Need some experienced opinions to whey in.....

rapp27 · Post by **rapp27** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:38 pm

I've been back in the gym for 3 months now and Ive been seeing some really good results...lost 8 pounds of fat and am getting closer to Goal...

All I've been doing is just cleaning up eating Habits, hitting the weights 4 times a week and doing an HIIT session after each workout for 20-25 minutes.

A friend suggested that I supplement with creatine and protein.

goal is to lose another 5 lbs of fat (around the midsedtion) and get cut up!! The only place I'd like to add a little more bulk is in chest, otherwise build is quite solid.

Should I be supplementing to reach more goals ( if so, with what??), or should i just continue what Ive been doing????

Thanks for the help guys!

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:17 pm

protein powder should be a diet staple on training days so i don't class it as a supp but it's far too early for creatine to have any form of effect on you and for leaning purposes it's pretty useless

rapp27 · Post by **rapp27** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:31 pm

[quote="swanso5"]protein powder should be a diet staple on training days so i don't class it as a supp but it's far too early for creatine to have any form of effect on you and for leaning purposes it's pretty useless[/quote]

What do you mean by TOO EARLY???

rapp27 · Post by **rapp27** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:37 pm

Sorry If I came off as a Newbie....I used to work out seriously from the age of 17 for 6 solid years, took a year and half off and now Im back at the gym....

I've used Creatine (a long time ago) and found that it gave muscles a Bloated look.

question concerning the Creatine is does it always have this bloating effect? Because I wanna build some Lean muscle!!!

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon May 28, 2007 3:07 am

if bulking try it if leaning down i'd give it a miss...usually looking at supp's meand your diet's not as good as it can be

rapp27 · Post by **rapp27** » Mon May 28, 2007 8:52 am

What If I use a creatine like Purple K????

I heard there is no bloating with this creatine, have you ever heard of it or know first hand people who have tried it??

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon May 28, 2007 4:00 pm

i used creatine once (can't remember what brand) and it sone nothing for me

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:46 pm

I think Purple K is a Krealkalyn.

I've never been sure of Krealkalyn giving no Water retention, as it's often been touted as giving half the Water retention of Monohydrate, about 3-4 lb's roughly.

CEE is the only one that's ever been properly touted as a no retention Creatine, but I don't think it's proven itself to be superior to Kre-alkalyn, especially after the initial hype died down, and the counterclaims / counterscience started surfacing.

I am advocating now, that unless you're approximately 170lb's plus and with pretty lean mass, you're powerbase won't be too good, and your 30% power increase from Creatine, will be not good money wise.

I used Creatine once, don't think it's rubbish, except for Celltech, and possibly CEE is not so hot anymore, as I said before, but I wouldn't use Creatine again, even if it is often advertised, by 220lb juicers with 19" ripped Arms, and insane near crippling workout schedules.