Ripped Fuel Any Good?

[ariebenpesach]

:whazzup: anyone here tried ripped fuel for cutting? does it work? howard stern does ads for it but that doesn't mean much.

thanks for any comments!

[Jasonl]

The ephedra-free stuff isn't worth the money from what I've heard from other memebers.

[PiKappaWRX]

I have twinlab's ripped fuel w/ ephedra, and the stuff works really well. as far as the ephedra-free stuff, don't waste your moeny on it.

[harryhoudini66]

It is awesome if it has ephedra. The stuff without it just sucks. You can try making your onw ECA stack.

[Budiak]

I don't know if it is still available, but don't even think about buying the Ripped Fuel chewing gum. I tried that stuff, and every time I spit it out before the flavor was gone. The flavor? Oh, it tastes like caffiene, aspirin, and ephedra.

Not a good flavor.

[ariebenpesach]

do they still sell it with ephedra?

[Dedicated]

No they took it off the market.

I took ripped fuel with ephedra last year and I lost 37lbs. Alot of it was muscle due to my horrific diet at the time, extremely low cal, but alot of it was fat also, I got lots of compliments. I would say make your own EC stack.

[PiKappaWRX]

im taking the stuff with ephedra right now, and i'm loving it. losing mostly fat, not muscle because i'm still eating enough. too bad you can't find it on the market anymore, just get some vasopro ephedrine alkaloids and make your own stack.

[Jasonl]

Yep, home-made EC stack is the way to go now, it would probably be best to add some grean tea extract to it as well. With proper diet, exercise, and a good EC+green tea stack, you will just see the fat melt off.

[Vido]

Yep, home-made EC stack is the way to go now, it would probably be best to add some grean tea extract to it as well. With proper diet, exercise, and a good EC+green tea stack, you will just see the fat melt off.

You won't see much in the way of fat-burning properties from green tea extract unless you are megadosing it, which in turn would leave quite a hole in your wallet. I'd say just stick to ephedra (20-25mg) and caffeine (200mg) three times daily.

[Jasonl]

You won't see much in the way of fat-burning properties from green tea extract unless you are megadosing it, which in turn would leave quite a hole in your wallet. I'd say just stick to ephedra (20-25mg) and caffeine (200mg) three times daily.
Green tea extract isn't that expensive. Here is an article about the benefits of EGCG:http://www.1fast400.com/?ingredients_id=17
Before calling this articel bias, scroll down and check the list of references. I know there are quite a few members here who will chime in on the thermogenic properties of green tea.

I suggest 600mg of green tea extract, daily. In addition to the ephedrine. The anti-oxidant properties alone make it worth while, IMO.

[Vido]

Green tea extract isn't that expensive. Here is an article about the benefits of EGCG:http://www.1fast400.com/?ingredients_id=17
Before calling this articel bias, scroll down and check the list of references. I know there are quite a few members here who will chime in on the thermogenic properties of green tea.

I suggest 600mg of green tea extract, daily. In addition to the ephedrine. The anti-oxidant properties alone make it worth while, IMO.

I never said it was expensive, but if you megadose anything the price is going to be fairly steep. I totally agree with you about the anti-oxidant properties, so I don't necessarily think it is a waste of cash. As far as fat burning, I'm still skeptical; however, I suppose I will backtrack a bit. For OPTIMAL results, you would want to megadose (2000+mg EGCG). Many people on other boards have tried this with great success and real world experience always impresses me more than studies. Like your study says though, there is no need for insanely high doses to reap "some" of the fat burning potential.

I'll draw a comparison to ALA (regular ALA, not R-ALA), also a good anti-oxidant. You can take 200-300mg of ALA and benefit from the anti-oxidant properties of it, and sure that might help shuttle a few extra carbs into your muscles. However, if you want to have NOTICEABLE effects on your physique, you're going to be looking in more of the 2-5g range. This is the exact reason I am not a big believer in supplements in general. Aside from the tried and true supps like creatine, ginger root, and the EC stack none of them are very economical for what you get. Anything like green tea, ALA, methoxyisoflavone, tribulus, etc. has to be used in extremely high doses to have noticeable effects.

[PiKappaWRX]

getting back to the question...yes ripped fuel w/ ephedra is good, and IMO the one w/ out ephedra sucks. so make your own EC stacks 25mg/200mg and maybe throw some green tea extract in there too.

[kr632]

what the hell is an EC stack and how do i make it

[Jasonl]

what the hell is an EC stack and how do i make it
EC stack=ephedrine/ehpedra+caffiene "stacked" together
You can buy everything you need online from various retailers. All you need to do is buy the seperate components and take them daily. I think a good "starter stack" would be something to the tune of 25mg ephedrine, 200mg caffiene and 600-800mg green tea extract, divided into two doses daily. One ~20mins before breakfast and the other in the early afternoon(depending on your schedule, of course). Just make sure you take the second dose at least 6 hours before bed, if you want to sleep.
1fast400.com has everything you will need to make this particular stack. Some may argue with me that this may not be strong enough, and, in a week or two at that dosage, if it appears to not be working, and you're body is responding well to the stack, you could up it a bit. If this is the case, take 25mg ephedrine in the morning with 200mg caffiene and 300-400mg green tea, and repeat in the early afternoon. You should start at a low dose, it is better to be safe than sorry.

[PiKappaWRX]

and just FYI don't take more than 100mg ephedrine daily.

[toughguywannabe]

Okay what about all those people who died from ephedra? is it just people who overdosed on it?

[Budiak]

Not necessarily overdosed, but people who kinda thought they were more human than human.

Take the football player...the guy was like 150lbs of flab on top of an already stressed musculature, outside in 110+ degree weather, and is already severely dehydrated. The ****er pops two doses of an ephedra-bearing product and he dies.

Did the ephedra kill him? It sure as **** didn't help his situation. But it is most definitely not the 'cause' of death, which is not to say that it did not play a part in his demise.

[Genacide]

I took about 5 Ripped Fuels (with ephedra) within a hour awhile back and woke up in the middle of the night sweating like crazy and my heart was going a mile a minute :help: .... yes it works, don't take to many.

[Glazed Donut]

I took about 5 Ripped Fuels (with ephedra) within a hour awhile back and woke up in the middle of the night sweating like crazy and my heart was going a mile a minute :help: .... yes it works, don't take to many.

Damn bro, read the back label :eek: Taking 5 within hour doesn't sound good.

[Genacide]

Still Alive :thumbup:

[Max-Mex]

Uhm, if ephedra products can't be sold anymore, how is it that 1fast400 can sell it? Am I missing something?

[Jasonl]

Uhm, if ephedra products can't be sold anymore, how is it that 1fast400 can sell it? Am I missing something?
I think they're only selling ephedrine, but it can be sold for use in a fat loss stack. Yay for loop holes! :D

[Max-Mex]

Lol!

[PiKappaWRX]

ephedrine alkaloids are not illegal as they can be used for athsma and are intended for it, but gotta love the loop hole because we can stack ephedrine alkaloids with caffieine and/or green tea and get a EC or ECG stack. however, ephedra based products have been outlawed and are illegal.

[_8_Ball]

I took about 5 Ripped Fuels (with ephedra) within a hour awhile back and woke up in the middle of the night sweating like crazy and my heart was going a mile a minute :help: .... yes it works, don't take to many.


Perfect example for CNN and the other journalists... It's people like you who OD, die and then your family would blame ephedra...

Figures.....

_8_

[DavidyourDuke]

I just took some Ripped Fuel Extreme and jeez I feel like I could run a marathon, and impregnate a village!