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hello guys welcome to the myprotein
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youtube channel my name is Tom Johnson
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and today we're going to be talking
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about when is better take creatine is it
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pre-workout or post-workout right guys
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so creepy now there are many different
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forms of creatine the one I take
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personally is creatine monohydrate I
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find that the best one the cheapest one
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and it's the one that has had the most
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research till now all the different
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creatine types so if I give my advice to
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you which one to take that is my
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personal choice that I recommend to my
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clients and to you guys at home it's
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like I said it's a cheapest one and it's
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the best one so don't waste too much
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money buying the most expensive one
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stick with the plain and simple creatine
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monohydrate is perfect now what are the
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benefits from taking creepy now I find
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in my time from using creatine the
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benefits are energy my energy goes
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through the roof in a non-creepy it
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helps to those extra maybe two to three
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to four reps from the gym whereas
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remember when I came off creatine for a
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while which is one of the stupidest
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choices I've ever done in my life that
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extra maybe one two reps wasn't there
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and I really felt the difference in my
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training and I kind of went backwards a
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and so I retake in the creatine again
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and everything was back to normal now in
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terms of how much creatine to take
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everyone talks about this loading phase
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of loading creatine before you start it
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I never did that I don't think it's
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really necessary to load creatine before
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you take it as there is crazy and
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majority of foods that you eat in a
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normal day and creatine is in your body
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to start with anyway so the loading
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phase unless you really want to do it
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I'd maybe leave it personally I take
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three grams of creatine a day and I tend
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not to go over five grams that have
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known people go up to 10 grams a day but
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to me I'd say anywhere between 3 and 5
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grams and that's what I recommend to you
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guys as well now in terms of maybe using
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creatine close to a competition or a
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I heard people say oh I cut my creatine
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out later in the stage of dicing it
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makes me watery on the outside nonsense
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the the creatine holds water set within
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the muscle it creates that full lock and
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it won't make you look any more watery
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in terms of coming up to your photoshoot
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or your competition so don't worry about
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taking it but guys and summarize the
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main benefits I personally find from
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using creatine creatine monohydrate is
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just general all-round strength and
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performance in the gym when I'm on crazy
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night it's nothing magical it's a lot
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you're going to take it and all of a
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sudden turn internals to watch
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all the Holts it's something that helps
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you mentally and physically it helps you
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get that 1 or extra 2 reps that you need
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in the gym which we all know it's those
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last couple of reps is really going to
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help build up as you can build that
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muscle that you want and in terms of
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powerlifting or strength training if you
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try and do that it's really going to
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help you push through plateaus and take
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you to that next level so like I said
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recommended dosage three to five grams
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of creatine a day guys check it out on
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the website we're going to put a link in
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the description box below if you want to
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check out the creatine that will be
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we spoke about the benefits of creatine
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we spoke about why I like creatine and
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the dosage of creatine now when is the
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best time to take your creatine is its
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pre or post-workout now I have tried
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both and my honest opinion doesn't
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it really really doesn't matter when
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people asking this question online or my
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clients asking this question actually I
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give them the stain and every time it
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doesn't matter when you take it you can
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take it first thing in morning you can
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take it person for bed you can take it
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pre-workout post-workout it doesn't
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matter as long as it's in your system
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that day is built up over a long period
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of time it will make no difference now
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if you were wanting take it pre-workout
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I'd say maybe take it thirty fifteen
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pre-workout or if you wanted to take it
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post-workout just to save yourself time
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so you don't forget it just work it in
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your post-workout shake and everything
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should be okay but honestly it doesn't
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matter when you take it so don't stress
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too much about it I just wake up first
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on hover with my tablet that I take in
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I put a skinful mouse shaker of water
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and that's need on the day I'm in a
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routine of take it in the morning so I
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it's easy-peasy but guys there is no
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certain time that will benefit you more
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as long as it's in your system you'll be
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absolutely fine guys if you found this
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video informative and you liked it and
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it a big thumbs up and thank you very
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much for watching I have been Tom
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Johnson and this has been when is best
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take creatine pre or post-workout
