[leegee38]

What causes the forearm pump?
Bagger

At the time this occurred I was definitely making a concious effort to rotate my forearms thru impact, which may have contributed to the problem. I did not experience the pump without creatine, however. Basically, an extremely quick and hard pump was one of the things I noticed while on creatine. It took very little exercise to achieve the pump in the gym (which was a good thing!), but it took very little effort in everyday tasks for the same thing. My workouts felt very productive because I'd feel huge after just 2-3 sets, but I could get a pump in my thighs just squatting down to clean the wheels on my car.
What I really don't understand is the conflict between creatine theoretically causing cell volumizing and holding more fluid in the muscle, yet also apparently being a factor in dehydration and cramping. How can it do both?