ephedra + creatine offset each other???

[kstepan50]

I take ephedra 30 min before a workout and then creatine immediately after the workout and a protein shake about 30-45 mins after that.

A friend of mine was telling me that ephedra dehygrates you and you need to drink a ton of water. ( I knew that to begin with) and that creatine opens up your muscles so that they can get more water and recoup faster. He is saying that if you take both they pretty much are useless. My friend takes a creatine/caffine type of drink mix prior to workout and he says it works well What do you think and am i taking these things correctly?

 

[Eze]

What you are doing is fine and your friend doesn't know what he is talking about.

 

[kstepan50]

Thanks for the reply. It didn't make sense to me when he explained it. thanks. makes me feel better

 

[Eze]

If you know what Ephedra and Creatine are supposed to do, it is hard to figure out how they would cancel each other out, like your friend thinks.

If people took creatine to add water, then maybe I could see the point, but that's not what creatine is used for.