Stupid Creatine Question

[Efourdee]

As if there was another kind?


Is there any benefit/negatives to cycling off as opposed to staying "on"?

Does anyone use creatine without cycling off every few weeks/months? If so do you reload anyway after a few weeks months?

I usually do the cycle thing, but would rather not this time. Just making sure there isn't a good reason that I should be cycling instead.

[Thremp]

Stay on.

[Efourdee]

What about the reloading debate?

Some people who stay on just reload every few months, like cycling back on without every cycling off.

[Thremp]

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What about the reloading debate?

Some people who stay on just reload every few months, like cycling back on without every cycling off.

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Umm.. Seems pointless. One scoop a day is fine for me. I consume a ton of creatine without supplementation.

[kinda]

(from http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/creatine.html)

Q: I have heard conflicting information about cycling creatine. Should I or shouldn't I?

A: Some studies support creatine cycling and others do not. There are a couple of different "cycling" strategies you can try: 1. Stay on creatine all the time, but reload once every six weeks; 2. Load for a week, stay in your maintenance phase for six weeks, then stop taking creatine completely for a couple of weeks. Repeat.

also:

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=69128
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=192957
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=41527

short answer: stay on but reevaluate after a few months

[Efourdee]

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(from http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/creatine.html)

Q: I have heard conflicting information about cycling creatine. Should I or shouldn't I?

A: Some studies support creatine cycling and others do not. There are a couple of different "cycling" strategies you can try: 1. Stay on creatine all the time, but reload once every six weeks; 2. Load for a week, stay in your maintenance phase for six weeks, then stop taking creatine completely for a couple of weeks. Repeat.

also:

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=69128
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=192957
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=41527

short answer: stay on but reevaluate after a few months

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Thanks for the links...I was planning on staying on unless I had some good evidence that it was a bad idea.

[mperich]

thats my theory too..if studies/knowledgable people are so divided, it probably doesnt matter much. therefore id take the most convienent route (staying on)

-Mike

[Thremp]

Efour,

You do realize your diet includes several gram of creatine in it daily? Well assuming you eat a diet plentiful in fish and meat.

[Efourdee]

Yes I was aware of that, but my diet alone doesn't match the performance enhancement I get while supplementing with the monohydrate powder.

Were you pointing that out as a reason not to cycle off?

[Korch]

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What about the reloading debate?

Some people who stay on just reload every few months, like cycling back on without every cycling off.

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Umm.. Seems pointless. One scoop a day is fine for me. I consume a ton of creatine without supplementation.

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how much in "a scoop?"