Hi guys,
last month, I took creatine monohydrate for a month, after that I had back injuries so I stop gymming that often but still go for light workouts.
During that period, I stopped my creatine intake and also my gainer intake. Now I plan to take it back, so which phase should I go ? As I know creatine has loading phase and maintenance phase and all that. Should I Re-load the loading phase again? Or continue taking my 10g on workout days and 5g on non-workout days?


Help please, a little confuse here. Thanks

I personally don't load, just go for 5-10g per day. You can probably shift straight to maintenance phase.

cool, loading phase gives me really bad stomache, alright i'll go for 5-10g. thanks for feedback

This post has been edited by FlayerZ: Nov 1 2011, 12:16 AM

Read somewhere that loading phase is actually a hoax for people to consume more creatine, so it doesn't make a lot of difference, but I have no doubt that it helps when you are on maintenance phase, just that it doesn't help as much as the manufacturers claim it does

Kinda correct. At the end of the day, all you need to do is to saturate your system with enough creatine to a level where it can be utilized effectively. Whether you do a loading phase or not, the desired saturation levels will be achieved sooner or later.

creatine is good to certain extent...

keep adding the serving perday might give u the buff looks and no doubt, stronger lifts...

but the actual fact was you are retaining more water than usual..

my highest grams perday on creatine was 50 grams... and shiat i felt like a fat boi the whole month...

That is a huge amount.

yes, i was mad... beside, creatine also help shaper memory (read from some article) as a plus...


but i was like superman, strength was off the roof and muscle endurance was awesome... (due to extra ATP?)

but yes, it also help u retain water...

Bad thing to do. not hardcore and plain destructive to kidneys. I speak from medical pov.

How much is 50g ? -_____-

A lot. Like 10 scoops of EGO's creatine mono:

yeah, but hey, it was fun and i could keep the pump for the whole week!!!

yes, i have to admit it is abit taxing to my body...

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Added on November 1, 2011, 11:44 pmbrah, i took it with my meals...

so 10 grams per meal, and 5 meals equals to 50grams...

even on non training days...






This post has been edited by Alphaproject: Nov 1 2011, 11:44 PM

still . -__-

brah, u ever did biceps curls and triceps extensions 7 days a week for whole sixs months?

i bet we all do crazy ass stuff before brah...

now im off taking creatine, been on cutting for a month+ now... abs are visible from the side but not the front yet...

This post has been edited by Alphaproject: Nov 1 2011, 11:52 PM

I think 10x10 squats can be classified as crazy stuff. IMO, mike and I can testify to that.

Jeezz don't remind me lol. Definitely crazy shit. However it did help me mentally. Wasn't so nervous as before when I started doing heavy squats again, LOL.

so that's how your arm got so huuuugeee .

anyway, i must say, the craziest thing i did was, well, eating a whole chicken at kenny roger's and 4 bowls of side dishes post w/o because I read somewhere, post w/o nutrition is important. nearly puked.

lol that's kinda crazy....
anyway thanks for all the suggestion i got the idea now