Comments on: Will Taking Creatine Leave You Bloated?

By: Erick

Erick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:46:03 +0000

I meant creatine… not creative.

By: Erick

Erick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:45:12 +0000

Never actually tried creatine myself either as my work out schedule is unfortunately hit and miss these days due to heavy amounts of college work. Also, with my budget, it’s either protein.. or creative. Oh well, perhaps at a later date when I become more serious.

Glad to see the research though, definitely.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:35:25 +0000

No rick. As I stated in the book, I switched back to regular dosage after an experimentation period yielded no better results.

By: rick

rick — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:44:26 +0000

Mark, just curious, are you still cycling your creatine? I’ve found it to be a bit of a pain to keep track of which days are loading and which days are off. Also, im a student and bringing my creatine to classes on loading days is also a pain (I forget my shaker, it gets warm, etc.) Just was curious to see if the cycling was working better than the normal loading period and then maintenance.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:53:51 +0000

No worries Paul, glad you found the info useful.
Mark

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:52:29 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Mark. I often wondered about this and have heard many viewpoints. Appreciate the objective stance. P

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:50:35 +0000

Thanks Chris. Totally agree on the thirst issue and taking time off it is beneficial IMHO, as I state in the book.
Mark

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:48:32 +0000

I like it when you do the science bit Mark.

I think that like most things in life Creatine effects people in different ways. I find that if I haven’t taken Creatine for a while I get ahem ‘gassy’ for the first day after taking it. I also have a raging thirst (this seems like a common theme in the forums). But after 12 hours or so it is fine.

I’m coming off Creatine for a week next week whilst I’m on holiday, so will see if any noticeable difference.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:48:30 +0000

That’s pretty unusual these days Yavor.

By: Yavor

Yavor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:46:13 +0000

Never tried creatine before. Maybe one day 🙂