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I remember learning about Creatine as a weightlifting teen I never ended up doing it because you had to cycle it, and it was just one more thing to track Is i
by brcmthrowaway 3mo ago
I remember learning about Creatine as a weightlifting teen
I never ended up doing it because you had to cycle it, and it was just one more thing to track
Is it the same case in 2026? Is there a simple pill I can take?
- Helloworldboy 3mo ago[dead]
- domhudson 3mo agoYou don't have to cycle it. You also don't need to load it (a marketing ploy to get you to buy more). You can just take 3-5g daily.
- windward 3mo agoCycling is also a marketing ploy, since it makes it sound more like a PED and less like a compound found naturally in meat. It's the same reason people say they 'take' whey, when Miss Muffet simply ate it.
- btheconqueror 3mo agoI've never heard of cycling it. We're you a teen during the steroid arrival? Maybe people were confusing things. I've always just done 5mg a day, but now people are talking about taking mega doses of like 20-30mg a day, shrug
- solumunus 3mo agoThat’s never been the case, you were getting bad information.
- switchbak 3mo agoIt was certainly the case that gym bros thought you had to cycle it. But you're right that this was never necessary.
- krick 3mo agoYes, they did, and many still do write it on the package, but it is, and always was a myth born God knows when out of precaution, because nobody really knows anything about how all this stuff really works now, and they did know even less than that 30 years ago. There never really was any evidence that you have to cycle it, and nobody (aside from the manufacturers) ever says it anymore. It makes about as much sense as cycling protein powder. As for pills, yes, there is about every form of creatine supplement now, even chewing gum, but this is just dumb, how much of creatine do you think you can consume this way in a day?
- matwood 3mo agoCycling creatine was the guidance from the 90s. 5g/day and drink plenty of water is all you need to do.
- F7F7F7 3mo agoI don't ever remember needing or being advised to cycle it. It was always start by 'loading' and then cruise at 5g. Of course GNC was filled with sugar filled "delivery" products like Celltech that claimed to forego any need for 'loading'.