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Everything I've ever come across suggests 3-5g per day, with some folks doing a 20-25g loading protocol to saturate your muscles in the first week.


Mitchell Hooper, world strongman champion, takes 10g a day..but he's built different :-)


Too many people in this thread are conflating taking creatine for cognitive effects with taking it for weight lifting and strength performance.

If you are taking weight lifting doses for cognitive effects, you are effectively 'doing it wrong' and will notice a significant weight gain from the extra water retention.


And possibly saturate your toilet too!




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