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Musashi creatine???

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Sticksie

New member
Hey guys.

What's your opinion on musashi creatine?

Was in the supermarket and saw a bottle of musashi micronised creatine monohydrate for $12.80. I wanted to grab a bottle of promera sports con-cret (creatine hydrocloride) the other day but its like $60ish and I'm broke at the moment.

Is the musashi stuff any good as a substitute? Even for a few weeks?
 
Sticksie said:
Hey guys.

What's your opinion on musashi creatine?

Was in the supermarket and saw a bottle of musashi micronised creatine monohydrate for $12.80. I wanted to grab a bottle of promera sports con-cret (creatine hydrocloride) the other day but its like $60ish and I'm broke at the moment.

Is the musashi stuff any good as a substitute? Even for a few weeks?
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I only use musashi growling dog creatine as I get the best results from it but every one is different. The best thing you can do is try it. If its close to 100% pure then it's all good.
 
Depends on price, unless you get at least half a kilo for your $12.99 steer clear of it.

Pure creatine is pure creatine no matter what brand it is. 100% pure pharmaceutical grade creatine can be bought for $19 per kilo, so if what you are looking at costs more than $19 per kilo you are throwing money away and lining the pockets of who ever is selling it.

If you are broke don't throw your money away on hyped creatine supplements with fancy labels to maximize profits, trust me they all buy the creatine from the same place and repackage it to sell at huge profits.
 
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Creatine mono is creatine mono. Don't pay for overpriced shit. Bulk nutrients creatine mono is $19 for 1kg. If you are paying more than that you are wasting money.
 
Mate don't over complicate things, it does nothing that creatine monohydrate ( the most tested supplement on the market) will do.
 
Big Mick said:
Mate don't over complicate things, it does nothing that creatine monohydrate ( the most tested supplement on the market) will do.
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Not over complicating. Just looked at all the types on bb.com and it looks to be the most covenient. If its like a $2-3 difference why buy the one that's a pain in the ass, loading, pissing like a pregnant woman etc.
 
the bit that does the work.. the creatine.. is basically the same between all type.
the attached molecule doesn't change it's effectiveness (ie, the H2O, HCl etc)
no need to load with any of them
 
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Sticksie said:
Not over complicating. Just looked at all the types on bb.com and it looks to be the most covenient. If its like a $2-3 difference why buy the one that's a pain in the ass, loading, pissing like a pregnant woman etc.
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What is pain in the arse about creatine mono. You don't need to load it. Just take 3-5g a day. Couldn't get any simpler than that.

Don't bother with other types of creatine despite what the advertising says none of them work any better than mono and some don't even work as good they just cost more money.
 
Sticksie said:
Not over complicating. Just looked at all the types on bb.com and it looks to be the most covenient. If its like a $2-3 difference why buy the one that's a pain in the ass, loading, pissing like a pregnant woman etc.
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There is your problem highlighted right there.

How much creatine have you used??

I have used it on and off for about 15 years, never had any issues with any of it, how is the others more convenient??

Pay $19 and buy 1kg, and have 5gram a day till it runs out, then if you want buy another kilo, does not get more convenient than that:rolleyes:

No benefits in loading, not sure what your pissing issue is, but you might have to see a doctor about that if you are having issues with it.
 
Big Mick said:
There is your problem highlighted right there.

How much creatine have you used??

I have used it on and off for about 15 years, never had any issues with any of it, how is the others more convenient??

Pay $19 and buy 1kg, and have 5gram a day till it runs out, then if you want buy another kilo, does not get more convenient than that:rolleyes:

No benefits in loading, not sure what your pissing issue is, but you might have to see a doctor about that if you are having issues with it.
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I haven't used Creatine except in small doses pre blended into my protein shake which I guess is nothing. What I see from doing some research on mono is that loading is almost always recommended and really doesn't suit my lifestyle. Also drinking water recommendations are generally lower with Hydro and doses are lower (more bio available) and there doesn't seem to be the bloating and cramping side effects that come with mono. I drink 1-2 litres of water per day anyway however sometimes I don't get the chance to with work.

My house mate had the pissing issue with it. Just made sense to me given it makes your muscles hold more water. Hydro tends to hold a bit less water from the what I've heard and the reviews I've seen.

Either way with my current situation it's gonna be mono or nothing so looks like I'll be giving it a go (without Loading). And the price is pretty sweet in general. Thanks for the link Bazza.
 
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Well give it a run, there are no cramps, or bloating mate, people think too much into things.

Creatine is powder, so does not make you piss more, drinking more water makes you piss more, 2 liters a day is plenty of water.

Loading is not needed but if you really feel like you want to load have 20 grams a day for the first week then 5 grams a day every day after that.

How does loading not suit you? All it means is that you have 20 grams instead of 5 grams during the loading phase, what is there not to suit about that?

Ensure you don't have any orange juice so citric juice when you have the creatine as it changes it. Again don't make things more complicated than they need to be, get 5 grams of creatine and eat it and you are done, repeat the next day. If you have protein shakes may be add it to that, remember pure creatine is tasteless.

I prefer to just scoop it ino my mouth and swallow at least then I know where it went and half of it is not stuck on the sides of the shaker and going to waste.
 
Cheers.

My mate was drinking 3ltrs a day. Probs why he was pissing so much.

Also from what I've seen loading is broken up into 5g doses 6 times a day.

Anyways how long does it generally take to get a kick out of mono taking 5gs a day? Also should I do any particular cycle or don't worry about it?
 
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Cheers.

My mate was drinking 3ltrs a day. Probs why he was pissing so much.

Also from what I've seen loading is broken up into 5g doses 6 times a day.

Anyways how long does it generally take to get a kick out of mono taking 5gs a day? Also should I do any particular cycle or don't worry about it?
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You can load creatine if you want but you don't have to. It doesn't make a difference in the long run.

Creatine is not a steroid you don't have to cycle it.

Creatine works but its effect are small. Think in the range of less than 5 percent benefits. The effects are small enough that its very hard to notice them accurately with all the other variables going on in our day to day lives.

You don't need to take creatine but its so cheap it makes it an option.
 
5g/day for 1 week should have you nearly saturated.
kick?

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We are very happy reading the no BS comments here. Seriously guys, don't get caught in the Creatine hype.

Even we push our customers toward our Monohydrate when there are much expensive forms in our range that we could sell.

A friend once laid out his view of the industry. It went something like this...

1) Use hyper-marketing to sell people a high-margin gimmicky 'new' product that doesn't really do anything of significance;
2) Wait a few months; long enough for people to realise that the product doesn't really do anything of significance;
3) Release a 'new' marketing campaign about a 'new' high-margin product that promises that it will (unlike all previous supplements) do something of significance;
4) Resume laughing as you stroll towards the local bank.


Things like Creatine Monohydrate clearly don't fit into this business model as they (a) actually do work and (b) are not 'new' and (c) are not high-margin.

Of course once something becomes decent such as Creatine, the gimmicky companies give up as people realise why pay for a gimmicky version when you can get the same generic product at a better price. This is when it becomes (c).

It's funny, if you look at all the crap released over the last few years, there isn't a lot which people see as being properly beneficial, now the smoke has cleared.
How many times have we heard the "biggest release since Creatine".....

Creatine Monohydrate - get it as cheap as you can and trust that it is 100% Pharmaceutical Grade and you will win everytime!
 
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Bulk Nutrients said:
We are very happy reading the no BS comments here. Seriously guys, don't get caught in the Creatine hype.

Even we push our customers toward our Monohydrate when there are much expensive forms in our range that we could sell.

A friend once laid out his view of the industry. It went something like this...

1) Use hyper-marketing to sell people a high-margin gimmicky 'new' product that doesn't really do anything of significance;
2) Wait a few months; long enough for people to realise that the product doesn't really do anything of significance;
3) Release a 'new' marketing campaign about a 'new' high-margin product that promises that it will (unlike all previous supplements) do something of significance;
4) Resume laughing as you stroll towards the local bank.


Things like Creatine Monohydrate clearly don't fit into this business model as they (a) actually do work and (b) are not 'new' and (c) are not high-margin.

Of course once something becomes decent such as Creatine, the gimmicky companies give up as people realise why pay for a gimmicky version when you can get the same generic product at a better price. This is when it becomes (c).

It's funny, if you look at all the crap released over the last few years, there isn't a lot which people see as being properly beneficial, now the smoke has cleared.
How many times have we heard the "biggest release since Creatine".....

Creatine Monohydrate - get it as cheap as you can and trust that it is 100% Pharmaceutical Grade and you will win everytime!
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no BS from BN. Great to hear such a refreshing attitude from a company.:)
 
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