digestion. However, today I wanted to talk about a new claim being made about epicatechin. In a 2014 study, researchers saw that...

Gaba increases Growth Hormone release

By Guerrilla Chemist GABA

Ran across this study while researching some new compounds so I thought I'd share with you. Researchers gave young(age 23) strength training athletes 3g of GABA or placebo before lifting. The group receiving GABA had an increase in GH release post workout by 480%!! GABA is a neurotransmitter that is...

Alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine (Alpha-GPC)

By Guerrilla Chemist Alpha GPC

Alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine(alpha-GPC) is an interesting molecule that has some interesting properties. It's a precursor to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which may improve cognitive function, and it can readily cross the blood-brain barrier(BBB). Many supplement companies are including it in preworkout formulas bc of 2 studies that came out last year. One study...

Oral L-Arginene before resistance exercise blunts growth hormone effects

By Guerrilla Chemist L Arginene

Came across this study the other day and I thought it was interesting. Almost every preworkout over the last 15 years have contained some form of Arginine. It was the original vasodilator and was in every "NO" product. We now have much better options for a pump. The researchers in...

Hordenine

By Guerrilla Chemist Hordenine

Hordenine isn't a new compound, but it's a lesser known PEA. It's formed from Tyrosine in the body and has some interesting properties. Many supplements include this in a preworkout, but not as a stimulant(it's missing the alpha methyl group necessary for binding). While it can have mild stim effects,...

Amentoflavone

By Guerrilla Chemist Amentoflavone

This molecule was a fan request and it's starting to show up in a lot of newer products. It's called amentoflavone and it has some really interesting properties. It's found in a number of botanical species such as ginkgo biloba and St. John's wort. With respect to bodybuilding, amentoflavone acts...