25 Grams of Creatine a day is that dumb??

Fathead · Sep 4, 2002

Just a question for you guys, I am going off for about 12wks here shortly and am just curious if 25 - 40 grams of creatine is to much or would there be any side effects. I have always used 10 - 15g's but never any more and unlike what some say I believe the stuff works. I personally like the fizzy kind like plop plop fizz fizz they say it works faster and you don't have to load with it.

any comments.

wolverine · Sep 4, 2002

You would just be wasting it. I think anything over 10 grams per day just gets pissed out.

Jimbo · Sep 4, 2002

not if you use insulin

bigkraut · Sep 5, 2002

20 to 25 g a day would be a loading dosage that you would take the first 4 or 5 days of your creatine cycle. After that, a maintenance dose of 5 g to 10 g daily should be sufficient to keep levels high. Also, creatine seems to work best if cycled in a 8 weeks on/8 off fashion.

patk · Sep 5, 2002

I've used 10 and 20 grams a day and didn't see much difference. I believe if you have the money to spend....go with 20 per day, no more than that though. I get it at cost so when I take it I just take 20 grams a day. Be sure to take your glutamine at about 20 grams a day as well. Take care.

patk