About creatine....

[kimswollwilliams]

yeah, glutamine has a very distinct taste... kind of salty with something else a can't quite pin point.. nothing like a chilly-cloudy- refreshing 8oz. glass of l-glutamine. deee-licious

[kimswollwilliams]

perfektion- check out absolute-creatine-.com a great site with some great info on creatine- when to take, dosing, types etc. just info, not a sales pitch site... should get your question answered plus some additional info-

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Originally Posted by kimswollwilliams

perfektion- check out absolute-creatine-.com a great site with some great info on creatine- when to take, dosing, types etc. just info, not a sales pitch site... should get your question answered plus some additional info-

Havn't read this site but read many which are sites like this who discuss creatine in general. Some say before training but alot seemed to say after training. Il personally just use mine whenever I get the chance.

[thesinner]

After the msucle saturates, I don't believe timing is all that important. Creatine doesn't need to be in the bloodstream; it needs to be already stored in the muscle.

Some of the newer creatine salts, like creatine malate, may provide pre-workout benefit, due to the inclusion of krebs cycle intermediates.

If you're going old school (in my opinion, this is the better creatine anyhow), the main task is getting the creatine into the muscle before it has the chance to hydrolyze. Insulin helps out with this. And that's how the infamous Cell-tech was born because with 75g of dextrose per serving, if your body doesn't produce insulin, you're diabetic. It was a bit overkill, since there's really no reason why a human being would need that much pure sugar in one sitting. Something simple like gatorade will work just fine. To get more mileage, timing comes into play, but again, these little things like taking with sugar and timing are going to maybe get 5% to 10% more out of your creatine; the fact that you're taking the creatine is gonna do at least 90% of the work. A lot of people take post workout, which the body is very eager to store nutrients in the muscle at this time and will respond nicely to insulin. On the flipside, this is when blood pH is most acidic, so the creatine is more prone to hydrolyzing. First thing in the morning is, in my opinion, another viable time to take it, as you're body is again quite eager to store nutrients in the muscle and again will respond very well to insulin. That being said, first thing in the morning and post workout on an empty stomach are probably the two better times to take it at, but taking it at all is much more important than when.