Quick question about creatine

[Singh23]

i am 16 and about like 4 months and i have been working out for 2 years alomst (on and off). I was wondering if i should take creatine at this age. Would it be alright and any side effects? Also i heard that once you get off creatine you lose what you gained is that tru? In addtion if i should take creatine which one? Cell teck?

[batmanman]

all those effects are not true creatine will be a nice addition to your workouts

[ChefPhalBignuts]

I think you should try it out. Get some ethyl esther or get some Green Mag and see if it works for you

[laserjetx]

im 15(16 on wensday), currently taking creatine monohydrate not so long ago, we went to a farmisist(sp?) to check it out see if its safe for me to take, aparently it is which i was happy about. the other different creatines might be more dangerous at 16. for the brand to take, their all basicly the same thing from my understanding, just some are advertised more and better selling company names.

[Singh23]

ic and can u relly see difference in 1 month?

[ChefPhalBignuts]

Originally Posted by laserjetx

im 15(16 on wensday), currently taking creatine monohydrate not so long ago, we went to a farmisist(sp?) to check it out see if its safe for me to take, aparently it isnt which i was happy about. the other different creatines might be more dangerous at your age. for the brand to take, their all basicly the same thing from my understanding, just some are advertised more and better selling company names.

Most people will say medical people are biased. Medical doctors and pharmacists generally dont know enough about nutrition to give you a correct idea of what will happen.

Monohydrate is older "technology" You have to load it and take so much per day. Ethyl esther or maleate you dont have to load and it absorbs better than mono

[Singh23]

Originally Posted by PhalC1

Most people will say medical people are biased. Medical doctors and pharmacists generally dont know enough about nutrition to give you a correct idea of what will happen.

i agree

[A-Russ]

you don't have to load any type of creatine. Loading is a total waste.
don't get cell tech, you could start with bulk creatine mono, or green mag, storm...theres alot of them.

[Singh23]

Originally Posted by A-Russ

you don't have to load any type of creatine. Loading is a total waste.
don't get cell tech, you could start with bulk creatine mono, or green mag, storm...theres alot of them.

wut u mean by load?

[ChefPhalBignuts]

Originally Posted by A-Russ

you don't have to load any type of creatine. Loading is a total waste.
don't get cell tech, you could start with bulk creatine mono, or green mag, storm...theres alot of them.

You have to load monohydrate because it doesnt absorb as well as esther or maleate

Esther is an alcohol so it absorbs in the stomach

[Vipersg123]

Originally Posted by Singh23

i am 16 and about like 4 months and i have been working out for 2 years alomst (on and off). I was wondering if i should take creatine at this age. Would it be alright and any side effects? Also i heard that once you get off creatine you lose what you gained is that tru? In addtion if i should take creatine which one? Cell teck?

People say that once you get off creatine you lose all that you gained. They say that because they don't have a clue of what is happening. When you start taking creatine you begin to hold onto more water in your body... so you gain quite a bit of water weight... once you stop taking it, you lose that water weight NOT the muscle you gained since you started taking creatine.

Cell tech is a waste of money, there is a reason everyone jokes about it. Buy the cheapest creatine you can, you don't nedd anything expensive.

Also... don't expect wonders from creatine. It won't make you gain muscle, and it won't make you hyooge, it will increase strength but not to a huge degree. Gains are based on your diet, training, and sleep... creatine just increases the efficiency of which your body can use those 3 things in order to build muscle.

Oh and you don't have to load ANY type of creatine... that includes monohydrate.

[laserjetx]

Originally Posted by Singh23

ic and can u relly see difference in 1 month?

well i have been on it for about a week and abit, i have knowticed some gains in my strength and weight wise, i gained 5 pounds and was stronger.

[laserjetx]

Originally Posted by PhalC1

Most people will say medical people are biased. Medical doctors and pharmacists generally dont know enough about nutrition to give you a correct idea of what will happen.

Monohydrate is older "technology" You have to load it and take so much per day. Ethyl esther or maleate you dont have to load and it absorbs better than mono

i deffinitly agree for most docters/pharmacists but we went to this nutrient store the sold a **** load of different proteins/creatines and other substinces. id like to think that they knew what their talking about but these days you cant be to sure.

[A-Russ]

Originally Posted by PhalC1

You have to load monohydrate because it doesnt absorb as well as esther or maleate

Esther is an alcohol so it absorbs in the stomach

no you really don't have to load it. you body can only absorb and use so much, anything over 5-10g a day is a waste.
Loading at 20+g a day is a pointless thing to do, just puts more stress on your body to filter and excrete the unused stuff.

just take you creatine with some juice (preferably not orange juice) and then drink another 8oz of juice 15-30mins after you take it and you should absorb a good amount of the creatine.

[kobk]

yea 16 is a fine age... dont mess with cell tech.. i got hella bloated from cell tech and broke out in acne. get on some ethyl ester.. oh yea and cell tech and wayyyyy to much sugar.

[*DH*]

sizeon and greenmag are by far the best out there imo.

[Singh23]

oh . kk and also if cell tech aint all that. then why people stil buy it? ny other creatines that might be good for me to gain mass(size)

[*DH*]

I wouldn't recommend cell tech. Way overpriced and 75 grams of sugar.

[Vipersg123]

Originally Posted by Singh23

oh . kk and also if cell tech aint all that. then why people stil buy it? ny other creatines that might be good for me to gain mass(size)

Did you miss my previous post completely or what?

Cell tech is advertised liek crazy and pushed at GNC and other supp stores because its expensive... if you know nothing about creatine except cell tech because you see it in your magazines all the time, well then you are clearly more likely to buy cell tech.

Like I said before, (please go back andread my post) , creatine will not MAKE you gain mass.

[Singh23]

so greenmag?

[Wintermule]

**** Green Mag.

Plain Higher Power Creatine Monohydrate.

[Singh23]

pikin wut to take is hard

[zurninator]

how do u "load" creatine monohydrate? I have some and i've been taking it for like a week 30 mins before i work out. Was i supposed to load? And whats that even mean/how do i do it?

[Singh23]

btw how much creatine should u take in a day ( in gram)

[A-Russ]

Originally Posted by zurninator

how do u "load" creatine monohydrate? I have some and i've been taking it for like a week 30 mins before i work out. Was i supposed to load? And whats that even mean/how do i do it?

loading is supposed to help get your muscles fully saturated with creatine faster and i think its also supposed to put a higher concentration of creatine into the muscles. but it doesn't help.
the way you do it is you take 20-25g of creatine for the first 5-7 days...
but its worthless, I'm going to tell you that you won't notice a difference between the recommended dose of 5g a day and 20+g (except you'll have to drink alot more water if you take 20g). You won't get any faster gains or anything like that if you load.
its a total waste
don't do it
stick with 5g a day

[xZxChris]

Originally Posted by Singh23

i am 16 and about like 4 months and i have been working out for 2 years alomst (on and off). I was wondering if i should take creatine at this age. Would it be alright and any side effects? Also i heard that once you get off creatine you lose what you gained is that tru? In addtion if i should take creatine which one? Cell teck?

i took creatine and im 17 . only 1 tub of gaspari nutrition sizeon . saw results and as long as you keep working out you wont lose what you gained trust me . i take only protein now but creatine is good .

[Vipersg123]

Originally Posted by Singh23

pikin wut to take is hard

NO its not... if you read my post you'de understand BUY THE CHEAPEST ONE YOU CAN FIND... you don't need anything special! Regular old bulk creatine monohydrate is FINE and CHEAP.