Question on Purple-K Creatine

[consumingfire]

The bottle says to take 1-2pills 30mins before a workout and 1pill in an hour after working out. Purple K says that you do not need a loading phase, so what is the reason for taking the pill after the workout?

[Joelsopher]

Originally Posted by consumingfire

The bottle says to take 1-2pills 30mins before a workout and 1pill in an hour after working out. Purple K says that you do not need a loading phase, so what is the reason for taking the pill after the workout?

its a buffered creatine, you dont need as many grams as monohydrate, 750mg per pill, 2 pills is 1500mg which is 1.5g..

1.5 before, 1.5 after, total of 3 grams.

my friend cut the dose to 1 before and 1 after and 1 on rest days, and he got good gains, all depends how fast you want gains i suppose.

[DGibson23]

The pill after would be for recovery. For best results, on training days, take creatine after your workout. It will not make you nauseous and is best taken at this time in order to replenish lost stores. If you wish to take more on a training day (i.e 10 grams),then take half pre-workout and remaining half post-workout.

[_Smitty_]

Originally Posted by Joelsopher

its a buffered creatine, you dont need as many grams as monohydrate, 750mg per pill, 2 pills is 1500mg which is 1.5g..

1.5 before, 1.5 after, total of 3 grams.

my friend cut the dose to 1 before and 1 after and 1 on rest days, and he got good gains, all depends how fast you want gains i suppose.

great advice.

because it's a buffered creatine, it's bypassing the acid of the stomach, allowing for maximum creatine absorption w/o worrying about creatinine conversion.

consider how much monohydrate from a 5g. dose is metabolized and converted to creatinine before it's shuttled away.