First time I used creatine I put on 13lbs of scale weight in 9 days. So yeah creatine all the way.
Now if we are talking the best supplements but you don't actually see the difference in the gym or the scale then Curcumin bcm95. But pure results on scale and in gym you can't beat creatine.
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Absolutely agree...the hardest part of getting someone else to take creatine monohydrate is that they don't understand the concept that it works under.
Young guys= "oh it holds water, it makes me smoother, I look fat"
Look at the guys on this thread="I don't feel it".....I could take any supplement known to man and add Niacin, and caffeine to it and you would then rave about it....I could add niacin and caffeine to Vitamin C...does that now make vitamin C the best supplement ever made?
If someone chooses to study...there is literature out there that creatine
a) cures sarcopenia
b) can help osteoporosis
c) can help mental fatigue and brain activity
d) has positive cardiovascular effects toward stiffening arteries
e) inhibits myostatin
f) has been shown to increase lifespan
That's on top of all the other myriad of benefits which again young guys don't grasp= increased strength output+increased water=increased leverage+increased training loads which in the long run = greater and greater muscle mass.
It is basically the most anabolic substance you can take that isn't a pharmaceutical.
Im a big believer in the following:
Creatine Monohydrate obviously
Good whey protein (grass fed or enough concentrate will work for anyone but im lactose intolerant to an extent so I have to take an isolate)...but people confuse that sometimes...if you take enough grass fed or concentrate protein even though its a few ticks down in protein percentage than an isolate...youll be doing the same thing anyway...the equation is whether your lactose intolerant or not.
The whey supplement gets used pre and post workout only because of its rapid assimilation and the rest of the day a longer digesting protein is used...(again I cannot use micellar casein much because I have some lactose issues) so instead of something like a blend of micellar and egg white, I use pea protein isolate and egg white 50 50 and use that for the rest of the day and pre bed.
{Just to warn you guys, egg white protein is going to hit the freaking roof on price...they just had to put to death - I believe 4 million hens - because of Avian Flu - virtually everyone has been put on hiatus with egg white powder and can only buy a tiny allotment if any - the price is going to skyrocket over the next 6 months to a year... this happened 1.5-2 years ago and the price went up 15 dollars per pound....this time could be worse. This could not happen at a worse time for me personally because I have a product that is in every major health grocery food chain (Whole Foods, Sprouts etc etc etc) that's exploding and egg white is a large part of its makeup...so we are scrambling....I digress}
Im a huge believer in BCAA's/EAA's personally....and feel that it has allowed me to do baby dosages of TRT over the years but still stay 260 at low teens bodyfat.
If you want crazy veins and I mean crazy veins while you workout I would recommend this - which I make myself as my pre-intra workout drink
powder
BCAA's or EAA's with extra leucine
3 grams citrulline malate
600mg agamatine sulfate
3 grams hydromax powder
3 grams creatine monohydrate
3 grams of taurine <---there has been some literature of late that a whopping dose of taurine is increasing testosterone levels and remodels/repairs the leydig cells...very crucial to a lot of guys in here who might have messed up their HPTA
I mix with 100% pomegranate juice (8 ounces) and the rest 100% apple juice and water. 1 liter and I pound that down within the first 10 mins im at the gym---for the rest of your workout and pretty much the rest of the day your veins (especially in your forearms) will be freaky as hell