Should I use creatine?

[KiddLattimer]

Hey all,
I am a moderately built guy with a "spare tire" around my stomach, otherwise I am pretty happy with my build. I am trying to get rid of the stomach/lovehandles area by watching what I eat, etc and doing a good amount of situps / ab machines and doing cardio 3-4 times a week at least. I really want to add more muscle while reducing fat, would creatine make my spare tire worse or have little effect on it? any thoughts?

 

[Stryc-9]

It's pretty tough to add muscle and lose fat simultaneously...it's far easier to cut the fat and sacrifice some muscle mass - and then begin a mass building cycle....

I would suggest you avoid creatine at first and simply follow a nice cutting diet/plan to drop the fat (hmmm CKD for example).

Save the creatine for when you move on to bulking mode.

 

[bmit]

I only use creatine when bulking, since I'm bloated anyway. I think creatine sux anyway.

 

[macDbol]

i use 5g of it mixed with water on my low carb days and take 25g on my carb up days,,,if your bodyfat isnt super low to begin with i doubt you'll mind the extra bloat creatine will give u

 

[satchboogie]

i only use creatine post cycle.

 

[buffedmama]

i use 5g of it mixed with water on my low carb days and take 25g on my carb up days,,,if your bodyfat isnt super low to begin with i doubt you'll mind the extra bloat creatine will give u

Do you take the 25g all at once?

I ask because your body can only handle about 5g at a time... So basically, if you're taking more then 5g at once, you're wasting Creatine.