best way to take creatine

**dalboy** · 28th March 2006

hi guys been reading up about it

i understand the dosage and the loading phase etc... but i dont understand if your supposed to still work out in between these intervals, or do you just do the loading phase, then do work outs while following the maintenance dosage.

or are you not supposed to do any weight exercises while taking

sorry if this is a dumb question

**guns** · 28th March 2006

Hi, yea your supposed to be training while taking creatine, thats the general idea of taking creatine mate cause it provides your muscles with more short term energy - but that is wasted if you do not exercise your muscles. If you take creatine you should push yourself even harder in the gym. The idea is with more energy you should be able to workout harder. A harder workout leads to increased muscle mass.

Also tests have proven that you do not have to load up 1st on creatine, tests show that you get more results in the 1st two weeks if you do load up but after 4 weeks if you loaded up or not tests have proven that it then levels out and you get the same gains anyway...but by loading up youve just used up more creatine than you had too...which means you have to go out and buy more...

Dont forget to cycle your supplements as well....take a break every so often.

**dalboy** · 29th March 2006

thanks mate. so your saying loading up the second time is not always necessary if there are visible gains.

what im gonna do is probably start tomorrow. start with the load for the 5 days like it says, then the maintenance and gym twice a week like im doing now. see what happens... also eating like wholemeal bread and bananas when taking as advised.

thanks again

**guns** · 29th March 2006

Im saying dalboy that you do not need to load up at all, you can just start with the creatine when you start training but obviously this is upto you m8 as some people will have different opinions and advice on this subject.

Now i know twice a week is better than not going at all but is twice a week the most you can fit in within a week? as you will get a lot more gains from taking creatine by upping your training session to 3-4 times a week.

**dalboy** · 29th March 2006

ok i see. i could do 3 a week. i only do just over an hour each time. ill try doing 3 times a week when i start taking the creatine then... thanks for the advice

**guns** · 29th March 2006

No problem, any time good buddy.

Out of curiosty, have you been training long? do you concentrate on particular areas on each night or do you do 'all rounders' instead?

**dalboy** · 29th March 2006

ive had a 9 month break, but started again in feb this year. going every tue and thur. normally do a 10min treadmill run, then do mainly free weights working on back and arms mainly. so mainly same thing every time. any tips please let me know!

when i first joined i got an introductory lesson thing. showed me which stretches etc.. to do at the end and free weights which would be good, but since then ive followed it but done a few of my own things as well.

thanks guns! (feel free to pm if its better)

**Donny Doyle** · 29th March 2006

Hi M8

Make sure you stop for about a week every two months or so to give your body a break. Apparently some remnants of creatine lie in your lower gut so you've gotta stop and eat loads of high fibre to sh*t it out. A very very good source told me that.

Oh and apparently you don't have to load up if you are taking the capsules instead of the powder, but it's more expensive.

**super mike** · 29th March 2006

Or if, after you have finished the creatine mono, which it has been presumed you have you could try CEE which is a tiny bit more expensive but you don't need to cycle it nor do you need to load it. You also need less as it is absorbed easier.

**Nikki** · 31st March 2006

thanx for advice guns will use this to pass on toa friend who i know is taking it at the moment.

The break from it also i think is pivotal heard this many of times before.

**toto67** · 31st March 2006

Another one to try is CEE as this unlike the old Creatine-mono,you only need to take pre-post workout..Saves a lot of cash and there is NO need to load up..Some people respond better to mono,others to CEE..Personally
mono done jack shit for me but felt CEE to be a lot better...They will encourage you to load up as the more you use the more you spend

But if doing the loading,always take a 2 weeks break from it and drink PLENTY of water whe loading!Helps to flush out the toxins n shit that creatine cause in the kidneys,its like a chalky film it give around it....
But as I say CEE is getting noticed now and loads of people are switching this that dont respond well to mono,so try them out and see what works best for YOU...Good luck

**super mike** · 1st April 2006

Tastes like battery acid filtered through dog turd though

**Kryptonite** · 1st April 2006

Originally Posted by guns

No problem, any time good buddy.

Out of curiosty, have you been training long? do you concentrate on particular areas on each night or do you do 'all rounders' instead?

Just to add to what Guns has post, twice a week workouts you`d be better to do a full workout on all muscle groups then when you get the bug and can handle 4-5 sessions a week you can then split your muscle groups into set days and go nuts.

Good luck.