Hi,

I want to add creatine select to my precontest but wanted to know if it holds water? I have tried creatine before and everytime I take it I hold water and look puffy. How is creatine select different? Has anyone tried it for precontest with good results?

thanks

Its fine. I just dont buy this creatine made me hold water stuff, sorry. If you read all the science behind it, it drives sub q into the muscle, water INTO the muscle. I load 15 grams Weds-Friday before a show and I dont hold any water.

I believe a) you had a WAY inferior product and it had tons of filler that MAY cause the problem b) you used a product with sugars like that MuscleTech product or something about diet, but its not the creatine.

Good Luck!

Hahaaa!!! Darn it! J totally beat me to it! I agree with J 100%.

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I agree with J 100%.

I'll be #3.

that sounds great! so I should use it 3 to 4 days before show, instead of adding it now.


thanks

I think they are saying that Creatine Select is a quality product that you should not hold water from, whether you are pre contest or offseason or somewhere in between.

I personally believe that, when you are lean enough, it is very hard to "hold water". If you are "holding", you might need to drop a few lbs. yet.

With a quality creatine supplement (that is actually creatine and not all sugar), any water that is interstitial will be absorbed by your muscles and make you look fuller and harder....not puffy.

Puffiness is probably fat.

Does anyone know if Beverly use creapure creatine? I believe this is the purest form of creatine one could buy.


Bill

I have to agree with JTheo and the others. I load precontest according to his protocol and have no water retention issues. Like winflex said,if you are lean enough you will not hold subq water. I have used Creatine Select in training, but in the final week loading I use regular creatine monohydrate with good results. It is very cheap and obtainable anywhere.