How to Cycle with Creatine ?

bluewaves97 · 09-04-2005, 02:47 PM

I dont know how to cycle with creatine, i am going to start taking Storm by universal nutrtion , when my football season is over and i want to know if storm is good , and how to cycle with it.

Pain · 09-04-2005, 03:00 PM

Proper Creatine Loading and How to Use Creatine

As we've already established in previous articles, creatine is a top notch supplement to help you gain weight; however, to do so effectively, you need to learn about creating loading and creatine use. Also, creatine monohydrate isn't 'cheap', so you'll want to get the most out of your money by putting your creatine to produce maximum results for you. So take a few minutes and read about creatine cycles, creatine uses, and creatine loading and maintenance phases.
Creatine Cycling: Creatine loading-maintenance phases

If you know what creatine is, you've probably heard of creatine cycle, creatine loading phase, and creatine maintenance phase. So what's the big idea? Sure, creatine is great, and can really help you pack on a few good pounds quickly, but most people find that after a few weeks on creatine, their gains taper off, and almost disappear.

So it's a common belief among athletes (mostly bodybuilders) that creatine cycling will help fight off that progressive loss in weight gain from creatine use. The idea is that (just an opinion shared by many), after using creatine for a period of time, your body 'gets used to it', so the gains and results disappear.

What creatine cycling is designed to do is to take creatine for a period of time, then stop for a period of time, then go back on it. The belief here is that, doing so will help you maintain the gains you make with creatine use. Kind of like doing workout cycles - where you always change your routines to prevent your muscles from getting used to the exercises.
How to properly do creatine cycles and phases

So, there are 3 phases in a creatine cycle... well, actually 2, but resting counts as well. The first phase is called the loading phase, because this is when you fill up your muscles with creatine, which is then used for ATP re-synthesis. After the creatine loading phase (first week), you lower the amount of creatine use - this is the maintenance phase.

Here's a typical creatine loading and maintenance cycle:

Week 1: creatine loading phase (20g / day)

Weeks 2 to 4: creatine maintenance phase (10g / day)

Weeks 5 to 8: no creatine

Typically, 4 weeks of cycling is all you need for creatine. It could be different for you, and there are many variation of this cycle, so test it out, and figure out what works best for you..

**fahad** · 09-04-2005, 07:23 PM

hey didnt hdogg said that u dont need 2 cycle creatine..

mele421 · 09-04-2005, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fahad

hey didnt hdogg said that u dont need 2 cycle creatine..

I think he did. Didn't he say that all you need to take is 5g after your workout, and on off days to take it 5g in the morning. That's what I remember...it was either him or Flex.

Q80_MuscleHed · 09-05-2005, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mele421

I think he did. Didn't he say that all you need to take is 5g after your workout, and on off days to take it 5g in the morning. That's what I remember...it was either him or Flex.

i've read a lot of articles about cycling creatine .. and most of them don't recommend cycling creatine .. just as Hdogg said .. take it after the workout and in in the morning

mele421 · 09-05-2005, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by q80_muscleHed

i've read a lot of articles about cycling creatine .. and most of them don't recommend cycling creatine .. just as Hdogg said .. take it after the workout and in in the morning

In the morning on a non-training day? I heard to also take it in the morning on both on and off days.

**fahad** · 09-06-2005, 02:01 AM

i dont use anything currently but how about 10g per day for a bigger guy like me...and do u need 2 do a week of loading if u didnt use creatine for a long time like to take 20g on 2 times a day......

Q80_MuscleHed · 09-06-2005, 02:35 AM

even when you don't workout .. you have to take creatine i take it in the morning and in afternoon meal

**fahad** · 09-06-2005, 04:51 AM

and do u need 2 do a week of loading if u didnt use creatine for a long time like to take 20g on 2 times a day......

mele421 · 09-06-2005, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by q80_muscleHed

even when you don't workout .. you have to take creatine i take it in the morning and in afternoon meal

So, on a non-training day, do I take a serving upon wakening? And when you say in the afternoon with a meal, do you drink it with water with your meal? Isn't that too much to take...I'm starting to get some water retention again and I hate it (That's why I stopped taking it prior). Oh, and one last question to make sure, on training days, am I only supposed to take one serving, which is after training (That's what I do right now).

**fahad** · 09-06-2005, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mele421

So, on a non-training day, do I take a serving upon wakening? And when you say in the afternoon with a meal, do you drink it with water with your meal? Isn't that too much to take...I'm starting to get some water retention again and I hate it (That's why I stopped taking it prior). Oh, and one last question to make sure, on training days, am I only supposed to take one serving, which is after training (That's what I do right now).

on a non-training day take a serving upon wakening....thats wut i no....

mele421 · 09-06-2005, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bluewaves97

I dont know how to cycle with creatine, i am going to start taking Storm by universal nutrtion , when my football season is over and i want to know if storm is good , and how to cycle with it.

Who do you play for? You on varsity?

bluewaves97 · 09-06-2005, 09:51 AM

jv right now but coach says he might move me up i just have to keep on impressing himn in practice and in the scrimmages.