Yea its one of those threads but, we're here to help and get help.
I can't get into a serious creatine cycle anymore. i absorb it subligal only on training days. i did a loading phase and maintenance with effervescent in the past and gained 10lbs mostly of water weight. it worked great, but it gets too pricey and you gotta stay on it. pain in the ass.
sublingal and effervescent are the only two ways creatine doesn't give me gas out the ass. powder makes me sing "I push push push... and the flames go higher.... And My ass burns burns burns.... A ring of fire, A ring of fire" Johnny Cash
Scaggs