You don't have to cycle it. You also don't need to load it (a marketing ploy to get you to buy more).
replyYou can just take 3-5g daily.
Cycling 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.
replyCycling creatine was the guidance from the 90s. 5g/day and drink plenty of water is all you need to do.
replyI don't ever remember needing or being advised to cycle it.
replyIt 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'.
I'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
replyCreatine is dosed in grams not milligrams, otherwise your number are correct.
replyHomeopathic sports supplementation
replyYes, 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.
replyAs 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?
That’s never been the case, you were getting bad information.
replyIt was certainly the case that gym bros thought you had to cycle it. But you're right that this was never necessary.
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