taking more than 5g of creatine a day

[bigman714]

hi i was wondering does anyone take more than 5 grams of creatine a day. ive been taking 5g a day but i havent seen much results...

If you take more than 5g a day does it work faster or better?

[csi]

From what I understand, you'll just be wasting your creatine as your muscles haev a threshold of much it can absorb.

Creatine in your body is like a pail of water. Any excess that you pour will just "spill out the sides" but instead of spilling you urinate.

Cheers

[Flynn]

What type of creatine is it?.

Monohydrate, some will advise loading by 10gs a day for a week and then maintain at 5g a day after reaching saturation.

Ethyl Ester can just be taken at 5g a day straight away.

What have you expected to see?

The results of taking creatine can be subtle and temporary.

[redwolf4k]

It is my understanding that the loading phase is worthless (but i could be wrong, I am not an expert). 5g post work out should get you to the proper levels rather quickly, and you dont have to deal with the dehydration of the load phase.

I have had great results using creatine monohydrate at 3-5g daily.

[Travis Bell]

http://www.wannabebigforums.com/showthread.php?t=22690

[Ryan Bracewell]

What kind of creatine is it? Are you taking it with any carbs?

[given'er]

I take 5g a day, every once and a while(maybe once or twice a week) I will take 10g just to make sure my saturations stay up