Whats the best creatine in the market?

[Elementality]

Ive been using Biogenetix Creatine D2T for the past month and from a lot of forums and word of mouth I've heard this stuff is garbage. I honestly haven't felt much gain from it. I weigh 180 Lbs, I drink tons of water and make sure to have around 80 - 100 grams of protein daily with a good diet. When I work out, I work out correctly and hard. Ofcourse Ive been gaining, but I havent noticed an extra gain from creatine. I've also heard monohydrate is garbage. If im interested in buying creatine by itself (not mixed with other stuff like cellmass, no xplode, amp02) whats my best bet?

 

[jon1320]

Well from other posts that I have read from this board and others, the winner to your question seems to be Dimaxx creatine. It's a liquid form and easy to "do".
Iv'e been in your boat before, I used NO-SHOTGUN,and noticed a slight gain but not really.
Question for you: When do you take your creatine?
I always take a creatine product 30 mins before working out.
You're protein level seems a bit low to me, if you want to see results fast.
Up it to 175-250g's a day, and don't forget you're post workout protein shake.
My workout buddy that neglets to protein up immediatley after workouts has seen me surpass his max's, and now he is considering to hop on my diet regimine.
Anywho, Dimaxx 30 mins before working out , gallon+ of water, vitamins+mins, and a burl diet will get you results you want.
Don't forget cardio though ... 4 days a week 30 mins a day.. so you don't bloat from the crea.

Iv'e put on 1 extra set of 6 reps on bench press from the weeks before workout, which is a huge gain in my head (some which might be placebo but hell, THANKS!!!)
and iv'e been pumped up to add more weights on all my exercies, and it seems to be working fine!

good luck

 

[Elementality]

To answer your question I take the creatine immediatley AFTER my workout as directed by the packaging. The way this creatine "works" is that it is supposed to stay stored in your fat cells so you always have creatine in your system as opposed to loading it up right before working out.

I have a question for you. What do you mean exactly by "burl diet". And how do you consume that much protein a day? Seems difficult to me ;p. Proven science shows that your body can't consume more than 25 (give or take 5) grams of protein per hour (varying on body weight ofcourse). So do you have a protein drink like every hour or do you eat a lot of meat or what?

I have a lot of friends who make like 50 gram protein drinks but most of that just ends up in the toilet. Neutral health experts claim that for people lifting heavy weights, 1 gram of protein for every 2.00 - 2.25 lbs of body weight is fine. So in my case, thats around 80 - 90 grams of protein which I hit everyday. Then again the weight lifting world is completley controversial so I guess I will try uping my protein intake for a few weeks to see what happens.

 

[Elementality]

I take this statement back, its not true.
"Neutral health experts claim that for people lifting heavy weights, 1 gram of protein for every 2.00 - 2.25 lbs of body weight is fine."

More accurate research shows 1.5 - 2.0 g/kg of body weight.

 

[jon1320]

Okay, by burl diet i mean 6 meals at about 30-35 grams of protein.
which is 180-210g's
Iv'e always heard 1-1.5g's of protein per body weight pound.

example meal plan.. that would give you 200 g's of protein

meal 1 # 3 whole eggs + 1/4 cup of egg whites, wheat bread with peanut butter = 32g
meal 2 # 1 serving of almonds, yogurt, beef jerky = 35 g's
meal 3 # chicken breast with vegi's and a rice cake = 35 g's
meal 4 (post work out) # 2 scoops of 20g protein in water and a gatorade = 40g
meal 5 # steak/tuna/turkey/meat with brown rice = 35g's
meal 6 # (before bed) 1.5 scoops of casein protein in slim milk.

of course take ur multi vitamins, b vitamins, fish oil (flax), glutamine... and whatever else u need.

 

[Elementality]

I see, sounds good. Ill try it out. thanks

 

[OMEGA]

RawMCC and CEE in my opinion

 

[CrAzY Cat]

I take this statement back, its not true.
"Neutral health experts claim that for people lifting heavy weights, 1 gram of protein for every 2.00 - 2.25 lbs of body weight is fine."

More accurate research shows 1.5 - 2.0 g/kg of body weight.

Well for me, on workout days I consume 300 grams of protein and on off days I take in 200 to 250 grams.

I don't deviate much from the types of foods I eat so I don't even count calories anymore, I just keep track of the total protein.

Works for me.


-CrAzY cat-....How many of those so called "health experts" actually lift?