The great creatine debate

[Ags43z]

I’m pretty skeptical of any study or claim made about supplements in general

 

[Bigmurph6]

Your a very smart man its an extremely dirty industry

 

[Dirtnasty]

I view creatine like protein powder does it work yes. But if my diet is good I should really need to supplement it now days when I don’t have time for meals I will use both

 

[TBU]

I was also going to ask, So do you use creatine, or you just here to bust my balls?

 

[anabolic_geek]

I’ll be honest I’ve been running creatine for years now without stopping. I loaded initially with 5g a day and now I take a sustained dose of around 2.1g a day. Never had any issues.

 

[John]

I never felt it did much, definitely no water weight, but nothin really gives me water weight anyways.

 

[John]

But what are you gettin from it, for that long??

 

[John]

I’ve tried it a few times for months at a time,dont notice shit

 

[anabolic_geek]

Are you suggesting cycling it is beneficial? I haven’t seen any evidence to suggest that, but I could be wrong.

 

[John]

No I’m not suggesting thst,I just want to hear what it does for you especially if your on cycle,what do you notice

 

[anabolic_geek]

Ohh to be terribly honest I haven’t noticed much change either on or off cycle. But to be entirely fair, I don’t expect to actually “notice” much because it isn’t a very powerful supplement. Like, even at most optimum levels, creatine only helps with maybe a 5-8% increase in strength over a placebo over the course of 6 or so weeks according to the literature.

 

[John]

Ok gotcha,I feel like the few times I tried it, it was worthless

 

[anabolic_geek]

It’s definitely a subtle effect but it’s very real.