Drago
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Don't forget to cycle creatine, 6 weeks on 4 off is fairly typical, give your body a rest from it.
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I am not hundred percent sure but I don’t think the current thinking is you have to cycle it.
Drago
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Ah, been a long time since I was on it so things may have indeed moved on.
Saying you wre on it sounds like you were juicing🤪 However they say these days it the most researched and most proven supplement that actually has some major benefits.
Good work with the creatine - are you noticing any benefits? I'm struggling to assess it objetively as there are so many factors at play..
Sounds like we're in a similar situation; with my current compostion I'd like to lose a similar amount and would be very happy with 0.4kg/wk over winter. Realistically however I suspect I'll be doing well if I can hold steady with where I am currently before cutting the carbs back again in the spring... but will try to keep hammering the strength training!
ColinJ
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Yes, I think the consensus now is that it is okay to just keep taking it.
I just checked - it has only been a month, so early days. I haven't really been pushing myself much on the bike, so I'm not sure. Mind you, I rode up a steep hill today and it didn't feel as hard as I remember it did last time, so maybe...?
I don't eat most of the things containing creatine so it is probably a good idea for me to take the supplement.
That's something that I need to get into. My legs are fine from cycling and walking but my upper body is weedy. I don't want to bulk up but I would like to get good functional upper body/core strength. My back, arms and shoulders usually give me trouble on long hard rides before my legs do.
Cool - the effects are probably subtle enought to make them difficult to assess if you're not keeping a constant record of many quantifiable high-output activities. Maybe you need to visit that hill more often
There seems to be a lot of stuff on Youtube etc about its benefits in other areas other than muscle (cognitive etc) although I wonder if this is just another fad social media trend..
Same; I've always been skinny-fat and lacking in strength; especially upper-body.
There seems to be a growing public interest in functional strength training / maintaining strength into old age (probably because many can see the writing on the wall for most of us - being an island full of sedentary porkers with a health service that's circling the drain).
There's a lot of great stuff on youtube re. bodyweight training that I've found really interesting / helpful and over the past 18 months or so I've been slowly getting drawn in, which is no bad thing as I'm seeing results.
Beyond strength and muscle definition there are some less expected ones too - my posture has become enormously improved since starting the upper body stuff, while I think it's contributed (along with some stretches and corrective insoles / heel inserts) to lessening my weird gait.
IIRC Fitness FAQs and The Bioneer have some great content, but there's also loads of good stuff from smaller producers depending on exactly what you're looking for
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