Creatine Usage Recommendation

[-vincanity-]

What way would you recommand using Creatine? With or without the loading phase? The guy at the supplement store said he'd recommand without the loading phase.

[l0stsheep]

Loading is shown to raise creatine levels more efficiently.

Check it out:

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With review of the appropriate literature we recommend the utilization of a loading period when supplementing with creatine. Loading should occur for 5 consecutive days, with individuals consuming 20 grams of creatine daily in 5 gram doses spread 3-4 hours apart. Such feeding protocols have been unequivocally shown to increase muscle creatine content and increase work capacity. Following a loading period, muscle creatine levels can be maintained with a 5 g dose daily each morning and an additional 5 g dose on days on which the individual is partaking in vigorous, high intensity exercise, such as weight training.

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http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/creatineresearch2.php

[iLLa]

is it just me, or does anyone feel like the loading phase is a scam?

[l0stsheep]

It's just you.


Regardless, science has the last word on what the best methods are, and science is in support of loading.

[iLLa]

ive done both, i just felt jipped like i wasted money. i still load anyway if its been a while, like more than a month even though i feel jipped.