Creatine and not working out

[baz]

I was told taking creatine and not working out will put on weight in the form of fat.. is this true? Couldnt find any info on it.

Not that i would actually try it... just curious.

 

[Shiftkey]

No it's not true, but you will still be throwing away money.

Creatine isn't dangerous if you're drinking enough water BTW.

 

[baz]

but you will intially gain mass with water rention of the muscles right?

 

[[S]alvatore]

Creatine is used for strength, you'll basically be wasting money if you use it when you're not training. But no, you won't put on fat.

 

[Hockey Playa]

thats wierd becuase my creatine bottle says after the initial loading week, it says you can either take it after your workout, or right in the morning on non-work out days?

 

[Shiftkey]

thats wierd becuase my creatine bottle says after the initial loading week, it says you can either take it after your workout, or right in the morning on non-work out days?

That's not what "not working out" means. If you workout 3 days a week, you should still take creatine every day.

 

[brucevangeorge]

I was told taking creatine and not working out will put on weight in the form of fat.. is this true? Couldnt find any info on it.

Not that i would actually try it... just curious.

Yup creatine puts on fat.

Squats are bad for your knees.

Bicep curls exclusivelly give you big arms.

Protein is bad for your kidneys.

It takes steroids to get big.

Cardio is for toning, weights are for big muscles.

If you do too much weights you may wake up ripped the next morning...


etc. want me to continue?

 

[NeedToImprove]

its not the creatine that gives you more fat, its not working out entirely. and why would someone take creatine and dont work out, i dont understand that one ?

btw, creatine does give you strenght but it also increases the volume of your muscles, because your muscles retain more water. but not all creatines do this it must be 100 % creatine monohydrate and it must have the logo " Creapure" in the product, that reveals the quality of the product.

 

[Skilla_Staz]

Creatine helps muscle recovery by allowing your body to produce more ATP aka energy, increasing cell volume, which allows for better nutrient absorption due to larger cell area, and speeding up protein synthesis. Fat is produced by storing excess calories (generally from carbs and saturated fats) and depositing them around your body. See any relation? No? Okay.

Non-workout day = Day that you take a rest

Not lifting = You're a lazy bum and taking creatine would be pointless

Why take it on a rest day? To keep the levels of creatine in your body up, you're still "healing" your muscles 24/7. No point in only taking it on lifting days.

 

[high_roller77]

recovery

I take creatine and ever since I started takeing it it seems like my muscles recover 5 or 6 times as fast.

 

[Skilla_Staz]

It may seem like it, but I can say, without a doubt, that it does not help THAT much. Creatine's effectiveness decreases with better diets. The more you fulfill your nutritional needs with food, the less your body needs creatine, and the less likely you are to see noticable results. Thats according to some sports nutrition book I'm reading. Seems off to me, since I've never been told that before.

 

[Shiftkey]

It may seem like it, but I can say, without a doubt, that it does not help THAT much. Creatine's effectiveness decreases with better diets. The more you fulfill your nutritional needs with food, the less your body needs creatine, and the less likely you are to see noticable results. Thats according to some sports nutrition book I'm reading. Seems off to me, since I've never been told that before.

You get creatine naturally from red meat. The average adult male has 120g of creatine already in their system; capacity is maybe 3g higher than that. If you're already at capacity from your diet, more will just be pissed out like unused vitamins.

 

[Skilla_Staz]

I don't know about all the other stuff, but yes creatine is in meat. However, when meat is cooked, the creatine breaks down, thus giving you less.

All those numbers and stuff, weren't mentioned and I haven't heard anything like that before.