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How exactly does creatine work and does it work?
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Tomek.. The HULK
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well i started a few days ago..
heres a little brief memo from what i know.. it gets more water into your muscles... and gives you more strenght.. i take the powder... 4 tble spoons a day for 5 days and then a table spoon a day ... (max of 3 months)
in terms of gain? well i can do some 15 pushups with the creatine i did 20 and if i went to fail it'l be 25-30 so i can feel the improvement.
heres a little brief memo from what i know.. it gets more water into your muscles... and gives you more strenght.. i take the powder... 4 tble spoons a day for 5 days and then a table spoon a day ... (max of 3 months)
in terms of gain? well i can do some 15 pushups with the creatine i did 20 and if i went to fail it'l be 25-30 so i can feel the improvement.
calitrainman
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I've also noticed a slight increase in strength when on creatine. It seems to be less noticable if creatine IS NOT cycled.....taking around 2-3 weeks to get the full effect of it vs. 5 days of loading.
Gains have never been really extreme, at least for me. Steroids are the only thing I know of that will give you that. But creatine does work and I'd recommend it as a help in lifting.
Gains have never been really extreme, at least for me. Steroids are the only thing I know of that will give you that. But creatine does work and I'd recommend it as a help in lifting.
emo_boy
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calitrainman said:
Could you explain further? You said to cycle creatine to get the full effect? Is that correct?
How exactly would you cycle? You mentioned 5 days loading and 2-3 weeks ... what do you mean by that? I am a NOOB so if you could spell it out for me, that would be great!
Here's what I've heard, might not be exactly right.
Creatine is converted to creatine phosphate and stored in your muscles. During strenous exercise your body signals the breakdown of stored creatine, causing it's phosphate molecule to break off and help form atp's to produce additional bursts of energy when your muscles would normally be waving a white flag.
After the loading phase, you should take it about an hour before you work out. It takes an about hour to get into yuor bloodstream. If it isn't used within about an hour and a half of reaching your blood to replace creatine stored in your muscles your body will just pass it as waste. So the idea is to get your muscles loaded up first, then have some in your blood so it can dive right into your muscles when u deplete your stores during a workout.
Studies have demonstrated that it's not just another BS supplement. Creatine really does help, and most serious athletes use it. I've heard about it increasing water retention too, but I don't know anything about that.
Creatine is converted to creatine phosphate and stored in your muscles. During strenous exercise your body signals the breakdown of stored creatine, causing it's phosphate molecule to break off and help form atp's to produce additional bursts of energy when your muscles would normally be waving a white flag.
After the loading phase, you should take it about an hour before you work out. It takes an about hour to get into yuor bloodstream. If it isn't used within about an hour and a half of reaching your blood to replace creatine stored in your muscles your body will just pass it as waste. So the idea is to get your muscles loaded up first, then have some in your blood so it can dive right into your muscles when u deplete your stores during a workout.
Studies have demonstrated that it's not just another BS supplement. Creatine really does help, and most serious athletes use it. I've heard about it increasing water retention too, but I don't know anything about that.
c00per
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emo_boy said:
There is a little bit of info on creatine at this link. It is not much but it may just answer your questions.
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=429873
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