re: I'm now a believer in creatine for mental focus

How do you guys avoid the excess water weight that comes from the high dosage?

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How do you guys avoid the excess water weight that comes from the high dosage?

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I don’t really care about it. It’s not unhealthy weight.

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I’m sitting at 202 and 5’10” but around 15-16% body fat. Additional weight on me would make my gymnastics and cardio workouts suck even more.

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The water weight would probably add 5 lbs at most. If you’re getting enough sleep, eating clean, lifting hard, and getting enough steps/cardio you shouldn’t waste your energy thinking about it.

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I’m sitting at 202 and 5’10” but around 15-16% body fat.

Additional weight on me would make my gymnastics and cardio workouts suck even more.

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Short answer, this is a natural, very inexpensive, almost universally accepted supplement, I would try it and see if the (hopefully many) benefits outweigh maybe carrying a 2-3 lbs of extra water weight, which shouldn't affect someone with your level of fitness and conditioning that much anyway.

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I’ve been using the naked brand

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That's what I use and I have used several over the years. Naked seems to dissolve the best and works for me. I also use their whey isolate and glutamine.

Since reading the studies, I have upped my creatine dosage to 10mg in the morning and evening. I have been giving it to my son (5mg in morning and evening) who has been diagnosed with autism and has some deficits. There are also studies showing connections between deficiencies in brain creatine levels and autism. It's probably just me and my wife, but some fog seems to have lifted from him recently since we started. He's more responsive, talkative, and just more "there." We have been doing a lot of other things, as well, and this just may be another piece of the puzzle.

I may try upping to 10kg to check it out. Been doing 5mg for almost a month now ajd don'tfeel much of a difference. Does anyone else get leg pain? It feels like my hammys are tight. I drink a good bit of water, but maybe not enough?

Also, do you guys cycle or just keep taking it forever?

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Anyone use creatine gummies? If so, what brands are best?

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I'd like info on this as well.

Create Wellness has a sour cherry gummie that I'd like to buy.

I have noticed a slight increase in metal focus and definitely more energy. I have also had some cramping issues and explosive shitz occasionally. I am taking 10 in the morning and going to try and extra 5 at dinner time starting next week.

I am also sleeping better than I have in years. Anyone else's sleep improved?

I’ve tried two different brands of the gummies.

First was Force Factor, and I didn’t finish them because they tasted horrible.

I recently purchased Happyummmm which tastes much better, and I don’t have too eat as many as I did with the Force Factor.