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Creatine Water Retention

G

Gunner

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Does anyone know how long is takes for the water retained in the body from Creatine to leave the body?
 
Not sure man - if your drinking enough water then honestly you should not be retaining any really - thats what I have found while takign creatine anyway.
 
The reason I ask is because I just finished a cycle of Creatine while bulking. I am now cutting. On Saturday morning I was 99.6kg, Today I was 97.4kg. My first thought was that it was just the extra water being retained by creatine and extra carbs.
 
Yea prob just abit of water retention from the carbs/creatine - normally when I start dieting I'll drop 2-3kgs in the 1st week.
 
Just seemd it was alot of weight to lose in one week. My strength hasn't decreased and I don't feel flat. I still feel full of energy
 
I've found it takes me about 1 week to lose most of it, and by the end of the second week pretty much all water retained has left.
 
Joel said:
Not sure man - if your drinking enough water then honestly you should not be retaining any really - thats what I have found while takign creatine anyway.
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Good advice, keeping water up will mean your body retains much less.
I think the whole concept of water retention is a bit overblown.
Generally is you relatively lean and don't take in huge amounts of carbs it shouldn't be an issue.
 
Bioflex said:
Good advice, keeping water up will mean your body retains much less.
I think the whole concept of water retention is a bit overblown.
Generally is you relatively lean and don't take in huge amounts of carbs it shouldn't be an issue.
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Very true - I have never had a problem with bloat/water retention while taking creatine...it is over-blown like you said.

P.S def going to have to get back on the Bioflex stuff! keen to try out BioFurnace!
 
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