Question About Creatine

[Mr.Perfection]

Hay, guys. I apologise if this is a stupid question, but please just bare with me...

So the study/ies done on creatine and the "loading phase" with it, were the subjects trained/training? I ask this because obviously you get higher saturation levels, and quicker if you use the loading phase. But if you are training in that phase, don't you "use" the creatine you are supposedly "loading", and so "highest saturation levels" will actually take longer than 5 days to reach? And what about after one hell of a day (or a week's) training? Sprinting in the summer sun at afternoon and then hitting weights at night. - wouldn't you need to "load" again and again? Because of all the swetting and "using creatine stores" and then there is also differing absorption rates between people, so what if you have bad absorption and because of that have to take more at a time etc.

Hope this makes sense. Only have wifi for a couple of minutes every now and then, so I'm always hasty when posting a thread. That's why it's not as well asked/written as it should be.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dz23]

Just eat 5g a day every day and don't worry about loading or cycling it imo

 

[jtmass]

^^^ this is what I follow.

 

[LeanEngineer]

Yep. Like said above all you need is 5g creatine monohydrate daily and consistently.

 

[MARK_]

5 grams each day, every day, for life

 

[cheftepesh1]

As long as you keep it around 3-5g a day. Loading is an old school way of getting saturated.

 

[AntM1564]

3-5 grams per day. It won't take long to saturate. I guess if one is using it for the first time ever, or in a long time, they could load, but I don't think it would be worth it.

I know beta alanine is not creatine, but think of it the same way. Users often report tingles for the first few days, by a week's end, they tend to diminish or go away completely. This is due to saturation. It does not take long for people to become saturated.

 

[mw1]

Yep. Like said above all you need is 5g creatine monohydrate daily and consistently.

And with SNS' Creatine Mono 1.2 KG being under $20 you cant go wrong

 

[Distilled Water]

And with SNS' Creatine Mono 1.2 KG being under $20 you cant go wrong

Idk. That's only enough to last like 2yrs

 

[warbird01]

Idk. That's only enough to last like 2yrs

Speaking of 2 years...I am about to run out of my 1.2 KG tub and it's almost been 2 years LOL. Probably more since I only usually take it on workout days too.

$17 here!! https://www.tfsupplements.com/store/product/1479/creatine-monohydrate.html

EDIT: Looks like it's sold out, but it's similarly priced everywhere.

 

[Distilled Water]

Speaking of 2 years...I am about to run out of my 1.2 KG tub and it's almost been 2 years LOL. Probably more since I only usually take it on workout days too.

$17 here!! https://www.tfsupplements.com/store/product/1479/creatine-monohydrate.html

EDIT: Looks like it's sold out, but it's similarly priced everywhere.

I've had mine for two years and am just now scrapping the bottom lol