Hey,
I'm new to the whole supplement thing, so I'm not really all that informed yet. Hoping you guys could help me out.

I want to give creatine a try and I figure some whey Protein wouldn't hurt either. So I came up with these two

- http://www.directconnectnutrition.c...860f51679a4870a

- http://www.directconnectnutrition.c...860f51679a4870a

Do these two sound ok? I'm open to suggestions, if you do have a suggestion, a name of a respectible site that carries that product would be welcome.

My questions are;
When should I take them? In the morning and once I get home from school? Or right befor and right after the workout? (I can't drink it during) And what about the Protein? When is the optimum time to take that aswell?
My workouts generally are a 50 min weight room session or a 50 min cardio session, and than about a half an hour untill Football practice starts. Which lasts for about 2 hours. I also work out quite a bit at home, but no set schedule. The Weight Room and the Cardio sessions alternate every other day, with one exception. One day we do sessions, in a one 1:45
hour(s) session with both.

And Concerning the protein part of this, I heard you suppose to take 1 or 1.5 grams of protein for every pound you weigh. Is this just for the average guy, or lifters looking to put on muscle mass?
And since I still eat family dinners and such is it possible to just take my average protein intake and figure out how much more I need and take that every day?

Would taking a bit too much protein be a bad thing? or would it just get washed out of your system?

I've also heard that creatine stores up water in your body to help with the recovery. Which may result in the face looking chubby etc.... is there any way around this?

I've also heard people talk about taking creatine for a month or so, and than not being on it for a while. Whats the benefit of this, if any?

According to the description of the plasamov I should take 1-2 servings of it a day, a serving being a scoop.... Should I change this at all based upon my weight? Same goes for the protein.

And the last question is....
Can someone someone please give me the basics concerning "Cycles" and there affiliation with creatine. I keep hearing it being discussed. And I can sort of guess what it means, but a actual description would be nice.

Thanks for the replies.
If any of my questions or descriptions don't make sense or something just ask and I would be happy to rephrase them, I'm sort of busy at the moment. So I'm not sure if my writing is legible or not.

Ok, Thicken per 4 scoops (1 serving) will get you 41 grams of protein and something like 87 grams of carbs with very little fat and 5 grams of creatine. Personally, and this is just me, I mix all my shakes with milk. For me its skim milk. Obviously you are going to get more calories out of your Thicken shake if you add milk. But then again, there are some who only like to drink their protein shakes with water. So if you add 1 litre (approx. 1/4 gallon) of skim milk to your 4 scoops of Thicken, this is what you will get: - Calories = 907 - Protein = 77 grams - Carbs = 135 grams - Fat = 6.5 grams - creatine = 5 grams Basically the only difference between skim milk and 1% or 2% is the fat content per cup. So if you want more calories and you dont care about the fat calories (maybe your going all out bulking) make it 2%. I would divide this drink into 2 different servings. I would drink one after my workout (after I have carbed up with a little simple carbs because keep in mind you are getting a bunch of carbs with the Thicken) and one at any other point during the day. Now using the Thicken in this method will allow 1 bucket to last 25 days or almost a month. If you want even more calories and more protein you could always grab 2 buckets and double up the servings per day or maybe even add in another 2 scoops. Please guys, if you have more questions lets hear them.

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