Caffeine and creatine

[ssw]

Have read a few threads and browsed the interweb re: caffeine and its effect on creatine absorption/effectiveness etc etc.

Alot of confilicting info :shock:

Is there a limit of caffeine dosage whereby it would be ineffective to also take creatine?

Should you get your caffeine hit and then wait a bit before taking creatine?

any thoughts would be appreciated

[M.T]

Be interesting to see what people think of this.

Drizzt and I did alot of research on this also and came to the conclusion that if you limited your caffine intake to around 300mg pd or 1 strong coffee you should be fine and have no i'll affect to the Creatine uptake.

I took this one step further and went cold turkey for a cycle then drank coffee for the next cycle (month off inbetween) and found no difference what so ever besides my mornings not going too well without coffee :x

research aside I think just try it out yourself and see how your body reacts as were all different, Also depending on your body weight you want to take 20-30g per day if you over the 90kg mark rather than the reccommended 20g for loading then 5g for maintenance.

Just my 5c worth anyways,Let us know how you get on

[Pseudonym]

Good post, MT. I think the original studies showing creatine worked were done by dissolving it into hot coffee, weren't they?

[M.T]

Good post, MT. I think the original studies showing creatine worked were done by dissolving it into hot coffee, weren't they?

Yeah I did read for one study in particular in the U.K that did that. Don't see any difference when you take it and with what IMHO for a whole month we were taking in Tea in a flask and mixing there and then post WO, Tea was good as a)it was hot enough to dissolve the Creatine completly b)took away the nasty as taste c)just looks awesome having cups of Tea at the gym lol

For non training days was taking in the morning for the insulin spike and on training immediately after a WO with shake + food.

[crazyfacials]

You mention a nasty taste to creatine ... As far as I know plain creatine doesn't really have any taste

[Kracka]

Good post, MT. I think the original studies showing creatine worked were done by dissolving it into hot coffee, weren't they?

You are correct.

[M.T]

You mention a nasty taste to creatine ... As far as I know plain creatine doesn't really have any taste

Correct you are creatine monohydrate is tasteless but if not dissolved properly can be quite unpleasant have done that more than once in error.

[rovr4on]

shouldnt we be taking our creatine post workout(pretty sure its everyones concensus) and caffeine pre workout, in such a case there would be no need for this issue in the first place?

[Pseudonym]

just looks awesome having cups of Tea at the gym lol

I just had a vision of you and Drizzt at the Powerhouse with your fine china teacups and saucers.

"Now Drizzt, do you take one lump of sugar or two?"

You guys are truly hardcore. :pfft:

[M.T]

just looks awesome having cups of Tea at the gym lol

I just had a vision of you and Drizzt at the Powerhouse with your fine china teacups and saucers.

"Now Drizzt, do you take one lump of sugar or two?"

You guys are truly hardcore. :pfft:

I remember we made it on a weekly highlights vid with our cups of tea too