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Heart attack in a bag, the miniscule amount of powder I got in the sample made me underestimate this pre. Great explosive and raw energy in here but unfortunately nothing on the side of pumps. Still gonna get a full tub asap since it’d be perfect for my outdoor trips.

Caffeine heavy daily pre, due to it’s enjoyable flavor (a very mild watermelon) it’s something I’d enjoy taking when I need a wake up call or a rushed session, if only the products were more servings per container.

I am very lucky that a friend of mine managed to get one of these while abroad.

I imagine this is the closest thing to training on dru*s. For most of my workout when I first took this I was found staring at the wall thinking, and I cannot for the love of me remember what I was thinking about. It took me a while to get adjusted to the feeling of constant head buzz and fuzziness but man the second time I took it I had such a blast I never wanted to leave the gym, unfortunately the day after I was sore as heck because of overtraining myself.

A very mediocre pre with bold claims. This is a beginner level daily pre that hides it’s useless dosages and ingredients behind prop blends. Apart from beta alanine and some caffeine you will feel nothing here unfortunately. Given that the best thing about it is it’s flavor makes me think this is just powdered sugar.

This is the longest lasting DMHA pre I have taken to date, and given it’s 30 servings per tub at 45$ this here is a GEM

The head buzz here is very VERY strong and long lasting, I’d take it at 9 in the morning and it’d last to 5 afternoon. Makes me feel euphoric and wonky thru the day, but in a very happy mood. Makes me very talkative mid workout which can be time consuming so I prefer to take it when I’m out of the rush hours.

Very disappointed in this because the only thing I felt with this is the insane beta alanine itchiness and a rush of energy I’d get out of a scoop and a half of Total War. Maybe ditch the Citrulline and some nootropics or idk, but this pre just ain’t it. Also the powder dissolves very poorly, very hard to get down.

A very similar experience as Rampage but more focus oriented than energy oriented. Felt really good and positive while training on this, awesome for bodybuilding workouts due to mind-muscle connection which is perfect for me because that’s what I’m aiming for.

Very interesting combination of flavors in one, very unique.

Just recently heard of this product but heard good things so I took a risk, and boy did it pay out.

This is an out of this world experience I did not expect. Pumps just arent there on this, lets get that out of the way. Everything else from power, to endurance, focus, feeling like you are invincible, was there. This had me feeling like I was a machine for hours without no end in sight. The bad thing is that the next DMHA pre I took did not hit at all after this which is a first so there’s that. Gotta reset a bit longer after this apparently.

This pre is a mthfc*n treat. It is uncanny how much this product tastes like Red B. At 25 servings and an all around great profile this is an awesome high end daily pre. There is nothing more you can ask from a non illicit pre that you can take almost every day. You will still get awesome pumps from the workout itself but do not expect JUICY VEINY pumps like with glycerol.

And again, great fkn flavor.

Had to get in on the hype train with this one.

Luckily I am rotating a couple of DMHA pres at the same time so I can compare between them which works better etc. And I can with confidence say this one is a HITTER, and at 28 servings a tub this is a steal. I get the same head buzz and euphoria mid-post workout that I get with some other DMHA pres, if a tad bit harder which puts me in a dark and irritable mood. The Godly Gummy is not that bad at all, very drinkable, but then again I had Angel Dust that tasted like straight rat poison and I didn’t mind that.

A solid but overpriced pump formula.

There is nothing out of this world in this product that would make it stand out like the rest of dark labs products. It is a very good pump formula but that’s about it, prefer to stack it with a high stim pre.

Wouldn’t get it again since this is the worst tasting cherry I’ve tasted in my life, and I do love cherries.

This is the strongest DL pre I have tried so far apart from Crack Gold and Maniaco which I have yet to get my hands on.

Imo this is the strongest raw energy and mood elevation pre without DMAA that you can get in the market right now. I took this in the same month I tried out the new Stim Shady (the one with DMHA) and the intensity between these two is worlds apart. The pre hits fast and strong and it takes a while to get used to the sensation but once you do there is nothing stopping you from crushing the weights. Interestingly there was no crush 4-5 hours after I was done with my workout and the entire time I was quite motivated and in a good mood. Also slept like a baby the same night.

The Green Apple flavor ain’t that bad for so many exotic ingredients.

I had a sample of the newer version with caffeine malate from same day supps.

Took around 5:45 pm. Amazing energy. So much so that I felt 0 tiredness and couldn’t sleep. The pump and mood elevation are decent. A fair bit of alpha yo saliva and nose running, and minor sweats, but not as much as expected.

You can’t ask for better flavor.

Finally got the chance to give this one a go over the weekend, as I’ve been saving it for having abstained from a DMAA/DMHA product.

Amazing focus, like having blinders on in the gym. Music sounds great when the euphoria kicks in. It’s like the original crack gold, I felt pretty invincible in the gym and hit some PRs.

Time goes by quickly, an hour seems like 5 minutes and I felt strong enough to do all my sets all over again!

I’ve tried this twice now as a solo daily driver without stacking anything. It has a very basic formula but at 2 scoops you get 400mg caffeine, 600mg alpha GPC, 10G citrulline making it pretty solid for focus, energy, and pumps.

It’s not my favorite as a daily driver, I prefer a Panda but for something quick to motivate you in the gym, it does the job.

This is V1… it’s off the market now but contains 100mg DMAA and 200mg DMHA with a heavy dose of yohimbine at 10mg and 1mg of alpha yo making this a manic and sweaty preworkout designed perfectly for high intensity cardio and cutting.

Because of the DMAA content, it is in my rotation at once a month to make room for other DMAA pre workouts. This version is superior to V2 with the power it delivers. Can be stacked with a pump formula for an epic preworkout combo. Energy and stamina get you going whether your hitting sprints, skipping rope, or just need that extra boost in the gym to lift.

The combo of yohimbine and GBB cause that annoying cold sweats. This one is like taking a hit of crystal meth while going through dope withdrawals!

Flavor is green apple and it sucks. Each version of herolean has this strange peppery aftertaste.

I have a love/hate relationship with P.I.M.P.

Hate: the flavor tart cherry… it needs to be shaken quite a bit, let it sit for a moment, shake again and then drink it. First few times I tried it, I just chugged it and with the salt and tartness it tasted more like wasabi and soy sauce. The pumps are good, not amazing, you have to really put in the work to get that solid pump, you won’t just blow up like you would have on NO-Xplode from 2008!

Love: I love pairing this with a high stim workout, it pairs perfectly with flame to make the best preworkout stack I have had in a long time. I also stack anytime I use Smash AMF but pairing smash and pimp for whatever reason causes a few hours of awkward boners.

Weirdness: this only happens with stacking Smash AMF as far as I experienced, after each workout and when you cool down, the awkward boners start to happen. Not that I’m complaining but it has no place in my morning workout routine, cooldown, and start of the work day. I sometimes end up having to sit at my desk at work cross legged. I can’t help but wonder if it’s because of the 2.5mg yohimbine in smash amf. Perhaps the yohimbine synergizes with the pump formula to cause a cialis like effect.

Tried my first sample of zeus after a week long stim break. First time trying it and I was comparing it a bit to Flame by Dark Labs but it’s euphoria is more like wildfire from so cal supps… maybe even a middle ground combination of the two. It’s actually in a league of its own, the DMHA hits nicely and has DMAE at 750mg with 50mg of GABA to smooth out the aggression and dial in the focus. The mood elevation is top notch, great euphoria, weights seem lighter, I wasn’t expecting such a good hitter from this despite all the positive reviews. Tried my sample, the flavor was strawberry lemonade which went down real smooth. No nasty bitterness or aftertaste… I have heard some awful things about godly gummy but the siren strawberry lemonade was smooth and clean, without the harsh medicinal taste you would expect. After running this sample, I’ve decided to make this my next tub to buy!

The worst experience I’ve had with a preworkout till date.

First off the taste is awful, which I sorrily got to experience multiple times (foreshadowing).

Slight beta tingles in the first 5 minutes of ingesting. 30 minutes in the energy kicked in. Slightly after that, my mouth was constantly full of saliva. Crack Gold had a somewhat similar effect on me, but where crack gold stopped (heart rate and saliva), juiced kept going. I found myself needing to lean on walls and machines to catch my breath after every exercise. It seemed like the side effects would worsen with each set. I cut my workout short at 2 hours after my efforts to sit in the bathroom to calm down were futile. Walking out of the gym, I feel the puke coming. Run to the bathroom and unleash. The taste was no better going out.

After this, I sat in my car for like 30 minutes to hopefully calm down. Once I thought I could manage, I drive home. I puke (yes in my lap) multiple times until there’s nothing left in my stomach.

I had cold sweats and goosebumps almost the entire day. The lightheadedness and overall bad feeling lasted for about 7.5 hours then slowly dwindled. I drank a total of about 1.5 gallons of water at the gym, so these happening were not from dehydration. I was more worried about hyponatremia.

I am fully convinced that they simply put the wrong scoop size in these tubs. The “illicit” feeling in here is just a scoop that is too large. Just my theory. I will sadly probably just throw away the tub I got in hopes of forgetting this day.

Great daily pre workout. Gives enough energy, mood elevation and pumps to workout. Bodybuilder type of pre workout. Focus is good, not crazy that you would except from so much stacked nootropic ingredients. Flavor is really unique and taste very nice. Some mix of pineapple, orange and lemon. On 2 scoops will get you training for 2+ hours

Pre does what it’s supposed to. The pumps are immaculate.

I got a sample, but it was green, so I assume it was the apple flavor. DO NOT get the green apple. Tasted like pure vomit.

High end daily pre workout that delivers aggressive energy and high sense of urgency.

It is probably one of my favorite daily type of pre workouts that does not have any illicit or exotic stims yet slaps so hard and makes you go and smash weights in the gym for hours. Alpha Yo in it is freaking legit and feels like 2-3 mg rather than 1.5 mg shown in the label. Strong focus, nasty mind muscle contractions, non stop task driven energy. One of the non DMHA pre’s that won’t let you miss DMHA pres. I prefer such pre workouts over mood elevation, happy DMHA pres, because the focus and urgency to lift and add weights and reps in the gym, is outweighs any mood elevation, euphoric vibes in the gym. If you are serious about training this is the thing you are looking for. It does not have serious side effects except little background nausea that will go away if keep pushing the workout.

Flavor I had was Rainbow candy and it’s delicious. Pumps on paper wouldn’t be much but the nootropic focus aspect for this pre will get you pumped because you are working so hard. But still wouldn’t hurt to add pump formula on it.

Overall 10/10 high end daily pre for stim junkies. If you love Alpha Yo give it a try

I liked normal Doomsday and this was a slightly kicked up version of that. Took 30 minutes to an hour to fully kick in. Great focus, energy and mood elevation. Music smacks and the weights feel lighter. Better than excelsior for me. The flavor was very good.

I got a sample from Ruesco. This hit me exactly like Wild Fire does. Also, this looks and tastes exactly like my Wild Fire Skittles. Only weird thing is none of the flavors should come close to tasting like skittles. Either Ruesco messed up and gave me Wild Fire, or they’re not trying with the flavors at SoCal.

Middle of the road pre. Just like Wild Fire, I like to describe the energy as “perfect for getting stuck on your phone energy”. Not enough aggression to lock you into the weights. Pumps were middle of the road as well.

Took in the morning and had me buzzing all day. Amazing energy, focus, and mood elevation. Typical dark labs W. Add a pump on top of this, and it’s a huge win. Taste is not great, but the workout is worth it.

Does what it is supposed to do providing great pump. Taste was not the best. Kinda hard to get down.

Good daily driver for pretty much anyone

Beta alanine and mood elevation comes in fast and keeps going for a while. It delivered some energy. Nothing too serious, just enough for you to workout when you trying to take some lower stim options between high stim pres.

Flavor was nice, nothing too fancy, expecting than a daily driver pre workout MUST taste good, it’s like mandatory nowadays. Pumps are good. Better than nothing

Probably the best non-illicit stick I’ve had. Great energy and focus with good pumps. I had watermelon candy and it tasted fairly similar to Bloodbath watermelon, not the best but okay.

Would definitely buy a tub if I had to step away illicit pres.

Better than expected. Alright all the way around. Nothing great.

Wildfire’s little brother is different but it’s pretty good.

It kicks in fast with beta alanine and energy flow. You feel, it starts brewing in the background right away. Mood elevation is there, you become more alert and focused. Most noticeable feature is for me was the urgency. It’s not a slapper type of urgency, that’s is aggressive and commands to get go like alpha yo based pres, but it’s just enough to go to the gym and kill it. Music sounds better, you are in the zone. Recovery periods between sets are short af. It’s high energy.

It’s different than Wildfire, even tho labels are close. Wildfire didn’t gave me mood elevation, just calm collected focus and tons of strength and endurance. This one tho, delivers the mood elevation and urgency, but not much noticeable strength output or endurance. I trained hard and the fatigue did catch up. It’s for short and hard workouts only in my opinion. Overall was good experience. Did not disappoint and did not surprised too.

Pumps were okay. Flavor I had was Strawberry Watermelon. It is bad. Taste like soap. It isn’t the worst tho

Post workout you feel that DMHA/DMAA dry mouth feel. Besides that, there are no side effects

Energy – 4/5

Strength output 3/5

Mood elevation 4.5/5

Pumps 3/5

Taste 1/5

Overall 4/5

Very close behind crack gold in my opinion. Gave amazing energy and mood elevation.

I believe this may be the best tasting dark labs pre I’ve had. (I got more blueberry than grape, may be trippin)

I took this while extremely tired and it still came through and provided a great workout.

Drink that water.

Waited a very long time to try this one after coming out.Finally pulled the trigger on nutricartel and so glad I did. If you like juiced you will like this. This is a similar focus to juiced.However I feel like it’s an even more intense focus than juiced. And I’ve only taken an 8 gram scoop and the recommended is 10 grams. I didn’t feel any beta tingles at all.For the first 15-20 minutes you really don’t feel much.Maybe some caffiene.But be patient.This takes a while to kick in.But once it does you will know.The focus comes in with a serious vengeance. You are so dialed in when pushing weight it’s unbelievable. The focus lasts the whole workout and probably a few more hours after that.Definitely don’t take later on in the day or you won’t sleep.It definitely affects your sleep. I did notice that the next day after consuming that I definitely didn’t feel right.I felt drained and my brain felt foggy.Definitely a once or twice a month hitter.I got the citrus punch flavor and I’ve also paired it with a pump formula.I didn’t experience any heart racing feeling like others have described but that is probably due to the pump formula so I highly recommend getting one if you don’t have one

Very similar to the normal woke af. Okay daily with okay energy, but nothing much else. Good gateway pre.

Juicy big pumps

Sicario Swole is very versatile pump formula that can be added to any pre workout. I take it separately before my pre workout, 30-40 minutes till training. Pumps are watery Glycerol pumps. Not my personal type of pumps, where you can’t feel it, on contractions of muscles and then being and rock solid, and veiny, like other standards pump formulas does. Great choice to stack with pre workouts that already has enough L-Citruline.

Xtremis Cartel is one my favorite brands where you can get most bang for your buck. 64/32 serving is a great value, since most Glycerol products are half of it 32/16.

Flavor I have is peach rings. You dilute in some water and it’s very delicious.

Better than I thought it’d be. Very good focus around 20 minutes after ingesting. Slight energy boost. These last for about 1.5 hours then nothing. Tasted good. Looking forward to hardcore.

This pre needs little introduction.

A very mediocre pre overall but a solid choice for a beginner or someone wanting to cycle off heavy stim pres. Whenever you start mass producing something it gets ruined most of the time and the same happened with this pre here. Big part of it’s selling point were the unique designs and very very unique flavors, but after going mainstream they even stopped doing that so I see very very little reason for anyone to go back to this pre.

It still gets a 5 star flavor rating from me for the good ol’ days. (And because I’ve tried over 20 of their flavors and loved most of them)

This is a solid daily-driver choice from Rich Piana. It says stim crazy pre workout but it’s far from that. Feels pretty smooth for a 400mg coffeine pre. The focus is neither there nor here and unfortunately the pumps here are non existent. Luckily it’s 30 servings per tub and very affordable so since it’s a stim based formula with some focus in it, stacking it with a pump formula is a must.

The flavor is very palatable and refreshing.

Max doesn’t stand here for no reason. This IS the strongest Specimen formula ever made

This is solely a pure energy and focus formula and it does it job beautifuly. Don’t expect any pump on this, the sprinkle of nitrates won’t do s***. Energy and focus is fast acting and lasts for a while. The 3 mg of alpha yohimbine is there and you can really feel it so stay away from 2 scoops unless you are used to alpha yo.

This was a very pleasurable and nice pre for me as I stacked it with pump formulas most of the time. It’s a shame Glaxon went under.

The best from Insane Labz. Smoother but longer lasting energy than Hellboy. The only Psychotic with decent pumps but even this falls short of a solid pump formula. I wouldnt really call this a daily pre since you can build a tolerance for stims and this is mostly based on said stims. Still the pre is very light and very palatable and I find it’s most useful to me when I am on the go and can take it with me since the tub is small and you can mix it with little water.

I am afraid that this is a caffeine and alpha yo stim bomb for there couldn’t be much else in the 5 gram scoop you get. Fortunately apart from the strong alpha yo the energy is not over the top and lasts a while. There is no pump or strength in this pre but its a pure, raw energy experience. Fires you up nicely and keeps you fired for a while. More of a fast paced experience and really shines in activities where you move a lot.