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What to do with ON Essential Amino Energy now that I just got some Creatine Mono?
White_Lie
Look at Moi, I'm a Kunce
I don't understand the dilemma...
When were you having it before?
I thought it was designed more as a preworkout, I'd just throw the creatine in with it or put the creatine in your post workout shake. Can have it any time of the day, all hell isn't going to break loose, it's only creatine!
When were you having it before?
I thought it was designed more as a preworkout, I'd just throw the creatine in with it or put the creatine in your post workout shake. Can have it any time of the day, all hell isn't going to break loose, it's only creatine!
Neddysmith
Standard kunce
Yeah just consume it as you have currently been consuming it...
Many people take it during work out.
I just don't really know what happens when you mix lots of different things together so yeah.
White_Lie
Look at Moi, I'm a Kunce
Provided it's just straight creatine (monohydrate?), you can mix it with anything. Some people will say to have it pre workout, others post. I don't believe it matters what time of the day you have it, so whenever it's convenient.
Big Mick
"2014 - Kunce of the year"
Won't make any difference when you take it, ON Amino hardly contains anything anyway, a serving of it is only 5 grams of aminos, that translates to less aminos than you would get from 50 grams of chicken breast.
Then there is the stimulants of about ½ a cup of coffee and 1/2 a cup of green tea.
Due to the stimulants it's probably a pre workout rather than an intra workout, but will do nothing a cup of coffee or green tea before training will not do just as good.
Creatine is extensively discussed here, and creatine timing matters nothing once saturation is achieved, which can easily be doe in a few days. So have your creatine when ever you want, morning, night, pre post intra workout, when ever you like, but don't expect magic, creatine MAY give you and extra 0.01% if everything else is right and you are short of creatine in your diet, which most likely you are not, nothing you would notice anyway.
Read here if you have some spare time:
CREATINE - Magic or Myth
Then there is the stimulants of about ½ a cup of coffee and 1/2 a cup of green tea.
Due to the stimulants it's probably a pre workout rather than an intra workout, but will do nothing a cup of coffee or green tea before training will not do just as good.
Creatine is extensively discussed here, and creatine timing matters nothing once saturation is achieved, which can easily be doe in a few days. So have your creatine when ever you want, morning, night, pre post intra workout, when ever you like, but don't expect magic, creatine MAY give you and extra 0.01% if everything else is right and you are short of creatine in your diet, which most likely you are not, nothing you would notice anyway.
Read here if you have some spare time:
CREATINE - Magic or Myth
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White_Lie
Look at Moi, I'm a Kunce
How many grams?
I'd just have about 5g of creatine a day. Some say more, some less. If you want to split it or have it in one go, that's up to you.
If you want to have WPC before and after, again, that's up to you. Maybe one scoop pre and one or two post. I'd personally make one of those a proper meal though. Which one depends on if you can train with a fullish stomach
I'd just have about 5g of creatine a day. Some say more, some less. If you want to split it or have it in one go, that's up to you.
If you want to have WPC before and after, again, that's up to you. Maybe one scoop pre and one or two post. I'd personally make one of those a proper meal though. Which one depends on if you can train with a fullish stomach
Big Mick
"2014 - Kunce of the year"
Sounds complicated.
Do what you like, it will make no difference either way.
Just have your creatine thrown in with one of your shakes or your amino drink, the end result will be the same, have it before bed, when you get up, before training, with food, without food, with protein, with aminos or mixed with mouth picked water from ancient glaciers bottled on a full moon at midnight by 19 year old naked Himalayan virgins……..what ever YOU like or what makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside, the end result will be the exact same.
PS: how much creatine you taking?? Most would recommend 5 grams others will recommend more.
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You answered it as I typed, 20 grams is OK, but no need to load really, just have 5 -10 grams per day or have 20 if you want to make sure.
Again read the thread I linked earlier on creatine.
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I have read the thread before I bought it. One person said that it might not work for everyone that's why I only bought a small pack from True Protein to just test how it goes first.
I'm just getting ready to go to the gym now and I guess I'll just mix some aminos and creatine for intra and then have creatine + wpc for post training.
Well I get thirsty easily so I'll probably just drink the whole thing soon then the rest of the workout I have my shaker refilled with water.
Big Mick
"2014 - Kunce of the year"
That will be fine, how much did you buy and what did you pay??
Creatine mono, is cheap and you should not really be paying any more than around $20 per kilo for pharmaceutical grade pure creatine monohydrate.
Big Mick
"2014 - Kunce of the year"
Last time I checked BN was $19 per kilo, not sure about hype, BN sells pharmaceutical grade pure creatine, does not really get any better than that.