If my muscles were hard 3 days ago, and now they're soft, what does this mean?

[slick1235676]

I just started taking creatine steadily last week, and i've been drinking a ton more water, but my calories have been cut drastically as well i'm cutting. any of this contribute to the softer muscles?

[ungerre]

I just started taking creatine steadily last week, and i've been drinking a ton more water, but my calories have been cut drastically as well i'm cutting. any of this contribute to the softer muscles?

Creatine makes you retain more water. It's probably just that side effect making you think your muscles are soft when its just water retention.

[wwkingms]

I just started taking creatine steadily last week, and i've been drinking a ton more water, but my calories have been cut drastically as well i'm cutting. any of this contribute to the softer muscles?

creatine is NOT for cutting

nutrition forum for more info

[Ruz4life]

creatine is NOT for cutting

nutrition forum for more info

Bullsh!t junior. Go spread your fallacies elsewhere please.


Creatine is great while cutting and will help you retain strength while eating in a caloric deficit.

[wwkingms]

Bullsh!t junior. Go spread your fallacies elsewhere please.


Creatine is great while cutting and will help you retain strength while eating in a caloric deficit.

Yea cause nothing helps u get cut like an extra 10lbs of water...

Or cramping over and over while doing cardio....

U wanna maintain strength while cutting then up your amino intake up

Only option may be a creatine EE or creatine hydrochloride but most people don't have the same strength gains from those as old fashioned monohydrate

[anticure]

Yea cause nothing helps u get cut like an extra 10lbs of water...

Or cramping over and over while doing cardio....

U wanna maintain strength while cutting then up your amino intake up

dont listen to this dude...creatine is great while cutting

[wwkingms]

dont listen to this dude...creatine is great while cutting

Another hero...

Ok don't listen to me.. its must be something else causing is muscle softness and water gain while he's trying to cut and be hard...


Suck down all the creatine in the worl

[HenryHill1]

Another hero...

Ok don't listen to me.. its must be something else causing is muscle softness and water gain while he's trying to cut and be hard...


Suck down all the creatine in the worl

I am also wondering if creatine should be used in a cut? Anyone got a write up /knowledged post about the topic that they can link a brotha to?

[wwkingms]

I am also wondering if creatine should be used in a cut? Anyone got a write up /knowledged post about the topic that they can link a brotha to?

This should be moved to the supplements forum..

But honeslt yeveryone responds differently to creatine.

Personaly, with monohydrate I gain water weight.. and am a little bloated... moreover my small muscles cramp more making cardio terrible...


Id stay away from creatine when cutting...

[KhoraskGTR]

This should be moved to the supplements forum..

But honeslt yeveryone responds differently to creatine.

wish my useless body would respond in someway to Creatine... even with a painful cramp... would be nice to know its in ma body somewhere.. doing something

[wwkingms]

wish my useless body would respond in someway to Creatine... even with a painful cramp... would be nice to know its in ma body somewhere.. doing something

Wat creatine are u using?
How much are you taking?
Did you load? (If its monohydrate)
What times r u taking it?

[Kyle1994]

soft brah

[SuffolkPunch]

This should be moved to the supplements forum..

But honeslt yeveryone responds differently to creatine.

Personaly, with monohydrate I gain water weight.. and am a little bloated... moreover my small muscles cramp more making cardio terrible...


Id stay away from creatine when cutting...

You don't drink enough water or are not getting the right minerals or electrolytes. You should never get muscle cramps.

Cutting water weight is the kind of thing you might do for a competition, unless you are about to do a shoot or are vain enough to worry about what you look like on the beach, I would rather have the strength and recovery boosting effects of creatine while cutting.

[chazzy1864]

Creatine doesn't need to be cycled this day and age. It is useful for everyone, and as stated, can help you keep energy/strength levels up while cutting.

Creatine monohydrate can make you retain water, if you dose too much.

you can avoid that dilemma by using Ethyl Ester, kre-alkalyn, or any other modern form of creatine that has been altered so you don't have to overdose on creatine to get its benefits.

[Bostongeorge617]

Yea cause nothing helps u get cut like an extra 10lbs of water...

Or cramping over and over while doing cardio....

U wanna maintain strength while cutting then up your amino intake up

Only option may be a creatine EE or creatine hydrochloride but most people don't have the same strength gains from those as old fashioned monohydrate

Creatine causes water to be held intra-muscular, not subcutaneous. It does NOT hold you back in the definition department. So holding an extra "10 lbs of water" statement is invalid.

If you are cramping while using creatine, you aren't drinking enough water. You may also be using an inferior brand (read cheap).

Since when did amino acids aid strength?

CEE and many of the other newer creatine forms are garbage with no clinical tests to prove their worth. This is my opinion as I tested CEE with no results. Studies cited by these new-gen creatines are based on monohydrate studies.

To OP: Creatine will not really begin to show it's benefits until after a few weeks, not one. Perhaps your change in diet is doing this.

I'm dissapointed there were no pen0r lulz to be had in response to title.