Any side effects of Creatine?!

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
There are only a few people on this board who can correctly answer questions about creatine and supplements.

Who are they?

I was joking for the most part about this. But I have some good knowledge when it comes to supplementation, and I believe Raptor and Speciak K do as well.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: CarlKillerMiller
Do you guys have a brand you would suggest? I was thinking about taking it to supplement my current lifting routine (Once every two days, plenty of fluids and protein shakes in between).

Xceed

xCEEd is more that just creatine though. Also best to use it only pre workout and a regular CEE after. Primaforce CEE is a 'best buy' right now from bodybuilding.com.

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[tommywishbone]

Side effects? Greatness.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: supastar1568
personally, i wouldnt wanna feel like i was "cheating" by taking supplements such as creatine. Any Joe Shmoe can get big off of the right supplements.

Naturally and healthy eating for the win

you're an idiot.

Not everyone can get big naturally...legal supplements fall into the natural area.

Steroids are another field.

Creatine occurs naturally BTW...it's just an amino acid.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: supastar1568
personally, i wouldnt wanna feel like i was "cheating" by taking supplements such as creatine. Any Joe Shmoe can get big off of the right supplements.

Naturally and healthy eating for the win

It's not cheating any more than having a protien drink after a hard workout is cheating. I bet you don't weight train seriously.

Umm, well to me taking creatine is cheating.

Trust me, im in shape

Ok so you have an aversion to taking supplements. BTW why would you consider it cheating? Are you in a competition? Who the fsck are you cheating?

umm, like i said, i just would feel wierd getting bigger off of the use of supplements. Thats just me.

Like, I think my mom could put up 225lbs taking supplements.

Wow you are so uneducated about weight lifting, and I seriously doubt you weight lift at all.

You sound worse than the guys that go on the t-nation forums and say "Hey, has anyone around here tried creatine? I am 5 foot 11 and 135lbs, and I am going to start weight lifting to become big, but I don't want to get to huge, so do you think creatine will make me too big right away?"

He's a douche, just ignore his naive comments.

 

[supastar1568]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: supastar1568
personally, i wouldnt wanna feel like i was "cheating" by taking supplements such as creatine. Any Joe Shmoe can get big off of the right supplements.

Naturally and healthy eating for the win

It's not cheating any more than having a protien drink after a hard workout is cheating. I bet you don't weight train seriously.

Umm, well to me taking creatine is cheating.

Trust me, im in shape

Ok so you have an aversion to taking supplements. BTW why would you consider it cheating? Are you in a competition? Who the fsck are you cheating?

umm, like i said, i just would feel wierd getting bigger off of the use of supplements. Thats just me.

Like, I think my mom could put up 225lbs taking supplements.

Wow you are so uneducated about weight lifting, and I seriously doubt you weight lift at all.
You sound worse than the guys that go on the t-nation forums and say "Hey, has anyone around here tried creatine? I am 5 foot 11 and 135lbs, and I am going to start weight lifting to become big, but I don't want to get to huge, so do you think creatine will make me too big right away?"

I can honestly sit here behind this keyboard and say that everything you said is untrue.

I feel THAT confident

And I don't do the online pic thing cause im straight and i have nothing to prove to you

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: supastar1568
personally, i wouldnt wanna feel like i was "cheating" by taking supplements such as creatine. Any Joe Shmoe can get big off of the right supplements.

Naturally and healthy eating for the win

It's not cheating any more than having a protien drink after a hard workout is cheating. I bet you don't weight train seriously.

Umm, well to me taking creatine is cheating.

Trust me, im in shape

Ok so you have an aversion to taking supplements. BTW why would you consider it cheating? Are you in a competition? Who the fsck are you cheating?

umm, like i said, i just would feel wierd getting bigger off of the use of supplements. Thats just me.

Like, I think my mom could put up 225lbs taking supplements.

Wow you are so uneducated about weight lifting, and I seriously doubt you weight lift at all.
You sound worse than the guys that go on the t-nation forums and say "Hey, has anyone around here tried creatine? I am 5 foot 11 and 135lbs, and I am going to start weight lifting to become big, but I don't want to get to huge, so do you think creatine will make me too big right away?"

I can honestly sit here behind this keyboard and say that everything you said is untrue.

I feel THAT confident

And I don't do the online pic thing cause im straight and i have nothing to prove to you

:roll:

 

[supastar1568]

Naive? I can be.

 

[m1ldslide1]

I took monocreatine (GNC brand) it for about 2 months, and did it according to the instructions (I loaded for a week or whatever the rec. time period). I noticed a pretty encouraging increase in my lifting intensity and ability to push out reps, and a modest increase in the amount of weight I was repping. At that time I had a pretty vanilla lifting regimen which might've contributed to why I wasn't increasing weights faster. After the two months I started to notice a lot of pain in my elbows and shoulders while lifting (knees were fine) and so I got off of it and the pain went away. I tried to drink as much water as possible while I was on, and even gave up the coffee during this period.

I agree with folks saying that it's not really harmful so long as you take care while using it (sh!tloads of water), but I also agree that it'd be good to cycle on and off of it so as to preserve the whole 'everything in moderation' cliche.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: supastar1568

I can honestly sit here behind this keyboard and say that everything you said is untrue.

I feel THAT confident

And I don't do the online pic thing cause im straight and i have nothing to prove to you

This you?

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[alkemyst]

Alot of the 'pain in joint' deals that come with creatine are new lifters overtraining. Creatine helps recovery a bit so you can go deeper into overtraining easier.

In the beginning, less is more.

In the end, it turns out from a pure strength standpoint...less is more as well.

I go for overall fitness...I still do deadlifts and squats, but if I will following a 3 day 5x5 plan I am sure my maxes would increase faster.

Haven't done deadlifts for 10 years and when I did I only had for about a couple months. 4th deadlift workout and up to 275 for 6 reps...I am at 200lbs right now, although 170-180lbs at 5'10" would put me at ripped. I started a few months ago at 220lbs+, my weight has stayed at 200lbs for most of that time due to increasing my lean body mass.

I need to increase my eating, even though I am trying to cut a bit. My strength is ramping up overall, but my max lifts have suffered (was doing 100lb dumbbell bench for 4-6 reps, now 80-90lbs per DB is more my speed...still curling 110lbs for 8 to 10 reps though )

I have been training since late april again after a 5 year hiatus, with July almost no training due to extensive traveling and an injury.

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