Does anyone still use straight creatine?

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Curious if anyone still uses creatine or if everyone now gets it through PWO's and other blends?
For those that use it solo, what brands do you use?
 
I use creatine in my intra shake. Just buy it bulk from True Nutrition.
 
I use Universal or Orotine for my creatine. None of the pre's I take have it, and none of them that I have tried recently have either.
 
double s said:
Curious if anyone still uses creatine or if everyone now gets it through PWO's and other blends?
For those that use it solo, what brands do you use?
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Cheapest bulk Monohydrate i can find everyday. Cheap and effective...
 
iForce Mono is what I use. I dont think PreWO have enough in them to make it effective. I dont even both counting it when I think about how much creatine I am getting.
 
I use bulk sns, primaforce, On as long as its mono its good.
 
SNS creatine monohydrate. Full dose post-workout.
 
When using mono I go 5g post workout, easy to find it cheap in bulk.

Been using MCC for some time instead now though
 
Still use cheap bulk mono from various brands. :)
 
double s said:
Curious if anyone still uses creatine or if everyone now gets it through PWO's and other blends?
For those that use it solo, what brands do you use?
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I avoid pre's with it in generally. I go with the cheapest bulk mono I can find - general that is SNS though
 
You're generally paying some level of markup to get creatine in a preworkout compared to bulk creatine, so I'd say go with bulk in most cases.
 
EBF Inc said:
I like controlled labs green mag Bad ass product
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I love the profile, which led me to try it several times but it doesn't sit well with me.

Creignite is my go-to aside from mono
 
CL Green Magnitude has always been my favorite. I like creatine nitrate as well.
 
I certainly do. 2-3 grams creapure when i can remember. So a few times a week. All ya need to mantain saturation. simple and effective and cheap
 
I currently use ON creatine. I was considering switching to BEAST Creatine.it has different forms of creatine.is it good at all?
 
shurushuru said:
I currently use ON creatine. I was considering switching to BEAST Creatine.it has different forms of creatine.is it good at all?
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Why not just mono?
 
shurushuru said:
I currently use ON creatine. I was considering switching to BEAST Creatine.it has different forms of creatine.is it good at all?
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It will be just as effective really, so ask yourself if its worth paying 5x as much.
 
I have been running plain old creatine ethyl ester capsules or powder. I get good deals on both..sj
 
i just use vitamin shoppe brand or whatever
 
I use kre-alkalyn. Less needed than mono. Scoop and half in my pre, scoop and a half in my post. It seems to always be on some kind of sale at vitamin shoppe.
 
aaronuconn said:
Creatine Ethyl Ester is less effective than Creatine Mono.
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Works for me and unfortunately I cannot use creatine monohydrate because it sends me to the can continuously. Now I know firsthand that creatine monohydrate works well because I used a ton of it when eas first brought it out in the 90s. I put on a decent weight and size with it. But like I said now that I am an old fart my body does not agree with it anymore. I have tried tons of different kinds of creatines over the years and cee is one of a couple that stays in my system. On top of that it seems to work fine..in addition sometimes I use kre alkalyn by true athlete and that seems ok as well. Thanks ..sj
 
SuppJunkie said:
Works for me and unfortunately I cannot use creatine monohydrate because it sends me to the can continuously. Now I know firsthand that creatine monohydrate works well because I used a ton of it when eas first brought it out in the 90s. I put on a decent weight and size with it. But like I said now that I am an old fart my body does not agree with it anymore. I have tried tons of different kinds of creatines over the years and cee is one of a couple that stays in my system. On top of that it seems to work fine..in addition sometimes I use kre alkalyn by true athlete and that seems ok as well. Thanks ..sj
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Have you tried MCC? Like CL Green Mag?
 
I get full doses pre-workout from either Green Magnitude or Ultima, but I always have some bulk creatine monohydrate on hand.
 
I use Green Mag when I can, but I did just grab a couple tubs of CreIgnite. Couldn't pass it up for $8-9. I have a tub of AllMax Mono around as well.
 
5g Sns creatine mono post workout. I actually avoid preworkout with creatine in it.
 
I like integrated supplements creatine for whatever reason. It's cheap and pure.
 
i use crea magma? the creatine magnesium blend. i get it from swanson, its affordable and its the patented one
 
De__eB said:
Less effective and way more expensive than mono.
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How so? It's buffered so more reaches your system not being digested, thereby requiring less grams per dose, costing less over time.
 
mountainman33 said:
How so? It's buffered so more reaches your system not being digested, thereby requiring less grams per dose, costing less over time.
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Cooper has posted on why buffered creatine is not as effective as mono
 
all i use it bulk creatine mono, i don't really even pay attention to other "creatine" products anymore

creaplex, dymatize, sns, and primaforce all come to mind as options for plain creatine mono
 
SauceMonkey22 said:
Creatine Mono is king.

And it's ridiculously cheap, no reason not to supplement with it in my opnion
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^^Exactly.

I take low doses of creatine and arginine daily. There was a write-up about it in Tim Ferriss' book 'The 4-Hour Body'.
 
I either go with bulk or Crea-Trona (never any bloat with this stuff)...
 
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