Creatine Monohydrate

Baron said:
All it ever did for me was bloat me out and make me excessively sore after a workout. No thanks.
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How much did you take, and how long did you take it for? Did you do a load at the beginning? Not that I plan to continue, since I decided to stop after the six days. I'm just curious.
 
Frederick Foresight said:
Yes, I figured I'm a non-responder. Perhaps if I gave it some more time it might play out a bit differently. After all, it has only been six days (as of yesterday), although as I noted I should be fully saturated by now, and I did 2 full workouts while on the stuff, including on the last day. Not a single additional rep or added pound of bodyweight beyond normal day-to-day fluctuations. The thing is, I don't think it's worthwhile, or worth the potential risk, for a very small gain. And then you have to keep taking it...

As I mentioned in the past, I had taken creatine in the later '90s for a longer while (I think it was for more than a month or two), and I don't recall having been especially pleased. Although I do vaguely remember my pants fitting tighter at the waist, which was not a selling feature. I suppose that since I had lost a fair amount of muscle since my 40s and 50s, creatine might have helped me get some of it back. But even if it were to net me, say, a 5-pound gain, I don't think it's worth taking the stuff indefinitely for such an increment.

Two interesting developments about creatine I noted. First, the price seems to have gone up considerably since the time I last looked into it a few years ago. And, second, a number of establishments no longer seem to carry it. If I recall correctly, Costco used to carry it. I know for certain that Walmart did. Neither is carrying it now. I think some pharmacies also sold creatine along with their nutritional supplements, but the four or five pharmacies I visited since deciding to try it again did not have it. That can't be a good sign.

I guess I'll just focus on staying lean and staving off age-related sarcopenia with exercise and good nutrition to the exclusion of everything else. On the plus side, I'm actually a bit leaner than I was a couple or so years ago but have not lost any weight.

*Sigh*

When it comes to getting older, some settling will occur.
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When it comes to getting older, some settling will occur.
Gravity, it do take a toll.:(
 
Frederick Foresight said:
I saw my doctor last week and discussed the possibility of taking creatine. He was indifferent to the idea since I had gotten a clean bill of health.

And so, I am 6 days in having taken 3 servings of 5 grams each on the first day, and 4 such servings on each of the following 5 days. I gather that for my size I should be saturated by now (115 grams in total thus far). I don’t feel different, I look no different, not having gained a single pound, and today was my second workout while on the stuff and I am not a single rep stronger. And this on the day that my muscles should theoretically be saturated. What gives?

Any thoughts?
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How did it go using the creatine? I started lifting light again after quitting during Covid. Curious to hear your outcome. Used creatine off and on since 1989.
 
I know, the thread is a bit old, but anyone using creatine find it affects your sleep at all? I decided to give it a try and it has been just 5 days, and I am waking up 3 or 4 times a night. I work out ~1700-1830 my time and have tried taking it an hour or 2 before or right after the workout to see if it made a difference, but it hasn't.
 
tango29 said:
I know, the thread is a bit old, but anyone using creatine find it affects your sleep at all? I decided to give it a try and it has been just 5 days, and I am waking up 3 or 4 times a night. I work out ~1700-1830 my time and have tried taking it an hour or 2 before or right after the workout to see if it made a difference, but it hasn't.
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Not really, I take mine before or immediately after my morning workout. I never loaded and the effects are great less water retention.
 
As a strength improver from base it never did anything for me but I remember it being useful for strength maintenance when leaning out i.e when I should possibly have been weaker from lowered cals.

I think,anecdotally,it can trick the muscle that it is full and strong when it isn't so much.

Never cycled,just a standard dose shortly before weights.

If I wasnt leaning out or lean,I also found that it bloated me for little noticeable improvement.
 
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