The Claim

Doing strength training with heavy weights for two months makes your muscles bigger and stronger, no matter when you take creatine.

Source: Timing of creatine supplementation does not influence gains in unilateral muscle hypertrophy or strength from resistance training in young adults: a within-subject design.

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Challenges
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Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Doing strength training with heavy weights for two months makes your muscles bigger and stronger, no matter when you take creatine.

See the scientific wording

Eight weeks of unilateral resistance training (3–6 sets at 80% 1-RM) significantly increases muscle thickness and 1-repetition maximum strength in young adults, regardless of creatine timing.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Timing of creatine supplementation does not influence gains in unilateral muscle hypertrophy or strength from resistance training in young adults: a within-subject design.

    The study found that whether people took creatine before or after their workouts, they still got just as strong and their muscles grew just as much—so timing doesn’t matter.

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