Nutrition Question

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Originally Posted by BigTex

One of the effects of high doses of creatine is to increase the water retention in muscles, yes. But that is not only thing it does. There's quite alot of research out there about what it does. One of the main things is to increase the rate of skeletal muscle growth and increase the brains abiltiy to remember things. The memory increasing effects are quite interesting, there was a more recent study done with vegetarians taking mild doses, the memory gains were incredible. It's a wonderful little amino acid :2thumbsup: .

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Doesn't it increase hyper-tension though?

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Originally Posted by Rythmic

Doesn't it increase hyper-tension though?

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In theory long term constant high doses could cause hypertension. Don't know if any study has actually proven it. But still it requires constant heavy dosing. With creatine you usually load for 4-7 days only once a month, and then nothing else. The halflife of creatine is pretty long in your system. The real problems with it are massive muscle cramping and kidney pains from not drinking enough water with it.

Also with monohydrate, and a couple others, if the crystals don't dissolve completely in the solution it can lead to some stomach and intestinal cramping. Can't say that it personally was ever that bad, kept you from wanting to eat for a few hours but thats about it.

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

BigTex I dunno what youre buying but whey shouldnt have creatine in it

Ice what does your routinge look likke?

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3x 10 reps

One day
Bench Press
Isolateral Incline Press
Cable Cross
Shoulder Excercise
Shoulder Exercise
Triceps curls on machine
Decline situps with weight
Sometimes run 1.5 miles after

3x 10 reps
Pullups
Lower Back
Isolateral Back Exercise
Bicep Curls with Bar
Decline Situps
Sometimes run 1.5 miles after

I don't remember the names of the exercises.

Edit: Added Tris.

No tricep or leg work ice?

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Originally Posted by BigTex

No tricep or leg work ice?

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I forgot about Triceps. Yes I do them.

I don't do leg, though. I know I should, but I just can't motivated to do them.

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Originally Posted by Ice

3x 10 reps

One day
Bench Press
Isolateral Incline Press
Cable Cross
Shoulder Excercise
Shoulder Exercise
Triceps curls on machine
Decline situps with weight
Sometimes run 1.5 miles after

3x 10 reps
Pullups
Lower Back
Isolateral Back Exercise
Bicep Curls with Bar
Decline Situps
Sometimes run 1.5 miles after

I don't remember the names of the exercises.

Edit: Added Tris.

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This routine makes baby jesus cry. Im dead tired right now but ill help tmrw.

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I don't do leg, though. I know I should, but I just can't motivated to do them

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Youre fixin to get motivated:whip:

Okay your legs are about half your total body mass. The rest of your body has internal organs brain, kidney, lungs, heart etc.

The legs on the other hand are bone, tendons and muscle. Your legs can generate roughly 5 times as much force as your arms. Another way to think about that is for 20% of the effort you can get the same gain through your legs. To easily get lean you need to include your legs. You can put on 5 kilos of muscle on your legs as easily as putting 1 kg on your arms. That muscle will then chew through fat on your body.