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Inch High · 19-02-2006, 08:34 AM

Just ordered 100g of Creatine from that bulkpowders.co.uk, it says you should take 1-3 grams per day (depending on weight, so as I'm 8 stone it looks like I should have 1 gram a day

) but I think I'll take 2g, which still, is less than a tablespoon, does this sound right?

Onto the mates. Mate 1 said the key with creatine is to hammer the weights during the first week of the loading period. He says that I need to "rip" my muscles during that week. Is that right? What does he mean by ripping my muscles, just working the till I cant do the execise anymore?

Mate 2 says, he wished he "cracked his back" when he firsting started training, and that I should. Is this a good idea?

8.30am on a Sunday morning, and I'm giving up Sunday League footy to go gym - what am I doing? :crazy:

Cheers in advance guys...

gadgesxi · 19-02-2006, 09:09 AM

i was taking creatine mono every day a while back, a teaspoon full. Now i have the CEE which i far better (better results visably). I just take that after the gym, again about a teaspoon maybe bit more.

as for you mates, i dunno what there on about.

trickymicky69 · 19-02-2006, 12:01 PM

your friend is either way ahead of the game and i am stupid. or your mate is stupid and i have never heard this before?

**big** · 19-02-2006, 02:06 PM

Are your mates big and strong?

Galtonator · 19-02-2006, 06:29 PM

Your mates may be il advised keep training as normal upping the weights every week and beating what you did the week before. There is no need to load creatine and 5g a day will be fine take it post workout with a whey and glucose shake and take it at tea time on non training days

Inch High · 19-02-2006, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galtonator

There is no need to load creatine and 5g a day will be fine take it post workout with a whey and glucose shake and take it at tea time on non training days

5g a day, the instructions say 1-3g depending on your size?

hovis · 20-02-2006, 10:26 AM

1 level teaspoon will be fine IMO

Inch High · 22-02-2006, 03:52 PM

Do I mix the creatine with water like the protein shake?

Inch High · 22-02-2006, 11:53 PM

anyone?

Truewarrior1 · 23-02-2006, 02:06 AM

if it's creatine mono mix it with orange juice

pre-wo

**hackskii** · 23-02-2006, 03:37 AM

Grape juice and protein just following a workout.
I use 1 teaspoon every day after my workout in my protein shake.
I am dieting so I just use water.

Crack your back?

................That is funny.
If you mean a chiropractor adjustment, it is not a bad idea to get adjusted but the way he is explaining it, he is wrong

Rip the muscles?
Wrong too.
Overtraining will result in loss not gain.

There is something to the adjustments and firing of the muscles but it is a good idea if you are out of alignment.
But doing it for the sake of doing it is pointless and costly.

19-02-2006, 08:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Inch High 5'5" - 8st 2lbs - trying to make 10st Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Manchester la la la Posts: 119	Creatine + "My mates said......" Just ordered 100g of Creatine from that bulkpowders.co.uk, it says you should take 1-3 grams per day (depending on weight, so as I'm 8 stone it looks like I should have 1 gram a day ) but I think I'll take 2g, which still, is less than a tablespoon, does this sound right? Onto the mates. Mate 1 said the key with creatine is to hammer the weights during the first week of the loading period. He says that I need to "rip" my muscles during that week. Is that right? What does he mean by ripping my muscles, just working the till I cant do the execise anymore? Mate 2 says, he wished he "cracked his back" when he firsting started training, and that I should. Is this a good idea? 8.30am on a Sunday morning, and I'm giving up Sunday League footy to go gym - what am I doing? :crazy: Cheers in advance guys...

19-02-2006, 12:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
trickymicky69 Wondering how people have the time to do all this over-complicating Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sunnyside up Posts: 1,277	your friend is either way ahead of the game and i am stupid. or your mate is stupid and i have never heard this before? __________________ 'those who look but do not see, go away no wiser than whence they came"

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19-02-2006, 09:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
gadgesxi Natural Heights Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Liverpool Posts: 215	i was taking creatine mono every day a while back, a teaspoon full. Now i have the CEE which i far better (better results visably). I just take that after the gym, again about a teaspoon maybe bit more. as for you mates, i dunno what there on about.

20-02-2006, 10:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
hovis Gym Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 342	1 level teaspoon will be fine IMO

22-02-2006, 03:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Inch High 5'5" - 8st 2lbs - trying to make 10st Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Manchester la la la Posts: 119	Do I mix the creatine with water like the protein shake?

22-02-2006, 11:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
Inch High 5'5" - 8st 2lbs - trying to make 10st Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Manchester la la la Posts: 119	anyone?

23-02-2006, 03:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 22,956	Grape juice and protein just following a workout. I use 1 teaspoon every day after my workout in my protein shake. I am dieting so I just use water. Crack your back?................That is funny. If you mean a chiropractor adjustment, it is not a bad idea to get adjusted but the way he is explaining it, he is wrong Rip the muscles? Wrong too. Overtraining will result in loss not gain. There is something to the adjustments and firing of the muscles but it is a good idea if you are out of alignment. But doing it for the sake of doing it is pointless and costly. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.