Creatine yes or no?

[dylanstephens54]

Is creatine worth taking?

I think is some in my pre workout I'm unsure

But is it worth taking creatine seperately?

Yes or no and why/why not?

[faipdeooiad]

5g/day is where you should aim for if you’re going to take it.

[bLinkMoore]

Definitely worth it. 5g/day, monohydrate.

It's incredibly well-researched, all studies have found positive effects, and it's dirt cheap

[BeginnerGainz]

Not necessary, completely up to you. Be warned creatine monohydrate May cause stomach pains and bloating even on a maintenance dose and properly hydrated, it did me. But their are alternatives like creatine HCL, con-cret, etc

[JoshLV]

Yes.
Cheap
Effective
Most researched supp ever

[Farley1324]

Is creatine worth taking?

I think is some in my pre workout I'm unsure

But is it worth taking creatine seperately?

Yes or no and why/why not?

Yes.

3-5 grams a day, any time of day, in any beverage, every day, no loading, no cycling. If you take 5g you can skip a couple days a week easy and it won't matter

[Tyler201]

No reason not to. Just drink plenty of water.

Only downside I saw was sometimes my face would be bloated ish

[InfraRen]

Absolutely. I'm currently using Kaged Muscle's CreaClear - a more digestible version of monohydrate. Some people have issues with that.

If you have no issues digestion-wise, you can find it pretty affordably lots of places.

[capnutra]

Definitely. Just not too late in the day perhaps... for me, it causes restless sleep if I take beyond ~3pm.

[dylanstephens54]

Ordered it see how it goes

Currently my protein powder has 2g of creatine in it

So should I take 3g instead of 5g or is the creatine in my protein powder likely trash?

[Farley1324]

Ordered it see how it goes

Currently my protein powder has 2g of creatine in it

So should I take 3g instead of 5g or is the creatine in my protein powder likely trash?

If you aren't even going to trust the creatine content of your powdered food, how the hell are you going to trust it as a food/protein source?

An additional 3g on top of 2g contained in your protein will be plenty

[TheFugitive]

Yes, 3 to 5 grams per day. I recommend Creatine Hydrochloride over Creatine Monohydrate

[capnutra]

I recommend Creatine Hydrochloride over Creatine Monohydrate

Any particular reason? Better results or different effects or? I'm not that familiar with Creatine HCL.

[bLinkMoore]

Any particular reason? Better results or different effects or? I'm not that familiar with Creatine HCL.

It’s supposedly more soluble than monohydrate, which means you don’t have to take as much, which can reduce risk of side effects like stomach pain—but it’s not than well-researched in humans yet

[bLinkMoore]

I used to do it in college. Is it worth it? I don't think so.....all the gains are usually temporary, and you need to take increasing amounts to maintain.

That's simply not true

[ExiledFromFit]

If you want to become a baldlet for a few grams of extra muscle.

[Farley1324]

I used to do it in college.[redacted]

False. All of it

[jaxqen]

Hi,

I know that it is the most researched supplement on the market, but how do you know if it helps you?

Let's say you take creatine and work out and have a decent nutrition
You notice gains
Do you praise the creatine?
Why? How do you know that those gains aren't from working out and nutrition?

Or let's say you work out and you are stagnating. Not many gains.
After a few month you decide to take creatine.
You notice some gains.
Is it the creatine or maybe those gains just appeared later, after hard work?

I've taken it in the past, years ago, due to advices like "man, I can lift more when I take it", "Man, you feel your muscles much harder, like iron, when you work out" and "Man, your muscles will get bigger"

I didn't notice harder muscles. And yes, there were some gains, but maybe because of lifting stuff?
I was bloated sometimes, I peed less, even though I drank a lot of water, constipation.

And still, I just bought creatine yesterday.
I don't know why the hell, but I did it.
It's cheap and as an experiment, most probably.

[Farley1324]

How do you know that those gains aren't from working out and nutrition?

They were. As a natty, that's always where your gains are from (and rest)

[lucia316]

If you want to become a baldlet for a few grams of extra muscle.

Not true that it's going to make you bald. If you're predisposed to male pattern baldness, it may accelerate, but it isn't going to make you bald if it weren't already genetically going to happen.