Creatine Question

[blue steel]

i just bought GNC's Creatine Mono and i was wondering if you have to load first since it doesnt say anything about loading?

[narcsarge]

Different studies on whether loading is needed or not. The main stream thinking now is that you receive no benefit from loading.

[NiteHawk]

You can load or not load, its your preference. Loading is not necessary. The loading phase means taking 20 grams a day in 4 divided doses for 5 days then doing a maintenance phase of about 3-5 grams per day. You can however achieve the same results by not loading and only taking 5 grams a day and it will take about 21 days to achieve the same muscle saturation as the loading phase. The 5 day loading phase will just get you saturated quicker. Some say to cycle off creatine for 4 weeks once every 2-3 months. There is no data to support doing this. It does take about 21-28 days of being off creatine to get your body's creatine levels back to normal.

[bigk-78]

i used GNC mono creatine a while back and didnt need to load, got good results rite away, so no worry man, dont waste it nd just use reg amounts, no load

[warri0r87]

Originally Posted by NiteHawk

You can load or not load, its your preference. Loading is not necessary. The loading phase means taking 20 grams a day in 4 divided doses for 5 days then doing a maintenance phase of about 3-5 grams per day. You can however achieve the same results by not loading and only taking 5 grams a day and it will take about 21 days to achieve the same muscle saturation as the loading phase. The 5 day loading phase will just get you saturated quicker. Some say to cycle off creatine for 4 weeks once every 2-3 months. There is no data to support doing this. It does take about 21-28 days of being off creatine to get your body's creatine levels back to normal.

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ultimately it comes down to, ur preference. loading can b a pain in the ass sometimes, so if u dont want to worry about it, then dont...all up to u .

[blue steel]

cool, thanks for all the replies!