I wad wondering if Creatine would help with fullness on my cut when my carbs are low
MESO-Rx
Anabolic Steroids
Anyone take creatine on a cut?
- Thread starter bigtyivier2k2
- Start date
I use creatine year round whether cutting or bulking..... As long as your diet is on point you should be fine, Also it's just going to prevent muscle breakdown and recovery.
Creatine doesn't need removed for dieting phases. Big difference between intramuscular water and the dreaded bloat everyone seems so scared of when they're lean (makes no sense). Keep your creatine in.
sved2000
Member
Creatine year round, every day.
freedom69
Member
I also maintain creatine daily regardless cut, bulk, or maintenance.
Yes, it will help on a cut. But some fullness may be lost based on other factors like glycogen, etc.
Standard creatine monohydrate? Ill be honest I havent used it in many many many years.. back when it was written everywhere to take 29g per day in grape juice for 4-5 days loading then scale back to 5g
I doubt you’ll notice. But if you’re not already taking 5mg a day. Why aren’t you taking 5mg a day? Unless it really doesn’t agree with your GI I can’t think of a good reason not to.
coalminer1978
New Member
year round for me
WeaponPharma
Member
I think there is also a role for creatine supplementation during a caloric deficit to assist with mood; cognition. Let’s all bear in mind that a huge percentage of calories are used by the thing between your ears!
JulianB
New Member
Creatine 24/7 365 all year long whether bulk or cut.
sved2000
Member
Yea, just monohydrate. You can load if you want to, but general consensus is just 5g a day and you’ll be saturated in a few weeks, then just keep it up. Get flavorless and add it to one of your protein shakes.
WeaponPharma
Member
A very good tip here. I was one of the people who for many years used creatine in a watery base and endured that final sip of a drink laden with undissolved creatine. Very tough to digest! Love it in the protein smoothie
Only issue is i hate shakes and prefer to get my protein from beef fish chicken turkey and eggs
MountainBaby
New Member
As everyone else has said, there's no reason to remove creatine from year-round use.
As for a flavorless, easy to dissolve option - I've found Thorne monohydrate to be excellent! I've mixed it in with a variety of drinks or shakes and it's almost always undetectable.
As for a flavorless, easy to dissolve option - I've found Thorne monohydrate to be excellent! I've mixed it in with a variety of drinks or shakes and it's almost always undetectable.
If you have a problem with subcutaneous water it isn't the fault of creatine its your salt timing. You need to be eating a fuck ton of salt a week prior then cut down the salt but not out, just back to normal levels. The high levels of salt in your kidneys from your salt load relative to a light serum salt will dry you out.
Thanks! Diet is so on point right now that even 4iu of serostim daily isnt making me retain much water
Yeah a lot of people are affraid of salt because it bloats them. But what actually bloats you is the 1st deritive of your salt intake. The rate at which its changing. Researching how the kidneys actually work and applyhing that to a water cut is very interesting. Your kidneys are a salt engine that regulate water based on your normal salt intake.
