Question regarding creatine supplementation?
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Given that you are healthy and active and assuming you are using these to build musle and strength,Id say about 7to 14 days.
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Nonsense, don't listen to anybody that has posted so far. Creatine is created naturally in your body and so it is merely used to supplement what is already in your system. If you are referring to "Creating Monohydrate" it is the original form of creatine and currently the least used by bodybuilders. Reason being, it bloats your body with water and your cells tend to absorb more water while on creatine monohydrate. It's not necessarily a bad look, but who wants to look bloated? The creatine that I have used in the past and been satisfied with is tri-creatine malate. The actual brand is SAN V12. On the sources I've posted a review of it. I wouldn't suggest any form of supplements for beginners until you  have at least been working out for 6 months- 1 year. What you can use after several months is whey protein: The fundamental of every diet. I've also posted a link for it. So there you have it, take creatine freely, but don't abuse it. Take it in 8 week cycles and give yourself about 2 weeks of rest in between.
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Recommended maintenance dosage is 0.03 grams per kilogram of body weight, so for 160 lbs. you could take 2 grams per day for no more than 30 days. Try taking it about 30 minutes before exercise.  As far as it helping to build muscles, one of the side effects of creatine is that it makes cells absorb water, so you will get slightly bulkier muscles, but it will be mostly water weight. I will not recommend its use for track and field because it may cause you to dehydrate too early, which will be detrimental to your performance.
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"cretain"? I would just stick with a good multivitamin if I were you. Eat healthy and you shouldn't have to worry too much about "supplements". ~smiles
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"Creatine is an important compound produced by the body. It combines with phosphorus to make a high-energy phosphate compound in the body. Creatine phosphate is used in skeletal muscle contraction.  The creatinine test is used to diagnose impaired kidney function and to determine renal (kidney) damage."\n\nhttp://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/creatinine_test.jsp\n\n"Creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine, which is an important part of muscle. A serum creatinine test measures the amount of creatinine in the blood.  The test is performed to evaluate kidney function. If kidney function is abnormal, creatinine levels will increase in the blood, due to decreased excretion of creatinine in the urine. Creatinine levels also vary according to a person's size and muscle mass."\n\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003475.htm
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I take glutamine quite often.  I can't say I have seen any huge gains as I did with creatine, but my understanding is that if you take glutamine while you are not lifting, you tend not to loose as much muscle as you would with out it.  One supplement I would absolutely swear by is Nitric Oxide (NO).  The active ingredient is L-arganine.  Wal-mart sells a product called NOS that is effective.  GNC has a product called NO2 that is also quite effective but cost more than twice as much as the wal-mart version and has the same active ingredients.  Anyway, to answer your question, I would definitely add glutamine to you diet.
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Your body uses Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) as you primary energy source especially when lifting very heavy, there are other energy systems but in regards to creatine i will limit this answer.\n\nWhey you perform you're repetitions the ATP breaks off into ADP (Adenosine Diphospate) this is when you get your energy burst which allows your muscle fibers to contract. When you get low on ATP/ADP your body will grab some of the naturally occuring creatine from your cells and throw them in with the ADP for the energy burst.\n\nSo by taking creatine as a suppliment you will improve upon your performance allowing you to eventually lift heavier weight and or for longer periods of time. Hence you will gain more muscle or endurance etc...\n\nNote:\n"Creatine Ethyl Ester" will promote a leaner ripped muscles.\n\n"Creatine Monohydrate" will promote a larger albiet more bloated or less lean type muscle.
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Creatine monohydrate is legal and probably safe.
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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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Ther shouldnt be any interaction between the two products. I take creatine and use thermogenic fat burners (which im guessing is what riped fuel is) somtimes together and have never had any problems. Once though i had gotten bad cramps in the abdomin but attribute this to the fact that i was not drinking enough water. Once i drank more water the cramps went away. So drink lots of water and you should be fine.
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I'll give you a very simple answer to your question...NO.\n\nThey don't work and the research done on such supplements as you suggest is useless, unscientific and unsupported by unbiased scientists.  Save your money as these supplements do next to nothing to enhance your overall training.  Even the best natural supplements have been shown to provide very little benefit to a recreational fitness enthusiast.  \n\nIf you're going to spend money on something, creatine (depending on your goals) should probably first on your list since it's the only product that has been proven to work across the board.  There is also some merit in the claims of some Metabolic enhancing products but do your research to find out which one's work best.  Hotrox works very well for me after trial and error.  Besides that, get yourself the right multi-vitamins, whey, glutamine and omega 3 fatty acids.  Almost everything else I've seen out there in the last 20 years has been hogwash.
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More energy Creatine for sure.  But do you homework before you try it, Creatine is naturally produced in your body, It's the enzyme that breaks up ATP molecules, energy molecules.  In other words, its what give you energy.\n\nSo, I've heard not many really work, But No-Xplode is a type that I know actual people have tried and gotten real results.  All creatine is expensive tho <_<\n\nProtien shake is good for building mass, but when I was on it I noticed no difference in size or strength, but i Gained 10 pounds quick.  Try gettin protein shakes made of Whey or egg white
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I have tried creatine and the only effect it had on me was to reduce my bank balance.  It is also worth pointing out that it is not considered a doping drug (i.e. athletes can take it).  This suggests that it doesn't have a big effect on performance.  Whey protein is about the only worthwhile supplement, everything else is really for the professionals who want to gain a tiny advantage.  I have tried most supplements and have come to the conclusion that they are just money making fads.  \n\nLifting heavier and heavier weights is the only way to pack on extra muscle.  Obviously this becomes more difficult as the weights get heavier as you need spotters.  On the spotter point, I train on my own, yet I never have a problem getting a spotter on my heavier sets.  Just ask another gym member, normally they are only too willing to help out.\n\nAlso, are you eating enough?  The quickest way to put on muscle is to have periods of bulking and ripping.  Personally I bulk up twice a year and then aim to get ripped at Christmas time and then again in the summer.  In the bulking periods I eat and eat and normally put on an extra 15 or so pounds.  My strength goes rapidly up during these periods as my body has everything it needs to repair and pack on muscle (i.e. extra calories and plenty of vitamins).  I do this for about 6-8 weeks then I cut my calorie intake down to BMR - 500.  In about 6 weeks I am then back to my normal weight + a pound or two of extra muscle.\n\nHope this help.
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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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It 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_boosts_brain_power.shtml\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/creatine_and_teens.shtml\n.\n.
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Hey dude, i use creatine, and its fine. get them from GNC.\n\nYou should get the liquid one, because it doesnt have any side effects.
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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.