Originally Posted by
Sacogoo
This is the second
time i\'m using creatine. First time i used it was about four years ago, and I used it for about two months. I got
great results, so I figured I\'d give it another whirl now that I\'m back in the gym after a three year
layoff.
I\'ve been back in the gym for three months, and have been on a creatine cycle for about 2 of those
months. The creatine I\'ve been using has been the GNC Creadrive, which is a carb/creatine mix with Taurine.
I\'ve been taking one serving per day, which equals approximately 5 grams of creatine per day, although on some
days, I have taken two servings. I\'ve also been taking one serving of EAS Betagen once per day, which contains an
additional 2.5 grams of creatine as well as 1 gram of HMB and 2 grams of glutamine. A daily multi-vitamin (Sam\'s
Club) has also been in the rotation.
For the past month I\'ve also been taking a whey protein (GNC\'s
\"100% Whey\", which has 20 grams of protein per serving) supplement twice per day. I\'ve also just finished a
one month cycle of NO2, which I do not plan on continuing as I did not notice any positive effects with this
particular product.
Withing the last two weeks I\'ve added 500 mg of HMB (GNC) twice per day, and within the
last week, I\'ve been taking 2 grams of CLA per day (Twin Labs CLA Fuel).
Food consumption during the day is
excellent, with no alcohol, plenty of lean meats (turkey, tuna, chicken, beef, eggs), fresh vegetables from my
garden, etc.
Gains have been excellent, with very noticeable increases in definition, size and strength, while
lowering bodyfat.
I\'ve got what appears to be about two weeks left of the creatine, and once it\'s gone,
I\'ll go on a one month off cycle so that I don\'t crap out my kidneys one morning. Once I\'m off the
creatine, I plan on adding an additional 5 to 10 grams of glutamine (GNC Mega Glutamine) per day. I also will add
ZMA supplement (Cytodyne Tech Cyclo Z-Mass, which also has a \"testrobolic blend\" which claims to increase
testosterone production within the body) and a hemiliodator (Met-Rx O2FX) even though the NO2 I used previously had
no noticeable effect. (The concept behind hemiliodation seems to have some valid points.)
My questions are:
1. Is a month too long or too short for an \"off-cycle\" of the creatine? Can I get away with less as I really
enjoy the massive pump I get while working out, as well as the energy and strength increases?
2. Can I/Should I
continue taking the EAS Betagen, which has only 2.5 grams of creatine? Is this amount low enough to be considered as
\"not taking creatine\" during my off cycle?
3. Should I increase the HMB from the current intake of 2
grams?
4. Is the 5 to 10 grams of glutamine enough?
5. Anything else I need to look at as far as adding
supplement wise? (I\'m not really that interested in supplementing with prohormone products as I don\'t want to
worry about the possible side effects - unless these worries are unfounded.)
I\'d like to keep most of the
strength gains while off the creatine, but I don\'t want to have to take eight billion supplements in order to do
so.
Advice and input, looney or sane, is mucho appreciate.
Thanks.
PLUS .... WATER .... A gallon a day will make your balls
say/type this again.
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