Jesse James West tested five of the strongest, and most banned, pre-workouts there is.
Fitness influencer and bodybuilder Jesse James West has taken on many challenges in the gym. These include workouts with some bodybuilding greats, eating challenges, and more. This time, West acquired some of the “most banned” pre-workouts there is to judge them on many levels.
West has transformed his physique naturally and even began competing on stage. In this post, we detail Jesse James West’s experiment on the supplements while testing to see if he is able to pass a drug test and remain natural following the five-day week.
“I’ve collected a list of the most banned supplements only to be found on the darkest parts of the web and I’ll be testing all of these banned items to see if it causes me to fail a drug test and lost my natural status.”
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Jesse James West acquired all supplements before beginning and used one per day over the course of the week. Before he began, West even discussed the different substances with Derek from More Plates More Dates.
Pre-Workout 1: Jack3d
The first pre-workout was Jack3d. This substance was created in 2009 and was banned by the FDA within three years. It was banned because it is a proprietary blend, meaning it is questionable what is in it. It features many ingredients which are currently banned in many countries which include:
- 13 dimeth, or D.M.A.A.
“I can genuinely say this kicked in in 10 minutes and I’m starting to feel some type of way. It’s like when I started working out and I have that little kid excitement and I feel good right now.”
West explained how he felt the effects within 10 minute and it led to an insane pump in the gym. He hit a barbell bench press after claiming he has not performed this workout in three months.
“I wanna say it’s not just the ingredients, I think it’s literally because I can push myself harder. I can focus so hard on getting blood into the muscle.”
- Flavor: 4 (scores out of 10)
- Pump: 10
- Energy: 8.5
- Overall: 7.5
Pre-Workout 2: Mesomorph
West moved onto Mesomorph, which was one pre-workout he used at 18 years old. It came out in 2015, which came as a surprise considering that there were many similar ingredients to Jack3d.
During the workout, West had great energy early on but it did not last long.
“The scary thing about Mesomorph is that you’re going to have extreme highs and then you’re going to have extreme lows. The amazingness that I was feeling only lasted like 30 minute. I still feel good and energized but I just don’t have that extremely excitement anymore.”
Following his season in the gym, West experienced cottonmouth and high stress levels.
“I don’t know if this pre-workout is dehydrating me or if one of they ingredients is doing that but I feel my tongue is just a piece of cotton.”
- Flavor: 6
- Pump: 8
- Energy: 7.5
- Overall: 7.2
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Pre-Workout 3: Ultimate Orange
Derek MPMD did not see the point in taking Ultimate Orange because there was not much in it that typical pre-workouts feature.
“There is literally not one pump ingredient…Nothing in here is representative of what you would use a preworkout for other than flavor stimulants,” Derek MPMD said.
The taste of this pre-workout was great accord to West but that was about all there was to say.
“My power outlet is definitely not what it was yesterday and the day before. I feel like my CNS is not as stimulated.”
- Flavor: 9
- Pump: 7
- Energy: 4
Pre-Workout 4: Craze
The chemical compound of Craze is pretty unpredictable, according to Derek MPMD. West experienced great energy on the substance but it was not the best pump of the week.
“THE STIMULANTS WERE SMOOTH. THEY WEREN’T MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I WAS GOING TO CRASH OR PEAK. I’LL BE HONEST, THE PUMP WASN’T THAT MUCH. OVERALL, I WAS HAVING SUCH A GOOD WORKOUT THAT I PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS ONCE IN AWHILE.”
- Flavor: 8
- Pump: 6.5
- Energy: 9
- Overall: 7.8
Pre-Workout 5: Excelsior
Finally, Jesse James West used Excelsior, which was considered the strongest of the bunch. It is an illegal pre-workout in the U.S. and admittedly the “most sketchy.”
“Four stimulants in there. Two of which have very high overlapping mechanism of action. The anxiety level on this could be pretty f*cking high,” Derek MPMD said.
West shared that his resting heart rate was 95 and that it reached 110 just from walking into the gym.
Following his workout, West took drug tests to see if he was able to pass and remain natural. Even after taking five banned substances, he was able to pass.
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