The playbook
Mix it yourself.
Community-tested recipes and setups — the kind of guides the forum crowd keeps re-deriving in scattered threads, gathered in one place.
The $100 lab bench
The bench everyone builds eventually — a milligram scale, a capsule machine, jars and desiccant. The threads converged on this kit years ago; it costs less than two tubs of branded pre-workout.
Read the guide →Make your own pre-workout
The recipe-swap threads converged on this stack years ago: citrulline, beta-alanine, caffeine, creatine — weighed on a scale, not scooped from a tub that hides 44.3% of its label. About sixty cents a serving, and every regular has a remix.
Read the guide →Brew your own energy drinks
The energy-drink clone is one of the most re-derived recipes on the forums — every few months someone posts their version and the comments converge on the same five actives plus acids. Here is the consensus build, priced out: a $2–3.50 can against ≈ $0.40–0.60 a liter.
Read the guide →Fill your own capsules
The threads settled this years ago: a $20 machine, a thousand empties for $15, and any bulk powder becomes a pill you dosed yourself. The beginner trap never changes — capsule size is volume, not milligrams.
Read the guide →DIY electrolytes & sports drinks
Every electrolyte thread ends the same way: three salts, a kitchen scale, and a jar. The flagship brand publishes its own formula — the community priced it out years ago at about eight cents a packet.
Read the guide →The bench
Under $150, all in.
The seven-piece starter kit — a milligram scale, capsule machine, jars and desiccant. Costs less than two tubs of branded pre-workout; pays for itself inside a month.
- Milligram scale~$25
- Kitchen scale~$12
- Capsule machine$18–40
- Empty capsules~$15 / 1,000
- Mortar & sifter$5–15
- Amber jars + desiccant$15–25
- Labels + log~$5
- ~$75–120 all-in — under $150 with a first ingredient order
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