I was taking peri-rx for awhile, the caffeine free version, and it’s been out of stock for awhile. Since then I’ve just been taking creatine monohydrate. I’ve looked at alternative pre-workouts, until peri-rx becomes available again, but most of them have a bunch of additional ingredients. I found one that has pretty similar ingredients to peri-rx, but also has alpha-gpc in it. What are your thoughts on that? Or I’ve thought about just getting a beta-alanine and citrulline malate (or l-citrulline?) individual supplement so I’m not getting extra stuff. The beet root supplement sounds difficult because most don’t advertise their nitrate content. Thoughts to get through until peri-rx becomes available?
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I don’t really have a go-to pre workout supplement that I would recommend in your situation, mainly because you’re not using caffeine, which is the most beneficial ingredient in a pre-workout. Almost everything else, save for the nitrate supplement, doesn’t really have a clock on it as far as helping performance and/or ROI from the workout itself.
I think it’s reasonable to take creatine monohydrate, beta alanine, and betaine anhydrous daily. I don’t think you need to take these immediately before or after a workout to get the most out of them, though they are often consumed at those time points due to convenience.
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Is there a benefit to supplementing citrulline malate or l-citrulline? Would there be value in timing this, as a preworkout?
There can be a modest benefit, but I don’t think it needs to be taken pre-workout per se either. Caffeine is really the only time sensitive one.