Let's continue... The
Ephedrine/Caffeine/Aspirin (ECA) stack is very effective in
even very small dosages. The problem is, your body adapts to
them and you will need more to get the same effect. This leads
people into constantly increasing their dosages, which
does cause bodily harm, and in some cases even death.
The ECA stack must be cycled in such a way that your body is
never allowed to get used to it, and that way it doesn't build
a dependency either. The common dosage of Ephedrine is
25mg, Caffeine is 200mg and Aspirin is
325mg, although 325mg of aspirin over an extended
period of time can be harsh on your stomach. You can try to
find lower dosages, or even coated aspirin with stomach
guard.
6-week cycle. ~
Anything more than
6 weeks straight is not recommended...
Week 1
Take one ECA dosage per day. You should take it early
in the morning before breakfast or cardio.
You will notice that you feel
more awake and alert when you would normally feel
tired.
If
you do cardio in the morning, you will be able to go a little
longer.
You
will sweat more during your workouts, your blood pressure will
be higher and your pulse will be faster.
These are all side-effects of
speeding up your metabolism.
Near the end of the week, you
will notice that the effect doesn't last as
long.
Week 2
Take twice a day.
Once before breakfast, and once at around noon time. Instead
of noon-time, you can take it 30 minutes before your workout,
if your workout is before 6:30pm. Any later than that and
you're risking losing sleep that night!
You should start feeling that
kick again, as it felt at the start of last week.
Again, by the end of
the week, you should be feeling that its effects are
decreasing, which moves us to week 3.
Week 3
Take three times a day. Once before breakfast, once
at around noon time, and once at around 4:00pm.
This is the highest
dosage that you will ever take. It is high enough to be very
effective, but not high enough to harm you.
For the past three weeks your
metabolism has been at an elevated level. You should already
notice some results in your body fat
percentage.
Week 4 | no
ECA stack this week..
This one week lay-off ensures
that your body does not build a dependency for the stack. Your
metabolism will still be elevated from the past few weeks, and
you should also be involved in a strict diet now, which will
prevent you from starting to put on fat
again.
Week 5
Take the stack twice
a day, as you did in week 2.
This dosage will be enough to
get your body revved up again after a week of no
ECA.
Week 6
Take three times a
day, as you did in week 3.
This is the final week of the
stack. Continuing this will make it ineffective, so we do not
recommend it. After this week, you should not take the stack
at all for a while, let your body level off again at a steady
metabolic rate, after having burned off a fair amount of fat.
You should continue your diet and exercise program and you
will not notice any 'rebound'.
