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The first preworkout dropped 43 years

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ago. And ever since then, humans have

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just been taking things way too far. We

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don't just drink it anymore. We inhale

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it. We pack it. We even smoke it. I'd

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call it an addiction, but then that

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would just be me calling myself out. But

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it made me wonder, how far can people

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really push it? And at what point does

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performance enhancement cross the line

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from helpful to just flat out dangerous?

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Well, I'm going to find that out. I

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built seven levels of performance

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enhancers. Each level getting more

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extreme and reckless than the last.

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Level seven literally warns you to take

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it in total isolation. And I'm going to

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try them all.

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>> I don't Have you ever taken something

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that significant in a video? I don't

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think so.

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>> No.

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>> Level one, oxygen. We got oxygen in a

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can. Sky juice essentially. Fun little

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fact, this company was on Shark Tank and

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they got a deal. So, thank you for

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convincing billionaires that air needs

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to be bought and sold. Buying air is

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crazy. People would be buying depression

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if it weren't so free. On the back of

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the can, it says, "Oxygen is the most

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important and immediate fuel source for

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the body and mind." So, this should help

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us with endurance and recover quicker

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between our sets. I feel like I got to

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be in a ravine to get the proper hit

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here. They used to call me the cream

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reaper in high school cuz I could milk

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anything and anyone, especially a bong.

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Woah.

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It's like I just inhaled God's perfect

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farts. That was kind of amazing. Almost

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artisinal. I could imagine a Cinnabon

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scented collab would go crazy. And I

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don't know if it's just me, but oxygen

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deprivation makes me feel the most

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alive. Call me old-fashioned, but I like

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to be held down by the neck. Lovingly,

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of course. But we're going to go inside

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with this and see how effective it is.

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Nothing makes me gasp for air quite like

1:51

my old college roommate and hack squats.

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So, we're going to warm up slowly and

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then see how this helps. I'm going to be

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ranking each of these enhancers on the

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two most important criteria. One,

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effectiveness. Of course, it has to

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work. Two, enjoyment. If I'm going to

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risk my life, I should at least enjoy

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it.

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>> Got a lot of weight on the machine right

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now. This is weight that by the end of

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the set, I'm usually suffocating from

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exertion. I've also never gotten 10 reps

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with this. So, let's hope for the best

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here. I'm going to take a hit before the

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set and then right after the set. This

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is kind of like workout biohacking in a

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way. Okay, here we go.

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[Music]

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[Music]

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Whoa. Do you know after when you finish

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a really hard set, there's like 30

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seconds of like very intense deep

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breathing just to kind of catch your

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breath, right? When you do this, it kind

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of eliminates that entire 30 seconds.

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So, it's like an instant recovery thing,

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which felt super strange. I was like

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gasping for air and then I shot it and I

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just felt calm. Heart rate instantly

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went down and it almost feels like you

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have more rest time for the next set. I

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still didn't get 10 reps, though. I was

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determined to get 10 reps and I realized

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on the back of the canistes inhale three

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to five times. And on the first set I

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only did one.

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[Music]

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I ended up getting 10.

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I'm also able to make a whole sentence

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immediately after a hack squat set,

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which I don't think I've ever done

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before.

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From there, I moved on to leg press and

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hit exactly what I needed to hit. Once

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that was done, I decided to test it in

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an area that I think would be most

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useful. Normally, I superset leg

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extensions with lateral raises. So,

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we're going to see if it helps my

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performance. I can catch my breath by

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the time I walk over to the lateral

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raises. All right.

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[Music]

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Yeah, I could totally see this becoming

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a trend. Dudes just stealing the

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grandma's oxygen tanks for gains. I

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wouldn't put it past Gym Bros. This

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stuff was definitely helping me catch my

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breath between exercises so I can make

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the most of every single set.

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>> If you do circuit style training, this

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stuff would be absolutely game changer.

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If you just do like traditional

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bodybuilding, it makes like a bit of a

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difference, but nothing really major.

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It's also nice. It's just oxygen. It's

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the only thing in this video without any

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caffeine. And I would say overall, it's

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completely safe, unlike the other stuff

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we're about to get into.

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>> Like in level six, when I take

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adrenaline in a bottle where it

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literally makes my hair stand.

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>> So, immediately after the set, my heart

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rate's 158 beats per minute. All right.

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So, now we're going to do one puff of

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this,

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maybe two.

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And it instantly dropped to 139 135

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beats per minute.

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>> Oxygen three stars. Cinnabon collab,

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please. Level two caffeine pouches.

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>> I am excited for this stuff. It has

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crazy reviews. 4.7 stars with over

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37,000 reviews.

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[Music]

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Well, my brain just got flashbanged by

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the dumbest ever. I don't even

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understand the direction they were

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trying to go with that. But based off

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this video and some of the wording on

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their website, this stuff sounds

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incredibly epic. It It sounds like a

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Bond gadget. We have quickest hit around

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dialed in all day. Unlock a new level of

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function. And the funny thing is this

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stuff only has 50 milligs of caffeine.

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Like I remember the days when I was

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caffeine sensitive for this, you know,

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back when I was 3 or four. At best, this

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helps a pre-teen wake up. Not a dopamine

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degenerate like me. But they do say that

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this stuff hits a lot harder than a

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traditional energy drink. It hits

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faster, cleaner.

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It hits just everything way more

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efficiently. So, we'll see about that.

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Okay, let's open this thing up. It says,

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"Don't be afraid to double dip," which I

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will do. I love taking two at once, and

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I just think I'm going to need the extra

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caffeine.

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One,

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and two. The pouches are in. And once

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all the flavor is gone, that means the

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energy is absorbed. Let's go to the gym.

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>> I am feeling this heavily right now. I

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have the craziest head rush. My brain

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feels like it's throbbing and bleeding

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and I just feel so locked in and focused

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right now. My heart rate is at a heart

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rate that should never be had while

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you're just sitting and driving. Unless

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you're in a car chase with the cops.

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Seriously. Like, wow. If a soccer mom is

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doing this, I can do it.

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>> I will say enjoyment factor is

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incredibly high. I could see someone

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like myself getting extremely addicted

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to these. Flavor-wise, I was expecting

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it to be kind of mint, but low key, this

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is mango magic. It's so good. Like,

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I don't know if you guys have ever had

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mango lube. It's very similar to that.

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As much as I'm excited for a crazy

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workout, I was also kind of terrified.

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If this is only level two, how am I

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supposed to survive the other five

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levels? Two pouches is only 100 millig

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of caffeine. In order to understand why

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I'm feeling it this much, I asked

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someone who knows a thing or two about

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stimulants. Even though you might have

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200 mg via a drink, if it's dragged out

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over a longer time horizon, you kind of

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like feel the buildup in a more gradual

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manner. If you're absorbing it through a

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pouch, you know, I would expect a more

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aggressive effect just because it's in

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your blood faster and it's going to hit

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harder. Essentially, even at a lower

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dose, it's going to just peak much

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quicker.

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>> Each pouch should give me 1 to 2 hours

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of energy. So, if my math is correct,

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because I had two, that's 2 to 4 hours

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of energy. One thing that I will say is

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not great about it is that I haven't

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been drinking any water pre-workout

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because I'm just afraid of the mango

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flavor leaving. But it's time to take

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these things out. Let's start crushing

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it. I feel very good right now.

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Typically, I don't take pre-workout

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because it gives me that anxious energy,

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which I don't like, but I'm not getting

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that at all. This just feels like a much

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more natural energy, like I had like the

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perfect sleep the night before, and it's

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making me feel very motivated and

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strong. So, I have 290 on the bar for

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two sets of paused 6 to8 reps. I think I

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can do it. I think I can. For the first

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set, I got this really cute girl to give

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me a spot to show off. Maybe I can marry

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her someday. I got 7 and 1/2 reps. The

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second set, I got six, which I was

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extremely happy about. At this point, I

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believe if you ain't packing, you're

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slacking.

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>> I'm feeling very strange right now. I

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think typically with a lot of energy

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drinks, pre-work workouts, you get so

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much energy, you almost get like very

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distracted easily where this one, it's

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like I'm almost getting too focused that

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it's kind of distracting me. It's making

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me feel extremely weird. I could just

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like look at something and I lock in on

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it and it's the weirdest feeling ever.

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But up next, we have incline dumbbell

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press. And for this lift, I'm going to

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be channeling that barber swagger. Let's

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get it.

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[Music]

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Whoa. There's like a speck on the

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ceiling and I just stared through its

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soul. I just automatically locked into

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it. And when you're that focused during

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a set,

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it feels actually really, really good.

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>> All the signs were leading to these

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pouches getting an incredible score

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until it took a super unexpected and

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quick turn.

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>> I really don't know what's going on. I

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literally just did a complete shift from

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one exercise to the next. I've been so

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focused that now I actually feel so

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tired, like I can go to sleep. I have no

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more energy. Even though I still feel

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super super locked in,

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I again I can feel like I could just

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fall over and go to bed.

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>> The second half of the workout, I just

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couldn't wait for it to finish. I was

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completely checked out and could not

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stop yawning. the caffeine uh is going

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to stimulate, you know, dopamine release

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uh uh catakolamines like adrenaline,

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noradrenaline, etc. And often when you

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have a pre-workout, it's going to have a

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bunch of other stuff in it like amino

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acids that support the back filling of

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those neurotransmitters. And if you're

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just having a pouch that's just caffeine

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cuz it can't really fit a whole bunch of

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ingredients in it, you're not you're

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missing a lot of those building blocks

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that you might have otherwise been

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pulling at. So, it's possible that not

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only are you getting like a more

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aggressive effect from the drug faster,

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but when you pull those resources,

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you're not actually like replenishing

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them in the same way you might have with

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a drink that has, you know, multiple

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ingredients. Coming into this workout, I

11:12

felt like a lightning bolt. Now,

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I'm like a flickering lamp at best. They

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advertise no crash, but I didn't just

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crash.

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I took down the whole server. Like, I'm

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done. So, although it was fun, it was

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tasty to take. I don't think I'm going

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to be taking it again. Caffeine pouches

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2.75 stars. Level three, pre-workout

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vape. Smoking pre-workout instead of

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drinking it. Never underestimate

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humanity's ability to create solutions

11:43

for problems that don't exist. It makes

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you also wonder why snorting things is

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so frowned upon. I'm talking about Coke.

11:51

But we're going to be trying two

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different forms of smoking because I

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have two lungs and it just makes it just

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makes a lot of sense. The first one we

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are trying is the world's first

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inhalable pre-workout device. It's a

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pre-workout vape. It's essentially a

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jewel for gym bros. Now, surprisingly

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with this product, there are not too

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many red flags. The first one is on

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Instagram they have like a little under

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3,000 followers, which just means it's a

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new company and I'm I'm basically a lab

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rat, which I'm I'm kind of okay with.

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The second one is on the website they

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have this chart which is highly

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concerning. Like I don't know anything

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about science. I'm just kind of an

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idiot. But just looking at it, they're

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suggesting that the bioavailability of

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ingredients when inhaled is like

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thousands of times greater than when

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drinking it. And I'm not so sure about

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that. So, false marketing. We'll find

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out. So, we have a choice between blue

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ras, sour green apple, mint, and rainbow

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ice. Rainbow ice. Three 3second

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inhalations equates to one serving,

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which apparently equals an energy drink

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or a scoop of preworkout. So, 9 seconds

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for a serving. Me and the vape have

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something in common.

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Whoa.

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Look how cool that looks. Forget dry

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scooping. I'm sky scooping. This is like

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an anabolic hookah. 3 second inhalation.

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[Music]

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Wow.

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Oh my god. This is a flavor that kids

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are going to love, which is which is

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already a massive issue. Like there is

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more smoke in high school bathrooms than

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Snoop Dog's tour bus. Like this is the

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last thing we need. But oh man, I can

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see myself getting addicted to this.

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[Music]

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I'm not a smoker, but usually when you

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start coughing

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during the smoke, that's a sign that

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it's going to hit. And if I'm going to

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smoke something, I'm not I'm not

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coughing up a lung for a damp placebo

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pump. I better be hitting some PRs

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today. Last hit.

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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And just like that, boom, we've had an

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energy drink or a scoop of pre-workout.

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It smells like a snow cone that's been

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out in the sun way too long. It's like

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childhood joy and adult regret at equal

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measure.

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[Music]

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Woah.

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I'm definitely feeling something in my

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head right outside the gym. Let's go

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train. My mouth tastes like I like I

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went down on a Skittles. It has like

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this like crazy like aftertaste right

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now. And I feel equal parts motivated

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and medically concerned because

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I feel so strange. Like I feel like my

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brain feels like somebody is tickling my

15:06

brain and it it I feel wired. I feel

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ready to go. But I also feel incredibly

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incredibly off.

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I just hit a 10 lb PR on the barbell

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row. I am strong today. Barbell is

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feeling like a pool noodle. My brain

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feels like it's literally floating in

15:29

the sky. Like I almost have no emotion.

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Like my dopamine receptors are not

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recepting right now. That said, I have

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like endless energy. I feel like I could

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superers set every single set with the

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elliptical right now with how I feel.

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Like I feel so calm but also so beast

15:47

mode at the same time. The one negative

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thing I've been noticing, it's very hard

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to breathe right now and after my set,

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it's very hard to catch my breath. Like

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my chest is pounding right now.

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Starting to feel a little bit dizzy now

16:07

during the workout. Also slightly

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nauseous. And I'm not sure if that's

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because I've never smoked anything

16:13

before and this is the first time I'm

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doing it or the pre-workout itself. I

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don't really know. But what I do know is

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that this is definitely something that I

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would not be taking consistently because

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I can feel

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that that is not good for me and my

16:32

lungs and my insides. That's for sure.

16:35

It almost feels like it's like blocking

16:37

my other senses. It's like it's hard for

16:39

me to think about anything else other

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than what I'm doing, which I guess in

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theory for a workout that's a great

16:45

thing,

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but it's just uh it's also just kind of

16:49

a concerning weird thing that probably

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not necessary. Imagine eating a salad

16:55

covered in ranch dressing. That's kind

16:57

of how I feel right now. You feel good

16:58

about the salad. Like I feel good about

17:00

my lift today, but then I feel bad about

17:02

the ranch dressing and I feel bad about

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how I'm feeling right now. It's a weird

17:06

trade-off. As much as I felt the pros, I

17:08

did feel the cons. My lungs were in a

17:10

lot of pain. I do think healthy lungs

17:12

are more important than bigger biceps,

17:14

but you can be the judge of that. I

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really don't know how much of this

17:18

workout was because of the vape. It was

17:20

a fantastic workout, but maybe it was

17:22

just me. Maybe I can just thank myself.

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I'm not I don't really know. I will say

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that I feel the same right now as I did

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45 minutes ago when I took the vape. So,

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the consistency of this stuff is kind of

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terrifying. And I can't say that for the

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for the pouches I took.

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So,

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>> pre-workout vape, 3.5 stars. Level four

17:44

pre-workout cigarette.

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>> The next one we're trying is Puffy Air.

17:48

This one's kind of sketchy because it

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has 4.8 stars out of supposedly 1,356

17:56

reviews. Yet, I only see 18 reviews. And

17:59

this might be surprising to a lot of

18:01

people out there, but I want at least

18:02

some like baseline honesty before I'm

18:05

sticking something in my mouth. Also,

18:06

that Photoshop job is the craziest thing

18:08

I've ever seen. She is not holding puffy

18:10

air. She is holding, I don't know, like

18:12

a pregnancy test or something. Enjoy a

18:14

soothing blend of premium herbal

18:16

ingredients. Herbal is usually code for

18:19

it's not going to work at all, but we

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will definitely see. Serving size, 10

18:23

uses. It gives us 200 mg of caffeine

18:27

coming from guana extract.

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>> Guarina

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>> is stronger than coffee and other

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caffeine sources because it contains a

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significantly higher concentration of

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caffeine over anything else, making it

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extremely dangerous if overdosed.

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>> I feel like Harry Potter and this is my

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wand. All right, don't ask questions,

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just blow.

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No way is it lighting up.

18:53

That is the cutest thing ever. Are you

18:56

A+ for the experience? Oh my god, that

18:58

tastes good.

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It says a serving size is 10 uses. It

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didn't specify the length of the pole

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that you take. I think I pull harder

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than the average person. So maybe my

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serving might be 600 millig, not 200

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millig. Natural caffeine, too, which in

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reality it doesn't mean anything.

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Remember, heroin is also natural. We're

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going peppermint green tea. I definitely

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am getting peppermint.

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And I've definitely lost track of how

19:30

many puffs I've taken. My family's

19:33

looking at me outside and I'm like, I

19:35

need to go outside for a smoke. Boys

19:37

wanted to say that. Heart rate right now

19:40

is at 99 and I haven't even started the

19:43

workout yet. I'm literally just sitting

19:46

on my couch. Did I say 113? 113. Puffy

19:50

air. more like puffy pounding my cheeks.

19:54

Like this pre-workout hit me like it

19:57

caught me with its mama. Like I have not

20:00

been this affected yet in this video. My

20:02

heart rate cannot get below 100 and I

20:05

haven't even started the workout yet.

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This is the first one with caffeine that

20:09

I've taken where I just feel an immense

20:12

amount of energy. Like I don't feel

20:13

anything in my brain, which I'm happy

20:15

about. I like this. I just feel

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incredibly hyper. And I actually I can't

20:19

even blink right now. I just feel so

20:20

hyper and I'm very thankful that I'm

20:24

training

20:26

here at home because I feel like I just

20:27

start spotting people at the gym that

20:29

didn't even ask. I literally feel like

20:30

I'm moving at like 1,000 mph right now.

20:33

Usually for movements, I do two to three

20:34

sets. If I'm feeling good on a day, I'll

20:37

push it and do a third set. I'm doing

20:39

three sets for everything so far. This

20:41

is my heart rate after a set of seated

20:44

cable lateral raises. That's pretty high

20:46

to me.

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>> This stuff hit so much harder than the

20:49

vape. And I'm not sure why. Maybe I did

20:50

inhale a lot more than the recommended

20:52

serving size.

20:53

>> Taken this entire workout so far. I just

20:56

realized I'm not listening to any music.

20:58

Listen to the gym right now.

21:02

>> And I didn't have any idea.

21:04

>> I was so hyper during this workout. I

21:06

could literally not sit still between

21:08

sets.

21:08

>> Pump was insane. I literally feel like I

21:12

could take over the world right now. If

21:15

only today was leg day. Today was just

21:17

shoulders and arms. Don't ask me what's

21:19

going on here, but these were scattered

21:22

all over the place. And I just had like

21:24

the deepest desire to just organize them

21:28

in a straight line like that. And I have

21:30

no idea why I had to do that.

21:32

>> Pre-workout cigarette, 4.25 stars. Level

21:35

five, the world's strongest pre-workout.

21:38

>> Welcome to the portion of the video that

21:39

should never be repeated, so just sit

21:41

back and enjoy. We have possessed the

21:44

world's most powerful preworkout. And it

21:47

must be true because you can't argue

21:49

with those reviews. Now, I am never

21:52

going to accuse a company of fake

21:53

reviews, but what I will say is that

21:56

some of them are just they're not

21:58

convincingly human. I've seen this

22:00

company many times and they have the

22:01

most outofc control marketing I've ever

22:04

seen. Like, bro takes one dose and all

22:05

of a sudden he turns into a creature

22:07

from the dark forest. I know some of you

22:09

guys remember this thing. I'm not going

22:10

to call it a human. It's not a human.

22:12

That thing uses possessed as milk in his

22:14

morning cereal. genuine since 1977.

22:17

That's a red flag. That's something a

22:19

married man would tell you to convince

22:20

you that he hasn't been cheating. Now,

22:22

the biggest red flag is it says

22:24

strongest and safest pre-workout on the

22:26

market. Safest by whom? Like, it can't

22:29

be the FDA calling this safe. It just

22:32

sounds like they're confident we're not

22:33

going to find the bodies. Like, this is,

22:35

trust me, bro, levels of safe. Like, if

22:38

it was safe, they wouldn't have a

22:39

massive warning sign on the website,

22:41

which I mean, I do appreciate. So,

22:45

I'm I'm so nervous to take this. So, one

22:47

scoop is the beginner dosage, which is

22:50

200 milligrams of caffeine. Full force

22:52

is three scoops, which is 600 millig of

22:56

caffeine. I mean, if you're going to be

22:57

buying possessed, you're not taking one

22:59

scoop. That's like buying a pair of

23:01

shoes and only wearing one of them. So,

23:03

we're going to go three and uh call upon

23:08

the strongest demons to take over my

23:10

body. Another insanely big red flag is

23:12

that the percentage daily value for

23:15

three scoops is just completely blank.

23:16

There's just stars.

23:19

I don't Does that mean infinity? I don't

23:21

really know. I'm not heap scooping this.

23:26

It smells like a berry that survived the

23:29

nuclear apocalypse, which is kind of

23:31

what I expected. So, one, that's for the

23:34

beginners, the losers. two

23:39

and three. I definitely should have

23:41

asked my CNS for consent before doing

23:43

this.

23:46

All right, here we go.

23:54

[Music]

23:58

Yeah, that tastes like freaking human

23:59

horsepower. That tastes like sour

24:03

gasoline. like something that you would

24:05

use to like repair your boat. Going to

24:07

head to the gym and uh sip it on the way

24:09

there and hopefully it doesn't kick in

24:10

while I'm in the car. But if I get into

24:12

a car chase and I get pulled over, I

24:16

just tell the cops I was possessed.

24:18

>> I'm calling this flavor tragic berry

24:20

because it's definitely not tropical.

24:22

Once I finished it, as expected, I

24:24

immediately felt it.

24:25

>> My ears feel like they're sweating.

24:31

And the tingles right now are out of

24:33

control. I did not realize there was

24:35

beta alanine in it. There's like 4 1/2 g

24:37

of beta alanine in it. It feels like

24:39

there's like a red ant farm on my face.

24:42

Is 4 and 1/2 g of beta alanine a lot? I

24:44

don't even know.

24:47

Heart rate was in the high 80s to low

24:50

90s just driving to the gym. Not only

24:52

was I feeling wired, I was also starting

24:54

to feel increasingly more paranoid. As

24:56

you can tell by my face, my eyes are

24:58

watering and my face is a lot more red.

25:00

It was even hard for me to sit still. I

25:03

have never felt more sketched out

25:07

in my entire life. Like I'm looking at

25:10

people at the gym like they're my enemy.

25:12

Like I wanted a gym stimulator, not a

25:15

panic attack simulator. I feel like I'm

25:17

in an elementary school tickle fight

25:20

while the freaking clown from It is

25:22

chasing me trying to harvest my soul. I

25:24

also cannot stop rubbing my ears in my

25:26

face. If I'm going to be taking

25:28

something this strong, you better

25:30

believe like I'm expecting PRs like

25:33

left, right, and center. Like PR is

25:34

practically handed to me on a silver

25:36

plate. I just wrapped up this heated

25:38

hamstring curl and that felt incredible.

25:40

I was so strong. I just feel obligated

25:42

to hit a PR on every single thing that I

25:43

do right now. How I feel as a person, as

25:45

a human being, horrible. Like terrible.

25:48

The entire time I just feel like I'm

25:51

getting away with a crime. And the funny

25:52

thing is the only possible crime here is

25:56

my own murder. The next thing we are

25:58

doing, which is going to be a true test,

25:59

is the pendulum squat. Three sets of 10

26:01

pause reps with some heavy weights. So,

26:03

if this goes well,

26:06

I mean, it might be worth it. Going into

26:09

this set, I feel like I could PR or pass

26:11

out. There is really no in between.

26:13

Fortunately, but also unfortunately, the

26:15

set felt amazing. I was able to bust

26:17

through a plateau I've been stuck at for

26:18

3 weeks. So, maybe this stuff does need

26:21

to stay in my pre-workout rotation.

26:22

>> It's crazy when you're doing the sets.

26:25

You kind of feel like your life is on

26:26

the line and it's not like you're just

26:28

at the gym. Like, if you don't complete

26:30

the set, you might get shot, which I

26:35

mean, I guess mission accomplished.

26:37

Like, I'm getting the I'm getting the

26:38

I'm hitting the weight, but do I feel

26:41

okay? Not really. But maybe it's like a

26:43

colonoscopy.

26:44

It's supposed to be effective, but it's

26:47

not exactly supposed to be fun. Every

26:49

set just keeps on getting better, too.

26:52

And I don't know if that's motivation or

26:54

mild possession, but I'll take it.

26:58

>> My heart rate this entire workout would

27:00

fluctuate from the mid 140s to high 150s

27:03

the entire time. And the scary thing was

27:05

even between exercises, it wouldn't

27:07

really go down.

27:09

>> I would love to see a Zen monk trying to

27:12

control themselves on this. I don't

27:14

think it's possible. That said though,

27:16

the symptoms at the beginning of the

27:18

workout are starting to fade and now I'm

27:20

feeling just pure energy, which is quite

27:23

nice. Caffeine causes your body to

27:25

increase the level of dopamine in your

27:26

brain, which is the chemical that causes

27:28

you to feel happy, which is exactly what

27:30

I'm experiencing at insane amounts. I

27:32

don't just have a good energy, I have

27:34

really good focus, and I have superb

27:38

endurance. The one thing that's just

27:40

kind of making me feel a bit weird is

27:41

that I feel extremely happy. And when I

27:44

feel happy, I get like it just can't be

27:47

good. You know what I mean? I feel like

27:48

the something's got to give. So, I feel

27:50

like whatever happened at the beginning

27:52

to now,

27:54

I'm just kind of worried about what the

27:55

crash is going to be like cuz when it

27:57

hits you hard, I feel like I feel like

27:59

the crash just has to be even harder.

28:01

Workout finished. I'm definitely not

28:03

taking this stuff ever again because I

28:05

feel like longterm I'd grow like a

28:06

second tail or something like that. But

28:08

I will say this was the most effective

28:10

thing so far. It's been like 3 hours

28:13

since I worked out and my head is

28:17

pounding. I'm feeling aggressively

28:19

nauseous. Even just having my eyes open

28:22

right now is straining my head. So, I'm

28:25

just lying in bed right now. Um, it's

28:28

awful, but I saw it coming. I knew it

28:31

was coming. It sucks.

28:32

>> Just as I suspected, the harder the

28:34

caffeine hits, the harder and more

28:36

intense the crash. World's strongest

28:38

pre-workout. Two stars. Level six, yohim

28:42

bean or yohimine? I'm not really sure.

28:45

>> Apparently, yohim bean is much more

28:47

powerful than caffeine, which would

28:49

probably explain why it's banned in a

28:51

lot of countries, including Canada, the

28:53

country I currently live.

28:56

The FDA has actually had it on its

28:57

unsafe herb list since 1977 due to its

29:01

potential side effects like heart

29:02

problems and seizures. So, if that's not

29:05

alarming, wait till you hear some of

29:07

these reviews. Thomas apparently got the

29:09

Hershey squirts. It's exactly what you

29:11

think it means. I've been on the John

29:13

more times than I've had women over and

29:16

it's getting kind of crazy. First of

29:18

all, Thomas is not making that

29:19

comparison unless he absolutely pulls.

29:21

So, good for you, Thomas. The poops have

29:24

been insane, but good product. What?

29:27

Like, that's confusing. Whooper gives it

29:30

five stars and says, "Bro, all

29:32

capitals." I've done from fentamine to

29:35

blank. It rhymes with Bane. And this

29:37

stuff gives me more energy than both of

29:39

those. I've been drinking coffee since

29:41

kindergarten.

29:43

So, pretty much my entire life. And this

29:44

is intense, dude. Who are your

29:47

parents? Holy. I feel bad for you, man.

29:50

Brock says, "Anxiety through the roof. I

29:53

didn't know you could feel so bad

29:54

mentally and feel dialed in at the same

29:57

time. Focus was okay, but anxiety was

30:00

too much to handle." We'll see about

30:02

that. Grayson, five stars and says,

30:04

"Makes me shiver." and then just wrote

30:06

yes

30:09

and Jordan three stars good but stuff is

30:12

strong but gave me a skin rash all over

30:16

he had to quit so needless to say this

30:17

stuff is is pretty intense so hopefully

30:19

I don't I don't myself like Thomas

30:22

or get a skin rash like Jordan all right

30:24

well it says to take one capsule on an

30:26

empty stomach 30 minutes before your

30:29

workout so I mean here we

30:36

[Music]

30:38

and let level six commence.

30:40

>> Derek describes this one as adrenaline

30:42

in a bottle and I was feeling those

30:44

effects within minutes of taking it. I

30:46

was getting goosebumps and my hair was

30:47

standing all over. And before even

30:50

making it to the gym, I had to pull over

30:52

immediately. Thomas was right. A common

30:54

side effect of yohimine is diarrhea. So

30:57

hopefully this is my only visit. I

30:58

finally made it to the gym and started

31:00

my lift. And you wouldn't believe what I

31:02

felt.

31:03

>> I'm not feeling anything right now. Like

31:05

nothing. I feel good, but I don't feel

31:08

like I'm on anything. I don't know if

31:10

it's because I've been taking stimulants

31:12

every single day this week. My body sees

31:14

yohimine as a vitamin. If that's the

31:18

case, that's extremely concerning. But

31:22

luckily, I have felt none of the side

31:24

effects of anxiety, no rashes. I did

31:28

have to Hershey squirt, but just the one

31:30

time. But other than that, I feel really

31:32

good. Lift has been great and I'm

31:34

feeling really, really strong. Maybe the

31:37

scary thing about Yohimine is that it's

31:39

convincing me that how I feel right now

31:41

is my new piece. Maybe I don't have a

31:44

normal anymore. Maybe I just have

31:45

stemmed or more stmmed. The rest of my

31:49

workout, I had nothing crazy to report.

31:50

No anxiety, no rashes, no shivers, and

31:53

thankfully no more Hershey squirts. I

31:55

just felt normal. And normal doesn't

31:57

mean bad at all. Even though I feel

32:00

completely normal supposedly, this is

32:03

surprisingly the best I felt this entire

32:06

week. It's kind of like if you go to the

32:08

bar every single week and you always

32:10

drink and get hammered and then the one

32:11

time you go, you decide to stay sober

32:12

and not drink and you feel amazing. It's

32:14

kind of like that. So,

32:17

I'm feeling the least right now, but I'm

32:20

I'm feeling the best, if that makes any

32:22

sense. On paper, I was expecting that

32:25

supplement to rock me like Tesla stock

32:27

after an Elon tweet, but I'm surprised.

32:30

Didn't really feel much, but it

32:31

definitely eliminated my appetite, like

32:34

obliterated it. It is currently 237 and

32:38

I'm having my first meal of the day and

32:40

I really don't even need it. I just kind

32:42

of want to have it right now. Do you

32:43

guys want to know what level infinity

32:45

performance enhancer is? It's simple.

32:47

It's food. Tracking your calories and

32:49

your macros. It is the most important

32:50

thing that you can do if you're looking

32:52

to build muscle, lose fat, or make

32:54

progress in the gym. So, that is why I

32:55

always recommend that you use the

32:57

macroactor app. When I track calories,

32:59

the most important thing to me is

33:01

accuracy. The entire macroactor database

33:03

is completely verified, so you can trust

33:05

everything that you're logging. And if

33:07

you have no idea how to track calories,

33:09

they have a smart nutrition coaching

33:10

feature which will do everything for

33:12

you. So, you just sit back and the app

33:13

will automatically adjust based off your

33:15

goals, based off your weigh-ins. It just

33:17

does everything for you. So, if you guys

33:18

want to try it out, make sure to use

33:20

code will for a twoe free trial.

33:22

>> Yohim bean 1.5 stars. Level seven.

33:26

Coffee. What?

33:28

>> I am not sniffing, snorting, or inhaling

33:31

this pre, but this one, this one's

33:33

scaring me the most. There is 728

33:37

mg of caffeine in a 12 oz cup of this

33:41

coffee. If you are buying this coffee,

33:43

anything that happens is your fault.

33:45

Essentially opening this bag is the

33:47

liability waiver. The name literally

33:49

communicates clear warning and

33:51

expectation of what's possibly to come.

33:54

And also, where are you getting 728 mg

33:58

of caffeine beans, the fresh fertile

34:00

land of Chernobyl? But with all that

34:02

said, the coffee is fair trade and

34:04

organic. So the people harvesting it are

34:06

all good. But the people drinking it,

34:10

different story.

34:11

>> It's time to make a cup of coffee. This

34:13

makes the pre-workout we took seem like

34:15

iced tea. Flavor notes are supposed to

34:17

be strong, dark, and rich, which makes

34:20

me want to marry it. Massiey's review is

34:22

incredibly concerning. It's aderall in a

34:24

cup, according to Massie. But if we

34:26

think Massiey's review is concerning,

34:28

just look at Matthews. It's so much

34:30

worse. Matthew is just happy to have

34:32

found what he's been truly looking for,

34:33

a literal death wish.

34:35

>> I have never weighed coffee until right

34:38

now, but I think this is critical. I'm

34:40

going to be taking this coffee black. I

34:42

think that this is the final boss of

34:44

taking anything black. I fear if I put

34:46

like milk or sugar in it, it would

34:48

literally disintegrate into nothing. I

34:50

am currently sitting in my bathroom

34:53

because they recommend that you take

34:55

your first cup in total isolation. And I

34:57

don't know if that's like a marketing

34:58

thing to be like, "Wo, it's so strong

35:00

and so cool." But I'm taking that stuff

35:02

pretty seriously. So, I'm locked in my

35:05

bathroom about to have my first cup.

35:09

And this is so dark.

35:13

Perhaps a reflection of my soul.

35:17

Here we go. Cheers.

35:23

It tastes like I'm drinking Voldemort's

35:24

ashes. Very bitter coffee. Extremely

35:27

strong. Like French press is probably

35:30

the strongest way that you can make

35:32

coffee. So, I wouldn't even be surprised

35:34

if this is over 728 millig. Also, if I

35:38

don't feel this, this is going to be a

35:41

clear sign to me to chill the f out on

35:44

my caffeine.

35:45

>> This might be what I'll look like once

35:46

I'm done this cup. The more I drank this

35:48

coffee, the more I began to like it.

35:50

Maybe it's the dark lord taking over my

35:52

body or something, but it was not too

35:54

bad. And it didn't take too long for it

35:55

to kick in while I was drinking it.

35:57

>> I'm 3/4 of the way done. And I am I'm

36:01

not only feeling it, I feel like the

36:03

caffeine has already hijacked my body

36:05

because if you think about it, I've

36:06

already had like over two large coffees.

36:10

All right, last jug.

36:17

This is for sure the worst I have ever

36:19

felt taking any sort of stimulant. I

36:21

really did not feel like myself.

36:23

>> I am trying to

36:26

calm myself down as hard as possible

36:28

right now.

36:29

But I definitely do not feel like I took

36:32

something legal. My cheeks are like

36:35

tingling and I feel like I'm in a game

36:37

of Mario Kart.

36:39

I'm not going to drive that way. Of

36:41

course, the best way to describe

36:44

this feeling right now is

36:46

my body is a vessel

36:49

and like a caffeine demon has just taken

36:51

it over. I'm like 99% caffeine, 1%

36:55

self-control.

36:57

If I put on like any pre-workout music,

36:59

I it would end me. Like I'd just be too

37:01

hyped up and I' I'd be I'd be done. But

37:03

I kind of feel like I'm watching myself

37:05

drive. I know what everything is going

37:06

on around me. I know my blind spots,

37:08

what's in front of me, what's behind me.

37:09

I'm like literally driving the speed

37:11

limit to the tea right now, which is I

37:13

don't speed. I go like 5 to 8 over, but

37:16

this is pretty pretty good. I feel like

37:19

I could just keep on talking forever

37:20

right now when no one else is in the

37:21

car. But I'm just going to stop. I am

37:24

usually a pretty dramatic guy because

37:26

I'm a YouTuber. It's just part of who I

37:28

am. But right now, I'm I'm being honest

37:30

with you with how I feel. It's insane. I

37:32

I actually kind of forget the drive

37:34

here. I feel like I teleported to the

37:36

gym. One of my biggest fears with like

37:39

really strong coffee in general is

37:40

myself with this stuff. I fear

37:43

like I already have or it's just going

37:46

to come so unexpectedly.

37:48

But thankfully, it's not leg day. I

37:50

never thought I could potentially die in

37:51

a gym toilet stall, but I wouldn't be

37:53

surprised to see it on my bingo card.

37:55

>> I feel like I just blinked and boom, I

37:57

just did three sets. Every single rep

38:00

feels like I'm trying to outrun my own

38:02

heartbeat. It's like the most

38:05

uncomfortable feeling ever. They call

38:07

this death wish coffee. So, I mean, if

38:09

the wish comes true, at least I'm going

38:11

to die doing something I love.

38:14

[Music]

38:16

I am blowing through this workout in

38:18

record time. like I am just destroying

38:21

it and hitting all the ways that I need

38:22

to which is great but there's a lot of

38:24

my friends here who I normally talk to

38:27

and I would love to talk to them and

38:29

it's not because I don't want to. I just

38:30

feel like I don't have the capacity to.

38:32

I don't have the capacity for meaningful

38:35

conversations. Also, weirdly the yellow

38:36

wall right there I feel like I can smell

38:38

it. It's crazy to think that this is

38:39

just a cup of coffee. People drink

38:41

coffee and then go to work. There are

38:43

some people on this planet that drink

38:45

the coffee that I just had and then go

38:47

and do their desk job. Like I I can't

38:49

even imagine. I feel like it'd be like a

38:50

cage match against Microsoft Word. Like

38:53

those people must be insane. I I need to

38:55

meet them. I just dusted back in 30

38:58

minutes. Bicep time. I feel good. I feel

39:01

really good. I do not feel like myself.

39:04

I just want to smile. I don't smile a

39:06

lot. The one thing that is just really

39:08

bad is that the anxiety is just it's

39:11

through the roof. I feel like I've done

39:12

something bad and gotten away with it.

39:15

You know when you go to Chipotle and you

39:17

ask for double meat and they give you

39:19

double meat. Then they give you like

39:20

that little plastic thing beside your

39:21

bowl to show that you had the double

39:22

meat. But sometimes they forget and then

39:24

you're like, "Oh my god, they forgot."

39:26

And then you try to see if you get away

39:27

with it. But then you don't know if

39:29

later on they're going to realize they

39:30

gave you double meat and they're going

39:31

to ask you why you didn't tell them.

39:33

It's kind of like that times a thousand.

39:36

But then once you kind of embrace the

39:37

fact that it's just an artificial

39:39

anxiety, you can kind of just live with

39:41

it. There is a reason why this was level

39:43

seven. This is the hardest. I felt it

39:46

and am currently feeling it this entire

39:48

video. It was also the most effective

39:49

thing by far. It feels like a

39:51

performance enhancer. Kind of like the

39:54

point of the video. One thing to

39:56

remember is you can get carried away

39:58

with these things, but the thing is

39:59

you'll eventually acclimatize to the

40:01

dosage. And guess what? You just have to

40:03

continue to up it every single time. So

40:05

the best strategy, don't take any of it.

40:08

Sleep, water, and good quality food

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because you can always get more of that,

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right? Hopefully I can get back into my

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body soon. I'm really not okay. I don't

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know if I'm showing it or not. I'm just

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I'm really not okay. Death Wish coffee.

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Four stars.

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>> Babe, what are you doing? Isn't the

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video done?

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>> Nope.

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So, no. Level eight. Level eight. Level

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eight.

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Interactive Summary

The video explores the world of performance enhancers by having the presenter test seven increasingly extreme products, from canned oxygen to highly potent pre-workouts and coffee. Each level is evaluated based on its effectiveness during workouts and the enjoyment it provides, detailing the physiological and psychological impacts. While some enhancers offered temporary boosts, many led to concerning side effects like extreme anxiety, elevated heart rates, digestive issues, and severe crashes, highlighting the fine line between enhancement and danger. Ultimately, the video concludes that natural methods like proper sleep, hydration, and quality nutrition are the safest and most sustainable strategies for performance.

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