Yeah, of course I tried to drink more water. I also tried to ramp up the dose slower.
replyBut the cramps are really debilitating, as in random back muscle locks up debilitating, so I thought it best to just give up on this.
I don't think dosing affects much, as long as you have excess creatine, the extra water requirements are determined by your muscle mass.
replyHow much water can 3g of creatine bind to? Is it like orbeez?
replyMy understanding is it's a bit of a bind and release process that moves the water from outside of the muscle cell to inside of it until the cell is saturated or the creatine is consumed.
replySo the amount of creatine changes the rate as which water is loaded into the cell, but the total amount of water needed is calculated based on your muscle mass. The figures I've seen is 2L extra water (spread evenly, not all at once) for a normally recommended 5g daily creatine intake during loading (which typically takes a month at 5g/day dosage).