Quote from: He Man on April 07, 2011, 09:36:11 PM
Any of you guys use creatine on cycle or for the really hard post workout days?

I use Cell-mass for 2 days after a hardcore leg workout. There is a big difference when i use it vs when i dont. Not that i get stronger or whatever, but soley in teh fact that im just not as sore. it aids tremendously with recover. I am not sure if straight creatine monohydrate will do this (its much cheaper too).

I did for a while, but I really had a problem with feeling bloated from the water retention. It would drive me nutz when my otherwise flat stomach would bulge outward from the creatine. I finally said screw it and never went back - and have been very happy that I let it go.

No explode.  No water bloating.. 

NO Explode is more of a pre workout thing with loads of caffeine. I dont enjoy it. I am just looking for a night time thing to take.  Cell mass does make me a bit bloated, but i take it at night so its not a big deal for me.

True..  I did the cell mas thing back in 03-04..  didn't like the acidity levels thgh..

Well, in the spirit of "not to serious," I was at the beach...again   It's a workout trying to knock those coconuts out of the tree! 


Coconut juice is a great sports drink btw...so we biked around the whole island of Key West! 



I'm officially hooked on camping, it's the cheapest way to stay anywhere, so much so, I want to buy a truck and light camper trailer to camp around the U.S.

Cheers!   

Quote from: bulldogs2k on April 08, 2011, 06:12:42 PM
Well, in the spirit of "not to serious," I was at the beach...again   It's a workout trying to knock those coconuts out of the tree! 

ur doing it wrong, climb those trees!

Is that picture from the Philippines?  I feel like I should know how to climb those trees since I am Filipino but throwing rocks seemed easier lol.   

Quote from: bulldogs2k on April 08, 2011, 07:28:11 PM
Is that picture from the Philippines?  I feel like I should know how to climb those trees since I am Filipino but throwing rocks seemed easier lol.   

Yeah! Its one of the local boys going for some coconut or maybe a kite.

Just got back from my first mountain bike ride in a LOOOONG time...

I was only out for about an hour...  4.5 miles. 

Lots of climbing walking...   

I should be a little more serious about getting fit at the moment, since I have an 86-mile roadie ride in 5 short weeks, but <insert excuse here>.

I did get out on the roadie today for a nice 29 mile ride.

Hopefully I'll have time and the weather will cooperate tomorrow for a little hill climb.

Quote from: The Bacon Junkie on April 09, 2011, 07:22:03 PM
Just got back from my first mountain bike ride in a LOOOONG time...

I was only out for about an hour...  4.5 miles. 

Lots of climbing walking...   

But you made it out, so 

Quote from: djrashonal on April 09, 2011, 10:10:32 PM
But you made it out, so 

I'm having the worst luck with illness and training... I'd just gotten over missing a week due to sinus problems and gotten back in the gym when allergies put me on my back for a solid week.  I haven't had an allergy problem this bad since about 2002, but we caught an unseasonably warm couple of days here in the Midwest and it seems to have f'd everything up.

Light workout today just to get the blood pumping and test out the breathing, then back to full Muay Thai classes tomorrow.

grumble grumble grumble

Quote from: He Man on April 08, 2011, 08:10:27 AM
NO Explode is more of a pre workout thing with loads of caffeine. I dont enjoy it. I am just looking for a night time thing to take.  Cell mass does make me a bit bloated, but i take it at night so its not a big deal for me.

yeah........cheap creatine before bed makes the bloat thing a non-issue for most. If you want to get anal about your creatine, you can mix it with a little dextrose and 200mg of alpha lipoic acid. There is some research that shows many non-resonders will respond with the addition of a simple carbohydrate.

Honestly, next to a protein supplement and ephedra/caffeine for energy and/or fat loss, creatine is the only other supplement that has panned out in research to be of any use.

Pretty much ever other performance supplement sold is a large waste of money.

i dont think  the lipoic acid will be much of any use. the 2-3mg of creatine in Cell mass does PLENTY of work for me in terms of recovery.

Protein supplement, caffeine and creatine is about hte only thing i use. so i guess im saving money that way from all those hyped up products!!!


I really need to stop htiting the gym and doing muay thai. I am SOOO cooked.

Today was a leg day my work out was something like this (150lbs 5'6")

5sets of 12  Individual Leg extension at the 75 "lbs" on the machine  (is it even lbs i dont know)
5sets of 12 Individual hamstring curls at 75lbs on the machine
1x20 set of ATG squat @ 135lbs,
2x15 set of ATG squat @ 155lbs
3x25 set of Calf raises @ 185lbs on Smith Machine
30lb Hip flexor workout
Abs balh balh ablha

Then Muay Thai I was just toasted.

+ lack of sleep latley has really draged my performance way way down.