[Serial Midget]

I am considering adding creatine to my supplement routine for the next 90 days, the object is to facilitate faster muscle recovery as I ramp my training schedule up.

Any tips? Bad experiences? Good experiences?

Thanks in advance....

 

[binary visions]

Hydrate hydrate hydrate hydrate and then when your bladder is about to explode into a thousand tiny fragments, hydrate some more...

 

[Westy]

From what I have researched it is good for some people, not so much for others. Depends on your natural creatine levels. If you tend to drink diuretics like coffee or alcahol the effectiveness is greatly reduced. I have tried it but found no recovery benefits that I could tell, it does seem to help on interval type stuff like short steep climbs, seems like I have one or two more pedal strokes in me before blowing up.

 

[llkoolkeg]

If you want to avoid a priapism, don't inject a Creatine/saline solution into your penis.

You're welcome, BTW.

 

[Joey]

Binary has the right advice, hydrate ad nasuem. I've had some luck using NO2 and then adding creatine back into the mix. But man, talk about needing to pee . . .

 

[Serial Midget]

Hmmm... I do like my coffee but I don't drink booze or beer. I suppose I could give up coffee and just kill people if I could be sure the creatine worked as advertised.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Yeah, if I dont get my creatine I get all jumpy and dangerous... its not pretty, I get the shakes too and, some times, if I go for days without it... I have to start doing harder drugs like crack or Mountain Dew

 

[5cents]

Hmmm... I do like my coffee but I don't drink booze or beer. I suppose I could give up coffee and just kill people if I could be sure the creatine worked as advertised.

I use to drink Creatine, in the "winter" months, when I was not on my bike as much as I am the rest of the year. I found that the only thing it did for me, was add weight (water retention) and make my muscles look bigger.

I think it works better for people trying to bulk up in size, as the recovery time, after a set of lifting, is reduced.

that is my 2 cents