too much creatine?

[knicks226]

i only take 5-10 grams of creatine a day but i work out almost everyday(5-6 days a week) so i take it almost everyday....do i need to cycle off it so my body learns to produce creatine on its own?

[Proposturalized]

Some people will argue that cycling creatine is beneficial. Some people will argue that it does nothing.

Personally, I cycle creatine every 6 weeks or so.

[ygbodybuilder10]

Some people will argue that cycling creatine is beneficial. Some people will argue that it does nothing.

Personally, I cycle creatine every 6 weeks or so.

i myself do believe that creatine doesn't have to be cycled off, but i'm now giving my body a break from it for a while, so when i do go back on it i will see better gains

[Proposturalized]

i myself do believe that creatine doesn't have to be cycled off, but i'm now giving my body a break from it for a while, so when i do go back on it i will see better gains

Contradictory statement is contradictory

[tjcliner]

i only take 5-10 grams of creatine a day but i work out almost everyday(5-6 days a week) so i take it almost everyday....do i need to cycle off it so my body learns to produce creatine on its own?

take it post workout the 4-6 days a week u lift. therefore cycling off isnt needed. Take creatine with an Insulin spike therefore u absorb more of it

[ygbodybuilder10]

Contradictory statement is contradictory

actually no, because i have went a whole year on it, if i wanted to i could keep on staying on it, i just feels as thou i dont want to take it anymore for a while

[NO HYPE]

Some people will argue that cycling creatine is beneficial. Some people will argue that it does nothing.

just feels as thou i dont want to take it anymore for a while

Based on the research that I have viewed, allowing for an occasional washout period would be a wise choice [especially if you're taking creatine everyday].

There is absolutely no need to take creatine on the off days [unless you like pissing money down the toilet]. Research has demonstrated the fact that intramuscular PCr concentrations will remain at near maximal saturation for extended periods of time. Unless it's prolonged/exhaustive exercise [such as to the extent of running a marathon], ingesting creatine on workout days only, is more than sufficient to maintain the saturation point. Additionally, numerous peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated the fact that the downregulation of the creatine transporter [CreaT] and/or arginine:glycine amidinotransferase [AGAT] as a result of excessive creatine supplementation, has indeed been proven to be an evident fact.

Additionally [aside from dietary intake], one has to take into consideration, the sufficient amount of [endogenous] creatine that is synthesized on a daily basis. Excluding dietary and/or supplemental intake, the daily synthesis of creatine via the methylation of guanadinoacetic acid within the liver is sufficient enough to maintain the body pool at 120-160 grams.

Take creatine with an Insulin spike therefore u absorb more of it

Won't do much for you [unless you just started taking creatine].

An insulin spike elicited from dextrose will merely assist the rates in which creatine is transported into the muscles [prior] to intramuscular PCr saturation. Once saturation has been achieved, the addition of dextrose does nothing to enhance the maintenence of the saturation point, nor does it enhance the cell's capacity to store PCr.

Inducing a hyperinsulinemic response in an effort to increase creatine accumulation, would merely be of benefit to individuals who have not yet reached the saturation point [the upper limit of which is 160 mmol/kg dm]. In addition, once intramuscular PCr concentrations have reached the saturation point, they remain elevated at near maximal capacity for extended periods of time [even in the absence of daily creatine supplementation].

[snorkelman]

allowing for an occasional washout period would be a wise choice.

Just wanted to add for the bros, you will not achieve bringing levels back to baseline unless you go "off" creatine for 4-6 weeks. You will still have plenty in your system if you go off for a couple days. Basically it takes weeks for levels to drop back to baseline.

[NO HYPE]

Just wanted to add for the bros, you will not achieve bringing levels back to baseline unless you go "off" creatine for 4-6 weeks. You will still have plenty in your system if you go off for a couple days. Basically it takes weeks for levels to drop back to baseline.

Exactly.

[davidearle]

i only take 5-10 grams of creatine a day but i work out almost everyday(5-6 days a week) so i take it almost everyday....do i need to cycle off it so my body learns to produce creatine on its own?

your body can only use so much creatine before it just makes you pee out the rest... i'd say anything more than 5g a day is a waste.
in terms of cycling i'd say go on for 2 weeks, off for 2 weeks. your body will respond better to it this way rather than just staying on non-stop

the best creatine out there is Magnum's Big C... it has a blend of several kinds of creatine and Magnum's the only company out there that guarantees it's products are made with exactly what it says on the bottle

[NO HYPE]

the best creatine out there is Magnum's Big C.

Not true.

Magnum's the only company out there that guarantees it's products are made with exactly what it says on the bottle

Not true.