whats the best creatine? Mono/Ethyl-E/Kre-Alkalyn

[HeavyD]

what is the best creatine?

Monohydrate
Ethyl Ester
Kre-Alkalyn

i have used monohydrate when i was younger, and was looking at it again, but i also found the other two types..

are they any different in how they work? or more effective?

[Timbo89]

as far as im concerned, monohydrate is the gold-standard.

[cnelson09]

i always use mono but it upsets my stomach....

i picked up a few bottles of MVP creatine from Andre at anytime fitness and no stomach discomfort or bloating, by far the best dissolving creatine product ive ever tried.

[Sean Summers]

I am Kre-alkalyn man.
SS

[Talo]

Currently I'm using Kra-alkalyn and it's working fine , but I've for now problems with mono.

What I want to know is would the doses be any differnt ? Currently I'm taking in 3g x2 daily , but when I take mono I take 5g x 2 daily. This is because of the serving sizes on the bottle.

[Ritch]

monohydrate. When it costs as little as $12 for a pound I`d try that. If I wanted to try something else, I`d go with the creatine magnesium chelate.

[Timbo89]

ive heard good thing about tri-creatine malate, but havent looked into it or tried it personally, so i cant confirm. I know that Dymatize puts it in their XPand product, and I liked that very much, so I may try it down the road.

[HeavyD]

so what is the difference between these? is one more effective than the others?

[Chaps]

monohydrate. When it costs as little as $12 for a pound I`d try that. If I wanted to try something else, I`d go with the creatine magnesium chelate.

i'm using the chelate right now feels about the same as creatine ethyl ester no bloat faster recovery between sets. Monohydrate works just fine but it does make you hold water which annoys me

[Rhinobolt10]

I just use the regular stuff.

I've never noticed the sides that other people do...

[Baconbits]

I am Kre-alkalyn man.
SS

Kre-alkalyn for me too!

[Thechamp]

MVP monohydrate creatine. I've tried them all and monohydrate was the only one that works for me best.

[_Ragnar_]

true supplements mono baby! 11.75 per lb

[jsv22]

Mono.....unless anyone has any evidence that other creatines can increase skeletal muscle creatine content more then mono...

they all work the same...but lb or lb i'd go with mono

[Delt King]

I'm all about monohydrate year round...the last time i went off my bench dropped 50lbs. Never again.:)

[ironwill]

I have always had the most noticeable results off of monohydrate.......
Good reminder, i need to get some....

[HeavyD]

thankx guys...

when it comes to mono how do the majority mix/take it?

i use to try and make my own cell-tech, for every 10g of mono, i used 70grs dextrose, with 200mg ALA(in gel caps from GNC)

anyother recipes?

[DCannon]

I just got some Purple K by Fusion.

[#8]

^^ purple k is sweet. used it many times.

[Ritch]

thankx guys...

when it comes to mono how do the majority mix/take it?

i use to try and make my own cell-tech, for every 10g of mono, i used 70grs dextrose, with 200mg ALA(in gel caps from GNC)

anyother recipes?

The only time I `d take in that much sugar is post workout. 5 grams of creatine should be enough as well.

[TWEST]

i always use mono but it upsets my stomach....

i picked up a few bottles of MVP creatine from Andre at anytime fitness and no stomach discomfort or bloating, by far the best dissolving creatine product ive ever tried.


I second that, i'm almost done my bottle of GP3 creatine( pill form).
No stomach problems and the alpha test boost is good as well.

[519Muscle]

creatine mono has been the most researched of them all and its also proven to work

[benP]

Is there a best time to take creatine mono? should you take it like 3 times daily, or only preworkout or post workout etc...?

[L3]

i take my creatie mono 1 heaping tea spoon (taurine optional) 1.5 hrs before workout

[CallmeB]

There was a really good vid posted on here about 2 months ago about this same topic. The long and the short of it was i think he said that mono worked best. Taken twice daily. AM & PWO. The trick was it NEEDS to be 100% disolved in order for it to be effective. Anything that is consumed that is not disolved will give you stomach pains and is not effective. He did a test mixing 5mg in a glass of cold water and a glass of warm water, and in about 3min the warm water had disolved 90% and the cold water only about 30%. SO i have been drinking mine with warm water or tea ever since. Seems to work great.

-B

[slick rick]

Mono.. with grape juice for me, always done me good.

[FitnessModel45]

Here's a link to the video that you're talking about. It's from the Will Brink's YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B0SV4tLgwM&feature=channel_video_title