drtbear1967
Musclechemistry Board Certified Member
Creatinemonohydrate(CM)is the most researched workout supplement, it's tried and true. Yet, every few years, a supplement company comes out with a novel and "better" creatine. This study compared head-to-head CM vs CreatineHCl(CrHCl). CrHCl is more soluble than CM, so in theory a lower dose than CM should be just as effective. However, this doesn't seem to be the case. This study used 3 groups of trained athletes using either 1.5g CrHCl, 5g CrHCl or 5g of CM. There were no noted statistically significant changes in performance between all 3 groups. The researchers did say that CrHCl had a more favorable affect on body composition(gained less fat) vs CM. However, upon further inspection, 13 of the 40 subjects dropped out of the study and they used both men and women, but didn't specify how many of each were in each group. Women tend to have more body fat than men, and this may have skewed the results. Bottom line: while it's true CrHCl is more soluble, it didn't prove to enhance performance significantly better vs CM. Unless your workout product alreadyincludes CrHCl(JYM), stick with CM. It's much cheaper and will still do what it's supposed to do- increase ATP production and hydrate your muscle cells. Also worth noting: the researchers used calipers not DEXA to measure changes in fat-free mass. Seems odd that they can make that claim without using DEXA. Also, im not 100%, but I believe the people who paid for the study are thepatent holders of CrHCl.
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