I'm 16 5'9 and i weigh 135lbs, should i take Creatine?

My friend gave me his powdered Creatine and on the back it says not intended for people under 18.
He takes it all the time, he plays football. But he weighs like 190lbs.
I workout 3 days and rest one day and then start the cycle over again, exercising different muscle groups on different days.
I have a "Bowflex Ultimate" but i also have a bench for Bench press.
I've read a bunch of articles, with this same topic but some say it's okay and some say NO.
the name of the Product "SIX STAR MUSCLE PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH CREATINE"

for the first five days it says to take 2 servings immediatly after working out and in subsequent days to just take one serving.
a serving is a scoop of the powder in 6 oz. of cold water.


another problem is that, i'm not really sure when my workout is over... My day starts and I go play Soccer for like 3 hours with some friends then i go home and Weight train which lasts about 1 hour and a half then i go inside and do some sit ups. 

**Being sixteen, should i shorten the servings? or follow as directed?

The last thing you should be focused on is supplements, they are capable of producing about 10% of out of 100% in your gains. What you should be focused on is your nutrition, your body doesn't build muscle from supplements, your body builds muscle from calories.

Second thing, list your routine, at your point you'd need to be focusing on progressive resistance and compound movements. Your whole body would need worked at this point, nothing will need isolated.

Focus on progressing in weight (with good form) on your barbell row, flat bench press, squat, deadlift, overhead press and pullup.

If you prefer three days on / one day off. I would recommend a push / pull / legs set up. For example..

Day 1- Push
Day 2- Pull
Day 3- Legs
Day 4- Off
Day 5- Push
Day 6- Pull
Day 7- Legs
Day 8- Off

Push movements:- Flat Bench, Barbell Overhead Press, Dips, Hanging Leg Raises

Pull movements:- Deadlift, BB Row, Pullup, Planks

Legs:- Squats, stiff-leg deadlifts, power cleans

Edit:- The only real supplements I find are necessary are creatine monohydrate (or your favorite form of creatine in general), whey protein, a multi-vitamin, a casein shake if you prefer it, and BCAAs if you are cutting in weight.

ACE-CPT, NASM-CPT, AFPA-Nutrition Consultant 

alright on
DAY 1: i emphasize on Chest and Shoulders
Day 2 : Arms and upper back
Day 3 : Lower back and Legs
and Day off i usually do sit ups.

i do Resisted weight with the bowflex
and occasionally i'll do some dumbell curls
and some squats
and bench press.

The shoulders (anterior delts) are antagonists to the chest exercises, so separating them is ideal. Unless it's a push / pull set up in which requires them to work together.

Resistance training is pushing or pulling against gravity through an external load. Machines aren't as optimal due to the limited movement pattern, it limits your body to a fixed plane of motion, the body is used to working in three planes while during machine movements it's limited to only one, plus your stabilizers doesn't get worked, so I would drop the bowflex and invest in a gym membership or trade your bowflex for free weights.

I don't like your set up at all.

Workout A:
Squat
Stiff-leg deadlift
Flat Bench
BB Row

Workout B:
Squat
Power clean
OH Press
Pullup

I think you'd respond from something like that better, take one day of rest in between each, so it would look like this.

Day 1- Workout A
Day 2- Off
Day 3- Workout B
Day 4- Off
Day 5- Workout A

Day 1- Workout B
Day 2- Off
Day 3- Workout A
Day 4- Off
Day 5- Workout B

If you get what I'm saying.

As long as the basic compound movements are there, there are loads of calories from a healthy source and your routine is balanced, you'll grow in a balanced proportion.

ACE-CPT, NASM-CPT, AFPA-Nutrition Consultant 

its pretty obvious you just need to like triple your food intake and not worry about creatine just take a good multivitamin, b-complex, and fish oil and you are good to go!

YOU GOTTA EAT BIG, TO BE BIG!!

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alright on
DAY 1: i emphasize on Chest and Shoulders
Day 2 : Arms and upper back
Day 3 : Lower back and Legs
and Day off i usually do sit ups.
...

Well, that's my standard routine in a nutshell.  Also known as Push/Pull/Legs.  I tend to agree with MVP on this one tho.  At 16, you shouldn't be splitting things up any more than upper body/lower body if you're going to split them at all.  Stick with the big, nasty compound lifts he recommended, and jack up your calories.

I'm not a food chemist or a doctor, but I can tell you the reason creatine manufacturers advocate against under 18-year olds taking it is that your body is still developing it's own natural creatine-handling patterns.  Throwing supplemental creatine into the mix before you're good and clear of puberty could mess with your body's ability to pull it out of your whole foods and/or synthesize it efficiently.  Again, like MVP said, creatine is a performance enhancer that will only net you a small improvement, and ONLY if everything else (namely, your diet, hydration, rest, and training) is really dialed in.

You should be getting all the creatine you need from a sensible weekly intake of red meat.  Yes, the vegetarian did just say that.  don't tell anyone

If and when you decide to start supplementing with creatine, don't bother with the "take two doses for blah blah blah, then take one dose to maintain..." advice; that's just a throwback to creatine "loading", a dubious recommendation that hasn't been shown to be of any greater benefit than just taking a maintenance dose all the time.

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