How do you frontload on creatine?

[Venketasubramanian]

Just got my first supplement – creatine. On thelabel they say I have to frontload it, but they do not say how. Whatis frontloading, and how you can do it with creatine?

 

[stevesmi]

frontloading simply means using 3X the regular dosage.

it really isn't necessary though. think about it bro.. you already get creatine naturally from foods, it is in your system naturally.

 

[Lev Butlerov]

Frontloading is taking overly high dosages in the beginning of using some compounds in order to make them work faster. However, with creatine it does not apply, as your body can use only a certain amount of creatine, and the excessive amount will be pissed out. In the best of the cases, you can make creatine work slightly faster by frontloading, but this practice is definitely not worth it.

 

[muskate]

The only reason supplement companies tell you to load and cycle creatine is to make the product some steroid like and more hardcore.

There is no need to front load creatine. Just take 5-10g per day. There is no need to cycle or load creatine or anything like that.

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

You don't. You just take 5g per day indefinitely. No need to load and no need to cycle on and off. Creatine is not hardcore and is not a hormone. It is just a few amino acids. It is however very cheap, effective, and safe.