Creatine makes you look soft?

[SinisterUproar]

I have always taken creatine... I noticed while running epistane and my creatine intake going to almost nothing my muscles looked rock hard. Now two weeks after starting taking creatine I feel like I look "soft" again.
Anyone else experience this?

 

[Nelson Montana]

too much creatine will cause bloating

 

[SinisterUproar]

I don't feel or look bloated... Just softer

 

[dabuffguy]

He means water retention.

Bloat is excessive water retention.

Water retention varies from person to person. I notice very little if any at all. Some get lots, medium, little or unnoticeably any at all.

 

[IncredibleHoss]

Yeah it's the retention of water in your muscles.

Cycle it off and on

 

[mdpasha]

Try creatine nitrate. You can enjoy the strength & vascularity without water retention. Also easy on the stomach

 

[freakshow85]

IMO, if you are waking up in the morning with marks in your skin from sleeping on the bed, you should probably cut back on the creatine a little. At least this is what happens for me if I actually take 5g worth daily, which has been discussed a lot and really 3g seems to be plenty for creatine monohydrate.

 

[SinisterUproar]

I take creatine HCL right now. I'm on a bulking phase right now... I'll stay on for a little longer than cycle off