No nonsense - Is creatine worth taking?

[Balloon]

Is the loading phase worth it? Strength gains?

Any visual improvements? It's supposed to draw water into the muscle, although a lot of people claim they hold water under the skin and look bloated

[Papper]

i'll add a question. Recently somebody told me the loading phase is bullshit marketing and that you can take it ordinarily from the start. Any truth to this?

[BIG_STI]

Make sure you get the muscletech brand, best shit out there

[The Abdominal Snoman]

NO!!!

[Hulkotron]

Be sure to keep your abs tight at all times.

In all honesty it's one of the few supps that I think actually helps a little.

[tendonitis]

it's probably the only over the counter supplement that actually does work a little. plus it's cheap
and the loading phase it not necessary

[wes]

i'll add a question. Recently somebody told me the loading phase is bullshit marketing and that you can take it ordinarily from the start. Any truth to this?

I used to use it and sometimes I still do......loadings not necessary IMO.....just an excuse to use it up faster so that you`ll have to buy more.

[greeneyes]

girls are so fucking annoying , I'll never get a girlfriend again  

[wes]

girls are so fucking annoying , I'll never get a girlfriend again 

Fuck off gimmick!   

[ether]

Creatine isn't but ... Crealyze is another matter

[B_B_C]

I was wondering that my self recently as I have started using it again
Im considering if the water holding claim is true.
All life forms derive some strength from being able to maintain internal fluid pressure so the better one is able to hold on to water within muscle tissue perhaps the better and stronger the the tissue will be.
It is a relativly cheap and low risk suppement though about 10 years ago it seemed to be vaguly associated with red bull (caffine & Taurin) in one or two sudden death syndrom cases among GAA football players

[Dipadidu]

it's worth for the seller

[bradistani]

Is the loading phase worth it? Strength gains?

Any visual improvements? It's supposed to draw water into the muscle, although a lot of people claim they hold water under the skin and look bloated

ronnies says 'eat your grits, take your vitamins, load that creatine, lift some heavy ass weight' 'lightweightttttttttttttt'

[danabol]

ronnies says 'eat your grits, take your vitamins, load that creatine, lift some heavy ass weight' 'lightweightttttttttttttt'

AND GET A BAD BACK 

[L.L]

save your money...with 50.00 Id buy 30 cans of tuna instead of that sugar shit called creatine

[Julio Ceasar]

creatine make u a little bit bigger, little bit stronger, but...my face get swollen and I just look more round..., thats all, not woth it. 90% of people train to look good, creatine doset make u look good but it make u stronger and bigger...

[njflex]

creatine make u a little bit bigger, little bit stronger, but...my face get swollen and I just look more round..., thats all, not woth it. 90% of people train to look good, creatine doset make u look good but it make u stronger and bigger...

huh,,,do u train to be stronger and bigger yes,,but creatine dosen't make u look good.but if use creatine yoy would be stronger and bigger again isn't that the goal.or do you just lift and diet to lean and nothing more.

[theheman]

Creatine Monohydrate's pretty cheap.  I just added teaspoon of it in my postworkout egg white and milk shake just in case. Check out the prices:
https://www.google.com/search?q=creatine+monohydrate&hl=en&tbm=shop&prmd=imvns&source=lnt&tbs=seller:4856737&sa=X&ei=AZoCT67UEemoiQLJuqGADQ&ved=0CFMQpwU&biw=1280&bih=873

[BILL ANVIL]

save your money...with 50.00 Id buy 30 cans of tuna instead of that sugar shit called creatine

Easy on the tuna, high mercury content..

[Army of One]

Lets face it, the greatest use of Creatine was for those on a 3 grams of test a week to claim "yeah Bro, Im taking creatine, Ive gained 40 pounds in 3 months"

[closeline]

it ads some weight to the body due to water retention, manly in the digestive tract, so forget about it

little to no effects on strength unless someone is a underfed natural twink (which kind of guys the "positive" studies were done)

[BILL ANVIL]

it ads some weight to the body due to water retention, manly in the digestive tract, so forget about it

little to no effects on strength unless someone is a underfed natural twink (which kind of guys the "positive" studies were done)

Strength does go up a bit actually, not not significantly.

[Big N]

Is the loading phase worth it? Strength gains?

Any visual improvements? It's supposed to draw water into the muscle, although a lot of people claim they hold water under the skin and look bloated

Forget about the loading phase, it's pretty nonsense. These supplement companies want you to go through these products day and night just to buy another one. Buy creatine monohydrate, the best quality form. As some said, all it does is fill up your muscles with water. Yeah your strength does go up a bit. But it'll definitely give your muscles that fullness that you get from pumps when not at the gym, and at the gym twice as much of a pump. See how your body responds to it. Try this which is what I do, 5g pre and 5g post-workout and none on non-workout days. Good luck!

[trapz101]

Is the loading phase worth it? Strength gains?

Any visual improvements? It's supposed to draw water into the muscle, although a lot of people claim they hold water under the skin and look bloated

are u kidding me? that is what that makes ronnie coleman physique....

[BIG ACH]

I still use it....

I never load...

I only use it on work out days, 5 g before, 5 g after lifting

Don't use it on days I don't work out...


Don't really cycle... if I'm lifting, I'm taking it, if I'm not lifting I'm not taking it!