Stacking and Loading

[Determined]

I meant to put cycling instead of loading. Can someone please tell me what each of these are. I sort of have an idea, but I want to start taking some supplements and need to know if I am doing it right to get maximim results. I would like to start taking some kind of creatine, protein, and probably glutamine.

[kovalaybolt17]

you dont cycle protein or glutamine you should be taking protein everyday. as for glutamine, doesnt really do much and you dont cycle it you can take it how ever long as you want. creatine is what you should cycle... cycling is going on a certain supplement for a set period of time and going off it for a while and re starting... i personally think you should go on creatine for a month on and 3 weeks off the start over. but you cna read up on that.

Originally Posted by kovalaybolt17

i personally think you should go on creatine for a month on and 3 weeks off the start over. but you can read up on that.

the regular cycling period for creatine is 8 weeks on 4 weeks off... but like he said....thats his personal opinion.

[TRAZ]

I would skip the Glutamine (some might disagree) as 80-90% is destroyed during digestion. Creatine is good, but not essential (it works for me). I would go with CEE (Creatine Ethyl Ester) b/c it doesn't have the side effects that Creatine Monohydrate has and is more efficiently absorbed by your muscles. It should be cycled on 8 weeks off 4 weeks. Whey Protein, however, is essential IMO. I would consider it to be the most important supplement for muscle growth. There are a million types, but ON 100% Whey is awesome. I like the double choclate flavor, but there are ton of different ones. Search online for great prices or check GNC b/c it is still not too expensive there (getting it off of the internet is way, way cheaper).