@Chris. Sure. I’m all for experimentation with this. Give it a whirl.

@Doug. I’m not aware that pre or post creatine uptake has been studied. However, if you take it before, the cells are already saturated with creatine phosphate. There will be little room for uptake and I can guess that it may even decrease your body’s sensitivity to creatine supplementation. If taking after, a lot of creatine has been depleted and there is plenty of room in the “tanks” to take in creatine for conversion to creatine phosphate inside the muscle.
So I recommend creatine post-or-intra-workout along with whey.

Do you have consistent (or any) studies that demonstrate that this is true regarding creatine uptake? From the science I’ve looked at, it really makes no difference. Creatine has been measured in the urine after supplementation and it is pretty much equally absorbed regardless when you take it or what you take it with.

The only thing that slightly increases it is with a huge bolus of sugar (almost 100g), and nobody wants to do that. Plus, you’re only gaining another percent or two of creatine with that, so relatively speaking it is useless.

Thanks for all of your hard work–love the site.

@Robert. Creatine is better taken with your post-workout whey. The body is in a better state for creatine uptake after a workout.