I have used creatine before, large quantities actually. Some people claim to have a benefit from being a regular user of it. I can talk about loading creatine, which is using it in massive quantities (you can go look it up) in order to somehow force your body to store water which somehow gives you more power and energy. I was lifting 210 like I was doing my 135 warm up sets. I gained about 10-15 pounds in a week after loading for about five days. Sure, you pee away the 10-15 pounds, but if you were a gym rat like I was you also lifted an immense amount of weight during the month period. I lifted my max bench, squat and curl while in the post loading phase of the creatine. I eventually flushed all the water out of my system, but I was still strong from all the weight lifting I was doing. I only recommend this to those that are serious power lifters or really want to get big and are already on their way. I have no idea if it was safe or not, but I do know that the creatine is not as bad as the dude eating big macs. I would also recommend this for someone trying to get over their 'plateaus'.
Nowadays, most people simply ingest a modest amount of the stuff daily for a slight energy boost. I used to drink so much in one sitting that I would get dizzy from drinking it too quickly. It gave me gross farts as well!
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