Sun Tzu

In conjuction with what Tholo said; if your OK with the fact your going to lose some of the gains you made; then creatine isnt to bad. If your going to use it; down it with pure grape juice. As far as when to take there are a bunch of theories. They're all right and all wrong. In other words everybody is built differently; what is going to work for one person may have a different outcome for someone else because of genetics. When I used it I found that dose in the morning and one after my workouts had the best effects. Also because of the loss when mixing unless the suspension is used I took it dry right from the spoon to make sure I get every bit and then washed it down with grape juice.

Although I did make temporary gains asthetically; the biggest impression it left on me is what it did for my running stamina. I have never been a great runner. At the time I was going through specialized military training in which running in thick beach sand with jungle boots on; for an average 6 mile run at a 6:30 to 7 min pace was killing me. I was in the last percentage of my class on these torture runs. That fact alone made the instructors come down on me even harder (which wasnt good). Three weeks after using Creatine- the side pinch was gone, the burn in my legs was gone, and I generally felt a higher level of oxygenation occuring. I wasnt stumbling across that anaerobic threshold, and went from running in the rear to running in the front.

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