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abayaa Posts: 54 Joined: 2002/11/09	2003/02/06, 05:51 PM i'm taking 5 grams of creatine a day, i just finished loading. my question is for how long should i stay on the maintenance phase?. is 3 months too long or should i cut it down to 2?
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/02/07, 12:09 PM I usually go 1.5 months on, 1 month off. But I'm not sure if there's really a finite rule on that. I'd cut back to two. Read the creatine article I posted last week, I think there was something in there. -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/02/07, 12:11 PM http://www.freetrainers.com/FT/jsp/Message.jsp?f_ix=13&m_ix=42076 -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
johnguy Posts: 104 Joined: 2003/01/29	2003/02/12, 07:44 PM When you are coming off your break, do you go thru the load process again? ============ Quoting from abayaa: i'm taking 5 grams of creatine a day, i just finished loading. my question is for how long should i stay on the maintenance phase?. is 3 months too long or should i cut it down to 2? =============
mrmagical Posts: 302 Joined: 2002/12/12	2003/02/12, 07:53 PM Yes you do,for faster gains anyway.
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/02/14, 05:24 PM I do. The excess (above what your muscles carry) is slowly eliminated from your system when you cease your maintenence dosing. When you start again, you'll need to re-saturate. -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan