Fitness Forum - Need Workout Help And Advice

I played football and lifted weights everyday from freshman year to senior year of high school so I was in pretty good shape, but soon after my senior year ended, I got a job where all I do is sit. I never really had much more time to workout so I lost alot of muscle mass and started to gain some weight. I have been working out for a couple weeks right now. I was going to take creatine, but im already at 220 and I would like to lose fat and gain muscle and hopefully bring that to about 210 - 215. I know creatine makes you gain weight, but would I lose the fat that I have or would I just look fatter? If creatine isnt the way to go, does anyone know of any fat burning supplements that would be good? Thanks!

Blitzer

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wakkochic17

replied on April 14th, 2005

Experienced User

My understanding of creatine is that it only helps to build muscle, it does not help to reduce fat. You would have to burn the fat off some other way.. So if you want to build muscle creatine won't hurt, but it won't help you in "losing" weight. As for fat burners, i'm not sure. Most diet pills only curb appetites and if you are trying to build muscle, that's not the way to go. Although it is possible that if the creatine helps build the muscle, that it will indirectly give a boost to your metabolism, since increased muscle mass helps increase your metabolism.

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