#131 // The Science of Pre-Workout
Fitness Stuff (for normal people)
Tony and Marianna
4.9 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Marianna and Tony take you deep into the science of one of the most used supplements: pre-workout. Pre-workout with the right ingredients is approved by your hosts and was ranked by them as one of the most useful supplements to use in order to reach goals faster. However, with so many brands and ingredients to choose from, how do you decide? Your hosts have you covered in this episode reviewing everything one should know in order to make an educated decision on which pre-workout is best for them.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What up, everyone. |
| 0:01.1 | Welcome back to the Fitness Stuff for Normal People podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | I'm Tony. |
| 0:04.9 | And I'm Mariana. |
| 0:05.9 | And honestly, the fitness industry, it kind of sucks. |
| 0:09.1 | Actually, it really sucks. |
| 0:10.8 | And we just want to make it suck less. |
| 0:13.2 | Instead of giving you another fitness podcast following the latest trend diets and weight loss hacks that you don't really need, |
| 0:19.7 | the goal of this podcast is to actually give |
| 0:21.5 | you the knowledge and tools so you have the confidence to apply the best possible training |
| 0:26.5 | and nutrition into your own life. Where a few weeks back, we ranked pre-workout as one of the most |
| 0:32.6 | useful and science back supplements you could be taking to help you get to your goals faster. |
| 0:38.0 | Today, we are going deep into the science of pre-workout supplements, looking at over 100 different |
| 0:44.6 | studies covering the 10 best stim and non-stem ingredients to look for and their clinically |
| 0:50.6 | effective dose, the potential downsides and risks that come along with it, |
| 0:54.5 | and ranking the top three best and worst supplements on the market right now, |
| 0:59.3 | along with some natural pre-workout alternatives if you don't want to spend money on supplements. |
| 1:04.3 | Before we get to that, though, if you weren't following us on Spotify, what are you doing, bro? |
| 1:08.8 | You can legit go to our Spotify page, probably where you found |
| 1:12.3 | this episode and hit the follow button right on top. That way, every single Monday, when we drop a |
| 1:17.6 | fresh new science-backed episode, it pops right up so you don't miss a thing. And if you want |
| 1:23.7 | access to every single one of our 12-week training programs, programmed out on Google |
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