Creatine before or after protein?

hey guys, just wondering if i should take my creatine before or after my protein shake?
i usually just take my protein shake after my workout but now i have purchased creatine and im not sure whether to have it before or after my shake.
Suggestions?

[QUOTE=AidosBrah;724897761]hey guys, just wondering if i should take my creatine before or after my protein shake?
i usually just take my protein shake after my workout but now i have purchased creatine and im not sure whether to have it before or after my shake.
Suggestions?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142403[/url]

Will find alot of info there. :)

take it with your shake post workout on non workout days take it whenever you like

doesnt matter when, better with an insulin boost~ apple juice or something probably post workout and with ur shake if you want..

WITH MY SHAKE?! wont that make it taste like ****? like do you mean put in my protein and creatine powder together in the one mix?

[QUOTE=youngzealot;724901251]doesnt matter when, better with an insulin boost~ apple juice or something probably post workout and with ur shake if you want..[/QUOTE]

Spiking insulin whilst taking creatine is entirely unnecessary.

[QUOTE=MrB1g;724906571]Spiking insulin whilst taking creatine is entirely unnecessary.[/QUOTE]

alright man I think we talked about this before, maybe it isn't it could be a myth but this is what I have been told. But why do you think it's unnecessary, I have been told it makes you absorb it quicker, is this false?

[QUOTE=youngzealot;724901251]doesnt matter when, better with an insulin boost~ apple juice or something probably post workout and with ur shake if you want..[/QUOTE]

Correct about timing. However >

[QUOTE=MrB1g;724906571]Spiking insulin whilst taking creatine is entirely unnecessary.[/QUOTE]

^ This.

[QUOTE=youngzealot;724906951]alright man I think we talked about this before, maybe it isn't it could be a myth but this is what I have been told. But why do you think it's unnecessary, I have been told it makes you absorb it quicker, is this false?[/QUOTE]

It does absorb quicker. However there is no reason to why it would matter how fast it is absorbed.

*Edit. Sorry B1g for stealing a question directed at you.

this is a little off topic, but wouldnt it be beneficial to take creatine pre workout? so that its in ur system by the time u hit gym? rather than used after a workout to replenish?

ive never really bothered to ask and ive been thinking bout it and to me it made sense to take before hand to increase ATP and creatine system or watevs its called.

anyone care to shed some light plz?

Dude tak creatine be4 workout n after workout tak ur protein shake..

[QUOTE=youngzealot;724906951]alright man I think we talked about this before, maybe it isn't it could be a myth but this is what I have been told. But why do you think it's unnecessary, I have been told it makes you absorb it quicker, is this false?[/QUOTE]

Oh yes, that's right.

You put faith in the opinion of broscientist bodybuilders.


Amount of dextrose necessary to spike insulin sufficient to increase creatine uptake by a negligible amount, ~100g. Importance of this, given the whole point of creatine supplementation is to reach a saturation level where uptake is irrelevant, ~0.

[QUOTE=Sammyd1337;724911121]this is a little off topic, but wouldnt it be beneficial to take creatine pre workout? so that its in ur system by the time u hit gym? rather than used after a workout to replenish?

ive never really bothered to ask and ive been thinking bout it and to me it made sense to take before hand to increase ATP and creatine system or watevs its called.

anyone care to shed some light plz?[/QUOTE]

Creatine is not a pre-workout supplement.

Take it whenever you want.

[QUOTE=MrB1g;724914121]Creatine is not a pre-workout supplement.

Take it whenever you want.[/QUOTE]

ok cheers man

Anyone wanna answer my original question? hahahha :)

[QUOTE=AidosBrah;724916341]Anyone wanna answer my original question? hahahha :)[/QUOTE]

some people take it before, others after. some people also have a protein shake before gym and after gym. do whatever u feel like. u could even mix ur creatine into ur post-workout or pre-workout shake.

[QUOTE=AidosBrah;724916341]Anyone wanna answer my original question? hahahha :)[/QUOTE]

It doesn't matter.

with? protein lol.. i always have it in my shake

[QUOTE=MrB1g;724913741]Oh yes, that's right.

You put faith in the opinion of broscientist bodybuilders.


Amount of dextrose necessary to spike insulin sufficient to increase creatine uptake by a negligible amount, ~100g. Importance of this, given the whole point of creatine supplementation is to reach a saturation level where uptake is irrelevant, ~0.[/QUOTE]

I believe you mate thanks for explaining :)