The biggest effect I noticed was that I could recover from leg day better. I went from being almost unable to use the stairs in my house to just being very sore.
When I come back from gym after leg days I'm tired in the rest of the day and It takes me 2 or 3 days to recover...that's why I'm gonna start taking creatine.
I’m 50 and just started taking Creatine after not taking in the last 15 years. In 5 weeks my bench press went from 130 to 155 so yes, pretty impressed.
@titus9587 My biggest fear through my 40’s was injury besides I still need to be able to play a killer round of golf so killing it in the gym can be counter productive to other things we do in life. After turning 50 I have ramped it up a bit.
Now let's not get into who's got bigger balls arguments.If 1 wants to take supplements,that's his choice.Natrual is best,but it's their bodys&choice,what they take and do.
@@TexTheMaster yes bro i didn't eat junk food for more than 1 month and i took it yesterday, my creatine scoop , i didn't felt anything and pushing my regular weight like nothing , its good bruh
For me the biggest benefit I noticed about creatine is how fast I recover and also how I get less fatigued while working out, also the pump is a little better but that's most likely because of the water weight. Like you see in the video creatine is not for everyone so make sure you pay attention to how your body responds.
Related to this, I believe, in combination with cialis I developed an inflamed tendon in my dominant bicep. I later partially tore it (twice, yeah I'm an idiot).
@@fka5883 Me personally I didn't take the 20g of creatine the first week since I already have gastrointestinal problems so I just did the regular 5g daily, and make sure you don't go above 5g maintenance after the first week of 20g if you decide to do it. I also recommend intaking 10-15 g of creatine the first week instead of 20g to prevent any stomach problems. As for how long? You can take 5g of creatine daily and as long as you need to if you're working out, nothing bad (or good) will happen if you take it without working out apart from some water weight gain, so you can take it years down the line if working out that long is your goal. Again make sure you pay attention to your body when you take creatine, and consult your doctor if you have any sort of internal bodily issues such as kidney problems before using it. Make sure you hydrate more often than usual due to your muscles being more filled with water while taking creatine. Other than that good luck on your weight training journey and I hope you reap the benefits of creatine!
@@Toydota yes, i am too. I am working out since 2014, pretty good natural physique, tried creatine back in 2017 or 18, 0 effect for me, legit. Only stomach issues too. Never took it again. Tried different variations too. No need for me. Dont forget too, the people taking creatin are in the meantime committing mostly first time to the gym. So the gains is not from creatine only, but because they actually go to the gmy regularly lol.
@Timmess yeah I never understood why beginners take it I honestly believe it to be impatience but I feel starting to take creatine monohydrate once you peak is the best idea instead of as a beginner intermediate or advanced
@@brandonbarrales6800 Increasing volume by 15% increases the rate of gains, which is pretty great as a beginner also as that increased rate of improvement will increase motivation, which can be in short supply before you've really gotten into it. Also useful for intermediates as it gets you to your peak faster.
I took 3g of creatine for 1 WEEK and i took a wet dump 3 times a day for 1 week, but after 8th - 9th day, my stomach bowel went to normal and I gained energy lifting
I’m 46 and been training on and off the last 30 years. I didn’t do the load up but just took 3g daily and after 3 weeks I’m seeing improvement. I look more cut and definitely have more energy. Also haven’t experienced any stomach problems.
@@bobbill300312 is an impossible feat for the MAJORITY of people. I’m quite fit, but I ”only” get around 20 *clean* pull-ups, and around 4 muscle-ups in a row. Don’t overestimate other people and underestimate yourself. If you can do that many clean pull-ups, congrats, you have excellent upper body strength.
Just got done with week 3.. love the results and I didn’t have any stomach issues. I play tennis and I’ve noticed a huge difference in my explosiveness on the court.
Wo this is a very useful topic for all the beginners take creatine for 30 days and keep it up and keep up the wonderful work as always and take care Keep smiling always
The skit near the end made me laugh so hard! Great job Jeremy thank you for explaining the adverse effects and how to properly saturate your muscles. Been a subscriber for a while man you look fantastic!
I’ve been taking creatine for a few days and already I’ve noticed my recovery is much better, almost to the point where I’m wondering if I’m still working out as hard as usual. I’m excited to keep using it.
Regarding hair loss concerns: Whether true or not, I feel like the important piece of information that's often glossed over from that study and from anecdotal claims is the fact that it ACCELERATES SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY GOING TO HAPPEN, so you should address the actual problem rather than worrying about the possible cause of it. Creatine is the red herring distracting people, the real bogeyman is the hair loss itself. I'm now in my 30s, with a noticeably receded hairline. It started probably around age 24, perhaps coincidentally when I started working out and supplementing with creatine, but wasn't noticeable to anyone except myself (I could see the changes in the mirror each day since I had a freckle right on my hairline, so it was really obvious when the hairline changed). I was on-again, off-again with my workouts, doing roughly 3 month stints each time, and so was my hairline slowly moving back and forward every few months by the tiniest amounts. Even before taking creatine, I had read about the possibility of its impact on hair, but at that time I wasn't sure if I would even be impacted by male pattern baldness (looking at the hairlines on both sides of the family, it looked like a 60/40 scenario in favor of my hair being ok, and I also got a bit more confidence from the fact that up to that point I had zero indication that my hairline had moved at all - compared to other people I knew where their hairline had at least done *something* [no matter how small] by their low-to-mid 20s to give them a nod that they were going to experience it eventually). Further, each time the topic was brought up, people in comments would bring up the valid points that creatine was the most researched supplement and only that one (possibly faulty) bit of research had ever shown this, so probability was in your favor that your hair would be fine. Despite how unlikely it was, each time I took creatine the receding hairline became a lot more apparent, and when I would stop taking it the hairline would very slowly come back over the course of months. I got lulled further into a sense of security; I would tell myself "well, *if* creatine is causing this, at least I know from my experience now that it'll grow back each time that I stop." That was until around age 27; that was when my hair would occasionally *not* bounce back to its original hairline (obvious by my freckle) no matter how much time passed. And by age 28, there was no denying it - other people could now see it. Either it was pure coincidence that my hair receded each time around the time that I would take creatine (which is totally possible and honestly the most likely a scenario given research) or creatine did play a part in it (also possible despite how unlikely), but honestly it actually doesn't really matter what role creatine did or didn't play in it because I should have instead just been addressing the hair problem itself! (Admittedly, at the time, I didn't even know there were products to use for this, I thought it just happened and I had to swallow it or it wouldn't happen; I *wish* there hadn't been such a stigma around the topic of taking products for balding back then [which has improved since, but we're still not being open enough about it to make it obvious to the people that need to know that it's ok to use these products].) So, regardless of whether creatine accelerates it, and honestly regardless of whether you ever take creatine at all, if male pattern baldness is a concern to you then you should be doing something preventative NOW (or at least the instant it starts becoming apparent) to make sure that it simply doesn't happen to begin with (e.g. finasteride and other medicines). Maybe, had it not been for creatine, I would have followed the average trajectory of people experiencing male pattern baldness and instead experienced it in my early-to-mid 30s, but that still means I was going to experience it! And so, the fact of the matter is, if it's going to happen to you then it's going to happen to you, so what does it matter *when* it happens if you don't do anything about it? Take creatine or don't take creatine, but at least take something to remedy your hair the instant you need to if that's something that worries you.
@@AM-wi6zo The first paragraph (which is all most people will/should read) is all that actually matters; I added the other two just for context if someone feels the need to keep reading. Years ago, I saw comments basically saying what the first paragraph said but assumed it didn't apply to me, so the other two will hopefully make someone with my mentality realize "oh, nevermind, this does apply to me".
Receding front line that comes and goes is PURE SCIENCE FICTION. It’s just impossible. Anyway it’s a fact that creatine speeds up thinning hair. Sad but true.
Although I did not experience significant strength growth, but I felt much more energized and could do much more reps. Because of that I added a superset per each day at the end, which I for sure wouldn’t be able to do before. Although I take creatine blend, so I am not sure how much of that comes from creatine itself.
Hey i don't know if this is a dumb question but i just bought some creatine is it normal for it to have 49g of sugar per 80 g because that sounds like a lot
@@ryanbaker5296I don't think that sounds right, creatine isn't supposed to have anything but creatine. Unless its some kinda of creatine I've never heard of it shouldn't have any sugar. P.S. Jesus Loves You.
I am a 42 year old woman. I started to use creatine only a few days ago, and I can already say that I feel better after working out, and I feel more energised. I'm a vegan, so I'm gonna probably be in the group of people who benefit from it. I desolve a scoop in the water and drink it while working out. It's not too bad for a stomach for me. Maybe a bit of discomfort, but nothing painful. I'm looking forward to seeing the benefits after a month and more. I've already increased the weight today, too.
I always recommend to don't do loading and just do a steady 3-5gr and load it slowly. I've been taking it for about 3 months and have no negative side effects
I have to agree with you 💯% . I am taking 5g each morning before gym. My workout session is boosted well after I continue for a week or so. With no side effects. Cheers to all
I started lifting 6 months ago and took creatine. I stopped for financial reasons and saw a drop in strength of roughly 30%. It makes a HUGE difference and was honestly pretty frustrating. Now I'm loading again and can't wait to get those big juicy lifts again.
what bro? financial reasons? just a tip: every creatine monohydrate is the same no matter what they tell you in ads etc, buy the cheapest one trust me there wont be any difference.
Lost so much hair from taking it on two different occasions. Don't care what those sellers of creatine say about lack of evidence for it. There are so many individual anecdotes about hairloss that it makes me shake my head when people don't believe in it.
@@leandromartins2936 First time I took it for several months and it just took me a long time connecting the dots. Last time for only two weeks. My hair has never looked the same since.
For me creatine is a great supplement. I'm a woman in my thirties and I'm not in particularly good shape due to life circumstances. Creatine gives me energy and makes me recover faster. It feels like I'm not at the 'appropriate fitness level' to use this kind of supplement but the truth is that it helps get there.
I don't know what to say about this. I'm 42, never been to gym before. started training 2 weeks ago and everything presented here happened to me without any suplements or magic dust. My strength increased by 30-40% and my muscles strating to pop up. Imagine if i took creatine from day 1 and attributed all this process to it. That'll be like not taking merit for my work. I just eat a little about 1 hour before gym, drink lots of water during workout and eat a little again within 1 hour after gym. No special diet .. just stay away from junk food. I would however be interested in something to make me heal faster.
The 2 best ways to recover from a workout is sleep and nutrition. You build more muscle when you are in the deep cycle of your sleep. It can be difficult to get the adequate amount of protein to build that muscle, so most people take whey protein right after working out. Whey is pretty standard (though some people choose not to use it).
I might try creatine, but I've already accidentally done a little in the past when I use c4 post workout and didn't realize it had 2.5g of creatine in it (no big deal for me). I don't use pre workout because caffeine can be addictive and its effects diminish over time with constant repetitive use and I want to be able to be as strong and energized in the gym as i would be anywhere else.
30yo guy here. Haven't really done sports since high-school. Started back again, around 1 month ago. Bought creatine, did my research on how, why, when, then took it everyday, 1x in the morning, and 1x in the evening when eating. I'm also doing my work out at home, as I'm asocial, and I'm consistent at it. I'm litteraly not kidding when I say I was doing a solid 10 pumps on max efforts 3 weeks ago, and now I can go to 25 on one rep. In just 3 weeks. But tbh my routine is a bit hard, I'm forcing myself to include 50 pumps in my work out, in the morning, working legs, back and when i get back for work I work abs only. It maybe a placebo effect but the energy I feel when taking those is insane, even at work (I'm a chef cook ) during a break I sneak somewhere to do at least 20 pumps, real quick. It feels like I'm getting addicted to these, and I'm afraid it will stop or I'll loose everything if I stop taking creatine.
It's not placebo. It's the best harmless workout supplement there is imo. I played and play basketball, do high rep rare max sets like it sounds like you are doing. I haven't been as active the past year and a half but my sons are in 11th 6-3 170lbs starting wr and saftey ,varsity basketball starting sg/sf and baseball CF in the spring. Also 12th grade son 6ft 170lbs 4.64 40, starting QB and LB, varsity basketball start pg, baseball DH and PR and Track 4X100, 200m and 400m. We do a lot of work together and they are constantly putting in work with friends and with the team. I literally yesterday just realized I have never told them about it. Loading phase began today through Saturday then 3g pre and 3g post workout of any kind daily. I'm ecstatic to see the results. You'll hear a lot of bs but do your own research. Great supplement
Stop scaring people in the comment section. I have been using creatine for just over a year now and have noticed 0 hair loss. I'm 26 and as you can see from my pfp and channel I still have a full head of hair.
@@GianniCarpino I am speaking from my personal experience, and there are hundreds or thousands of people’s experiences with creatine causing hair loss. Creatine is useful, but it is not a miracle, and you can improve without it.
@@serrioton1858 You can use creatine, of course, if you want my honest opinion, and you may be surprised by it. I find that many of my colleagues and friends in the gym focus a lot on protein, creatine, energy, and caffeine supplements before exercising. However, most of them cannot exercise with me on days when I exercise with high intensity and heavy weights. Rather, I focus a lot on nutrition, and every 6 months I buy a vitamin B12 and iron supplement to enhance my sexual ability, especially in the summer. 1- My biggest secret is to eat a whole meal of chicken and 5 whole boiled eggs with the yolks two hours before exercise, which gives me explosive power during exercises. 2- I train with weights only 4 days a week, and I dedicate one day to stomach exercises, push-ups, kegels, and running for half an hour. 3- I never masturbate or watch porn films.
How much you taking for this to happen i am starting and only take about once a day with a shake. Since i eat meat and that has it to. Your own body makes it but since i am 42 it makes really little of it. @---bk4lg
For me I noticed almost no changes but it turns out that I'm one of those fairly rare people who should not take creatine. It resulted in higher levels of creatinine in my urine which is an indicator of a small amount of kidney damage. On my doctor's advice I stopped taking it and my kidney function returned to normal.
When you are taking creatine or working out you are bound to have more creatinine in ur urine than normal people because body needs to get rid of the byproduct....this necessarily doesn't mean your kidney is not functioning properly as such because urine creatinine is a relative marker of kidney damage and not a sureshot marker. But yes if your urine creatinine levels are above 2 even on normal 5 g dosage per day....then that might be a problem. Creatinine values between 1 to 2 for a person working out or taking creatine is just normal
@@Votre-o9d Talk to my doctor about it. In any event I found that the effects of creatine on me were kind of difficult to detect, and I pre-loaded correctly and took an adequate does.
it is NOT an indicator of kidney damage. Some of the creatine will break down into creatinine which will elevate levels. The fact the doctor doesn't understand this means you should be looking for a new doctor, IMO
My doctor told me to use for long covid. It helped me immediately with the exhausting muscle pain and brain fog. But it made a difference. I have spent money on hyperbaric chamber with O2 and many other protocols to help with my long covid. I can also sit at my desk ans concentrate on work. This is 4 days of creatine. I have tried a lot of protocols to overcome long covid.
First 2-3 weeks taking creatine I instantly gained around 5-10 pounds across all my exercises. Truly the best supplement out there for weight training.
I had to let go of creatine after three months because I was having too much cramps, to the point I was waking up at night. A few days without creatine and I was fine. People can say what they want, this is not for everybody.
He doesn't. I'm a sculptor and illustrator and there is a lot of body compositional changes, waist went in, shoulder and pics more defined. For 1 month at his body fat percentage its a big change.
@@MadRedCarnelian he does look exactly the same, the miniscule changes are just lighting. Being an illustrator literally means nothing when there is really no difference at all
Unfortunately I am predisposed to male pattern baldness and I just stopped taking creatine because my hair thinned out extremely fast since I started. I only found out creatine could be a contributor to that a few weeks ago. In fact, for me this side effect was much stronger than the actual benefits. Now I kinda wish i never started using it.
I took creatine for a month and I start getting sharp pains in my organs randomly. I stopped taking it and the pains stopped. I don't think it's for me.
i just started taking creatine becasue i have read and seen that in older men it can be beneficial in helping me recover and increase intensity of workouts and it seems to be helping thus far. I am not loading it, i've been taking 5mg daily for about 4 weeks now.
How you respond on Creatine depends mainly on your meat consumption, since meat is a valid Creatine source at around 0.5g / 100g for most meat variants. So if you eat a lot of meat, your creatine storage is more or less saturated already (depending on your genetics as well), thus low effect on additional Creatine intake. Also you don't have a loading phase, this is old science while new research suggests to just stick with lower amounts and have nearly the same impact. Vegans will see the most benefits from it, since they only have their naturally produced Creatine in their body.
I'm a high responder and started 6 weeks ago. I am quite well trained but apparently always used to eat too little and mostly vegetarian (vegetarians are often high responder due to is eating less meals that naturally contain creatine). I gained about 2.5kg and it's all in my muscles. It's really visible too. I love it
I did the loading phase and had no side effects at all... Probably because I spaced out the intake throughout the day. Don't do what this guy did and have it all at once.. The biggest thing I noticed with Creatine is the recovery time.. Pretty much felt no aches or pain at all the next day after a workout.
Bro I fix my stomach pain /nausea took 10 scoops yesterday threw up for hours next morning 2pm still hurts bad literally worst than the time I had opioid withdrawal rather go thru opioid withdrawal than feel how I’m feelin rn
I been taking 2.5 gram capsules for 6 months I've gained muscle in my biceps and forearms and chest My legs are huge but I'm a basketball player and never worked my arms out in fear of messing up my shot. For 3 months I didn't use creatine Then started using it and 6 months later the results are amazing Never thought I would gain muscle so fast with some dumbells
Not really. Low rep, higher intensity, and shooting for maybe 85% of reps toward failure yields the same or better results than an exhaustion/step-down routine
I have to say my experiences over creatine. It's not a magic stick but for me only 3 supplaments are the best. 1) whey protein, 2)Creatine 3)Caffeine. Guys I have a sensitive stomach. I tried to 'load phase'' daily 20g intake but after one week I can't describe how hard a stomach pain I had. please if you decided to use creatine, just take dailg 5g for 3-4 weeks and drink at least 2.5 L water totatly minimum 4L liquid.
I used to take optimum Nutritions serious mass which had a little bit of creatine in it and boom i got kidney stone. It was an agonising experience till it popped out from my body. I stopped that supplement and never even thought about taking creatine directly which would be an absolute horror in my case.
❤ good job raza. He probably didn’t eat much meat to start with (like me), so he responded fast. Water Soluble Creatine HCL is my go to. It’s water soluble. Enough said.
I used creatine monohydrate, did a bulking phase 20 grams a day for a week and ive been taking it for more than 2 weeks now and not a single difference for me in size or reps on heavy weight. Won't be buying any again 😅
Out of curiosity has anyone else had the negative side effect of creatine being elevated blood pressure and hypertension? I've been taking it for 3 weeks and in the past 3-4 days I actually had to go to an urgent care center because it felt like I was gonna die. My blood pressure/pulse were elevated but an EKG and the doc listening to my heart said everything looked good and normal. They did acknowledge my BP was up but not in a range warranting hospitalization. But all the other signs of high BP (headaches, chest soreness, etc.) This has all come about so suddenly and I'm not prone to blood pressure issues so this has been quite concerning. Going into my 2nd day of not taking any creatine so, again, anyone with similar experiences I'd be intrigued to hear. Thanks.
Sounds scary! I wonder if it is a gastrocardiac thing. I have that. Gas and gastrointestinal distress can push on vagus nerve and diaphragm and give you everything from tachycardia to high bp
My muscles looked bigger but my hair shed like crazy when i went on creatine. Stopped after 6 weeks and my hair loss stopped/went back to normal, thank god.
Took creatine for 4 months straight my hair started to thin n now I have a bald spot stopped taking it and hair is growing back slowly noticed more strength and more lean at the cost of my hair
During my loading protocol, I had some runny movements, but that was it. Instead of gaining weight, I actually lost weight and I’m already balding so hair loss wasn’t an issue. There may have been minor strength boost, but it was hard to tell. There is definitely muscle swelling, making me look bigger. I think the biggest thing I noticed overall was the recovery. I’m recovery much much faster. I’m using gorilla mind creatine and I’m probably gonna keep using it.
What are your thoughts on women and creatine. I am 65 and got fat and lazy the last few years, am now back in the gym and wonder if creatine would help with rebuilding the muscle
Already prematurely bald at 38 like my dad and it started young, no downsides to creatine I guess! I’ve been lifting a few weeks and seems it would have only upsides
Hey Jeremy! I have a concern about taking creatine. I have heard you need to be very hydrated or it might give you kidney stones? Is that true? In a very hot climate like India, as someone who works out very intensely every day in hot conditions (wrestling training and conditioning), I end up drinking 3L on average. Is that good enough or will I have trouble taking it?
theres nothing that shows that to be true. the kidney issue comes from the fact we use a compound creatinine to check for kidney damage, because people with kidney damage sometimes have a lot of that. however taking a lot of creatine increase the amount of creatinine, but doesnt actually cause long term damage. this was misreported in the media because they only exist on clickbait, and so the rumor started. creatine is one of the only useful supplements thats dang near completely safe.
@FelixAllistar interesting. So my creatinine levels are usually in the 0.9-1.2 mark which if I understand correctly is in the upper normal range. If creatine spikes that, would that be potentially dangerous?
@@Farazk434 No. Creatinine doesnt cause kidney damage, it comes from it (or taking creatine supplement.) if you have high creatinine levels and you dont taake supplements you may have a problem. if you have high levels and DO take supplements it wont cause any problems. you are probably in the upper range from it being really hot and exercising a lot. thats normal for you to be in the upper range of averages. the only risk is that if you are taking creatine, it may be harder to diagnose other kidney issues and so having a family doctor that you keep in contact with is a great way to avoid this problem. fatigue, swelling in eyes and feet, urinary issues can all be signs of kidney issues and there are different tests other than the creatinine test they can use as long as you tell them what you have been taking and for how long so that they can make a better decision.
I feel when start taking it again like day one or 2 I feel sick when I take it like my throat feels weird and I get the sniffles and got to take a dumb lol is this normal?
