My goal is to reach 40 in SVJ and 44in RVJ, this will give me a lock at athleticism and a good training position for BBALL program to train elite players that are a bit raw and clueless but talented.
Should I take creatine or not?
I do have some health issues like obesity and very close to getting diabetes. I also had high liver enzymes that is slowly getting better.
get everything else in check first.. get fairly shredded, stronger, better physical condition, then re-evaluate. Also by that time, "diabetes" probably won't be much of an issue anymore.
sometimes you just have to think about it (and similar things) like a "cheat code".. imagine creatine is a cheat code.. do you use the cheat code on the first level? or do you wait until you actually need it? if you do the latter, you'll acquire more skills & understand your body at an entirely different level .. you won't even need to ask the question about creatine, you'll basically just know. I mean, I don't think most legal supplements are that effective for people who aren't experienced/don't know what they are doing. I can get just as strong without protein powder -> my diet is balanced/adequate. etc.. I don't need some crazy pre-workout amp fuel, but if I do need a pickmeup, caffeine in the form of coffee will do just fine. I'm mostly anti-supps though -> anti in the sense that I don't really feel we need them. Creatine has shown to be pretty effective, but why use it right now when you can make considerable gains/improvements without it? Instead, wait 6-12 months when you're dropped BF% way down and are considerably stronger, then maybe take it to experiment.
also, as far as coaching goes.. you don't want to be one of those coaches/instructors whose first instinct is to get a client on a bunch of supps. Making proper improvement yourself & then understanding better the effects of things like creatine etc, will give you much more insight when it comes to prescribing it.
my 2cents.
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