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    Question How DO i PROPERLY take CREATINE?

    I'm gonna start taking creatine monohydrate in about 2 weeks. I'm looking at either MuscleTech Creatine 6000-ES or Cheap Supplements Creatine Monohydrate. I understand theirs a loading period for 4-5 days where i take a total of 20-25 grams. After those 5 days, how many grams should i take daily after that? and when? i weigh about 155 pounds at 6-8% bodyfat and im very defined and muscular for my size (5'9). I wanna get to atleast 175 pounds so i thought monohydrate would help.

    Also, which creatine should i buy? MuscleTech's creatine or Cheap Supplements creatine? They both got very high reviews thats why i ask.
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    Not tryin to be mean if you would of seared for five minutes about this you would of found your answer in one of the million threads already made in the past 3 days. Loading phases are unnecessary and useless. Take 5grams a day, most do so in their post workout shake. There are other creatine supplements that are designed to be pre and intra, but if you just buy bulk mono post is fine.
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    Originally Posted by Zagz View Post
    I'm gonna start taking creatine monohydrate in about 2 weeks. I'm looking at either MuscleTech Creatine 6000-ES or Cheap Supplements Creatine Monohydrate. I understand theirs a loading period for 4-5 days where i take a total of 20-25 grams. After those 5 days, how many grams should i take daily after that? and when? i weigh about 155 pounds at 6-8% bodyfat and im very defined and muscular for my size (5'9). I wanna get to atleast 175 pounds so i thought monohydrate would help.

    Also, which creatine should i buy? MuscleTech's creatine or Cheap Supplements creatine? They both got very high reviews thats why i ask.
    First things first here buddy.... What is this Creatine stuff you're rambling about?
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    Originally Posted by Vitruvian View Post
    First things first here buddy.... What is this Creatine stuff you're rambling about?
    don't tell anyone but it's those new brotein steronz
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    Buy cheap supplements creatine mono way cheaper and just as effective. I like to take my creatine before.. so do about 5g before and you should be good and cheap supps creatine mono will last you a lot longer
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    Mono powder, 3-5 grams a day whenever you want. Simple as that.

    My preference is for a creapure product, though, such as Prolab. It is still extremely inexpensive so why not get the good stuff.
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    I thought it was around 1g per 40-50 pounds of body weight..I can't remember what it is, but most likely 4g a day would be fine.
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    Put 5g in your mouth per day and swallow. Ideally take it with carbs.

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    Originally Posted by Brawndo89 View Post
    I thought it was around 1g per 40-50 pounds of body weight..I can't remember what it is, but most likely 4g a day would be fine.
    The two most common rules of thumb I see, for simple mono powder, are "3-5 grams a day" or "1 gram per 40 pounds of bodyweight per day"
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    Originally Posted by Farley1324 View Post
    The two most common rules of thumb I see, for simple mono powder, are "3-5 grams a day" or "1 gram per 40 pounds of bodyweight per day"
    Yea same here. I knew it was either 40 or 50 but couldnt remember which one.
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    Originally Posted by Brawndo89 View Post
    Yea same here. I knew it was either 40 or 50 but couldnt remember which one.
    40.

    I remember this because my bodyweight was right around 200 pounds for a little while and the 1 per 40 comes out to 5 so I didn't even have to worry about which one I might want to pick.
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    Originally Posted by Zagz View Post
    I'm gonna start taking creatine monohydrate in about 2 weeks. I'm looking at either MuscleTech Creatine 6000-ES or Cheap Supplements Creatine Monohydrate. I understand theirs a loading period for 4-5 days where i take a total of 20-25 grams. After those 5 days, how many grams should i take daily after that? and when? i weigh about 155 pounds at 6-8% bodyfat and im very defined and muscular for my size (5'9). I wanna get to atleast 175 pounds so i thought monohydrate would help.

    Also, which creatine should i buy? MuscleTech's creatine or Cheap Supplements creatine? They both got very high reviews thats why i ask.
    First off, its proven you do not need a LOADING PHASE. You get the same results by just taking a maintenance dosage of 3-5 grams per day of creatine. Thus, your creatine lasts longer, and you will get the same results !

    Secondly, well, like i said above dont worry about the loading phase, just start off with 5 grams of creatine a day either before, during, or after your workout.. it really does not matter. I personally like i AFTER my workout. But then again i take PURPLE-K, so it is before and after !

    I recommend any creatine really. But i stand by only one creatine.. PURPLE-K.

    Check it out here: http://www.fusionbodybuilding.com/purplek/

    If you want anymore information about PURPLE-K, give me a shout with a message and ask anything you want even if its not about PURPLE-K !!

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    Originally Posted by hedfullofmusic View Post
    Can I get paid a dime for every creatine thread created?
    Could I get a dime for every post I've made that states the fact that supplemental creatine is not needed on a daily basis?
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    Right now im taking Sci-Fit Kre-Alkalyn creatine. I take 6grams a day, 3grams pre-workout and then 3grams post-workout. Ive been taking it for about a month now. Ive seen a difference but not a major difference. Ive read that Kre-Alkalyn was actually debunked (which i read on the bodybuilding.com forum) so im thinking of going to monohydrate. Do you guys think i should go to monohydrate?

    * So no loading phase? Okay
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    Originally Posted by Zagz View Post
    Right now im taking Sci-Fit Kre-Alkalyn creatine. I take 6grams a day, 3grams pre-workout and then 3grams post-workout. Ive been taking it for about a month now. Ive seen a difference but not a major difference. Ive read that Kre-Alkalyn was actually debunked (which i read on the bodybuilding.com forum) so im thinking of going to monohydrate. Do you guys think i should go to monohydrate?

    * So no loading phase? Okay
    * 5grams a day? Not 10grams like most people do
    KA works just like mono.... it's just not worth the additional cash, unless you find yourself getting GI distress from mono [in which case you could just add some Rolaids & problem solved/cash saved]. In response to the absurd amounts of creatine you've been ingesting [on a daily basis], you are merely pissing money into the toilet. I don't care what any rep tells you, once your intramuscular PCr concentrations are saturated, they will remain at near maximal capacity for extended durations of time [this includes the days off]. 3-grams a day is [more] than sufficient.

    Creatine kinase is the enzymatic catalyst responsible for swapping phosphate groups between PCr and ATP. During exercise, ATP is rapidly resynthesised from ADP via the donation of a phosphate group from PCr [so just take your creatine prior to workouts]. ATP regeneration predominantly occurs during strenuous exercise, whereas PCr regeneration predominantly occurs during rest. These are rather moot points when considering the fact that physical exercise itself and/or excessive creatine intake, will not raise the maximal intracellular creatine concentration of 150-160 mmol/kg dm (Clark 1997/Greenhaff 1995/ Harris et al. 1992).
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    Creatine advice

    need advice: I recently bought this muscletech creatine (pills) called creakic, and i noticed the back says to take 6 pills per day (3 pills per serving, 2 servings/day). Now I've never taken creatine before, and this stuff was expensive as fuuuuark, so I was thinking if I take 2 pills/day, will I still see some gains? I'm only on whey right now, and there's 180 pills in this. I was thinking I could make this last for 3 months in that case. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks fellas.
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