Creatine Questions

Diet and Nutrition
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I was always curios about creatine and this week I started taking 2g of creatine PWO and 1g with breakfast on non-lifting days. I’m not looking for anything in particular from creatine - I mostly want to see how it affects my strength and work capacity.

My questions are the following:

How much water weight can come from creatine (I weight 170)? I’d like to be able to separate water weight from “regular” weight. Given that I’m not going to load creatine, I don’t expect water weight to come immediately. Along the same lines - by how much should I increase my water consumptions because of creatine?

Is breakfast the best time to take creatine on not-lifting days? I’ve read that there might be a faster absorption then.

What about pills vs powder for creatine monohydrate? I have about 100g of creatine in 1g pills that my roommate is not going to use and I can have them all.

2

With such a low intake (2g and 1g) of creatine; you will see very little (if anything).

5g/day is about average for 90% of us.

You will see exactly 3.78lbs gain. Lol, just messing; of course its all different; some people can hold very little (2lbs) and some alot more (8lbs)

If your not loading it will be a slow gain and hard to differentiate between waterweight gain and regular gains.

Powdered monohydrate (like the kind sold here) is the best way to take it in.

Good luck!