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To load or not to load? (Creatine)
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10-13-2003, 11:59 AM #31Registered User
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I tried creatine without loading my first time. I just started taking it with apple juice once a day. I saw no noticeable results after a month, so I quit for a few months. I tried again, and went through the whole loading phase. For me it made all the difference, and I loved the results. Besides, creatine monohydrate is cheap, so I don’t mind the loading phase.
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10-14-2003, 08:54 AM #32Founder of GOSB SUPER MODERATOR
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10-14-2003, 10:07 AM #33Registered User
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coolOriginally posted by kevin
I tried creatine without loading my first time. I just started taking it with apple juice once a day. I saw no noticeable results after a month, so I quit for a few months. I tried again, and went through the whole loading phase. For me it made all the difference, and I loved the results. Besides, creatine monohydrate is cheap, so I don’t mind the loading phase.
i will definatly load next time i'm on it
this is the stuff i take is £44.99 a tub, its pricey shit 'Creatmax 8000GL from maximuscle' but it also has glutamine, dextrose, ALC, d-pintol a bit of protein and other stuff in it to aid delivery and results
So I'll probably just find some cheap pure creatine monohydrate and just use that as extra on my loading phase
Or else i won't only be getting 20g of creatine instead of 10g during loading, but I'll also have 20g of glutamine, 88g of dextrose, 4g of ALC etc.... might be a bit too much on top of weight gainers and whatever else i'm taking at the time
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10-26-2003, 03:51 PM #34Just call me Mayo ELITE MEMBER
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i heard it's not good to take glutamine at the same time as creatine, i heard they compete for the same receptors... I heard creatine and glutamine peptides are fine, but straight glutamine or L-Glutamine at the same time as creatine isn't supposed to be as effective....
Are you kidding me????
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11-22-2003, 06:42 PM #35Registered User
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I havent heard anything about that
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11-22-2003, 08:06 PM #36Go Phillies!
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Re: Re: To load or not to load? (Creatine)
Hey Beavis....Originally posted by gopro
I say load.
... he said load. Hehhehehehehheehhhehehehehe. that was cool.
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11-23-2003, 12:21 PM #37Fighting Endometriosis
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Originally posted by dg806
What? I'm just trying to help!
I know and I was teasing ya
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11-24-2003, 07:19 AM #38is bulking
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I wouldn't load
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11-24-2003, 10:28 AM #39Registered User
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why
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11-24-2003, 11:03 AM #40Fighting Endometriosis
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why would you?
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11-24-2003, 01:02 PM #41Registered User
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Well I just started takin Creatine and I take Gnc Mega Creatine with Phosphate and it says take 5 grams a day no loading phase
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11-24-2003, 02:22 PM #42Fighting Endometriosis
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hmmm..
I take SwoleV.2. Have no idea about the stuff you're taking from GNC. I don't purchase supps from GNC......GNC is over priced.Don't hate the player, hate the game!http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/...the%20wave.GIF
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11-24-2003, 02:44 PM #43Registered User
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I know Im gonna save up my money to Buy some Swole V.2 Im 16 so I dont have a job yet or steady income
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11-25-2003, 10:56 AM #44Fighting Endometriosis
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Been in your shoes before. Know where you're comin from. Let us know when you get it and how it worked for ya.
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11-25-2003, 12:23 PM #45Registered User
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Thanks
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11-25-2003, 03:45 PM #46Fighting Endometriosis
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You're welcome
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11-25-2003, 04:02 PM #47Super Hero in Training
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so you are liking that swole, eh babs?
I am about out of my creatine...might give that stuff a whirl..Success leaves clues. People who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results
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11-25-2003, 04:06 PM #48Fighting Endometriosis
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yeah...Give it whirl. Good stuff.
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11-25-2003, 04:17 PM #49Super Hero in Training
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wahoo! I want sum mus-kles...
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11-25-2003, 07:19 PM #50happy sumo ELITE MEMBER
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I use pure creatine monohydrate, and I take 10g a day everyday. I cycle off about every 6 months or so.
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Originally posted by Burner02
wahoo! I want sum mus-kles...
Go get'em tigerDon't hate the player, hate the game!http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/...the%20wave.GIF
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why?Originally posted by plouffe
I wouldn't load
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07-28-2005, 04:05 PM #53A higher realm
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Loading is bullshit. Its just a way to make you spend more money.
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-N00b alert-
I ve never taken creatine. was thinking of giving it a try. i hear numbers like 10-15g after the load phase. How do u guys arrive on this number? Is there a scale like protien intake that exists for creatine intake?
thanks!
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05-13-2006, 07:55 PM #55Lexen Xtreme
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"Loading" is an old school theory for use with Creatine Monohydrate. It is debatable whether or not you even need to "load" monohydrate. Supposedly with newer creatines such as Creatine Ethyl Ester, Tri-Creatine Malate etc, you do not need to go through a loading phase.... Personally, I take a total of about 6 grams of creatine on workout days, and 3 grams on non-workout days. I've never used the "loading" theory for any type of creatine.
Originally Posted by pakkya
-N00b alert-
I ve never taken creatine. was thinking of giving it a try. i hear numbers like 10-15g after the load phase. How do u guys arrive on this number? Is there a scale like protien intake that exists for creatine intake?
thanks!
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There is probably no need to load creatine but why not. I mean creatine today is pretty darn cheap why not do a loading phase just to make sure you get the maximum benefit.
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I am taking The vitamin shoppe brand mono hydrate, 5 grams a day no loading, when should i see results? mixing with water. what about grape juice any better? once a day should it be taking before or after work out?
And is this a good brand?...
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