Hi all,

I've been taking creatine for the past 3 days. I consume 2 servings (10g) for Post-WO after workout yesterday and today. Right now I'm feeling some some pain in the lower right abdomen.. Is it due to I'm consuming too much? Anyone have such issues too? Please advice.

This post has been edited by Hamilton: May 25 2009, 08:34 AM

What's PO after workout?

Creatine dehydrates so drink a lot of water.

Discomfort may occur in some individuals. How pain is the pain? It may be totally unrelated!

For some reason, after taking creatine for almost 2 years, I feel that creatine has no positive effect on me. The only thing is that it made my whole body swell like a balloon and puffy, looking all bloated. Strength and muscle gain wise creatine is not that helpful to me. Maybe it's just me, I'm not sure about the others.

This post has been edited by Florian: May 25 2009, 02:56 AM

Typo.. post-workout.

The pain is like...internal..not muscular like. Like something's wrong inside

I've been taking creatine for a year now. This stuff WORKS for me.
Good strength and muscle size gains. The first couple of months I started taking it, I had some sort of discomfort in the stomach. A couple of hours later I'd find myself rushing to the toilet and sh**ing like a duck...

The problem was that my stomach was not used to the 5g serving. So after consulting profesional help I came up with this technique.

1. I skipped the 'loading phase'(some say is not necessary at all)

2. Took only 2.5g a day to get the body used to it.

3. Once I had a better tolarence, I split the 5g into two servings of 2.5g instead(1 pre and another post work out)

4. After about a month or two, I was able to handle the recommended 5g dose.

Try it, gluck

ps. I only take creatine in workout days now, postworkout or sometimes split half before and the other half after.

Creatine sucks water.. A lot of water.
If you don't drink enough water, it will suck water from your intestines... causing cramps and a love affair with the toilet bowl.

This is similar mechanism of what happens during food poisoning too (except food poisoning is virus/bacteria/toxin induced).

The recommended dosage for creatine is only 5g daily bro ~!

If he's been taking it for the first 3 days, I think he's still in the loading phase. Perhaps that's why. I have however, read some studies that say there isn't a need to load on creatine. I'm unsure myself, but I don't load.

My theory's when I drop to 5GMS, during the maintenance phase, then what happened to the first 7 days at 20GMS? Clearly our bodies do not produce much creatine on it's own, so that initial load, just drops right back to 5GMS.

its not that, I drink more than enough water(5-6litres a day).
some people just dont have a tolerance towards it, so their body needs time to adjust.

This post has been edited by tineagle: May 25 2009, 07:04 PM

No. Judging from what I've seen of your physique, it does work for you.

Creatine is not necessary, for me.

Most probably I took too much for post-workout. I recovered already today..drank lots of water.

5g is for non-workout day. For workout day most ppl take a serving in the morning and another for post-workout. while some took as pre-workout.

Actually I've been off creatine for the past 2 months. But anyway, we'll see how it's going to be for another 1 month without creatine. I've been sweating like shit in Muar and it's dehydrating me yet I can't get a time out when class is going on. But I notice my lifts are slightly lower than what it use to be and my bowel habit is becoming more regular without creatine.

hey i'm really a newb n i'm hav juz started body building n pls don't mind me. i dun understand.

is it possible for us to build our body by taking creatine ONLY (following usual diet n 2-3 eggs a day) meaning not taking any whey or stuffs at all??

i dun quite get it. pls enlighten me. n btw. i'm juz trying to buff up a lil. at least hav a model's physique. not all buffy. thanks.

no need to take more on loading phase...take 5g everyday after 3months itll be the same ...but i doubt theres any strength gain for me..hehe

2-3 eggs only provide u roughly 20g protein max.
its not enough at all. u need at least 1g per pound of ur weight.
lets say u r 200lbs, then u need 200grams a day.
creatine only? hmm... i think whey is a better option. unless u can get enough protein from ur meals.

It's Suitable to use creatine during fasting month?

don't see a problem.

I don't take creatine yet so i don't know the dehydation that it cause.

If it's does, i think it's not suittable during fasting month.

what do you think? to what extend that the dehydation that it will cause??

i never really felt the 'dehydration' it supposedly causes.

However, i would suggest taking it post workout with your p/w shake guessing that it would be around evening after buka puasa.

you dont need to load

TQ for the information. much appriciated
Will start taking creatine next week along witn ON 100% whey

thats how I took my shakes initially.

then I threw in some carbs like dextrose(Glucolin) to the mix.

Results were even better.

Gluck.

How about the taste?
Glucolin (ribena) + Whey (chocolate) ???

nono not ribena.
Glucolin is a brand for dextrose mono. You can find at shops/pharmacy in a small blue tub.

There are three i think, orange, grape n flavourless. Get the one with no flavour

i think i've read (will post up the source later cuz i bookmark at office) somewhere
creatine if taken preworkout is meant for strength building
if post workout = i dunno what its called but its for mass building
and if u have creatine with whey at the same time the transportation of creatine to your muscle cells is actually slower thus certain experts recommend taking them with warm fruit juice (fructose not sucrose or glucose although any is fine) few minutes after whey
forgot why
will post the source if i have time cuz office tak boleh access lyn

Gtoforce, i have read somewhere tat drinking with fruit juice isnt a good move. But u can take it with simple carbs. The pre and post ... not very sure about it, wat if i take it as breakfast, and workout in the evening?

depends jamis
i've read big cat's and others
some say its good
some say normal warm water also good
i think why fruit juice is because it creates a spike in insulin
thats how the creatine will be propelled to work
imo je

yeah the warm water part is true, creatine desolved easier in high temeperature, i mixed with coffee before (it was claim that coffee doesnt go with creatine but somehow the research found out that the amount of caffaine is insufficient to do the trick). About the fruit juice stuff, there is still debate going on thou, but warm fruit juice.... hehe. Yeah the carbs help delivering the creatine into ur body.