Huddle Workout Warriors

[Jase]

Girls?

 

good for everyone.  I think the link I provided mentioned efficacy variation between genders and races.  It was more effective for black people and hispanic people than white people.  It was more effective for men than women.

Also more beneficial for vegetarians as meat contains creatine.

[Ja Rhule]

Guess who goes to planet fitness?

 

[Chimera]

hairy knuckles FTW

[Ja Rhule]

Woke up at 4am this morning with severe pain in my forearms...  I guess I overkilled it...

[Darth Biscuit]

Woke up at 4am this morning with severe pain in my forearms...  I guess I overkilled it...

 

Ahem...

[Ja Rhule]

Ahem...

 

You mother......

[the butch]

everyone should take it, at least sporadically, IMO.  The science behind it is pretty strong and it's about as safe as anything can be.

 

If he has any belly fat, though, the amount of water that gets retained in his midsection could be alarming.

 

Could you not just take a water pill that's designed to flush your system of excess water?

[Jase]

Could you not just take a water pill that's designed to flush your system of excess water?

 

I guess, but I don't really care very much about the retained water

[Cat]

good for everyone.  I think the link I provided mentioned efficacy variation between genders and races.  It was more effective for black people and hispanic people than white people.  It was more effective for men than women.

Also more beneficial for vegetarians as meat contains creatine.

 

 

So this could totally be placebo or just me improving but I took 5 grams of Creatine Monohydrate yesterday before my workout. I did Sweat Intervals (30 min Insanity Cardio) followed by AB attack (10 mins of ab moves no breaks) followed by T25 Pryamid (pyramid weight lifting for the most part).  

Sweat Intervals typically kicks my butt, i have to break about 18 mins in normally but not yesterday. I went 26 mins without a break, I only stopped because my heart rate was above what my max heart rate is supposed to be. I felt crazier than normal, a little out of my mind, I didn't realize how hard I was pushing my body. After all the workouts I ended up with a headache. I am curious if any of this is attributed to the Creatine. I'm gonna try it again today. 

[Darth Biscuit]

I've never had that particular effect Cat and from what I've read, I always thought you kind of had to build up some creatine in your muscles before you started to notice it... in fact a lot of the creatine I've taken always suggests a "loading" phase of about a week.

 

It's entirely possible however that your body responded to it... or you just had a really good workout, which in either case is a good thing.

[Ja Rhule]

So this could totally be placebo or just me improving but I took 5 grams of Creatine Monohydrate yesterday before my workout. I did Sweat Intervals (30 min Insanity Cardio) followed by AB attack (10 mins of ab moves no breaks) followed by T25 Pryamid (pyramid weight lifting for the most part).  

Sweat Intervals typically kicks my butt, i have to break about 18 mins in normally but not yesterday. I went 26 mins without a break, I only stopped because my heart rate was above what my max heart rate is supposed to be. I felt crazier than normal, a little out of my mind, I didn't realize how hard I was pushing my body. After all the workouts I ended up with a headache. I am curious if any of this is attributed to the Creatine. I'm gonna try it again today. 

 

Drink more fluids and you should be good.

 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/283407-creatine-headaches/

 

 

Creatine and Headaches

Some people experience headaches as a side effect from using creatine. Muscletalk.co.uk explains that the more creatine that is stored in the muscles, the more water is drawn into and stored in the muscles. Your body's need for water increases, as does your chance of becoming dehydrated. The onset of a headache is a common symptom of dehydration.

 

[Jase]

So this could totally be placebo or just me improving but I took 5 grams of Creatine Monohydrate yesterday before my workout. I did Sweat Intervals (30 min Insanity Cardio) followed by AB attack (10 mins of ab moves no breaks) followed by T25 Pryamid (pyramid weight lifting for the most part).  

Sweat Intervals typically kicks my butt, i have to break about 18 mins in normally but not yesterday. I went 26 mins without a break, I only stopped because my heart rate was above what my max heart rate is supposed to be. I felt crazier than normal, a little out of my mind, I didn't realize how hard I was pushing my body. After all the workouts I ended up with a headache. I am curious if any of this is attributed to the Creatine. I'm gonna try it again today. 

 

I'm with arsen, you've got to drink an absurd amount of water using Cre.  or else headaches, constipation, etc could happen from your muscles drawing all available water to them.

 

[Chimera]

I've never had that particular effect Cat and from what I've read, I always thought you kind of had to build up some creatine in your muscles before you started to notice it... in fact a lot of the creatine I've taken always suggests a "loading" phase of about a week.

 

It's entirely possible however that your body responded to it... or you just had a really good workout, which in either case is a good thing.

 

creatine definitely increases performance in high intensity anaerobic exercise. that big of a jump is rare, but it does happen.

 

i actually encourage people to skip the loading phase. your muscles tend to grow pretty fast during loading and your tendons don't always keep up. you can develop chronic tendonitis that way.

[Cat]

Just booked a trip to British Columbia to go skiing at Whistler! A month later I'm at Park City for a week skiing, gotta make sure my quads are fuging awesome!