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General Fitness & Exercise
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Creatine

hnp525
hnp525
Posts: 9
Joined: 2004/11/06
United States
2004/11/09, 03:04 PM
I was wondering, is creatine okay to use? if so, which is better powder or pills? or are do they do the same?...If I take creatine and then stop, will whatever muscle I gain, start to go away? I just want to make sure that I will gain actual muscle and not just muscle until I stop taking it...can someone please advise?
DX14AG
DX14AG
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2004/11/09, 03:06 PM
Creatine is diffinately ok to use Powder is best with creatien. no the muscle that you gained will not go away but it'll get smaller because it was just water mass. It doesn't help you gain any muscle. At least that's what I think I might be wrong.

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bb1fit
bb1fit
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Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2004/11/09, 03:44 PM
Creatine is a substance your body produces naturally anyway. Our liver does it in the manner of combining three amino acids, Arginine, Glycine and Methionine. It simply helps fuel your system..without going into the science(there are 3 energy systems), so you will have a bit more explosiveness, thus the ability to use a bit heavier weights which will result in an increased overload to the muscle. This is what initiates growth(your diet defines how much). It is a cell volumizer, so the water that it pulled into the muscle will dissapate on stopping creatine, but the actual muscle you may have gained is yours to keep.

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hnp525
hnp525
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Joined: 2004/11/06
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2004/11/09, 05:51 PM
nice...thanks so much...now, all I will need is an actual diet...since I basically just eat anything without thinking of the consequences...Cuz i'm too skinny (only 143-45)
bb1fit
bb1fit
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2004/11/09, 06:53 PM
If you are just beginning, and don't even have your diet in order, I would not use creatine. It will not be justified in this case, a total waste.

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XshaftedX
XshaftedX
Posts: 23
Joined: 2004/02/11
Canada
2004/11/10, 12:50 PM
okay so you should have a good diet and workout routine before you start taking creatine, and ive heard many different views on when to take it, if it says take like 2 scoops 3 times a day when would it be best on workout days? Also can you take protien shakes and creatine at the same time and if so how or when would you do it?

Thanks in advanced
bigandrew
bigandrew
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2004/11/10, 01:19 PM
I thought it had more to do withmusclear endurace, and not the force contractability of the muscle cell?

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hnp525
hnp525
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United States
2004/11/11, 04:07 PM
well, i'm taking the pills, because the powder makes me vomit...seriously, it does! so what to do? i have no idea! but i feel like it's already working, and i've been taking it for only a week..well, since i started again