I have been taking creatine for a year now i just take 5 grams in the morning and if I workout I take another 5 before I workout.
I want to stop taking creatine now and see what happens.
Question is what happened to you when u stopped taking creatine?
DId you lose weight?
Did you lose strength and most importantly
did you lose your running speed?
Thanks this will help me greatly
When I stopped creatine, I could tell a lost a little mass in my muscles, but since it was the end of the track season I was trying to cut as much unnecessary weight as possible, so it wasnt a big deal. I would say I lost about 4lbs (from 162 to 158). Also, I noticed that in my workouts I could do the same weights as before, but it just seemed like it was a lot harder. I never tried for a 1RM to test if my strength actually went down, but it probably did just a little. The other thing I noticed was that I got tired more quickly during weightlifting sessions.
However, I didnt lose any speed at all once I went off creatine, and in fact I felt faster. When I was taking creatine, it always took me longer to warm up and on the more intense runs it felt like my muscles were ready to cramp at any second (probably cuz I wasnt drinking enough water, but still worth noting). Once I was off it, I had none of the problems, and I would say that it didnt affect speed in a negative way at all.