Alot of my freinds and people at the gym tell me to take creatine before and after you work out. Is this true. Does it work better.

By andy on Thursday, January 27, 2000 - 07:15 am: Edit

well takin creatine before a workout might give u a boost and it will also help for the creatine to saturate ur muscles faster. but ur muscles really make good use out of it right after a workout. hope i helped. later

By Anonymous on Friday, January 28, 2000 - 05:06 am: Edit

Hey, I will start taking Betagen here in a few days and I've read that you can take it before a workout due to it's low sugar content (2 grams of dextrose). And that you can also take it with a protein drink, but I've heard that taking creatine with protein affects It's absorbstion. Why would EAS say this If It were true? Anyone else use Betagen? If so tell me how you use it.

By Anonymous ( - 152.163.197.184) on Friday, October 20, 2000 - 02:01 am: Edit

Latest thing I heard and now wonder: If taken too long, does your body cease production of its own creatine, thereby necessitating supplementation essentially forever?.......

By John ( - 212.120.194.40) on Friday, October 20, 2000 - 06:03 am: Edit

Good question. l believe that if you take any supplement for a very long time, your body (since it has used it), shuts down (more or less), it's own production. l think the key to success in never to take anything in a yearly basis, since our bodies are extremely adaptive about anything we want to supply it. And since you mentioned about Creatine, l truly believe that one reason (except kidney or liver damage), that you should not take it in a yearly basis has to do with that.
(Creatine loses it's effectiveness).

By Scobi ( - 63.68.123.253) on Friday, October 20, 2000 - 07:27 pm: Edit

Good points. Cycle "everything" you do. Keep changing your training and supplement routines and your body will never adapt and always respond. Do 4-6 or 6-8 weeks of something then change.

By Bill on Monday, March 05, 2001 - 06:05 pm: Edit

I'm starting the use of Creatine and Andro. What's the recommended usage of these 2 in combo with one another?

By Anonymous ( - 64.12.102.172) on Friday, March 09, 2001 - 11:43 pm: Edit

Andro is a waste of money, try taking glutamine and creatine as a stack although at seperate times of the day. Take glutamine before you go to sleep and creatine following a workout or first thing on the morning on days you don't workout. You will surely see positive results with this stack. Good point about the cycling, I too believe its a good idea to cycle all supplements.

By Sander ( - 145.51.1.1) on Sunday, March 25, 2001 - 02:18 pm: Edit

Which supplement other then Creatine will increase your mass? Please let me know!

By DLP (216.198.96.103) on Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 08:32 pm: Edit

Yes this is true take creatine right befor and right after your workout

By BOGIE (152.163.206.179) on Friday, May 25, 2001 - 10:21 am: Edit

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, ONE, I HAVE HEARD TAKE CREAGTINE BEFORE, AND I HAVE HEARD TAKE CREATINE AFTER, THIS IS PISSING ME OFF, COULD SOME ONE GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER PLEASE, SECOND, IS IT NECCESARY TO MIX CREATINE WITH A LIQUID, OR CAN YOU JUST PUT IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR TOUNGE AND WASH IT DOWN.

By The Man (24.160.60.202) on Thursday, June 07, 2001 - 08:59 am: Edit

Before or after?? YES!!! From what I understand, the real muscle-building benefit of creatine supplementation is that it is a muscle cell volumizer, not so much its roll in ATP production. So I theorize taking it pre-work out helps because fuller volumized muscle cells = stronger more efficient muscle cells. And taking it post-work out helps (especially with carbs and other nutrients) because your freshly depleated muscle cells are screaming for nutrients, and creatine's muscle cell volumizing properties may aid in supplying them what they need. The fact is the human body is so complicated, there's conflicting theories about how creatine works... but this we know: it works!

By goldspark (161.142.2.10) on Thursday, June 14, 2001 - 04:42 pm: Edit

I'm a newbie to Creatine. I'll be starting on it soon. It all says take it before or after workout but what about during your rest days? Do you take it too? Please provide guidance.

By MOHAMMAD ALI (203.175.64.10) on Saturday, July 14, 2001 - 07:18 pm: Edit

I HAVE MET-RX MICRONIZED CREATINE LIKE 2 MONTHES AGO . AND I HAVE TRIED TO USE IT TWO TIMES BUT WHEN EVER I DRINK IT ( I MEAN RIGHT AFTER WORKOUT) MY STOMACH POPS OUT AND THAN I DON'T USE IT . PLEASE TELL ME WHY IT APPENS .. SHOULD I CONTINUE THE PRODUCT AGAIN OR QUIET IT IF YES THAN SHOULD I DRINK IT BEFORE WORKING OUT OR AFTER... AND PLUSE IF I WORKOUT IN THE MORNING SO CAN I DRINK CREATINE EMPTY STOMACK OR WHAT? THANKS

By Anonymous (213.122.234.24) on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 - 11:34 pm: Edit

Does Creatine have an expiry date? As the tub Ive got does not have one

By stallion (152.163.205.77) on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - 04:02 am: Edit

creatine is the best supplement 4 building mass quickly and safely,im 19 and thanx 2 creatine i am getting bigger and i dont mean just upstairs so suck my *** b4 and then suck it dry after a work out

By Anonymous (195.92.168.170) on Friday, August 31, 2001 - 11:33 pm: Edit

it says to take my creatine once 1 day,how can i take it b4 and after?

By Anonymous (159.148.60.10) on Tuesday, October 09, 2001 - 09:47 pm: Edit

It is sad that we shoud use about 5g creatine per day. But if I want to take it befor and after, shoud I take 2.5 befor and 2.5 after. Isn't that too small amount to be serve at one time.

By Big Cat HH (Bigcatmod) (213.224.83.46) on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 12:45 am: Edit

Considering we can absorb 7-10 grams when maintaining (post-loading phase) why not take 5 before and 5 after ?