09-29-2004, 06:15 PM
When I used to lift in high school for football and track, I used Creatine for a while. Yes I did get stronger, but I found that I also bruised much easier for some odd reason. I was talking to my Biology teacher and he said that Creatine gives you more mass, but it also lifts the muscle itself away from the bone a bit. This lifting of the muscle can cause easier bruising because the bone is no longer absorbing the shock.
Also, this "creatine loading period" that it says to do on many bottles is a bunch of B.S. You only need to take the sccopful about 30 minutes before lifting so it has a chance to get into your system. Take any more and you will be literally pissing your money away.
I stopped taking it because I didn't like it. If you do take, it however, don't continually take it. Meaning use it for about two weeks, and then take a break from it, etc.
One question I do have for you is this, do you want to get bigger? Or do you just want to get leaner? Creatine is ont the right supplement if you just want to be more lean.
Also, this "creatine loading period" that it says to do on many bottles is a bunch of B.S. You only need to take the sccopful about 30 minutes before lifting so it has a chance to get into your system. Take any more and you will be literally pissing your money away.
I stopped taking it because I didn't like it. If you do take, it however, don't continually take it. Meaning use it for about two weeks, and then take a break from it, etc.
One question I do have for you is this, do you want to get bigger? Or do you just want to get leaner? Creatine is ont the right supplement if you just want to be more lean.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation - Henry David Thoreau
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and at the rate I'm going, I'm going to be invincible.
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Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and at the rate I'm going, I'm going to be invincible.
Chicago wargaming club