what is the best creatine out there.That really works?
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That is a very broad questian and i do not even want to begin to explain it here so go to the link below and read away. Note be sure to see the differances between Creatine Monohydrate and Creatine Ethyl Ester
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Creatine is overrated, you have to take it all the time to keep you're results you gain from it. But I would suggest Cell-Tech if you don't mind drinking it every day.
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best supplement for muscles is whey protein...and if you have so extra money, you can look into creatine or some preworkout supplement (gives a boost to your workouts) that contains creatine in it.\n\nfor overall health, fish oil, flax seed oil, green tea extract ('primaforce lean green' is the most potent that i know of), multivitamins...and throw in some extra vitamin C and vitamin E.  these are all pretty cheap...
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Creatine and amino acids serve different purposes.  I don't take amino acid supplementation, so I haven't done much research on it, but I am taking creatine and have done a lot of reading on it.\n\nCreatine is a natural substance that you obtain from your diet and can make yourself.  Creatine's primary purpose in weightlifting is to replenish ATP stores during intense activity.  By taking creatine supplementation you can increase your creatine stores by up to 40% (depending on how much you are already getting in your diet).  This will allow you to work out harder longer and get better results from your training.\n\nCreatine is also known to cause cell volumization, as it causes the muscles to hold more water.  Note that this is different the water retention, as water retention is when water is retained on the outside of the cells, causing the muscles to lose definition and look smoother.  Cell volumization pulls the water into the cells and causes the muscles to look harder.\n\nThere are also studies that have come to light recently that show that cell volumization can make protein synthesis more productive.  In theory this could mean that creatine could directly help you build muscle, but more research needs to be done to prove this effect.\n\nCreatine is also a very safe substance to supplement.  While there are rumors of some side effects, such as muscle cramping, kidney problems, etc, no studies have actually proved these to be actual risks.  One possible risk is the down regulation of the creatine transporters due to oversupplementation, but if you follow the recommended guidelines you shouldn't have to worry about that effect.  To be safe you should actually take less creatine than most manufacturers recommend, though.  Studies have shown that your body can absorb a lot less than most companies suggest you take anyway.  They have found that your body is unable to absorb more than 3-5 grams of creatine per day after you have finished loading.  To top that off, after working out you are capable of absorbing up to 10% more than your normal maximum capacitiy.  They estamate that you only use 3% of your creatine stores when you don't work out.  That means that if you are fully loaded and then take creatine after working out you will have more creatine than you body can obsorb for the next 3-4 days or until you work out again.  Bottom line: after loading it is only necessary to take creatine after working out.  I only take about 5 grams after I work out to replenish the creatine I have used.\n\nAs far as amino acids go, do some research and see what the benefits are to you.  I've already found an article that proved to me that glutamine is a waste of money, but I haven't researced any of the other availlable products.
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I take Creatine and praise this supplement!!!  Creatine definitely makes you stronger (bench press went to 275lbs. and I weight 150lbs.) and look "buff".  Reason why you look buff is because Creatine is a "water magnet" absorbing water into your muscles hence the term "muscle volumizer".  That is why you'll need to take in lots of water or it won't work.  Plus without enough water you will most likely have muscle cramps.  So take in the required water and more, or else you'll be in pain and not have the the full benifits of creatine.  Also you do not need to do a loading period.  It is just the manufacturors way of getting you to buy more of the product.
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When I used to lift weights, I used whey protien, creatine and had success with both. I still use the whey protien and eat lots of egg whites, and chicken. You may also want to look into NO2, it is a supplement that I personally have not used, though have heard it is very good.
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I take the Buffered Creatine. What you guys talking about is the old one which requires loading. My comment is simply nothing wrong if you take the buffered one.
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creatine makes your muscles retain more water, making you look bigger, and giving you a slight increase in the amount you can lift.  Best results when you take it with dextrose (found in red grape juice,disgusting but true).  However, as soon as you stop taking it, effects will disappear
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Yes,  it can.  Thats why you rarely see it packaged in a liquid enviroment. Liquid creatine is garbage. Creatine Ethyl Ester is more stable with less conversion. See bodybuilding.com a lot of clients tried this and do not get dumping syndrome or bloat. ( dumping syndrome is when creatine turns into creatinine in your gut in 10 - 30 minutes and you get diarrhea. Your body sees it as a poison and pools water into the intestines.) My clients like the results.Plus more creatine gets into the muscle. I hope you get great pumps and endurance.
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creatin...rite aid carries it
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At fifteen years of age, creatin will not help you, and using ANY "steroids" is not smart as your body is still developing NATUARALLY. Using anything similar to a steroid can actually hinder the "natural growth" of your body...\n\nBut here's the info you were looking for:\n\nCreatine is a nitrogenous organic acid that naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle cells.\n\nIt is public knowledge that meat (which has a lot of creatine) enhanced performance long before modern science discovered creatine. The big winner in the 480 B.C. Olympic Games said he ate nothing but meat for 10 months prior to the Games to get ready.\n\nIn 1832, the French scientist Michel Eugène Chevreul discovered a component of skeletal muscle that he later named creatine after the Greek word for flesh, Kreas.\n\nIn 1912, researchers found that ingesting creatine can dramatically boost the creatine content of the muscle. In the late 1920s, scientists found that the intramuscular stores of creatine can be increased by ingesting creatine in larger than normal amounts, discovered creatine phosphate, and determined that creatine is a key player in the metabolism of skeletal muscle.\n\nThe Russians and other Eastern Bloc countries may have used creatine as a sports supplement as far back as the 1970s, although this is a matter of debate.\n\nWhile creatine's influence on physical performance has been well documented since the early twentieth century, it only recently came into public view following the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. An August 7, 1992 article in The Times reported that Linford Christie, the gold medal winner at 100 meters, had utilized creatine prior to the Olympics, and an article in Bodybuilding Monthly named Sally Gunnell, gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles, as another creatine user. Several medal-winning British rowers also used creatine during their preparations for the Barcelona games.\n\nAt the time, low-potency creatine supplements were available in Britain, but creatine supplements designed for strength enhancement were not commercially available until 1993 when a company called EAS (Exercise, Atheletics, Strength) introduced the compound to the sports nutrition market under the name Phosphagen. In 1998, the launch of the first creatine-carbohydrate-alpha lipoic acid supplement, Cell-Tech, by another company called MuscleTech Research and Development, took place. Alpha lipoic acid enhances muscle phosphocreatine levels and total muscle creatine concentrations. This approach to creatine supplementation was validated in a study performed in 2003 by Burke et al., of the Department of Human Kinetics at St. Francis Xavier University. Another important event in creatine supplementation occurred in 2004 when the first creatine ethyl ester supplements were launched. To date, the most extensively researched brand-name creatine supplement is Cell-Tech, with three published studies on the actual product (Parise, G., et al. 2000,. Kalman, D., et al., and 2000 Tarnopolsky et al, 2001). Both Phosphagen and Cell-Tech still remain widely used by athletes around the world.\n\nCreatine Ethyl Ester (CEE) is becoming a widely used form of creatine, with many companies now carrying both creatine monohydrate-based supplements and Creatine Ethyl Ester supplements, or combinations of both. CEE is touted to have absorbtion rates tens of times higher than regular creatine monohydrate by several supplement companies. Creatine monohydrate ($400 million in annual sales in the United States alone) remains the most used form of creatine.\n\nSynthesis\nIn the human body creatine is synthesized mainly in the liver by the use of parts from three different amino acids - arginine, glycine, and methionine. 95% of it is later stored in the skeletal muscles, with the rest in the brain, heart, and testes.\n\nThe enzyme GATM (Guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase, also known as L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT),
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Yup...it does work.But keep in mind that u have to drink alot of water and for optimal muscle gain , keep the portein intake high too.Also cretain is best absorbed by muscles when used in "cycles".\nThanks,\nColin.
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I talked to some guy and vitamin shoppe and he said that METACELL was one of the best creatines you could buy
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Some reviews:\nN0-Explode is a fun product. You will get CRAZY amped, but not much else. The Arginine works by dialating the blood vessels, but all of the caffine closes your blood vessels. You are left with paying 60 dollars for a caffine boost. Try a preworkout supp. like NOX-CG9, you will get much better results, albiet without the rush.\n\nI am in high school and have been working out for about 3 years. I have been working out with NO XPLODE for 3 months now and have had results right away. from not being tired, having edurance, and size...diffinatly size. I would recommed this to any one who takes working out seriously and is looking for a little bost.
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creatine just affects your muscles ability to retain water...which can then help muscle grow since nutrients/protein can be transfered to muscles more easily.\n\nyes.\n\nwater helps your body clean your body of toxins...plus, your body already makes its own supply of creatine.  so it's pretty safe for your kidneys.\n\nbtw, i mean safe as long as you don't take an excess amount of creatine.  of course you are changing the balance in your body.  some people can handle more...some not as much.  just make sure you know how your body reacts to it and how much you can take.
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Your trying to compare apples and oranges.  They're two very different supplements with very different mechanisms in the human body.  \n\nWhey protein is loaded with both essential and non-essential amino acids and is primarily used to accelerate muscle development and aid in recovery.\n\nCreatine is designed to increase the production and availability of ATP, specifically for the first few seconds of intense activity.\n\nIt is probably the only supplement on the market that can actually help you increase your loads, power and size in a realtively short period of time. \n\nPROS\n- Increases the availability of energy for first 6-10s of power related movements\n- It increases muscle strength and power\n- May improve some endurance and delay fatigue. \n- Forces water into your muscles (cell volumization), making muscles bigger and firmer. Do not confuse this with water retention that happens outside the muscle cells, making the muscles look smooth. \n- Gain weight quickly (if that is a desired goal) 4-8 pounds is common in the first three (mostly due to increase of body fluids in the muscles). \n- Gain muscle faster since your able to lift greater loads longer due to reduced fatigue and leverage.\n\nCONS\n- Weight, strength and power gain are quickly lost approx 2-3 weeks after termination of last cycle\n- There have been some outrageous claims of Creatine causing everything from high blood pressure to cancer, but these have never been proven. There are no scientifically proven side effects from moderate Creatine supplementation.\n\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/creatine_and_teens.shtml\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/creatine_boosts_brain_power.shtml\n.\n.
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Creatine definately, also whey protein, and Muscletech has some products like Gakic, Leukic, Creakic, Anator P-90. These all available at GNC. But remember you cant take these supplements and expect to get ripped, you need to take these supplements and lift weights. Anator P-90 is very sketchy tho, its for serious professional bodybuilders. none of the supplements i listed are steroids.