Reviving the Jes Extender thread.

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

24.11.23- 2h26mins

Total time= 481h41mins

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

25.11.23- 4h40mins

Total time= 486h21mins

So close to 500 hours now that I can almost taste it, will take Sundays off from PE and measure that same day starting from next Sunday. Hopefully I’ll start gaining again, fast, by taking Sundays off.

 

[DLD]

You must be so excited to get to 500.

 

[squirt_inducer_man]

What kind of timer are you using @Abdiel Bull Berg ?
I'm a nerd so I need to know.

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

You must be so excited to get to 500.

You’re very correct, can’t wait to finally get there.

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

What kind of timer are you using @Abdiel Bull Berg ?
I'm a nerd so I need to know.

I just use the stop-watch/timer on my cell phone. Keeping it simple.

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

26.11.23- 3h00mins

Total time= 489h21mins

 

[squirt_inducer_man]

I just use the stop-watch/timer on my cell phone. Keeping it simple.

Okay.

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

27.11.23- 4h02mins

Total time= 493h21mins

Will most definitely be over 500 hours this week, though I won’t be able to extend as much as I’d like due to my parents visiting. Also I have to take the bus to the city today to get my kidneys checked out. Such a hassle as I believe and hope my kidneys are just fine.

 

[DLD]

27.11.23- 4h02mins

Total time= 493h21mins

Will most definitely be over 500 hours this week, though I won’t be able to extend as much as I’d like due to my parents visiting. Also I have to take the bus to the city today to get my kidneys checked out. Such a hassle as I believe and hope my kidneys are just fine.

500 by Tuesday.

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

28.11.23- 1h50mins

Total time= 495h11mins

 

[squirt_inducer_man]

27.11.23- 4h02mins

Total time= 493h21mins

Will most definitely be over 500 hours this week, though I won’t be able to extend as much as I’d like due to my parents visiting. Also I have to take the bus to the city today to get my kidneys checked out. Such a hassle as I believe and hope my kidneys are just fine.

We hold our thumbs everything is OKAY.

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

We hold our thumbs everything is OKAY.

Thank you for that, but it seems I have some sort of kidney problems due to excessive creatine intake so I will cut my creatine intake drastically down and then draw some blood in a couple of months to see if it has gotten any better.

Not worried though since I feel fine and hopefully cutting out creatine monohydrate will work. Will still take pre-workout which contains about 3 grams of tricreatine malate 3 times a week. Before I used to get over 10-12 grams of creatine in me on a daily basis.

 

[squirt_inducer_man]

Thank you for that, but it seems I have some sort of kidney problems due to excessive creatine intake so I will cut my creatine intake drastically down and then draw some blood in a couple of months to see if it has gotten any better.

Not worried though since I feel fine and hopefully cutting out creatine monohydrate will work. Will still take pre-workout which contains about 3 grams of tricreatine malate 3 times a week. Before I used to get over 10-12 grams of creatine in me on a daily basis.

I have to tell you something.
Creatine consumption will not destroy your kidneys. Creatine Monohydrate consumption is as safe as taking Whey-80 protein powder.
But if you have a continuously Creatine intake, before a blood test/screening (do a blood test) the values they are looking for to look at your kidneys health will indicate that there is a problem. This is known facts, but not many people know about this.

So Creatine Monohydrate will give you false value of what they are looking for, when they do a blood test to see the health of the kidneys. This doesn't mean there is necessary any problems with your kidney. Creatine Momohydrate will give the doctor false values of the blood test. The only way is to not consume Creatine Momohydrate in supplementation form some time before the blood test.

 

[squirt_inducer_man]

I have sent you a PM, it's important information about Creatine (supplementation).

 

[DLD]

Tomorrow!

 

[colossaltitan]

Thank you for that, but it seems I have some sort of kidney problems due to excessive creatine intake so I will cut my creatine intake drastically down and then draw some blood in a couple of months to see if it has gotten any better.

Not worried though since I feel fine and hopefully cutting out creatine monohydrate will work. Will still take pre-workout which contains about 3 grams of tricreatine malate 3 times a week. Before I used to get over 10-12 grams of creatine in me on a daily basis.

This quote from @squirt_inducer_man is correct brother

I have to tell you something.
Creatine consumption will not destroy your kidneys. Creatine Monohydrate consumption is as safe as taking Whey-80 protein powder.
But if you have a continuously Creatine intake, before a blood test/screening (do a blood test) the values they are looking for to look at your kidneys health will indicate that there is a problem. This is known facts, but not many people know about this.

So Creatine Monohydrate will give you false value of what they are looking for, when they do a blood test to see the health of the kidneys. This doesn't mean there is necessary any problems with your kidney. Creatine Momohydrate will give the doctor false values of the blood test. The only way is to not consume Creatine Momohydrate in supplementation form some time before the blood test.

On top of that you are probably refering to your elevated serum creatinine levels. This is not caused by creatine intake. All lifters natty or enhanced have elevated serum creatinine levels due to mucle damage that occurs following the intracellular calcium overload after weight training that causes a breakdown of muscle tissue. Creatinine, AST/ALT liver enzymes, uric acid, and all these types of things are present in the muscle and when released after muscle breakdown can give a false indication of kidney damage.
I promise you brother that your test will be fine and you do not have to reduce creatine intake.

 

[DLD]

I have sent you a PM, it's important information about Creatine (supplementation).

Huh?

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

I have to tell you something.
Creatine consumption will not destroy your kidneys. Creatine Monohydrate consumption is as safe as taking Whey-80 protein powder.
But if you have a continuously Creatine intake, before a blood test/screening (do a blood test) the values they are looking for to look at your kidneys health will indicate that there is a problem. This is known facts, but not many people know about this.

So Creatine Monohydrate will give you false value of what they are looking for, when they do a blood test to see the health of the kidneys. This doesn't mean there is necessary any problems with your kidney. Creatine Momohydrate will give the doctor false values of the blood test. The only way is to not consume Creatine Momohydrate in supplementation form some time before the blood test.

Thank you brother for saying this because I have read it somewhere before that creatine supplementation can give false values regarding kidney health. I’ve tried explaining this to the Doctors but they just won’t listen as they think they know absolutely everything.

I love taking my creatine but feel like I have to give it up now for a while, just to show these ignorant Doc’s that I’m just fine. And when they scanned my kidneys they found nothing wrong with them, no damage or nothing of that sort.

Baaahh, I’m tired of deadling with ignorant Doctors and have an appointement with my primary Doctor today and tell her this and that I won’t go back to the hospital again to deal with that know-it-all kidney specialist.

 

[Abdiel Bull Berg]

This quote from @squirt_inducer_man is correct brother


On top of that you are probably refering to your elevated serum creatinine levels. This is not caused by creatine intake. All lifters natty or enhanced have elevated serum creatinine levels due to mucle damage that occurs following the intracellular calcium overload after weight training that causes a breakdown of muscle tissue. Creatinine, AST/ALT liver enzymes, uric acid, and all these types of things are present in the muscle and when released after muscle breakdown can give a false indication of kidney damage.
I promise you brother that your test will be fine and you do not have to reduce creatine intake.

Thank you brother, I have tried telling this to these Doctors but they just won’t listen. Besides that I feel really good and have no signs of actual kidney damage.

I love taking my creatine and will tell my Doc today that there’s nothing to worry about and that I will keep on taking my creatine. It’s such a good workout supplement that I’m really not willing to give up.