Great video! Thank you! 81kg male here, 15% body fat. Been taking creatine for almost 3 weeks because of the recovery benefits as I box 3-4 times/day. Works well for me, now i can even do some workouts(weights, running) in the non boxing days. I did not see an increase in bodyweight durinng these 3 weeks.
@@WillGirling I'll keep an eye on this beta alanine till more studies shows up.. from what I read it does interesting stuff and less expensive than creatine
When in the day would you suggest taking it? I'm just taking a scoop in the morning way before I do any kind of exercise but wondering if there is an optimal way?
If I do predominantly hill climb events, I weight 65kg so what realistically would be the weight gain I would get, are we talking about a few kg? Also the loading phase is something I'm worried about, does creatine only work with sugar? Do I have to be taking 100g sugar per day for 7 days to load?
Hey Stuart mate. So @ 65kg you will probably only gain around 0.5-1kg which is normal at your size but maybe at a push 1.5kg. You don't need to take with sugar at all but taking with any carbohydrate in the post workout period may enhance uptake, but is most definitely not essential. And no need to load either taking 3-5g a day everyday will do the same thing will just take an extra 2 weeks or so to Saturate the muscle
@WillGirling thanks mate, great info, just subscribed to your channel aswell ... to ask u 1 more question, I was thinking of combining creatine with Beta Alanine, what are your thoughts
If the terrain of your marathon requires you to put in short efforts then yes. BUT outside of the race it can still be useful for training blocks where youre doing gym work or shorter harder VO2 max based efforts
Hi I race long distance Aquabike and tri. Should i add creatinine into my daily routine or only supplement it when I have a training block with high intensity intervals?
Hey bud! I think just during your block of high intensity intervals You will get the most out of it! But do the load, see how much you gain in water weight, if it's minimal reckon could be worthwhile for the actual event. Let me know how you get on with that on my insta @willgirling
Hi there I’ve been reading about creatine and it’s positive effect on bodybuilding. However I was wondering does creatine help with cardiovascular performance ? And if so does it help with fitness for football?
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Great video! Thank you! 81kg male here, 15% body fat. Been taking creatine for almost 3 weeks because of the recovery benefits as I box 3-4 times/day. Works well for me, now i can even do some workouts(weights, running) in the non boxing days. I did not see an increase in bodyweight durinng these 3 weeks.
Amazing news!! Check out beta alanine too! Been shown to improve the amount of jabs thrown in a round dramatically
@@WillGirling I'll keep an eye on this beta alanine till more studies shows up.. from what I read it does interesting stuff and less expensive than creatine
Thanks for the info
PLeasure Simon! Glad you like it bud!
Great video, I want to improve my one mile time in running should I take creatine? I want to reduce it to sub 5 from 5:20
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When in the day would you suggest taking it? I'm just taking a scoop in the morning way before I do any kind of exercise but wondering if there is an optimal way?
optimal version - post-workout with carbs but it shouldn't matter tooo much
If I do predominantly hill climb events, I weight 65kg so what realistically would be the weight gain I would get, are we talking about a few kg? Also the loading phase is something I'm worried about, does creatine only work with sugar? Do I have to be taking 100g sugar per day for 7 days to load?
Hey Stuart mate. So @ 65kg you will probably only gain around 0.5-1kg which is normal at your size but maybe at a push 1.5kg. You don't need to take with sugar at all but taking with any carbohydrate in the post workout period may enhance uptake, but is most definitely not essential. And no need to load either taking 3-5g a day everyday will do the same thing will just take an extra 2 weeks or so to Saturate the muscle
@WillGirling thanks mate, great info, just subscribed to your channel aswell ... to ask u 1 more question, I was thinking of combining creatine with Beta Alanine, what are your thoughts
Cheers man! And definitely worthwhile beta alanine is really good and I highly recommend. Make sure to have it with a meal for the beta.
@@WillGirlingcheers bro🤙
should I load creatine? Or just use it before hard sessions and races? Which produces the better effect?
You don't need to load 5g a day is fine even some research showing 3g is fine
I take creatine as it aids me in race to the cafe for cappuccino and cake.
Does this apply for marathon runners as well?
If the terrain of your marathon requires you to put in short efforts then yes. BUT outside of the race it can still be useful for training blocks where youre doing gym work or shorter harder VO2 max based efforts
Hi I race long distance Aquabike and tri. Should i add creatinine into my daily routine or only supplement it when I have a training block with high intensity intervals?
Hey bud! I think just during your block of high intensity intervals You will get the most out of it! But do the load, see how much you gain in water weight, if it's minimal reckon could be worthwhile for the actual event. Let me know how you get on with that on my insta @willgirling
Will Girling cool I will let you know how I get on thanks for replying 👍🏻
Hi there
I’ve been reading about creatine and it’s positive effect on bodybuilding.
However I was wondering does creatine help with cardiovascular performance ?
And if so does it help with fitness for football?
It will help with anything that has repeated sprints or efforts
Do you recommend loading or can you just go right into taking 5 grams a day?
You cna just do 5g a day wil be fine for sure
What the dosage wod you recommend.
3-5g is the recommendation. You can load at 20g a day but some people do get stomach ache from it and depends on how quickly you need those benefits