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02-10-2015, 03:30 PM #1
views on creatine
So is taking creatine worth taking...personally I think it works to a degree as its not expensive but I do like nos pre workout
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02-10-2015, 05:32 PM #2
Is as close to taking steroids as you can come without taking hormones (dont get me wrong, the effects/results are nowhere near similar). It really just fuels your atp (more energy). The size and strength you gain on it is mostly because of water weight. But after taking creatine for a while, you will have gained more muscle than you would "naturally", however we are not talking about much. I wouldnt spend money on it.
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02-10-2015, 09:40 PM #3
Definitely worth it IMO, it's incredibly cheap and proven to work in the majority of people. It's not a dramatic effect but it might mean 1 or 2 extra reps or a little more weight which in the long run adds up.
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02-10-2015, 09:45 PM #4Banned
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If you are a responder to creatine it can be worth it to supplement with it as you more than likely can't get enough through diet alone to mimic what supplementing with it does.
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02-11-2015, 08:29 AM #5Originally Posted by Docd187123
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The physiological characteristics of responders were classified using Greenhaff et al [58] criterion of >20 mmol/kg dry weight increase in total intramuscular creatine and phosphocreatine and non responders as <10 mmol/kg dry weight increase, a third group labeled quasi responders were also used to classify participants who fell in between the previously mentioned groups (10-20 mmol/kg dry weight).
^^^you'd have to measure your intramuscular creatine and phosphocreatine stores. If you tend to gain weight on creatine and lose it when you come off you're probably a responder or quasi-responder according to the criteria above but it's not as accurate a method of determine which group you fall into.
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02-11-2015, 11:07 AM #8
But yes I dfibatly think u can push that last rep out even if it is in your head, an extra rep-growth
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02-17-2015, 06:45 PM #9
creatine almost shut down my liver while at a training camp and every doctor will tell you extra creatine is useless your body makes more than enough naturally not knocking anybody just my experience.
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02-17-2015, 08:47 PM #10
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02-18-2015, 05:33 PM #11Originally Posted by djgreen
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02-18-2015, 06:06 PM #12
Found this study a few days ago and thought it was interesting:
Three weeks of creatine monohydrate supplementation affects dihydro... - PubMed - NCBI
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02-18-2015, 09:15 PM #14
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02-18-2015, 09:47 PM #15
At the end of that study it did say long term safety cannot be guaranteed that's all I was tryn to say I took 4-5 grams a day, and like I said your kidney/liver does not digest pure creatine Easley and it packed up leading to almost organ failure I spent 5 days in a hospital bad at 18 yrs old. do what you want its your body I was just sharing my experience im not the only person this has happened to either, other people have taken it long term have went to the doc and been told they have decreased kidney/liver function or almost none at all due to creatine
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02-18-2015, 10:36 PM #17
But I had no pre existing conditions I was 18 my senior year at a app state football camp I Wresled to and had all kind of test done before I started and seemed healthy then to my kidney/liver have been tested since and are perfectly healthy now I haven't taken it in years most peoples body does not digest pure creatine easily
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02-18-2015, 11:01 PM #18
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02-19-2015, 09:04 AM #24
Starting creatine next week, as Im off cycle now. It ussually bumps me around 2lbs heavier, its the water I lost from the cycle lol
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Originally Posted by Reiid13
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03-17-2015, 08:55 PM #27Originally Posted by Fadi1
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EDIT: Double post, my bad.
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03-22-2015, 01:00 AM #30
Water retention is where the anabolic effect of creatine comes from. More intramuscular glycogen = better ATP synthesis = more reps basically.
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03-25-2015, 12:08 AM #34
Definitely it's worth taking. At least for me. It depends.
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