IF YOU RECENTLY started taking creatine, you may have noticed instructions to take three to 4 times the serving size amount during the first week of supplementation listed on the bottle. This strange ...

A creatine loading phase is when a person takes a higher dose than the maintenance level for several days. Proponents suggest this saturates the muscles with creatine, allowing people to experience ...

Can I Skip The Creatine Loading Phase? If you’re seriously into fitness, you load your gym bag with protein bars, your barbells with weight plates, and your body with creatine. It’s just what you do.

Creatine monohydrate is a specific form of the molecule creatine, which is essential for energy production within cells. Some of the creatine in your body is stored in cells as phosphocreatine, with ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...