Creatine

FIREBAT's picture

Hi, I hope everybody is great and training hard
I have a qauestion for you all and Jamo
I am currently supplementing Protein, Glutamine and BCAA's pre and post workout and I'm thinking of adding creatine to my stack.
Yet I'm in a cutting phase and I don't want to be bloated with the water retention effect of creatine.
Should I simply get creatine out of my mind or go for alternate forms of creatine like creatine ethyl ester or kre-alkalyn?
If so is there a specific brand/product you can recommend

Thank you very much guys,

FIREBAT's picture

Thank you very much guys,
I've been reading very good reviews on GreenMag by Controlled Labs. Have you heared about that? It's neither kre-alkalyn nor ethyl ester. Also what brand or product do you recommend for kre-alkalyn or ethyl ester

firebat...water retention is

J_dazzle23's picture

firebat...water retention is kind of an individual thing. some people do not retain water while on creatine, so you may be able to take it and not retain any water. On my part, i usually retain water and look bloated, and flat when i take creatine, but when i go off it, i can see the results.

You are on the right track, i would look at creatine ethyl ester or kre-alkalyn, as the absorbtion rate is MUCH better than creatine monohydrate.

unless your planning on

dazzaemm2k7's picture

unless your planning on going on stage then you shouldnt worry about holding water , jay cutler ( one of the worlds best bodybuilders ) takes his creatine when he is getting ready for a show ( cutting ) but he stops taking it 2weeks before the show , cause of the water and i guy like him needs to be holding ZERO water to bring out all of his details and striations , i take creatine all the time and have been on it for years and i still have abs !!! so dont think that if u take creatine then you will hold water and you wont be able to see ur six pack , body fat is wat covers over your six pack , NOT water ;) hope this helps , i would personally recommend BSN cell mass because i used that and my strength made a huge increase and it is very good or just go for optimum nutritions creatine supps , you cant go wrong with optimum nutrition ;) hope this helped ;)