i remember reading on a bottle of creatine u needed to drink at least 5 glasses of water a day... anyways i was talking to this nutritionist at vitaminshoppe bout creatine and he said thats only with old school creatine with the new stuff drinking extra water isn't necessary, is this true?
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10-09-2008, 09:02 PM #1Registered User
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do u need to drink lots of water when using creatine?
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10-09-2008, 09:10 PM #2Registered User
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No, that guy at vitamin shoppe was an idiot. Also, this isn't really science... it should go in just the Supplements forum, but you are new so just remember for next time. You need 1 GALLON of water though. That's 120 oz of water a day minimum while on creatine. Heck, you should aim for that much on or off creatine.
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10-09-2008, 09:19 PM #3Not saying much.
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^x2. Water is the best thing for ya, on creatine or not.
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10-10-2008, 12:04 AM #4You say something!?
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The "nutritionist" at vitamin shop eh? lol
drink that water, dude
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10-10-2008, 12:23 AM #5work in progress
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ya, you need to drink more water. When on creatine I noticed that I felt better with at least 3 litres per day. I pissed alot though.
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10-10-2008, 12:49 AM #6finally back at it
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like everyone else said you need to drink a gallon a day, also creatine pulls water into your muscles with it. It uses water to cross into your cells, so yes absolutely drink tons of water if your using creatine and even if your not.
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10-10-2008, 01:10 AM #7Registered User
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creatine monohydrate is the old school creatine and is the only kind you should be taking because it is the only kind that is studied and that we understand. taking anything else without proof that it does something good is stupidOriginally Posted by getbaked
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10-10-2008, 06:35 AM #8MISC. CORONER
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yeah if youre not used to drinking that much water you will definitely piss more often but once your body starts getting used to that much water intake you will piss less frequently. It took my body over a month of consistant water drinking for me not to have to piss every 7 minutes.Originally Posted by nillocsivad
Oh my god, it even has a watermark.
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10-10-2008, 11:14 AM #9Registered User
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jUST REMEMBER TO DRINK ALOT OF WATER WHILE YOU ARE TAKING SUPPLEMENTS BECAUSE THEY also contain some harmful subtances while some good ones too... which migh be absorbed in different organs ...but u need to flush down all that junk too so drink alot of water atleast 2 or 4 litres... Tc
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