In short, the only advantage it confers is one of quicker saturation.
This is great for impatient people with ADD (like me).
I totally agree that loading is not necessary. That said, I often employ a more realistic loading phase (20-25g a day is just ridiculous) simply because it provides faster results. Creatine is so cheap that it's not a big deal.
In short, the only advantage it confers is one of quicker saturation.
This is great for impatient people with ADD (like me).
Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by "these types of supplements"...?
Good reply. I think posters here keep expecting you and I to tangle. lol
But if we have access to the same information, then granted theres areas where one hasn't had the time to study, I don't see why we would.
How Do I Use It?
Like creatine monohydrate, BA is loaded for a period of weeks before decreasing to a maintenance dose. Commonly a total of 8g is used in divided doses for ~20 days. Once saturation is reached, 6g is used in divided doses.
But some of this stuff like creatine and hemotrophics and the like that may be well known in the sports world but haven't become "maintstream" yet, that's what I meant by "these types of supplements".
I can understand any bit of scrutiny based on questionable advertising by Sports Nutrition companies, but I think you might be being a little too selective. The benefits of creatine have been clear and known for years, and what beta-alinine does is very clear as well.
Somehow creatine got confused for being a "mass builder"...so to this day a lot of people associate it with gaining size, which just isn't true on it's face. But again that's due to silly advertising. Most anyone whose researched the topic would know better and be able to easily explain it. Same with BA.
I assume that by "divided doses" you mean 2 doses of 4g/3g each? How does that impact BA's efficiency vs. taking it all in one dose daily (8g/6g)?
I'm not aware of any direct comparison studies, but the divided doses will help with the paresthesia (tingling) if you don't like it.