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2004/01/16, 09:11 PM
I got prolab creatine monohydrate and it says to take it twice daily which is 10g but i heard that taking only one serving of 5g is enough. What should I do?? I am 15 years old and I weigh 140 pounds.
Thank You
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2004/01/17, 02:19 AM
If you really want to take creatine then I would say stick with the 5g. Dont go overboard though because you are still growing and you will still make large gains on your own. Just eat a proper diet with sufficient protein and you should see some nice gains naturally. Otherwise, I say keep the creatine low. You're still young. Lots of growin' left for ya.
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2004/01/17, 10:41 AM
Ya, I actually started taking creatine when i was 16. I took 5g on the days i worked out, and i got huge, really fast. Just make sure you drink tons of water, it's essential. It was tough for me at that age to drink 3 liters a day, but i did it. good luck
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2004/01/17, 02:36 PM
For creatine to produce optimal results, muscle stores must be topped off or saturated with it. To do this you have to load the creatine for 5 days at 20-25 grams, spread out throughout the day into 4-5 servings. This is the quickest and the " best " way to saturate your muscles with creatine. After this , all you need is to take 5-10 grams a day to maintain your saturation levels. After this, any creatine you take will be excreted as creatinine. On training days it is a good practice to do 5 gr. before and 5 after training. On off days, just one 5gr. dose is all you need. Creatine will not make you huge, it has no anabolic properties that can do this. What it does is when your muscles are saturated with extra creatine phosphate (such as when you supplement with creatine monohydrate), you have more contraction potential. Thus more explosive power.
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