Creatine before or After Workout?

[NoviceBuilder]

Is it better to take creatine before or after your workout. Or shoud you split it up. When do you guys (or gals) take it?
Also same question about protein shake?

[Speedracer59]

Take Protien shake with creatine after with simple carbs(dextrose). Mix them all together within 1 hour after wkout.

[Keiser]

Good question bro. Do a search on creatine, or wait and see what YellowJacket has to say.

[Keiser]

Or what speedracer says sounds good to me, that is how I take mine.

[prolangtum]

Post workout, your muscles are begging for nutrients after a workout, and will uptake things like creatine much better, especially when spiking insulin with something like dextrose/whey shake

[SMACKAVELI]

There's a long running debate about this. Some say take before to increase your ATP levels for working out. Some say after since your muscles need it most. But everyone aggrees that you should take it with some form of Dextrose to increase the absorption rate of Creatine.
The best bet is take 5 grams before. 5 grams after. That's just my .02 cents...

[YellowJacket]

I think its in universal agreement to take it with a simple sugar to spike insulin. Given dextrose is cheap, it is often the choice. I prefer a 50/50% split of malto and dextrose (malto is cheap also).
Check your protein powder, whey has the ability to spike insuling, etc. The whole nine yards. If it contains a lot of simple sugar, dont even go for the dextrose/malto. If you use a gainer post workout (ie. N-Large 2), certainly dont add more malto. its packed with malto.

As far as dosing-

Some take 10grams post workout
Some take 5 grams post workout
Some take 5 grams pre and 5 grams post workout, etc.

I have done all 3. I have seen comparable, if not identical results with all 3 methods. Best of luck.

[Keiser]

Do you guys take the creatine on off days?

[Speedracer59]

Definately.

[Blackfoot]

Originally posted by LadiesMan
Do you guys take the creatine on off days?

Yes. 5 grams. You?

[Keiser]

I have only been taking it on workout days and have gotten good results this way. I'm not sure the science or chemistry behind it, but i'm gettin good results this way.

[YellowJacket]

Originally posted by LadiesMan
I have only been taking it on workout days and have gotten good results this way. I'm not sure the science or chemistry behind it, but i'm gettin good results this way.

Then by all means, continue to do that. The idea behind loading and dosing on off days is to elevate your plasma creatine levels quickly, a lot of people have naturally high creatine levels (myself included) so I have only been consuming 5grams post workout and thats it.

[Speedracer59]

Originally posted by YellowJacket
Then by all means, continue to do that. The idea behind loading and dosing on off days is to elevate your plasma creatine levels quickly, a lot of people have naturally high creatine levels (myself included) so I have only been consuming 5grams post workout and thats it.

Yeah whatever works .

[iamcdn]

Originally posted by YellowJacket

As far as dosing-

Some take 10grams post workout
Some take 5 grams post workout
Some take 5 grams pre and 5 grams post workout, etc.

im in favor of 5 before and 10 after

[hummerluv]

whats yoru fav creatine????? any will do?
the gnc guy told me not so.