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NMN vs NR for actual energy on long training weeks, anyone switched between them

Posted by student748 in Longevity & Anti-Aging - 6 points, 4 comments.

For what it is worth i've been reading heaps about NAD+ precursors and i'm keen to try one but honestly cant figure out if NMN or NR is the better call. I know the theory is similar, both boost NAD+ levels, but i keep seeing people say NMN feels more noticeable for energy and NR is more subtle but better studied.

My main question is whether either of them actually does anything you can feel during a heavy training block. I'm doing 80-100km weeks right now and recovery is everything at this stage. If it just quietly supports cellular stuff in the background that's fine too but i'd love to hear from someone who's used one or both for a while.

Also slightly worried about the cost because NMN seems heaps more expensive down here in NZ. Is the price difference actually worth it or is NR perfectly sweet as for general longevity purposes?

I'm not on any other NAD+ stuff currently, just rapamycin weekly low dose which i've posted about before. No issues with that so far, seemed fine for sleep and recovery, could just be placebo though.

Keen to hear what people are actually noticing day to day, not just the theory.

Comments

  • sleep_coastal: I tried both over maybe a year total. Anecdotally, NMN felt like something I could notice, NR did not. With NMN sublingual I'd get a subtle but real pickup in morning alertness, kinda like a clean caffeine without the jitters. NR just felt like nothing changed day to day. Could be placebo on the NMN side, hard to say. But here's the thing, neither one made a measurable difference in actual training recovery for me. I still needed the same sleep, same food, same deload weeks. The energy thing w
  • grinder_busy116: That matches what I'd expect tbh. NAD+ precursors probably help you feel less sluggish but that's not the same as recovering faster from volume. If you're already sleeping enough and eating right, I doubt NAD+ is the bottleneck. Imo people conflate "I feel more awake" with "I'm recovering better." Different things entirely. You still needed the same deload weeks, that tells you what you need to know?
  • student748: Yeah that's a fair point actually, for what it is worth i think you're probably right that feeling more awake gets conflated with actual recovery. Hadn't really separated those two things in my head. The deload weeks thing is a good reality check too, if NAD+ was genuinely helping recovery you'd presumably need fewer of them. Might just start with NR then since it's cheaper here and treat it as background cellular support rather than expecting anything noticeable.
  • student748: Chur that's actually really helpful, kinda what i suspected but didn't want to admit. The morning alertness thing from NMN sublingual sounds tempting but if it's not translating to actual recovery during heavy weeks then yeah nah, hard to justify the extra cost down here. For what it is worth i think i'll start with NR given it's better studied and cheaper, and if i feel nothing after a couple months that's probably my answer. Did you take NR sublingual too or just oral? Wondering if delivery m

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