again, smart asses have to reply to cover the fact they don’t know dick. creatine is safe, and it does work. it doesn’t give “bacne”-steroids do, nice try though. its not a waste of money either. if you take it properly and the right amount, the results will be great. you only need around 5-10 grams per day, and there is no loading peroid needed. your better off in getting plain creatine, and mixing it with water. no-xplode, cell-tech, etc have a rep for bloationg you, but thats because there is a ton of suger in the drinks with the creatine. sugar does help release it faster, but it will release on its own. if you and a friend start taking it, and he takes cell-tech, and you take regular creatine, he will get results faster in the 1st few weeks, but after about a month or so, it will even out.
creatine doesn’t shut down your kidneys, it doesn’t give a temper, it doesn’t give roid rage, etc. in case anyone didn’t know, creatine is found naturally in red meat. mostly steaks. did anyone ever get roid rage from eating a sirloin? in the late 70’s, early 80’s, bodybuilders who ate more steak then those eating chicken, fish were getting bigger, and they did studies, etc, and found out the effects of creatine on the muscle system. long story short, when those lifters who ate only fish/chicken starting taking a powdered creatine, they caught up to those who ate steaks.
creatine works by allowing your muscle bodies to hold more water, that is where the so called bloating comes from. when your muscles are swelled with water, they expand, and are bigger, which allows you to lift more weight, and go at a higher intensity. once you stop taking it, which you should every 4 weeks for a 1 week, you should keep the strength you gained, because you didn’t take a testosarone booster.(steroids, andro, tribulis, etc). when you take those, you lose a lot of strength when your off because your muscles adapt to higher testosarone level, your not raising it with creatine. your gains will not be as great as with a testosarone bosster, but they will reamain after you get off it, and thats bonus of taking creatine.
it is not a lot of $. i get 2.2lbs for around $30, and its from eas, which is a very good brand. i recommend eas, gnc pro-performance, muscletech, and sci-fit. all are very good quality. honestly, if you want a serious answer, and want it accurate, just pm on here, and i’ll give it to you. 1/2 of the people who responded on this don’t know shit about supplements/lifting.