Universal Nutrition Forum

Just a quick one lads.

As I train early morning, I hit a gainer shake an hour before my workout, which has 5mg of Creatine Monohydrate in it. Would it be beneficial to take one serving of Alri CR2 later in the day to keep creatine levels at an optimum?

Or, is the 5mg found in the gainer shake negligible, and I should be taking 2 servings of the CR2 daily? I realise they are different types of creatine.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

What's the gainer?

I find it best to take Creatine on an empty stomach with a low sugar juice or something similar

Creatine builds up over a long time (days) unlike aminos which you need a steady supply of throughout the day to gain muscle.

Tried loading and maintaining creatine as well as steady daily Creatine with differing results.

Hey thanks for the reply.

The gainer is "Optimum Nutrition Serious Mass".

To be honest I'll prob be taking half servings of the stuff, as I'm looking for about 650 calories, which means I'll combine it with a full serving of the CR2.

I get what you're saying about the creatine loading though, thanks.

Same as me go through two bags of it a month In 1/2 servings, 2 a day your going to want creatine on top of that as there's fuck all in it.

In fact there's not much in it nutrition wise it's only really good for packing the calories in

Yeah thats fine, thats pretty much what I need it for!

Diet wise I rely on my whole foods for nutrition/cals, but use the gainer to pack in the cals when I just simply cant eat....like at 5am in the morning ;)

Id usually just have a shake during the night but during my diet there i couldnt get to sleep cuz i had alot on my mind so i had 4 meals on the cluck between 12 and 7 in the morn

You always lose a little bit of sanity when focusing like that 24/7

Jaysus A1, when the hell were you sleeping? I must say, my early morning workouts and regular meals have me sleeping well. I study in the evenings, so by the time I hit the bed I'm out cold.

MsclDrew - What flavour of the Serious Mass you prefer? I have the vanilla....which is rank to say the least, but I just horse it in. Any better flavours?

J-Law wrote:

Jaysus A1, when the hell were you sleeping? I must say, my early morning workouts and regular meals have me sleeping well. I study in the evenings, so by the time I hit the bed I'm out cold.

MsclDrew - What flavour of the Serious Mass you prefer? I have the vanilla....which is rank to say the least, but I just horse it in. Any better flavours?

What you studying during the summer pal?

Some Cisco qualifications (I.T Networking&Security stuff). Already in the field, just keeping up with Jones'. Pretty hectic trying to balance, gym, work and studying though I wont lie.

J-Law wrote:

Some Cisco qualifications (I.T Networking&Security stuff). Already in the field, just keeping up with Jones'. Pretty hectic trying to balance, gym, work and studying though I wont lie.

...You want something done ask a busy person.

Vanilla is rank man...why do you do that to yourself

Chocolate is the best, I have strawberry and banana right now as my guy was all out of chocolate last week. Both of them aren't bad, you get hit in the face by a blast of artificial sweetener as soon as you open the bag.

Mhmmmm......pentyl ethanoate, my entire kitchen stinks of it

MsclDrew wrote:

Vanilla is rank man...why do you do that to yourself

Chocolate is the best, I have strawberry and banana right now as my guy was all out of chocolate last week. Both of them aren't bad, you get hit in the face by a blast of artificial sweetener as soon as you open the bag.

Mhmmmm......pentyl ethanoate, my entire kitchen stinks of it

...and your entire bedroom smells of condom lube and penis, you fat fucking homo.

Rolf.... so angry for such a lil person

MsclDrew wrote:

Rolf.... so angry for such a lil person

Lose that 4 stone of fat you carry on your upper body alone and you wouldn't be writing that.

Pork Fuck.

Will do sweetie, thanks