I might be confused, but I thought creatine gives your muscles a minor"second wind" kinda thing so you can push yourself to do some extra reps? It’s not like a steroid kinda thing, I was told.
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hector@lemmy.today 5 days ago
It does not make you stronger, only makes you look stronger.
tourist@lemmy.world 5 days ago
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Kinda, but the effect is almost imperceptible. It’ll help you get like one more rep on your last set, or maybe one more sprint, at sufficient intensity, which is a little bit of extra volume that does add up over time with proper consistency. So, not just “looking stronger.”
The brain health effects that the influencers are talking about now are just hype, though.
hector@lemmy.today 5 days ago
I’m only basing this on.anecdote, in school we had body kinetics and a group of us skinny guys the same weight were lifting and half took creatine and put on a lot of muscle real quick but were not any stronger than those of us that did not evenn after putting on 15 lbs more muscle or whatever.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
What does that even mean?
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 4 days ago
They might be talking about the muscle retaining more water and thus giving it a fuller appearance.
hector@lemmy.today 4 days ago
It means a group of us started lifting in school, same weight, skinny dudes, some took creatine, and put on a lot of muscle quick, but got no stronger, we lifted the same amounts, they weren’t better at our other gym activities either.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Sounds like they were retaining more water rather than quickly putting on a lot of muscle, which is common with creatine usage. I explained what actually happens in another reply.
chocrates@piefed.world 5 days ago
Creatine helps the muscles store a little more energy which allows it to work harder for longer (minimally).
It also makes you retain water.