Unsure about, ..creatine Options

[Castaway]

I've been thinking about taking creatine but is it legit? What do you guys think? Are there any short or long term side effects?

How effective is it? Cause i don't want to get TOO buff.

[demolished]

where can you buy it?
i'm interested.

[illriginal]

where can you buy it?
i'm interested.

Nutrition shoppes.. Such as GNC

Hmm ok..
I asked my friend about this. He's taking it too. he said creatine puts water into your muscles to make them bigger.. it gives you energy. He also said that once you stop taking them, you'll get weaker.. for example

In a sense, yes it does put water into your muscles. What it really does is, it opens up the fibers of your muscles so that protein can be absorbed a lot better then fills in and maximizes your muscle size.

It doesn't really give you energy, but it does give you endurance. Once you stop taking creatine, you won't lose your size unless you stop eating healthy and stop going to the gym. As long as you eat healthy and train properly in the gym... you have nothing to worry about. Creatine is just to add size safely. And you can keep them permanently. You won't get weaker either unless you stop training in the gym.

benching + creatine= 150lb MAX
benching without creatine (after a couple of days/weeks of quitting) = 130lb MAX.

is that true?

Uhm... no. I'm not callin him a liar, but he's just misinformed. Creatine only helps size, not strength. Strength only comes through repetition. Which takes weeks. But there's "newbie" gains, which will come real fast, this is what gets people hooked into the gym. Because 1 month of training for the first time transforms you ridiculously. You'll love it trust me.

he also said the side effects could include pimples,dizyness.

Dizziness is dehydration or taking too much caffeine/ephedra (when your heart races tooooo fast)

Pimples well lol... he just needs to bathe properly and learn to wash his sheets every few days and not use the same towel more than twice.


Like I said bud... just join the forum @ bodybuilding.com don't be shy, you gotta start some where. Training is really good for you man. There's two different types of training. Strength and bulking. You don't want to get massively big (Even though that's pretty addicting)? Then go with strength training. You build some mass, but you'll become really strong.