Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Pre Workout Powder, Energy Drink with Creatine Monohydrate, Beta Alanine, Caffeine and Vitamin B Complex, Nutrition Supplement, Fruit Punch Flavour, 30 Servings, 330 g

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Besides increasing lean muscle mass in the long term, creatine also promotes water retention in the muscles (yup, that means awesome MUSCLE PUMPS!). Basically, the more water stored in your muscles, the bigger the pump. Aid workout recovery And research shows that when subjects consume the same amounts of creatine HCL and creatine monohydrate, the creatine HCL is absorbed by the intestines around 60% better than creatine monohydrate. This means that you can take a much smaller dose of creatine HCL to get similar results as creatine monohydrate. With greater solubility in fluid, greater absorption by the intestines, and with a much smaller dose, you significantly reduce the chance of stomach issues and subcutaneous water retention.

Dietary supplements should always be clear about what’s in the bottle – by stating the exact ingredients and each one’s exact dose (and not concealing any substances or doses under so-called “proprietary blends”.) Creatine HCLis made by attaching a hydrochloride (HCL) group to creatine to enhance its stability. While creatine is well-recognized by sports scientists and athletes as one of the most effective supplement ingredients you can take to promote muscle growth and strength gains, there can be a few issues with the standard form of creatine known as creatine monohydrate. If you have a low caffeine tolerance, opt for a pre-workout with a low caffeine dose or even a stimulant-free pre-workout, like Hydraulic Stim-Free Pre-Workout. Look for ingredients that can improve performance in the gymPre-Kaged even contains BCAAs, which can help with muscle gain if you’re not getting enough protein from your regular diet. With a massive 388 mg of organic caffeine and 3,000 mg of creatine monohydrate, this insanely effective supplement is guaranteed to take you and your training into another dimension with immense energy, pumps, and focus. And for the health nuts, it’s vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, and free from artificial flavors and colors. What more could you want? These are all reasons why I included creatine HCL in both Pre JYM and Post JYM. Each product contains 2grams of HCL per dose. This is the dose that I've found works best for the majority of people: twograms before training and then another two grams after. But even if you don't want to believe that creatine HCL outperforms creatine monohydrate, you can rest assured knowing that it definitely provides similar results as creatine monohydrate, at a much smaller dose and with none of the potential side effects. There truly is no debating that fact. Creatine Timing

The main issues with creatine monohydrate are its solubility in fluids and its absorption by the body. Some research has reported that less than 3% of the original amount of creatine monohydrate is transported across the intestinal cells within 90 minutes. Not only is this an issue because it limits the uptake of creatine by the intestinesand then by the muscles, but it can also lead to stomach upset (from the creatine sitting in the intestines and drawing water into them) and water retention in the subcutaneous space (under the skin), which blurs a person's muscularity and makes them look smooth and bloated.Yes, creatine is excellent for boosting your workouts, but it’s also beneficial for accelerated muscle repair. Think all creatine is the same? It's not. The type you see most often is creatine monohydrate, but this is far from your only option. In fact, your best bet for reaping all the benefits of one of the most highly touted (and widely studied) performance-enhancing supplements everis creatine hydrochloride (creatine HCL for short) – specifically the Con-Cret® patented form. Although some experts claim that creatine monohydrate doesn't cause bloating or water retention, I have data on thousands of individuals showing that many of them do, in fact, experience this "bad" water retention with creatine. In fact, several studies actually show that creatine monohydrate not only increases intracellular water (inside the muscle cells where you want it), but it also increases extracellular water levels, which is the area under the skin that causes that puffy look. Even though the changes in extracellular fluid may be small, in those who are very lean it can make a big difference in how "shredded" they look. I know that when I'm getting ready for a photoshoot I am NOT risking any small increases in my subcutaneous water levels. That's just one reason why I use creatine HCL.

Pre-workouts containing creatine can work wonders when it comes to improving your exercise performance, muscle growth, and muscle recovery. Dolan E., et al. Beyond muscle: The effects of creatine supplementation on brain creatine, cognitive processing, and traumatic brain injury. European Journal of Sport Science. 2019; doi:10.1080/17461391.2018.1500644. Now when you hear people talking about this study in the gym, or you read discussions about it online and the people are claiming that taking creatine post-workout is far superior to taking it pre-workout, you can have a laugh knowing that a) they didn't actually read the study despite acting as they did, b) they don't know what they are talking about, and c) you are way ahead of them because you already got the real truth on the matter. So do what you and I both know works best when it comes to supplementing with creatine: Take it both pre-workout and post-workout and also take a pre-and post-workout shake. In other words, you won’t find a label this loaded amongst most of the other pre-workout supplements on the market. Heart failure. There isn't enough evidence to recommend use of oral creatine as a heart failure treatment.They also lost body fat while taking the supplements pre-and post-workout, while the group taking the supplements in the morning and night lost no body fat. The pre-and post-workout supplement group also had significantly higher muscle glycogen levels, which is critical for performance and muscle growth. Many people would argue that because the subjects were taking a protein shake and fast-digesting carbs (glucose/dextrose) that it does not truly tell you how effective the creatine was. While it is hard to tweeze out what benefits were due to creatine versus the protein and carbs, that is precisely the way you want to take creatine. Taking creatine alone by itself is not half as effective as when you take it with protein and carbs. In fact, the recent study comparing pre-workout to post-workout creatine supplementation had subjects take just creatine and nothing else. I would argue that since that is a very ineffective way to take creatine, it negates any findings of the study. But since there weren't any real findings of the study, it doesn't really matter. Unlike most pre-workouts on the market these days, Pre-Kaged provides full label disclosure with top-shelf ingredients that take your workouts to the MAX. Think energy, focus, muscle pumps, gains, and stamina – one scoop is all you need! I want to first be clear here that I am NOT bashing Dr. Jose Antonio. Dr. Antonio is someone that I consider a friend and someone I regard as a very smart person. He stated in the paper that there were no significant differences between taking creatine pre-workout or post-workout. And only when they used magnitude-based inference was there any evidence that post-workout MIGHT be better than pre-workout. However, the media is going to jump on this, as well as all the pseudo-scientist bodybuilding "experts" who do not read these studies in their entirety and say that taking creatine post-workout is far superior to taking it pre-workout. Not so fast.