Does anyone still use creating?

[mtwarden]

my blood work for the last 20 years shows my creatine levels just barely above the “normal” range

 

[AZSTM44]

Stopped for a while during a cut phase but might hop back on

 

[crushh87]

I swear I used it for like a month one time and my hair started falling out. I’m pretty young and I thought my days of flowing hair were numbered. Stopped using it after reading about it potentially causing issues with hair and never had an issue again.


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[winnow]

The smart people on the internets are taking 5 grams daily.
They're not taking it as workout supplement.

And a thought on the water weight gain. Consider this water that's not in your backpack. If it's in your body, your body may find a use for it at some point. Also, the water weight looks aesthetically pleasing if you're lean.

 

[JGoody]

#1 supplement to take IMO

 

[Florida Bow Hunter]

I'm 64 and I just started on it recently. I'm shooting 80 pounds and need a little push in my workouts to maintain strength and muscle. It definetely works,and I feel it also has helped me with my shoulder pain I had from bicep long and short tendon. I feel as though I have gotten more limber,stronger, and flexible.

It does take a concerted water intake effort, and it seems for me anyway, the more water intake, the more pump I maintain lifting weights. I intend to use it until the end of the year and wean myself off it. I am dead set against the Doctor advised "TRT" nonsense as I feel it is simply taking steroids,legally. When you age, you need any boost you can take and creatine used with amino acids and whey proteins really helps me I feel.

Now for those of you backpacking into the woods for 7 days and limited on water intake ? I encourage you to wean yourself off atleast for a month afterwards before embarking on those type of hunts. Your body needs a large amount of water,and when not supplied, cramps come from all over,including your chest/heart. So I see it as being a supplement that calls for additional care, and when in the back country, you don't have those sort of ways to care for yourself 24/7.

 

[mtwarden]

I’ve never had any problems on 7+ day trips. I do insure I’m putting in the fluids, but no adverse effects that I can tell from using creatine daily (I don’t take it with me on trips, one less thing to think about).

 

[doc holiday13]

Its great stuff, but i wouldn't use it if you aren't regular in the gym AND pushing yourself hard. First time I took it.... Whew.. I blew up in the gym. I put on a lot of size.

But its been said, you gotta drink a lot of water with it

 

[OrangeHat]

Absolutely yes, almost no downside and more science backing it than almost anything else in the fitness industry, as far as supplements go

 

[Wingshooter]

I am a firm believer in taking creatine I think everyone who trains should take it other than that eat good stuff.

 

[matthewbwinter]

Yes creatine is a wonderful adjunct to any sort of strength training and boosts energy reserves. I even brought some to Canada with me on my moose hunt

 

[stev7975]

Been taking creatine for 25 years in various doses and for various activities. Ran D1 middle distance in college, bulked up a bit in grad school and did a lot of hard hunting throughout and to this day. Now down to a dose in my morning protein shake and still work out daily. The stuff works for me. Yeah, drink water. But I drink beer too and it hasn't been an issue. Makes muscles bigger and stronger and lactic flushes faster. Haven't found a drawback yet.

 

[jmassart]

The time it is really beneficial is during strength training. Our bodies utilize creatine during anaerobic activities which is about the first 20-25 seconds for people. It will help you during these activities.

 

[Kloud-T]

The Army started seeing issues with soldiers and creatine usage since we did more of an endurance type event with some explosive type strength movements. Creatine does not help for endurance from what I have read and the risk of becoming a heat casualty outweighed the benefit for extended operations..

They need mission preparation cadence or the combat glide cadence, it is a tactical diagonal method the right side of your shoulder and right side of your leg is for stamina dominance while the left side of your shoulder and left side of your leg are considered hind side of the body for balance because it is a method to save the back leg from dislocating during long distance and long hour ruck march.

It is called high risk operational condition environment which requires mission preparation cadence from marching drills if they want to cheat and be effective in proficiency. Acceleration burst and hind leg burst for explosiveness it is a full body zigzag technique to push uphill since high stake when rushing through. Mountain winding course should be an obstacle course to train on since controlled environment.

Special Forces training.


"Your training programs are effective. I have been following the routines and can do a rather large amount of situps and pushups! The question I would like to ask is - would this program be more affective if I took creatine while doing these workouts? And would you see a difference in a short period of time?"


Take a look at the testing procedures of military or Special Operations troops. You are required to perform for several minutes of high intensity at pushups, situps, and pullups. Then almost immediately, you are required to swim, run, or ruck march for miles. The military person is a cross between an endurance athlete and a gymnast. The requirements of several hours of endurance activities, along with short explosive body weight movements.

Cadet academy police and military they kept high performance sport competition under wraps, the selection selected few to limited spot is a requirement to remove incapable people who don't meet the 90Ibs standard for operational support special forces without being tied to enlistment/recruitment if not interested in joining such branch or units but they took this well rounded process and made it a common process since it is effective. High performance center just ask for ruck march specific and specialization tactical operator sport when being trained by a coach you would end up with ranger 75th regiment, path finder, delta force methods and tomb guard of the unknown soldier march ceremony methods they are combined for ruck marchng, specifically for infantry. The coach would train you on strength and conditioning, but ask for endurance on top just to ensure your capability to be fit for such a role.

These military lineage are odd combination to produce a new line of prototype operators but they are effective. I came out of the science research canada olympic park high performance training facility as a ruck march operator to tell you what I know. The gymnastic acrobatic method from high performance training from coach is olympic level this is actually for hipbelt and shoulder strap exit strategy when body is sliding downhill since special force infantry takes place in the mountain. High intensity method is for cardiovasular and stamina to get uphill and downhill faster pace by the mile per hour speed which this is now called or known as a competition training method.

It is all of physiology, biomechanics and kinesthetic/kinesiology. It is just the military are not about winning gold medals but rather these same sport specialized training by coach are used by the military for higher effectiveness for operational support.