My state swimming championship is on Monday. My friend takes creatine, and is suggesting "creatine loading" prior to the meet (basically starting today). I am more than willing to do anything that makes me go faster. He says that starting now will cause no adverse effects whatsoever, but this meet could be big for me and I'm really wary about fscking things up. Should I load (25-30g/day), or not do it? Why or why not?
Creatine loading?
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when you 'load' creatine your esentially super-saturating your body with creatine, most new users do this the first week that they use creatine, most of the popular brands even suggest this on the packaging when you buy it.
what would be making you faster isn't the creatine, it would be the carbs that most creatine is mixed with (atleast most of the powder types). personall i take nitrotech celltech creatine, it's like 1:7.5 ratio of creatine to carbs, per scoop thats 10g creatine monohydrate and 75g of carbs.
if anything the creatine would make you weigh more, i could see downing a scoop or two before your first heat... race whatever you guys call it, but the energy that you would get wouldn't last long (1 hour if that). so... in your case, unless you plan on hitting the weights, it would just be like eating a ton of carbs the week before.
what would be making you faster isn't the creatine, it would be the carbs that most creatine is mixed with (atleast most of the powder types). personall i take nitrotech celltech creatine, it's like 1:7.5 ratio of creatine to carbs, per scoop thats 10g creatine monohydrate and 75g of carbs.
if anything the creatine would make you weigh more, i could see downing a scoop or two before your first heat... race whatever you guys call it, but the energy that you would get wouldn't last long (1 hour if that). so... in your case, unless you plan on hitting the weights, it would just be like eating a ton of carbs the week before.
your friend is a dietician/exercise physiologist?
creatine can cause muscle cramps and massive intestinal discomfort.
the stuff doesn't make you faster, your WORK makes you faster,
so it's too late to do anything & the risks are too high.
i wouldn't try it until several weeks BEFORE a meet.
to some extent...
i assume you train, in the gym.. right? after this meet give it a shot. use muscletech celltech creatine and nitrotech protein, creatine before/during your workouts and protein 30 min after. do this from the time between meets and you'll notice more of a change. people that haven't used it say it dosen't make much of a difference, use the two in that combination and you will notice change.
ie: i took a month off from working out at the gym, after that month my bench started at 85lbs, 3 weeks later i do a 3 set 8 rep 155 without a spot, incline dumbbell went from 25's to 60's, my leg press (i don't squat because of a knee injury) went from 225 to 450 in the same amount of time.
Not all creatine causes muscle cramp. I have been on it for 2 months now, and no muscle cramp nor stomach/intestinal pains or discomforts. Ive been taking this
Vitargo CGL
that is true, not everyone experiences cramping or massive flatulence/diarrhea,
but it definitely happens to some people.
not everyone gets anything from it, either.
my son (see sig) doesn't take it and will probably deadlift > 600 lbs this year.
imo it's not the creatine you get the flatulence from... it's the damn protein.. yuck 
does your son only train his quads/hams? he's got some massive legs but the rest looks unporpotional
does your son only train his quads/hams? he's got some massive legs but the rest looks unporpotional
Originally posted by: stev0
imo it's not the creatine you get the flatulence from... it's the damn protein.. yuck
does your son only train his quads/hams? he's got some massive legs but the rest looks unporpotional
i don't experience any problems with protein.
i had minor issues once, when i did a creatine loading phase.
i'm not convinced now that the loading idea is worthwhile.
my son inherited large legs. he does do some shoulder/chest/arm
work, but his workouts emphasize squats & DL's.
Originally posted by: stev0
imo it's not the creatine you get the flatulence from... it's the damn protein.. yuck
does your son only train his quads/hams? he's got some massive legs but the rest looks unporpotional
Yeah, I don't experience that "problem" because of the creatine. It's defininetly from the protein.
No need to load son, it's a MYTH created by the companies to make more money off of you. Honestly, it's only wise to take it on workout days.
I'll find the article that backs up this claim shortly.
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