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Creatine while cutting? Good or bad?

Marxytron
Marxytron Posts: 40
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Need inputs!

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    edited February 2015
    Creatine basically helps with power output. It's an energy supplement, not an anabolic supplement. It could help with workouts. That's the function of it in our bodies. The answer is personal preference.
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Creatine basically helps with power output. It's an energy supplement, not an anabolic supplement. It could help with workouts. That's the function of it in our bodies. Then answer is personal preference.

    ^^^^^

    Cutting, bulking, maintaining - the issues are the same. Could help; some find it upsets their stomachs a bit (so I am told - I have not noticed any stomach or other issues).
  • Marxytron
    Marxytron Posts: 40
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Creatine basically helps with power output. It's an energy supplement, not an anabolic supplement. It could help with workouts. That's the function of it in our bodies. Then answer is personal preference.

    Wont creatine make u store more water in muscle cells making u look more bulkier? Read that somewhere..
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Marxytron wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Creatine basically helps with power output. It's an energy supplement, not an anabolic supplement. It could help with workouts. That's the function of it in our bodies. Then answer is personal preference.

    Wont creatine make u store more water in muscle cells making u look more bulkier? Read that somewhere..

    Creatine does store water in the muscles. It can make your muscles look more full. It's still just water though. Make sure you're drinking extra water when taking it.
  • Marxytron
    Marxytron Posts: 40
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Marxytron wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Creatine basically helps with power output. It's an energy supplement, not an anabolic supplement. It could help with workouts. That's the function of it in our bodies. Then answer is personal preference.

    Wont creatine make u store more water in muscle cells making u look more bulkier? Read that somewhere..

    Creatine does store water in the muscles. It can make your muscles look more full. It's still just water though. Make sure you're drinking extra water when taking it.
    Oh ok thanks.. Yeah ive been putting in a gallon or more h2o in my system lately.. Thanks!
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Marxytron wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Creatine basically helps with power output. It's an energy supplement, not an anabolic supplement. It could help with workouts. That's the function of it in our bodies. Then answer is personal preference.

    Wont creatine make u store more water in muscle cells making u look more bulkier? Read that somewhere..

    And the problem with this is? Who doesn't want more water in their muscles. Communists, that's who.
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    Marxytron wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Creatine basically helps with power output. It's an energy supplement, not an anabolic supplement. It could help with workouts. That's the function of it in our bodies. Then answer is personal preference.

    Wont creatine make u store more water in muscle cells making u look more bulkier? Read that somewhere..

    And the problem with this is? Who doesn't want more water in their muscles. Communists, that's who.

    Zactly! That there is instant lean mass.

    (Remember OP - the goal of cutting is (or should be) shedding fat, not a scale weight issue exactly).
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