Do you mean havent lost any weight from the creatine or any difference between workout performance?
I’ll check it out
I’ve tried creatine a couple of times now, I’ve loaded and not loaded, taken it before, during and after workout, in the morning, before bed you name it.
It doesn’t do jack shit for me.
I’ve read that a lot of peeps don’t respond to creatine, and if you’re eating meat then creatine don’t do much.
So now I don’t take it any more 
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I haven’t noticed any difference in weight or lifts being off. I am eating a ton of red meat now.
From what I learned in my physiology classes at school(and someone correct me if I’m wrong) creatine is used to produce ATP once your muscles run out of the stored glucose to use. Which is why it’s good to have pre workout, gives your muscles the extra energy source, and post workout you use it to replace what was lost just like you wouls eat carbs to replace the glucose.
I take creatine before going to bed, because it’s when I take all my supplements.
We might be overthinking this one here guys.
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If I remember correctly creatine is used to create ATP after your muscles run out of the ATP they already have (which happens in about 2 seconds). Creatine is used to create ATP rapidly after those 2 seconds for 5 or so seconds more after which you’ll begin to use glycogen as energy
Gotta take creatine every other minute of every 3 month on the 6th hour. Confuse/shock The muscle, only way to grow
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@T3hPwnisher is correct, but since a couple of you wanted to talk science…
ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the energy molecule. When you use it for energy it burns a phosphate. It becomes ADP (adenosine diphosphate).
Creatine pairs with phosphate and floats around. ADP snags the phosphate from creatine phosphate and once again becomes ATP and is ready to be used as energy.
The idea is that the more creatine you have, the more phosphates you’ll have available to replenish your energy stores.
Creatine improves performance in repeated high intensity bouts of exercise. The idea (for us) is that you can get more reps on subsequent sets of a lift.
If you rest awhile between sets then you might not notice a difference. The ideal work to rest ratio for full recovery of the phosphocreatine system is 1:12 to 1:20.
If you lift for 15 seconds then you need 3-5 minutes of rest to fully recover. I don’t have that much time to sit around.
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OMG! the Creb Cycle is coming up soon! 
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Todays training
Weight: 80.6 kg. Thats two kilos gained in three and a half weeks except its after a full day of eating and water etc and i have lots of sodium and carbs too. So it’s probably 1kg 
i think my.bodies recomping e.g losing fat and gaining muscle so I’ll ride this out but im scared i should have gained more weight so far?
Warmup:
Facepulls,lat pulldown, planks
Swiss bar bench 4×5 superset skullcrushers 4×10
Ehhh didnt like the swiss bar…
Giant set?
Romanian deadlift ×10, 10,10 60kg
Seated db shoulder press ×10,10,10 15kg per hand
Kneeling ab wheel ×8,8,6
This made me die
Superset
Chest supported row
Facepulls
3×10
superset
Hammer curls
Alternating regular curls
3×10
i got the most insane brutal pump which made this session alot harder than it shouodve been lol. Im thinking its the creatine because i started taking it yesterday and had 10 grams and today i had some in the morning and preworkout. I havent heard of creatine causing pumps though???
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So you are gaining muscle and losing fat aka. you’re in the best possible situation there is but because the scale isn’t moving that fast you’re concerned?
If you’ve gained a kilo of actual weight this month while losing fat at the same time your progress is amazing. Don’t try to force faster progress as that just puts you in the risk of gaining more fat than necessary
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duke found the holy grail
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We’ll need duke to confirm wether or not it was found in the cleaning closet of a shady gym
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I have a fear of not gaining weight, i panic and be like oh no the scale hasn’t gone up much im going to be weak and small forever. Thats silly of course
I’ve noticed the increase in muscle and fat loss so i should just stick by the mirror and not worry about the scale so much.
I wont. I’m sticking with my diet as it is now and when the body recomping comes to a halt I’ll add food. I have to remember though that i did come off an 8 month layoff so my metabolism is really firing on all cylinders getting adjusted to lifting.
Im on the creatine and protein powder #fakenatty 
Oh yeah and godly teenager testosterone levels
It’s in that one locker in the corner that you always see locked, but have never seen anyone use despite being a member for 5 years.
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Don’t worry. Gaining too slow isn’t a problem. Gaining too fast is a problem. Also, expect to gain a few lbs in the next week or two from the creatine. It tends to cause a bit of water retention. I’ve been known to gain 8-10 lbs over a few days once I start loading creatine.
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Yeah gaining too fast does suck man. That much water retention?? Thats heaps
Stretching 1 minute
Hip flexor stretch
Hip flexors werent tight at all? Im thinking its the romanian deadlifts hitting my posterior chain so well which helps my posture. Also stretches the hammies out good.
I think i need to do some lower back stretching though
This is how a LOT of young trainees end up VERY fat with little muscle. Don’t chase scale weight. Don’t train to support eating: eat to support training.
If you are recovering from your training, you don’t need more food, nor do you need to force feed. Once your training starts surpassing your ability to recover, THAT is when you introduce more food to allow for recover, and consequently, that is when muscular growth occurs.
Keep finding ways to push the volume.
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I had a phase like that too, long story short, I ended up being 110 kilos and pretty damn fat
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