Group: Health Supplements

Health Supplements
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 102, Messages: 16613

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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How to use creatine?

stalebi1
stalebi1
Posts: 6
Joined: 2004/01/21
Canada
2007/06/04, 08:36 AM
Last year I tried using Creatine, and while I felt I was seeing minimal results near the end of the cycle I was beginning to feel pain in my kidney/liver. Mind you, at the time I was smoking and drinking too and I don't do neither now.

A friend suggested that before starting up with Creatine I should condition myself by taking it once a day for 7 days regardless of my workout routine, THEN in the weeks that follow I should use it after every workout.

I was wondering if there is a best way to approach using creatine, any suggestions?
mrmagical
mrmagical
Posts: 302
Joined: 2002/12/12
United States
2007/06/04, 04:13 PM
I like taking 1/2 30 minutes before working out and the other half right after working out.
conan_0822
conan_0822
Posts: 441
Joined: 2006/11/23
United States
2007/06/04, 04:18 PM
Depends on person and goals. I take mine after workout simply because it has 32g of sugar, so i take my protein shake immediately before. Tried mixing them together and that was just NASTY!!
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2007/06/05, 11:28 PM
Creatine had nothing to do with your kidney/liver 'problems'.

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