Originally Posted by mynameisjim

As was mentioned earlier, the "loading phase" is just from the old days. You don't need to do it anymore.

What you do want to do is take it post workout after something to spike your blood sugar for about 30 minutes. Dextrose works the best but regular grape juice works as well. Just drink it spread out over 30 minutes to keep your blood sugar spiked the whole time. You don't need to do it, but it helps get the creatine to the muscles, same with your post workout protien.

Creatine works different for different people and I think it has to do with how much meat you eat. I eat zero meat so it has a very noticeable effect for me and I use it daily. I can get several more sets out of each exercise when using creatine and you do get better pumps. People who eat a lot of meat sometimes don't see any results. But it all depends.

I would say stop taking it for a day or two to normalize out from that crazy loading phase then go to the daily 5 grams.

Originally Posted by DLXphil

no it does and shouldnt, if your bloating up your taking entirely too much of it. i find taking it on training days only after muscle saturation has occured works best for me. If your still having an issue on 5G's on training days only try a creatine ethyl ester like Green Mag by controlled labs