18 Year Old Wants To Use Creatine

Q: iam 18 6'3 and weight 230 my bmi is 25 i use nitro tech protien shaks and wanan try using cell tech with it.. I wanna turn my fat into mucle but not become a carzy body builder look.. is creatine good for me or willit just make me fatter

A: You can't turn fat into muscle directly, the only way to do it is to first lose the fat and then build the muscle. I normally would not recommend trying to lose weight for an 18-year old, but in your case you are probably mostly done with your growing and could potentially lose 15 or even 25 pounds without jeopardizing your health in any way. That would be my recommendation --change to a fat-burning diet while continue to weighttraing. You can get the complete prescription by filling out the Fitness Guide and specifying 'Lose Fat' as your goal.

By the time you've lost that weight (in 4-6 months time or so) you should start getting some good muscle tone since you'll be fairly lean. Then you can decide whether you want to build some more muscle. If you decide to, then you can fill out the Fitness Guide again, specifying 'Build Muscle' as your goal, to get a new diet prescription.

As to nitro tech and cell tech, they're perfectly good (though grossly overpriced) products. Nitro tech or any other whey protein powder can be a good dietary supplement if you're having trouble getting enough protein from 'real' foods. Cell tech is less appropriate when trying to lose fat -- it has a TON of sugars which make creatine more effective but are the last thing you want when trying to burn fat. I would not use cell tech while trying to lose weight. It is appropriate for a muscle-building phase which you may choose to embark on after you've lose some fat. You could get a pure creatine monohydrate powder without all the sugar and take that during the fat-loss phase -- it won't be as effective as sugar+creatine, but it will come close and won't interfere with burning the fat. A good time to take plain creatine without sugar dissolved in water is right after your workouts before your post-workout meal.

Finally, don't worry about becoming like the pro bodybuilders in cell tech ads -- they didn't get that way due to cell tech and it certainly didn't happen overnight. If at any point you start feeling that you have too much muscle you can always stop eating to gain weight -- without weight gain your muscles will not grow at any significant pace after your first 1-2 years of training.