Anyone use ammonia caps in training?

[zackrock]

I was planning to use 1-2 a week, but I dont know how fast "immunity" builds up to them. Anyone use them regularly?

 

[Rottenrogue]

What would your reasoning be for using them that often? Sincere question I am not bashing you.I use them for Pr's on shit yourself weights only.

 

[slicwilly2000]

What are ammonia caps?

Slic.

 

[porky little keg]

You don't ever really build up much of a tolerance to them...... my team usually pops 2 in a small pill bottle and everyone uses that for the day of training.... hotter than a cap in the open air, cost effective, and you don't have 30 pink pieces of garbage to pick up later.

If I'm having trouble waking up before a bigger lift I'll use ammonia, also for big deadlifts. I don't like them for squats or benches because I like to think through both of those, there's a lot of technique to using multi-ply gear so I , personally, don't like getting that fired up. Sometimes in training, rarely in a meet.... but almost always for the deadlift.


Slic: they are smelling salt caplets that you are supposed to pop under a persons nose if the pass out.... lots of athletes use them to clear their head before a big lift or whatever..... that and it'll get you fired up. Watch NFL guys on the sidelines right before they go in, you'll see them there.

 

[hardcore210]

House of Pain sells a bottle of ammonia, called Nose Tork. It'll last quite a while, but it'll blow your head off if you're not careful! Haha!

 

[Rottenrogue]

lo! yes when they say wave under nose they do not mean stick under nose and sniff!

 

[Growinboy]

i just saw a recent study making the case that they dont actually do anything physiologically... More of a placebo or "psyching up" effect...

 

[ragamuffin]

Always used them in PL meets a few years back. Seemed to clear your mind, fire you up. You could tell the old hippies cause after they snorted the ammonia they would hold their breath...lol

 

[Rottenrogue]

Ammonia is as important to a lift as chalk is.Chalk is magic in my book. I agree that it clears the head and allows pure focus on a lift.It also pisses me off.

 

[IronInsanity]

Ammonia is as important to a lift as chalk is.Chalk is magic in my book. I agree that it clears the head and allows pure focus on a lift.It also pisses me off.

And getting pissed off is important for any big lift IMO.

 

[Rottenrogue]

lol Big lifts dont go up if your head is off in Mamby Pamby land,

 

[moya]

i believe there is also a resperitory system stimulatory effect as well... i pretty much save them for competition myself, and i use them on all my lifts...