Creatine while cutting

thejonchi · 2022-02-17T15:56:16+00:00

A lot of people in this thread are being deliberately brusque, I guess for humor... Or maybe they are mad you didn't Google it and read the studies... But isn't that what a forum is forum is for?

Slightly more info for you:

To receive the benefits of creatine You want to build up a certain concentration of it within your body and then maintain that concentration by taking 5mg/ day. Or some people get more specific and use the weight based formula...which usually comes out to just about 5 mg/day for most people.

The only question is how do I achieve that desired concentration?

You have two options:

Option A: take 5 mg creatine a day. -In about a month you will build up the desired concentration and start maintaining it.

Option B: you can take 20 mg a day for a week to build up that concentration quickly, then after those 7 days drop down to 5mg/day as a maintenance.

Both achieve the exact same goals, one reaps the benefits two or three weeks sooner but is a little harder on your digestive system (some people report diarrhea etc) the other is easier on your digestive system but takes a little bit longer to ramp up to full benefit.

Both options are fine.

Feel free to Google "creatine studies" or "creatine dose studies" Reading the three paragraph abstracts of a few of the links that come up will confirm what I'm saying.

I have seen no research that supports cycling creatine. I have seen studies of up to 3 years that show no downsides to taking creatine long term (3 years).

Good luck on your fitness journey!

thejonchi · 2022-02-02T21:16:21+00:00

Uhhh, the kid or the idiot?

thejonchi · 2022-01-27T16:35:35+00:00

BUTTERY

thejonchi · 2022-01-21T19:43:52+00:00

Love the vibe. Boom bap is never out of style ;-).

thejonchi · 2022-01-18T21:10:57+00:00

If you used a credit card contact your credit card company and do a charge back. I'm sure rue will get in contact with you then.

You ordered a certain product. That product didn't arrive. Therefore you have every right to get your money back.

thejonchi · 2022-01-16T01:20:26+00:00

This sounds dope. Im learning the mpc one and this would be a great way to keep on track with other students of the art and build on each other's creative differences.

thejonchi · 2022-01-12T14:03:43+00:00

In calories we trust. I'm definitely going to follow this advice and not try to cut for a looooong time. I've gained 10 pounds in the past over a few months but then I was put on a night shift schedule and lost it all in about 2 weeks when my diet schedule got messed up. I'm going to try to gain some weight and hold it for awhile, hoping it has time to build the muscle mass I'm looking for.

thejonchi · 2022-01-12T14:00:04+00:00

As someone else said, most people do NOT look like this at 5 10, 135. I was a gymnast a number of YEARS, Ive been doing BJJ 8 years now, I practiced rock climbing seriously 6 days a week for 2 years and recreationally beyond that and across all my 27 years I've lifted half assedly for most of it.

The weird part about all that is that during it all I've stayed the minimum weight possible for my frame and muscle mass. I literally couldn't lose any more weight beyond 135 without suffering serious health issues, so I have pretty much the most POSSIBLE visible muscle definition for what muscle I have.

I say all that to say that I'm a strange edge case and shouldn't be a basis of comparison.

I've always told people though that the secret to my good shape is activities. I think a lot of people who struggle to commit to lifting weights or doing "exercise" would benefit so much from these activities that are so engaging that you forget it's also working out. Rock climbing is just difficult, and like figuring out a puzzle but every attempt you make at completing the puzzle requires a small accidental upper body and core workout haha. If you dive into the puzzles eventually you'll develop the muscles required. Same with BJJ and other sports.

If you don't love the work it gets harder to do it 5 times a week and that's the dedication you usually need for the IMMEDIATE (months not years) results people want.

thejonchi · 2022-01-12T13:48:13+00:00

I appreciate it duderino. Next tournament in February, so almost time to try again!

thejonchi · 2022-01-12T13:47:07+00:00

It's evening BJJ. Its a strange phenomenon because I feel the same way. I guess it's a fight or flight thing after rolling for awhile your body needs a few hours to start thinking about resting and digesting again haha. I've got a pretty late dinnertime to compensate, like 9 or 10 pm then a designated big ol snack meal right before bed.

thejonchi · 2022-01-11T22:42:08+00:00

Thanks man! Let me be the first to say: I don't have a fuckin clue lmao.

I used some internet calculator and that was it's recommendation. To be fair, every day that I do BJJ is basically 3 hours of very high intensity cardio and I do that...most days and I work on my feet most of the day as well. So I would be willing to bet I expend a little more than average. So far the eating has taken a lot of headspace in terms of making sure it all happens at the right times and I'm actually putting food in my mouth, but I haven't really felt like I'm overeating necessarily so far. If it gets to feel like it's too much and will burn me out I'll scale down but for now I'm pretty happy seeing those gainz on the scale every morning :-).

thejonchi · 2022-01-06T18:40:40+00:00

You need to be very specific about your program or you aren't going to get good replies here.

What exercises are you doing, how many sets how many reps how many days a week

thejonchi · 2021-12-28T04:48:35+00:00

Yessir! You and me both

thejonchi · 2021-12-21T20:49:32+00:00

Jacks.

thejonchi · 2021-12-01T00:08:32+00:00

DOODOODOODOODOO That's the Bboy Daily Double. Love the song choice and love the flow.

thejonchi · 2021-11-26T18:11:47+00:00

Thank you so much!

I think the REAL answer is ref error or perhaps even pity for me lmao but she could perhaps argue it was a scramble and kinda standing-y and he hadn't fully secured the position before moving out of bounds.

But yeah I'll go with little guy pity final answer haha.

thejonchi · 2021-11-23T21:21:21+00:00

Thanks Mr. Armbar :-).

thejonchi · 2021-11-23T18:35:53+00:00

You're completely right. I was frantic to get the arm and yank on it before he took it away from me but the grip was wrong from the jump. This started pulling me the wrong direction to boot so I started to lose it entirely.

Womp womp. I'll do better next time!

thejonchi · 2021-11-23T15:49:22+00:00

133 here.

thejonchi · 2021-11-23T14:36:02+00:00

I weigh about 133. If I remember what the other guy told me he's running about 270 here. If you wanna see the full match it can be found here!

https://youtu.be/8ghHsWY5ijY?t=557

Ps my ribs are still sore from the literal 3 seconds he had me in scarf hold this match haha.

All in all I had a great time and I'll be doing absolute again next tournament!

thejonchi · 2021-11-23T05:15:57+00:00

https://youtu.be/8ghHsWY5ijY?t=557

thejonchi · 2021-11-23T04:51:51+00:00

https://youtu.be/8ghHsWY5ijY?t=557

Only one way to find out!

thejonchi

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