How much creatine can you take at one time??

vidapreta

vidapreta

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I'm planning on loading up the creatine 20mgs for the first 4-5 days. I don't have alot of time during the day to be taking the creatine 4 times a day. So i was wondering if i could take 10mgs twice a day. Wasn't sure if the body could only absorb/use 5mgs at a time or what.
 
I think most will tell u to start off with 3 grams a day then up it to 5 grams a day after a week or so to prevent constipation.

No need to load creatine or take more than 5 grams a day to be honest.

Make sure to drink more than a gallon of water a day,
 
Cocaine4PWO said:
I think most will tell u to start off with 3 grams a day then up it to 5 grams a day after a week or so to prevent constipation.

No need to load creatine or take more than 5 grams a day to be honest.

Make sure to drink more than a gallon of water a day,
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Yeah they say overall you'll end with the same ammount of creatine saturated in your muscles either way. But the loading phase of 20mgs a day makes it happen alot faster, and i'm impatient.
 
Creatine doesn't achieve some mind-blowing result that you would need to saturate 5 days quicker. If you're impatient and you want to use more creatine and thus have to purchase another tub sooner, by all means use 10 or 20g a day for a few days. If you want to take 20g daily, splitting up the dosage would be fine, but i'd probably rather dose 5g 4 times a day.
 
Rhadam said:
Creatine doesn't achieve some mind-blowing result that you would need to saturate 5 days quicker. If you're impatient and you want to use more creatine and thus have to purchase another tub sooner, by all means use 10 or 20g a day for a few days. If you want to take 20g daily, splitting up the dosage would be fine, but i'd probably rather dose 5g 4 times a day.
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Yeah I would like to use 5mgs 4 time a day as well, but i've been working alot of 16 hour days and don't have time. That's why i was thinking about taking 10mgs at 6:30am before i leave for work and then again at 11:30pm when i get home. I just wanted to know if i was wasting my creatine if my body could only absorb 5mgs at a time.
 
And for the record the record i've in the past always had a loading phase of 20mgs 4 time a day and it works great for me, but this is not life or death i'm just thinking out loud, on line. lol
 
vidapreta said:
Yeah I would like to use 5mgs 4 time a day as well, but i've been working alot of 16 hour days and don't have time. That's why i was thinking about taking 10mgs at 6:30am before i leave for work and then again at 11:30pm when i get home. I just wanted to know if i was wasting my creatine if my body could only absorb 5mgs at a time.
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No, you can absorb more when you're not saturated. The only issue is with basically wasting money on taking basically 7x the recommended dosage for a week. If u don't care, then go for it. Allmax creapure is pretty damn cheap anyways.
 
agreed. u can only take so much creatine at one time or you piss it out. useless and wasting money. ive loaded at 20g/day before and honestly, i dont see a difference vs taking 5g/day for two weeks then scale down to 3g/day
 
Rhadam said:
Allmax creapure is pretty damn cheap anyways.
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That's what i just bought! I still have a little bit of primordials creapure as well. I'm just trying to take a big break from the ph/ps for awhile. Its been about 3 months already and i think that i'm going to wait until the summer to cycle again.
 
R1balla said:
agreed. u can only take so much creatine at one time or you piss it out. useless and wasting money. ive loaded at 20g/day before and honestly, i dont see a difference vs taking 5g/day for two weeks then scale down to 3g/day
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No Rhadam was saying that you Can absorb more when you're Not saturated.
 
20mgs??? what is this...??? a supplement for ants???

nah i'm just messing around. 5grams a day should be good man. unless you train to the point of failure every time out.
 
GameSpeed said:
20mgs??? what is this...??? a supplement for ants???

nah i'm just messing around. 5grams a day should be good man. unless you train to the point of failure every time out.
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lol that's what you call a Freudian Slip.. that's my sweet spot Superdrol dose 20mgs..
 
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