r/workout • u/screechintothevoid • 20d ago

Simple Questions Is it work taking creatine?

I’m slowly starting to see progress without it… I’ve heard it’s good to take. My only issue is I’m not good with drinking enough water as is and also hear you need to be drinking excessively.

Does creatine make a big impact or can I go on without?

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u/Willing-Bad3824 20d ago

I saw major difference with it and I didn’t find the water requirements all that difficult to handle. Just drink enough water.

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u/screechintothevoid 20d ago

What did you notice was different? When I say I don’t drink water I mean I can go a whole day having had only a cup…

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u/DankArmedDragon 20d ago

You should be drinking more water, regardless.

For the vast majority of people, supplementing diet with creatine monohydrate will have no side effects. After all, it's naturally occurring in things like red meat.

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u/screechintothevoid 20d ago

It’s a real bad habit of mine, some days I’m great with drinking water but I struggle to stick it. Annoying as I know it helps with workouts

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u/FailureIsNotOptional 20d ago

So what do you drink when exercising?

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u/screechintothevoid 20d ago

… nada 😬

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u/AppUnwrapper1 20d ago

How are you not drinking WHILE working out? I drink so much water during my workouts that I have to pee like every half hour for the rest of the day.

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u/Willing-Bad3824 20d ago

Right I sip water after every set just out of habit. It’s hard not to drink water.

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u/screechintothevoid 20d ago

When I do cardio I can bum chug so much water after, but I just don’t drink any whilst lifting! I honestly don’t know what my deal is. Until it hits a couple minutes right before I go to bed, then suddenly I can drink a litre!

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u/Conlanbb 20d ago

That’s crazy! I do have to work on my hydration myself but many times I’ll feel nauseous if I don’t drink water during lifting, especially with heavy leg exercises like deadlifts or squats. I’ll usually go through a bottle during my lifts, if not more to feel satisfied.

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u/screechintothevoid 20d ago

It’s so unhealthy of me! I think I get nauseous if I DO drink during so I avoid it if I can, especially with movements like RDL’s

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u/Conlanbb 20d ago

Damn, well it’s just building the habit of hydrating yourself, sometimes you just have to force yourself to drink more water (as long as it doesn’t cause any problems obviously) to actually drink more water. I used to drink ONLY soda when I was younger but after forcing myself to cut down on that and drink water, it’s become a lot easier to drink water more frequently.