Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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kevininhalifax
kevininhalifax
Posts: 1
Joined: 2004/01/08
Canada
2004/01/08, 05:45 PM
Ok, started training a while ago but am getting serious about it now... a trainer told me I should consider taking creatine but a friend of mine..who is also a trainer said its only useful for powerlifting to give you a slight advantage and is a waste of money for training purposes.

Question: A. Is it worth the money?
Question: B. How should I start.. I know about cycling but how exactly should I go about starting on it?
Thanks
Kev
rpacheco
rpacheco
Posts: 3,770
Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2004/01/08, 06:03 PM
First of all, are you 18 or older? Second, you should do more research on this before you actually go out and buy it. You can start searching in the Supplements forum.

But to answer your questions:
A) It depends as not everyone responds to creatine supplementation
B) There is usually a loading phase, where you take about 20g/day for a week, then 5g/day from there -- it'll be on the label

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beef_
beef_
Posts: 28
Joined: 2003/12/24
Canada
2004/01/08, 07:34 PM
sweet dude you from nova scotia? i am from lower sackville, moved to alberta with my family a couple years ago!
Jdelts
Jdelts
Posts: 1,218
Joined: 2003/10/19
United States
2004/01/08, 08:42 PM
Huh, Huh, Huh...you said "sack".

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