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Started creatine last week and put on 6 lbs

Feel like a bloated fool
Diverse crackhouse
  03/18/23
Creatine bloat is awful. Only use it on days I lift because ...
carmine up-to-no-good locale depressive
  03/18/23
You're losing most of the benefit if you do this
Coiffed haunting house main people
  03/18/23
Yeah but there’s still some benefit right? Don’t...
carmine up-to-no-good locale depressive
  03/18/23
very very minimal. creatine works by having your muscles at ...
Coiffed haunting house main people
  03/18/23
I see. I try taking it EOD to get whatever tiny benefit I gu...
carmine up-to-no-good locale depressive
  03/18/23
Loading phase bloating is pretty normal. Drink as much water...
carnelian codepig
  03/18/23
3mg/day and no loading works great for me
Autistic Black Range Generalized Bond
  03/18/23
are you a high school student from 20 years ago
Impertinent vivacious dingle berry organic girlfriend
  03/18/23
also copped recently. seems 180. have seen the number on ...
Narrow-minded heaven fat ankles
  03/18/23
I've taken it every day since before I could drive. It's 180...
180 Flushed Trailer Park Black Woman
  03/18/23
How much per day is the ideal? What about for women?
razzmatazz wild messiness
  03/18/23
Lmaoing at balding hook nosed Leiter look-a-likes taking Cre...
ocher unholy old irish cottage chapel
  03/18/23
stfu
Indigo crotch
  03/18/23
do you notice anything in the mirror? i understand you gain...
stimulating thirsty national regret
  03/18/23
I look "bigger" but I don't look leaner/more cut, ...
Diverse crackhouse
  03/18/23
ty. that sounds like a good plan to me
stimulating thirsty national regret
  03/18/23


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Date: March 18th, 2023 3:46 PM
Author: Diverse crackhouse

Feel like a bloated fool

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Date: March 18th, 2023 3:47 PM
Author: carmine up-to-no-good locale depressive

Creatine bloat is awful. Only use it on days I lift because of this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46068990)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:06 PM
Author: Coiffed haunting house main people

You're losing most of the benefit if you do this

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Date: March 18th, 2023 5:25 PM
Author: carmine up-to-no-good locale depressive

Yeah but there’s still some benefit right? Don’t think I care tbh even with a low sodium diet that shit makes me nasty looking

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069212)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 5:34 PM
Author: Coiffed haunting house main people

very very minimal. creatine works by having your muscles at saturation. you can get to saturation quickly by loading, or slowly by just taking a medium dose every day, but if your muscles aren't saturated (and they WILL take on a lot of water as a direct result of being saturated), you're giving up almost all of the benefit.

I also read a long time ago, back when it was in vogue for scientists to try to figure out why creatine worked, that some argued that the muscle swelling *itself* provided some of the benefits associated with creatine. The argument was that the saturated muscles had better leverage in key lifts, and their larger cross-sections contributed to increased strength (that would partially be lost when ceasing creatine because it was a simple mechanical advantage, although some benefit from having lifted at a higher intensity for a while would be retained).

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Date: March 18th, 2023 5:47 PM
Author: carmine up-to-no-good locale depressive

I see. I try taking it EOD to get whatever tiny benefit I guess

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069275)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: carnelian codepig

Loading phase bloating is pretty normal. Drink as much water as you can and you’ll be fine.

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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:04 PM
Author: Autistic Black Range Generalized Bond

3mg/day and no loading works great for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069033)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:06 PM
Author: Impertinent vivacious dingle berry organic girlfriend

are you a high school student from 20 years ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069035)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:30 PM
Author: Narrow-minded heaven fat ankles

also copped recently. seems 180.

have seen the number on the scale go up, but i've also been eating more than usual.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069081)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:32 PM
Author: 180 Flushed Trailer Park Black Woman

I've taken it every day since before I could drive. It's 18000

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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:34 PM
Author: razzmatazz wild messiness

How much per day is the ideal? What about for women?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069104)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:44 PM
Author: ocher unholy old irish cottage chapel

Lmaoing at balding hook nosed Leiter look-a-likes taking Creatine at age 35 like it’s going to change anything.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069127)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:47 PM
Author: Indigo crotch

stfu

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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:48 PM
Author: stimulating thirsty national regret

do you notice anything in the mirror? i understand you gain water weight with creatine, but what i don't understand is whether the water gets distributed to muscles (and thus you still look proportional etc) or if it's just net negative for aesthetics despite increasing performance

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069135)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 4:50 PM
Author: Diverse crackhouse

I look "bigger" but I don't look leaner/more cut, if that makes sense? I definitely notice it in the gym - lifting a lot heavier/more reps and feel really good after my really heavy workouts.

At 18% bf but trying to get down to 12. I think I'll keep taking it + eating at a deficit and just go off it when I'm on vacation / going to be with my shirt off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069138)



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Date: March 18th, 2023 7:22 PM
Author: stimulating thirsty national regret

ty. that sounds like a good plan to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5309055&forum_id=2#46069557)