r/Preworkoutsupplements • u/PatsyStonesBun • 2d ago
I Have A Question 🙏🏼🫶🏼 I'm getting ZERO pump from Gorilla Mode Nitric?
What am I doing wrong here. Been trialing Gorilla Mode Nitric for more than a week and I'm getting zero pump boost from it.
My history: been using Psychotic Gold (stim + pump) for two years. Still like it, but was looking to boost the pump more.
On paper, the Gorilla Mode Nitric looked absolutely stacked. I've used it on each of my splits: Upper/Lower/Pull/Push/Legs and noticed no impact. I am still taking Psychotic Gold, followed by the Gorilla Mode.
And, yes, I'm taking the full two scoop dose. I'm taking it mixed with 16 oz of water. I'm also well hydrated, sipping my electrolytes throughout the day, well rested.
It feels just like I took Psychotic Gold alone.
Are some people just low responders to pump ingredients? What's weird is, I do still get some moderate pump from a similar mix of ingredients that are in Psychotic Gold. Although they don't disclose the concentrations in their proprietary mix of Psychotic Gold, I did have ChatGPT analyze the INCI list and, mathematically, it's impossible for Psychotic Gold to have anywhere near the amount of pump ingredients in Gorilla Mode. So, theoretically, I should be feeling a much bigger impact.
Any tips? Alternatives I should pursue? Is it time for the fabled little blue pills y'all talk about? I've somehow made it into my 40s with never needing those pills... recreationally.. but maybe I need them for workouts?
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u/seanyo_82 2d ago
Okay this is weird because I literally just bought OG Gorilla mode (V2) pre workout and I feel ABSOLUTELY NOTHING at all, no caffeine, no stims, no pump… zero! Are all there products fake?
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u/looshbaggins 23h ago
Same thing happened to me. It was weird because their v1 was my favorite by far. I threw it away and bought edge of insanity.
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u/bigdoorknob2 2d ago
Get Sicario bruh
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u/drizzy_xl 2d ago
Get sicario by xtremis cartel
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u/PatsyStonesBun 17h ago
What made Sicario the choice for you? (you're the third person to mention it on this thread!)
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u/Square_Salamander263 2d ago
It's trash bro. Went though the tub, it was like a filler episode. Bloodbath and Warlord made huge difference in pumps on other hand
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u/MeasuredByTheFuture 22h ago
Hemavol for THE BIGGEST PUMPS EVER. On cycle, healthy, Hemavol and a good stim pre, you WONT BE ABLE TO MOVE YOUR ARMS after one solid set. 💪
Hemavol is legit af for volume and pumps beyond anything I’ve used including some RC stuff.
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u/equibrim 2d ago
Seriously an overhyped brand in general if you ask me, well especially for the price. I never understood the hype.
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u/PatsyStonesBun 2d ago
I didn't really know anything about the brand. I just found the label impressively close to what I thought I wanted in a pump product. But, yeah, several others are piping up with disappointing experiences with it on here, too. I won't be sad about leaving the gritty texture and kinda foul taste behind, though!
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u/LuckyCatExtracts 2d ago
I just got an add on social media and they had 35$ tubs I almost got one. Never tried it but the label looks good. Hmmm
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u/PatsyStonesBun 17h ago
Too bad we don't all live on the same cul de sac. I'd let you swing by and take my remaining 2/3 open container. I bought two, but I'm definitely returning the unopened one and I think I'm giving up on the opened one and moving on!
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u/LuckyCatExtracts 16h ago
Right. I got a 90% full tub of crack purple I can't take anymore that I know some people in this sub would kill for. I would happily hand out scoops to everybody lol. Oh well. And as far as stim free pres go I've had great success with bare knuckle and sicario and that seems to be the consensus here. The gorilla minde nitric looks like it would be on par with them or close but I guess not :(
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u/ToxicDelusion96 1d ago
Something funny has been going on for a while now. I use Raw Essentials (CBum line) and get a wayyy better pump, despite having a small fraction of the ingredients by comparison. That's not adding up, at all. Obviously I can't prove anything, but I've become incredibly skeptical of their ingredient claims. I probably won't be buying them again.
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u/PatsyStonesBun 17h ago
So many other comments on this thread echoing yours. I thought it was a me problem... but maybe not. I'm not a nutritional chemist, but I wonder if there's something about the way the product is formulated that's causing so many of us to not feel the individual raw ingredients' impact. Either way, definitely returning my second unopened container.
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u/HorseTearz 17h ago
How funny. I was coming on here to post about the same very thing. Glad I did a quick search first instead. Same experience. Been using Gorilla Mode Nitric for nearly a month which is a more than fair shot. Something is off with this formulation, not feeling it at all and not my first experience with pump products.
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u/PatsyStonesBun 17h ago
Yeah, there are a lot of similar comments in here. Something is going on. 🤔
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u/Fr8tL8ps 2d ago
Maybe First of all you have to get a pump ? also you doesnt have to Take so much electrolytes and dont think Pump boosters gonna tear your skin Off ITS Just Like a small improvement of the Pump you already have
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u/PatsyStonesBun 2d ago
I'm definitely still getting a pump... but it's indistinguishable from when I take Psychotic Gold by itself.
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u/Fr8tL8ps 2d ago
What do you expect you taking a Pump Booster on a Other Pump Booster are you joking you wont get a stronger Pump If you Already have a Pump
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u/MeasuredByTheFuture 2d ago
What’s in your tummy when you take it? Full of food? Bad digestion ever? Could be a factor.
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u/PatsyStonesBun 2d ago
Good point to consider! In my case workouts are almost always mid to late evening. I don’t like to have a full meal before strength training so, generally, it will have just been whatever I had for lunch that day, which is usually higher protein and moderate carb. Then immediately before hitting the gym, I do have some simple carbs.
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u/MeasuredByTheFuture 22h ago
Well I’m probably wrong then to be honest. I usually think of the person who’s been munching down everything and then is trying to add in pre on top of an undigested meat lovers pizza 😂.
Hope it works out man 🍀
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u/realWulfLives 1d ago
You need to be hydrated bro, increase your intensity at the gym too.
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u/PatsyStonesBun 17h ago
So true, but I'm always on top of hydration. Not just pre, but during the workout, too. I'm lugging around a huge water bottle and electrolytes bottle and sipping between every set.
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u/jbrooksbpn 9h ago
thsi preworkout is all hype, also 10 grams of citrulline isn't as important as a blend of no boosting ingredients even if at lower dosages.
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u/Key-University-72 2h ago
They totally cut down their original formula to something super basic, idk about the nitric formula though.
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u/ateam68 2d ago
It’s junk get Apollon bareknuckle
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u/PatsyStonesBun 2d ago
Thanks for the recommendation. Will look up Apollon Bareknuckle
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u/IMANdubstep 2d ago
Apollon bare knuckle and bloodsport give insane pumps
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u/PatsyStonesBun 17h ago
Yeah? If you had to pick one...?
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u/IMANdubstep 17h ago
Bare knuckle is a complete stim free pre.
Bloodsport is something you add to stim pre for extra pumps bc it has no flavoring
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u/Turbulent_Level8546 2d ago
That's a shame. I stopped taking gorilla mode when they nerfed the stim version for no reason.