Smelling salts and amonia sticks?

[Jelly bean Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jelly bean]

I have seen many videos where a guy smashes something in his hand takes a wif and yells and hits his set. I found out later that it is smelling salts and/or amonia. Really? How effective is this practice?

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

never done it before. i think it kinda burns and therefore shocks you a little. just a guess. yea, they are amonia caps. i remember hearing an intervew with a powerlifter who said they stopped using the caps and just started keeping a jug of amonia around the gym lol

[jimmy93 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jimmy93]

never used anything like this myself, but there is a fella in my gym that has a little bottle of something that he smell's every few set's i asked him whats it is and does but he's polish and don't talk much English from what i understand he say's it clear's his head or something.

[Jelly bean Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jelly bean]

wow so no real benifet that I can see yet. I'm sure someone will chime in and give us the low down.

[PushinWeight Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PushinWeight]

man, the dumbells at my gym have rubber over the... heads(?) of the weights. the rubber smells like absolute asshole, you can just sniff them and get crunk

[myosaurus Member Find all posts View Profile Close myosaurus]

ammonia is used to snap a person out of faint. it must have some kind of ''rush'' effect.

[Jelly bean Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jelly bean]

I wonder if it induces vasodiolation?

[Honey Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Honey]

It's supposed wake you up and give you the focus to get the weight. For some, it gives them an adrenaline rush. Personally, it does nothing more for me.

[Jelly bean Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jelly bean]

so I gave it a shot and it does put you in a kind of a hyped up zone to force some max weight, but damn it burns!

[Braveone Member Find all posts View Profile Close Braveone]

I use them in my bench meets. They really just clear your head. But I use them as sort of a cue for my set up. When I smell it, I start the mental checklist of things I need to do in order to get those three white lights.

[Nadeem Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Nadeem]

hi friends,
it is more about bench meets, they just clear your head,
the things which i need to do in order to get those three lights.........