Group: Health Supplements

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Supplements can be a great aid with your health and fitness goals. Combined with the proper exercise and nutritional plan they can be quite effective.

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Creatine

Amr_Mr.Olympia
Amr_Mr.Olympia
Posts: 195
Joined: 2001/04/03
Egypt
2001/04/14, 05:32 AM
I'm sure most of you guy know it... but what if I stop.. will all the muscle gains made by it disappear.. I heard about that and i don't know if i'm going to have to take creatine for the rest of my life to at least keep the same muscle mass.
Amr
skeld2001
skeld2001
Posts: 271
Joined: 2001/02/10
United States
2001/04/14, 08:40 AM
I read somewhere that if your protein intake is good while on creatine, and after you stop, that you will keep a good portion of your muscle and streangth. After I went off I kept most of my muscle but I was eating well at the time. I did lose a bit of power though.
skylar
skylar
Posts: 156
Joined: 2001/01/29
United States
2001/04/14, 06:57 PM
Most of the size you lose will be from lost water that was drawn into the cells. Most people on creatine see a 10# weight gain due to this cellular shift of water. Actual muscle size gains made training should not be lost though you do see decreased size due to water loss. Theories vary on creatine cycling to control creatnine(byproduct)levels. Since no long telrm studies completed its up in the air.
Uttiya
Uttiya
Posts: 199
Joined: 2001/02/22
India
2001/05/03, 02:34 AM
Well friend,
my partner used creatine once.....i remember after he used it and finished a course, his performance did go down a bit after it went up really high during the course.....but he did not lose it entirely.
You will still have enough gains to keep on your body after a finished course.
uttiya
Uttiya
Uttiya
Posts: 199
Joined: 2001/02/22
India
2001/05/09, 12:52 AM
Friend,
Just a few days back someone told me something about hightened suspectability to injury while using creatine.
I guess Ill find out and let you know...You try if you can find anything if you can and if you do, let me know....ok??