Frank has three alarm clocks.
One to turn off, the second to remind him he really needs to get up and the third is there to make sure he's up.
He's not lazy, he just works 18 hours a day and drives an hour each way. On his only day off Frank sleeps for 18 hours. Just enough time to wake up and shower before his week starts all over again.
Teri-lynn gets off work at 6am and smells like Vanilla. She's a stripper while she goes through law school. She even has a 4 year old son named Tomas Caine, or TC for short.
No one ever see's Teri tired. Frank looks like something Dr Frankenstein created. Teri excels in her classes and her dancing. Frank's on a performance improvement plan.
Frank and Teri-lynn have one thing in common. Sleep deprivation. Where the differ is how they handle it. Frank drinks gallons of coffee a day to little affect. Teri-lynn takes Spike tablets before class and library visits. She's even been known to drink a spike shotgun while at work.
Enter Paul. Paul drinks a spike shooter in the morning, has an expresso with lunch and knocks back a spike double shot before lifting. He usually drinks a shotgun throughout the day. Paul is ALWAYS tired, on edge and his workouts suck, let alone his mental capacity is severely diminished.
Spike is a line of energy supplements by Biotest. They are very potent and should be used tactically and with care.
Take the case of Teri-lynn. She takes full dose (2) spike tablets only before heavy cram sessions, for regular classes she takes just half a dose (1). If she has the day off, she'll stay away from Spike. As for the shotgun, she only drinks it at work when she's just got in from a big exam and needs a little extra oompf for her pole routine.
Paul - the habitual abuser of spike products has fried his nervous system. He can't function even with all the spike products in the world. The only thing that can save him now is to cut out the spike AND any external caffeine source. He'll need to back his workouts down to light explosive work, make sure his diet is on point and get plenty of sleep every night.
Frank, poor frank. If only he'd buy some spike. He'll be able to function better and get off that performance improvement plan which will mean he wont have to work so much and can grab some sleep for a change. He'll need to back off the caffeine from coffee, cutting it to Zero would be very wise with the spike consumption. For frank I'd recommend drinking a Spike Shotgun throughout work day starting by drinking half of it first thing in the morning.
Here is my breakdown of spike products and how to use them properly:
Spike Shooter: need to run through a brick wall? beat a deadlift PR? this is the drink for you. Half a can is most people's needed dose for power and focus. A whole can is very powerful and often too much for a normal workout/activity
Spike Shotgun: the daily slow drinker. it brings the punch without the jitters
Spike Double shot: it's like 5 hour energy, except it works, great before a workout without over amping you
Spike Tablets: 1 tablet is enough for plenty of mental energy tasks such as all day of classes, 2 tablets is a little extra for when you need to stay up all night studying.
You can apply the three cases above to anyone, in Paul's place you can replace spike products with any other energy drink. Too much can be harmful.
Spike is my energy product of choice, and thus this is my post on Spike's useage. Not everyone needs spike.
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