Need creatine help!

I am currently 17 years old and have been bodybuilding for just over a year now going 5 days a week, i've thought about taking creatine monohydrate many times and have'nt decided its the right thing to do as this one reason, if i take creatine monohydrate properly and continue my workout schedule and start playing football which comes up in 2 weeks will i lose the gains i gained? because creatine puts water in your muscles correct? im going to be practicing 4 days a week which will have a lot of running included, so im just wondering with all the running ill be doing will this cause some of the water muscle i gained to start going back down?

 

Need creatine help!

Take the creatine. It will help you in football. Stay hydrated.

 

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will i lose any of the (water) muscle i gained after a lot of cardio?

 

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the water weight u put on is minimal, maybe 1-2 lbs IF that. the purpose of creatine is ATP, not to add water weight

 

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thats true, but im still going to be going to the gym 4 days a week and i wanna get a lot more mass on too, so if i take creatine and go to the gym but i do a lot of cardio will i gain muscle mass?

 

Need creatine help!



You'll get gyno and do all kiindz of crazzzy things.

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But seriously, snorkelman already answered your question. The reason you take creatine is to improve explosive short bursts of activity. You should already be drinking lots of water if you are involved in sports.

 

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ull gain muscle mass from good diet and training; stop overthinking creatine, its a SUPPLEMENT, not a magic muscle-gainer

 

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Drink more water.

 

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i know that, i've had very good gains in my year of bodybuilding as i am good with my diet, okay just answer this, say i took creatine for a couple months...got pretty good gains and then started running for an hour or two a day, in football equipment, will i slowly start loosing the water retention in my muscles? (ill still be taking creatine and going to the gym aswell)

 

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The mechanism of action of creatine has NOTHING to do with water retention.