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Are you supposed to take creatine on days you don't workout? In my case, i can't workout on saturda and sunday, so should i not take it on those days?
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Sure. take it 8 weeks, then 4 weeks off.
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Creatine will take a couple of weeks to build up in your system. You typically "load" for a week on three teaspoons a day (15 grams) and then back off to one (5 grams). However, I have found that when I did this, the results went back down. I experimented with 3 teaspoons a day, every day and eventually settled at 5 teaspoons a day. I believe my size may have something to do with this, at 5' 10'' and 250, I'm not exactly little. As I recall, liver damage can occur at dosages of around 40 grams a day.
I also rarely get off of it and have lab tests conducted twice yearly. No problems.
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All the new studies say there is no need to load creatine (http://www.performancenutrition.com/Shopping/category.asp?catalog_name=Performance&category_name=creatine&page=1). This is especially true with creatine ethyl ester (http://www.performancenutrition.com/Shopping/product.asp?catalog_name=Performance&category_name=&product_id=vpx-127). I recommend using creatine just on days that you workout.
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All the new studies say there is no need to load creatine (http://www.performancenutrition.com/Shopping/category.asp?catalog_name=Performance&category_name=creatine&page=1). This is especially true with creatine ethyl ester (http://www.performancenutrition.com/Shopping/product.asp?catalog_name=Performance&category_name=&product_id=vpx-127). I recommend using creatine just on days that you workout.
I agree-I only use creatine on workout days-just try and find a high quality creatine-and since I started using it I can definitely tell a difference in my workouts and how my muscles look (much fuller even when I am carb-depleted).
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Are you supposed to take creatine on days you don't workout? In my case, i can't workout on saturda and sunday, so should i not take it on those days?
I don't see why not. I take creatine every day I have it, whether I train or not. When I get my next batch of CELL-TECH, I'll begin another loading phase. My workout schedule has me off on Wednesdays and weekends. Usually, I start loading on Monday, which means that Wednesday, I'd be taking two servings (20 g creatine, total) even though that's a rest day. It works well for me.
My goal is to put on another 5 lbs during this next loading phase and maybe an extra eighth to quarter-inch on my arms.