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| I was thinking about hopping back onto creatine. I have taken it in the past but never really felt any difference. I know it wont be anything huge, but I want to give it everything I got in my journey. I dont know if I should do the loading phase like it says I can do on the can that the powder came in. I have skipped it in the past and done the loading phase where you take more for the first 5 days. If anyone here does use creatine, what pros and cons do you have with the product? |
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| I took it for a while and didn't really notice a diffrence |
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Hangar wrote I took it for a while and didn't really notice a diffrence I do know if you dont do the loading phase it can take longer to get to the point where anything happens I guess. Its kind of weird. |
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| I used to take it, haven't for awhile. Definitely noticed a difference in my strength but nothing crazy. You have to drink a sh*t ton of water a day for it to really reach it's peak effects. Talking upwards of a gallon a day if you're an average sized male like 170lbs or so. |
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You should 100% take creatine if you're serious about weight training, and past the newbie gains point. Of all the misinformation in the fitness industry, that is one supplement that is pretty much universally agreed on as beneficial. There is abundant research on it's benefits. It basically helps produce more ATP in your muscles, ideally allowing you to go harder on your workouts.
There's not really any cons. I guess you could say it's another thing you have to pay for and worry about taking, and you may gain some weight from water retention. Yeah it might not be anything crazy noticeable, but if you can lift that little bit more of weight/recover better, that means more gains/progress. I don't see a reason not to take it unless you can't afford it or have some sort of preexisting kidney or liver problem. |
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Tasty wrote You should 100% take creatine if you're serious about weight training, and past the newbie gains point. Of all the misinformation in the fitness industry, that is one supplement that is pretty much universally agreed on as beneficial. There is abundant research on it's benefits. It basically helps produce more ATP in your muscles, ideally allowing you to go harder on your workouts. I remembered it, I didnt keep taking it after the loading phase the last time, because it was around the time I was having some digestion issues. I know some people have had problems using the restroom after taking it, on very rare cases I believe. Just was wondering if anyone had any bad times with it. All mostly good online, so I will try deciding how to go about it. Do you reccomend doing a loading phase or just staying consistent from start to finish |
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Tasty wrote You should 100% take creatine if you're serious about weight training, and past the newbie gains point. Of all the misinformation in the fitness industry, that is one supplement that is pretty much universally agreed on as beneficial. There is abundant research on it's benefits. It basically helps produce more ATP in your muscles, ideally allowing you to go harder on your workouts. I dont have anything like that, but I do have type one diabetes, haven't seen anything saying that it would be bad for diabetics to take creatine though. Should be good to go! |
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FlexTaylorYT wroteTasty wrote You should 100% take creatine if you're serious about weight training, and past the newbie gains point. Of all the misinformation in the fitness industry, that is one supplement that is pretty much universally agreed on as beneficial. There is abundant research on it's benefits. It basically helps produce more ATP in your muscles, ideally allowing you to go harder on your workouts. I dont think Creatine has any effect on Diabetes. Never heard of any issues. |
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| thats what i thought too |
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